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Platform Platvorm - The First Issue Summer 2015

Platform 2015 no ISBN Acqn 25359
Pb 20x27cm 200pp 250ills 200col 13.50
Platform Platvorm is an open call art magazine where artists are in control. Each participant
has the opportunity to make a spread about his/her own work without any interference in the
visual content. As a result, what is found on the magazines pages remains fully original, as the
artist intended, not to mention very diverse. This first issue includes contributions from 90 artists
and covers almost every imaginable medium, style, material, and approach, from photography,
painting, and collage, to installation, sculpture, and found objects.

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Sudoku - Gintaras Didziapetris, Renee Levi, Rosalind Nashashibi

ROMA Publications 2015 ISBN 9789491843389 Acqn 25452
Pb 21x30cm 72pp 56ills 21col 16.50
This publication accompanies an exhibition of three artists Gintaras Didiapetris, Rene Levi,
Rosalind Nashashibi at Kunstverein Mnchen, curated by Chris Fitzpatrick. It features a
conversation between the artists, the curator, and Marcel Schmid, which took place over a few
days in Levis studio in Basel, and was thereafter carried on remotely. The focus is thus on the
relationships that have emerged between the three artists, and how each has played a role in the
others work, influencing or taking part in the production of artworks. The dynamic of the resulting
group exhibition is explored through the lens of systems and paradigms, Sudoku stimulus, and
organic patterns.

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Salvo 7 Vincentomania
Salvo 2015 ISBN 9789082122329 Acqn 25182
Pb 18x25cm 156pp 80ills 70col 27
The myth surrounding Vincent van Gogh has resulted in an enormous interest in everything he
touched, wrote, made, or observed. Needless to say, it is sometimes hard to distinguish fact from
fiction when it comes to this prodigy of modern art. In April 2015, Salvo resided for a month in
Zundert, the village where Van Gogh grew up, and assimilated all kinds of stories that still live
there. In the process, new stories were created; new facts were discovered. Published as a
slipcase with five booklets, the results form a varied and objective analysis of drab brick houses,
Starry Night colour samples, untimely collaboration, pencil reproduction, and fascination with
potatoes.

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Flesh & Blood Wild Einestein Fumio Shiozawa

Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers 2015 ISBN 9784773814248 Acqn 25305
Pb 21x30cm 90pp 90col ills 27
Art director, percussionist, and painter Fumio Shiozawa has a mysterious and energetic style of
expression that attracts many types of people and lends itself to a variety of projects and works.
He employs vigorous lines and vivid colours to convey nothing short of a cosmological expanse
at once spatial and temporal. The paintings convey a kinship with the universe, both seen and
unseen, bridging gaps between the subconscious and dreams, cultural traditions and the animal
kingdom, mythologies and the occult, gods and men. Seashells, ancient Egypt, Hells amusement
park, psychedelic insects, flowers, birds, warriors, mythical creatures, signs of the zodiac, and
more

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Serge Poliakoff
Timothy Taylor Gallery 2015 ISBN 9780992930936 Acqn 25332
Hb 21x27cm 44pp 24ills 22col 15
Important late works are juxtaposed with a small selection of works from 1950 and 1951, in order
to illustrate the circular nature of Poliakoffs practice. By pairing certain works together what
becomes apparent is a distinct return to form. Poliakoff made a decisive departure into pure
abstraction following a period of study in London in the mid-1930s. From 1950, his paintings
explored simple forms, floating in harmonious compositions and made from pure colour, which
the artist returned to and explored further at the very end of his career. These latter paintings,
often referred to as silent paintings, exemplify a language of abstraction in which colour is
paramount. Speaking of these works, Poliakoff stated: It is not necessary to explain these
paintings, nor to write about them it is right to remain silent, your works should speak for
themselves.
Serge Poliakoff is considered one of the most important members of the School of Paris. Having
fled the Russian Revolution in 1917, Poliakoff first travelled to Constantinople before arriving in
Paris in 1923, where he spent most of his life. He began studying painting while earning a living
as a musician, enrolling at the Acadmie Forchot and Acadmie de la Grande Chaumire in Paris
1929. Poliakoff studied at the Slade School of Art after relocating to London in 1935, and it was
here that the artist discovered abstract painting, as well as the importance of layering colour.
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Teaching Objects
ArtEZ Press 2015 ISBN 9789491444234 Acqn 25368
Hb 16x22cm 112pp 20ills 17.50
'Teaching Objects' is a journey through art and culture. Jeroen Lutters takes us to see a number
of artworks that give new insights into the foundations of twenty-first century civilisation and
humanity. In this highly personal and passionate account, he discusses his individual choice of
great works works that not only reflect the history of Western culture, but also continue to be a
source of inspiration and meaning.

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Roma Publications At Fondazione Giuliani, Roma

ROMA Publications 2015 ISBN 9789491843358 Acqn 25410
Pb 16x22cm 64pp 41ills 35col 13.50
Towards the end of 2014, Amsterdam-based publisher Roma Publications presented a
retrospective exhibition at Fondazione Giuliani in Rome, entitled Roma Publications 19982014.
Curated by Lorenzo Benedetti and Roger Willems, in collaboration with Marc Nagtzaam, it
gathered together numerous artists included in the publishers repertoire since its beginning.
Presented as a sort of documentary of the exhibition, this book offers an abundance of installation
views, plus a detailed bibliography of the publications through the years. With contributions by
Gwenneth Boelens, Marlene Dumas, Geert Goiris, Irene Kopelman, Mark Manders, Oksana
Pasaiko, and many more.

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Ishida Takashi - Billowing Light

Seigensha Art Publishing 2015 ISBN 9784861524813 Acqn 25114
Pb 30x22cm 152pp 130col ills 26
Working in the field of experimental film, contemporary Japanese artist Ishida Takashi uses
drawing animation techniques in his production, enabling him to shift between more traditional
painting and the art of moving images. Using the body and physical action in combination with a
variety of elements, such as music, architecture, light, and sound, he creates a chaotic space that
is often difficult to comprehend and define. This book is published on the occasion of the first
large-scale solo exhibition of his work, shown in Okinawa and Yokohama. Included are early and
recent film and video installations, two-dimensional artworks related to these, and an interview
with the artist.

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Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh And Hesam Rahmanian

Les Presses Du Reel 2015 ISBN 9788867491353 Acqn 25373
Hb 20x28cm 112pp 145ills 110col 31
This is the first monograph of the collaborative practice of Iranian artists Ramin Haerizadeh,
Rokni Haerizadeh & Hesam Rahmanian, an irreverently curated introduction to their art, (political)
thinking, and humour. Their art takes multiple forms films, installations, artworks, exhibitions
and often evolves around an array of friends, other artists, or people met by chance. These
individuals bring with them a reality that interrupts the trios universe and language, and channels
our attention toward unexpected territories. In this way, a great deal can be learned about how
contemporary Iranian artists have absorbed modernity; a fusion of Persian culture and Western
influences.

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Jozef Wouters & Pol Matthe - All Problems Can Never Be Solved
Mennomichieljozef 2015 ISBN 9789090286587 Acqn 25453
Hb 21x24cm 92pp 47ills 42col 24.50
A book about a fictional architecture office in a modernist social housing complex in Brussels,
where real architects and locals worked together to make scale models: a reflection on scale
models as spaces of negotiation, on maquettes as places where the desire of the architect is
visible without the compromises of reality.
Asked to make a work of art in a modernist social housing complex called Cit Modle (Model
District) in Brussels, the artist and scenographer Jozef Wouters founded a temporary architecture
office in one of the apartments. Over time, Bureau Des Architectes became a place where
professional architects, artists and local residents gathered to solve problems, express desires or
propose discussions. Restricting all participants only to work with scale models in order not to be
distracted by reality, the project accumulated in an exhibition that questions the problem-solving
nature of architecture by means of 46 scale models for possible and impossible desires.

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Exhibited Cinema
Archizoom 2015 ISBN 9782839914048 Acqn 25454
Pb 21x30cm 224pp 150ills 50col 28.95
This book aims to reconstruct the history of cinema in exhibition contexts and trace its
archaeology, and gathers contributions from researchers, curators, artists, and film-makers.
Through archival research, it seeks to identify the status of film and the moving image in
contemporary art in both Switzerland and abroad, but also to asses the influence of these
exhibition contexts on various film practices. Through original essays and interventions by Ren
Berger, Lucy Reynolds, Lucia Aspesi, Bruce McClure, and others, it offers a critical overview of
the state of video art as part of an eponymous research project conducted by ECAL and directed
by Franois Bovier and Adeena Mey.

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Sculptures Also Die

Cura.books 2015 ISBN 9788897889212 Acqn 25456
Pb 17x24cm 120pp 92ills 50col 17.50
In this book, twelve international artists forge a reflection on the meaning, potential, and new
experimental approaches in sculpture. Artists today tend to use new forms and materials to
address a broader time span in an ongoing dialogue between past and future, yet they are also
rediscovering materials like bronze, stone, and ceramic, which had become relegated to the
purely academic sphere. Using the materials in a conceptual manner, they reflect on themes such
as the monument, fragment, and temporality. Published on the occasion of an eponymous
exhibition in Florence, with works by Francesco Arena, Nina Beier, Katinka Bock, Oliver Laric,
Mark Manders, and more.

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Robbert & Frank, Frank & Robbert Guns

Art Paper Editions 2015 ISBN 9789490800369 Acqn 25457
Pb 22x30cm 224pp 386ills 380col 28.95
Frank & Robbert have created a 400-strong armoury of harmless weapons made of wood. In
dealing with killing hardware and all its social, political, economic, cultural, and sexual
ramifications, the project is unambiguous. It is distinctly about the global omnipresence of guns
in the media, film industry, and our direct environment yet reflects upon a broad set of issues,
from the production and distribution of firearms, to their presence in our everyday lives and social
imaginations. Moreover, it touches upon the emerging possibilities of DIY manufacturing of guns,
such as 3D printing. Included is an essay by Charlotte Van Buylaere, translated into the six
official languages of the UN.

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Piero Manzoni - by Fausto Gilberti

Corraini Editore 2014 ISBN 9788875704674 Acqn 25458
Pb 20x20cm 32pp col ills 14.50
"This is a true story. It is the story of Piero Manzoni." Fausto Gilberti tells us the life and art of one
of the most important italian artists of the XXth Century.

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Fausto Gilberto - Jackson Pollock

Corraini Editore 2015 ISBN 9788875704926 Acqn 25464
Pb 20x20cm 40pp col ills 14.95
Fausto Gilberti, illustrator and artists, takes us by the hand to show us the art of Jackson Pollock,
the brilliant and restless painter. An artist who is not going to sit still in front of an easel with
brushes and palette in hand, but one who found his very own way of painting: he dripped,
splashed and made the colours run all over the rolled-out canvas with the energy and grace of a
dancer.

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Fausto Gilberto - Yves Klein

Corraini Editore 2015 ISBN 9788875705008 Acqn 25466
Pb 20x20cm 32pp col ills 14.95
At a certain point in his life, Yves Klein decided that from that moment on he would only use one
colour in his paintings: blue. But not any old blue, Yves wanted a unique blue, his own blue, Klein
Blue! To paint his works, Yves used wind, rain, fire and even human bodies, inventing Body Art.
He also composed a symphony using only one note and he used photography to defy the force of
gravity. He always managed to find new ways to impress his audience.

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Sol Lewitt - Artist's Books

Corraini Editore 2010 ISBN 9788875702731 Acqn 25461
Pb 16x19cm 144pp col ills 24
In 1967, Sol LeWitt enclosed to the autumn issue of the historical magazine Aspen his Serial
Project #1, 12 pages book in the format 20x20 cm which was designed and realized during the
foregoing year. The subject is represented by the succession of serial geometrical compositions;
or better, the subject is made up precisely by the differences among these compositions: if
some parts remain constant it is to punctuate the changes. In the 1971, the colour makes its
appearance in Sol Lewitts artist books with Four basic colours and their combinations. Then, in
1977 the American artist used bw photography in Brick wall to catalogue many wall surfaces
and, in the same year, he used colour photography in PhotoGrids, collection of physical grilles
of the real world. From the beginning in 1967 until 2002, Sol LeWitts artist books are collected in
this volume. In his works the systematic rationalism, in its extreme consequences, is translated in
a sort of immaterial mysticism. Accompanied by the artists words, Sol LeWitts works in form of
books create with his exhibitions relations of planning and poetic affinity, rather than formal. In
other words, the book is not a mere copy of the painting, but a mirror and a different point of view
from where observing the same idea. The volume includes contributions by Giorgio Maffei,
Emanuele De Donno, Didi Bozzini, Cecilia Metelli, and Marilena Bonomo; it also includes an
anthology of critical texts and an essential bibliography about the American artists editorial work.
Sol LeWitt (Hartford, 1928 - New York, 2007) has been linked to the movement of conceptual art
and minimalism, and he has particularly explored the theme of the bond between an idea and the
work that it produces. In Italy he lived for a long time in Spoleto. Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele De
Donno are experts in artists books. With Corraini, Giorgio Maffei has already published Looking
telling thinking collecting ( 2004, edited by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix), The book as a work of art
(2006, with Maura Picciau), Childrens Corner (2007, with Valerio Deh, Barbara Nestic and
Annie Pissard), Arte Povera. Books and Documents (2007), and Munaris Books (2008).

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