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William Lamson: On Earth
Oliver Herring: TASK Text by Kendra Paitz, Ian Berry, Kristin Hileman, Oliver Herring. TASK documents a burgeoning phenomenon begun in 2002 by artist Oliver Herring. Herring developed TASK as a self-generating, improvisational gathering in which a community engages in a collaborative art-making event. Using cardboard, tape, aluminum foil, pipe cleaners, markers and other materials, participants follow a simple set of rules: write a task for someone to perform, then randomly select a task to perform yourself (e.g. “Use cardboard mailing tubes to make a symphony;”“Form a conga line;”“Create a crime scene”). The cycle continues, task building upon task, as people share new ways to develop ideas and solve problems. This volume includes a detailed history of TASK by Herring; extensive photo-documentation of TASK parties and events in the U.S., Canada, England, France and Japan; statements by participants; instructions on how to organize a TASK party; and essays by curators/ organizers Ian Berry, Kendra Paitz and Kristen Hileman. Oliver Herring: TASK ISBN 978-0-945558-34-7 Pbk, 7 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 200 color. U.S. $33.00 CDN $36.00 October/Art
Text by Silke Optiz. Interview by Liza Statton. New York-based artist William Lamson explores the humor and charm of amateur science through installation, performance and video. His “Actions” test forces of gravity and propulsion with slapstick deadpan and quick wit, while other works recruit wind to make drawings, or shopping carts to make public sculptures. This monograph surveys works from 2004 to 2010. William Lamson: On Earth ISBN 978-3-86678-481-9 Pbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 128 pgs / 151 color / 4 b&w. U.S. $44.95 CDN $49.00 Available/Art
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Marta Minujín: Minucodes ISBN 978-1-879128-37-8 Flexi, 6.5 x 8 in. / 110 pgs / 45 color / 29 b&w. U.S. $25.00 CDN $28.00 July/Art/Latin American Art & Culture WALTHER KÖNIG, KÖLN
Chiharu Shiota
Absalon
Text by Mami Kataoka, James Putnam. Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota (born 1972) enmeshes everyday objects such as cars and clothes in web-cocoons of gray thread. At once delicate and sinister, they suggest an overrunning of the familiar by some alien entity. This volume surveys her works and performances from the 1990s to the present.
Edited by Susanne Pfeffer. Foreword by Hortensia Völckers. Israeli artist Absalon (1964–1993) built large white geometric sculptures that began as plain renderings of basic forms—rectangles, squares, triangles, circles—and developed into shapes resembling machine parts, eventually becoming contemplative dwelling units. This volume constitutes a catalogue raisonné of his works.
Exhibition Schedule Venice: Venice Biennial, Summer 2011
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Edited by Gabriela Rangel. Text by Alexander Alberro, Ines Katzenstein, Eliseo Veron, Gabriela Rangel. Marta Minujin was a prominent figure of the late-1960s avant garde in Argentina. Her 1968 environment “Minucode,” commissioned by the Americas Society, explored social codes among four groups of leading figures in the arts, business, fashion and politics in New York through a series of cocktail party happenings. This volume is the first scholarly publication on Minujín’s.
HATJE CANTZ
Chiharu Shiota ISBN 978-3-7757-3156-0 Hbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 240 pgs / 315 color. U.S. $75.00 CDN $83.00 October/Art/Asian Art & Culture
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Marta Minujín: Minucodes
Absalon ISBN 978-3-86560-952-6 Pbk, 9 x 12 in. / 352 pgs / illustrated throughout. U.S. $65.00 CDN $72.00 June/Art