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Elly Strik Ghosts, Brides & other Companions Fantasmas, novias y otros compañeros

Elly Strik GHOSTS, BRIDES & OTHER COMPANIONS Ben Okri, Manuel Borja-Villel, Bart Verschaffel, Carlos Gamerro, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Victoria Noorthoorn & Beatriz Preciado AsaMER January 2014 ISBN 978 84 8026 483 9 € 35 design: Studio Luc Derycke 22 x 30 cm / 296 pp / HC / EN, ES

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Strik’s book is a fluent stream of images and words in a strong connection to each other where the look inside and the outside happens simultaneously. The images continue within a long historic artistic line of visionary artists who probe the tresholds of human essence. Strik’s intense, poetic practice explores the possibilities of metamorphosis and the process of (artistic) creation. In conversation with aspects from El Greco, Goya, Darwin, Freud, Munch, Ensor or Duchamp her approach is archaic in a higly alert way. The viewer will be confronted with energetically-charged apparations transmuted into shapes, portraits and figures on paper, now fixed as definitive states of being. Constantly shifting between monumentality and intimacy, her figures are a visual stimulation that prompt the viewer to rethink the human condition today. The book ties in the exhibition by Elly Strik in Museum Reina Sofia in Madrid.

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Ricardo Brey Que le importa al tigre una raya más Bart De Baere, John Welchman, Jimmie Durham Sandra Sosa, Thomas Mießgang, Jesse McKee AsaMER April 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 535 2 € 35 (tbc)

This book can be seen as the core – or at least a main synthesis - of the overall aspiration of Ricardo Brey for his upcoming project in Cuba. It has therefore been developed as a separate undertaking. While it is not an artist book in the traditional sense, it is definitively a project by an artist. Its ambition is to create a sense of the artistic space that Brey wants to offer, with a polyphony of voices and an immersive sphere in which a quality of behavior is of prime importance. It will offer an integral view of his oeuvre, in which the historical is integrated but the focus is on present validity. This book comes out on the occasion of Brey’s eponym show, which will open on April 10th at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, La Havana, Cuba.

design: Studio Luc Derycke 31 x 24 cm / 288 pp / SC / EN, ES

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Tsuyoshi Maekawa Tsuyoshi Maekawa, Koichi Kawasaki, Shoichi Hirai, Axel Vervoordt AsaMER March 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 541 3 € 45 (tbc) design: Studio Luc Derycke specifications: (tbc) / EN

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Tsuyoshi Maekawa (°1936, Japan) is one of the few remaining members of the Gutai Art Association, Japan’s most important avant-garde (1954-1972), which has been receiving a lot of international attention the last few years. This book is the first monograph about Maekawa. It brings together many historic images and documents of the Gutai period, found in the archives of the Ashiya City Museum of Art & History and contains an unpublished interview with Maekawa, held by Gutai expert Koichi Kawasaki, as well as an essay by Shoichi Hirai, chief curator at the Kyoto Museum of Modern Art, placing the artist in an international artistic context.

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NORIO IMAI

AsaMER Spring 2013 ISBN 978 94 9069 332 9 € 39,50 design: Studio Luc Derycke 27 x 21 cm / 144 pp / HC / EN

SADAHARU HORIO Atsuo Yamamoto, Axel Vervoordt

Norio Imai (°Osaka, 1946) joined the avant-garde movement “Gutai Art Association” in 1965 and became their youngest member. Gutai was the most influential artists’ collective and artistic movement in postwar Japan and among the most important international avant-garde movements of the 1950s and ’60s. Imai creates a monumental, monochrome white silence in space. White is the ultimate colour, a non-colour combining all colours in perfect harmony. White is a full emptiness. Imai’s work goes beyond form and emanates a cosmic force. With his pure and still whiteness, he incorporates the true concepts of originality and creativity, what all Gutai members strived for.

Monography on the artist Sadaharu Horio, born in 1939 in Hyogo Ward, a working-class section of Kobe in which he still lives.

AsaMER Spring 2011 ISBN 978 94 611 7014 9 € 39,50 design: Studio Luc Derycke 29 x 19 cm / 288 pp / HC / EN

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ZERO & GUTAI

NORIO IMAI Axel Vervoordt, Norio Imai, Shoichi Hirai, Ming Tiampo, Midori Yoshimoto

ZERO 1957 - 1966 NY 2008 Valerie L. Hillings, Catherine Millet, Heike Van Den Valentyn MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2008 ISBN 978 90 769 7973 1 € 49,50

Published on the occasion of the exhibition ‘Zero in New York’ at Sperone Westwater, NY, 2008. This opulently illustrated catalogue offers a unique English compendium to the Dusseldorf-based Zero movement, which went on to attract an international cadre of collaborators and affiliates including Nanda Vigo, Yayoi Kusama, Yves Klein, Jean Tinguely, Tsuruko Yamazaki, Arman, and many others. Its history is traced from its immediate beginnings in 1957 to its dissolution in 1966, only one year after New York’s Museum of Modern Art exhibited ‘The Responsive Eye’, in which many artists of the Zero avant-garde took part.

design: Mattijs Visser 21 x 20 cm / 320 pp / HC / EN

Jef Verheyen LE PEINTRE FLAMANT

Book published on the occasion of ‘Jef Verheyen & Friends’ at the Langen Foundation in Neuss, from September 11, 2010 to January 30, 2011. English and German edition.

AsaMER Spring 2010 ISBN 978 94 611 7007 1 € 45 design: Studio Luc Derycke 23 x 23 cm / 256 pp / SC / EN, DE

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Women’s Work is Never Done

Catherine de Zegher Women’s work. is Never Done Collected Essays on Women Artists

Collected Essays on Women Artists

Catherine de Zegher

AsaMER Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9069 347 3 € 29,5 Women’s Work is Never Done Collected Essays on Women Artists Catherine de Zegher

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design: Studio Luc Derycke 25 x 20 cm / 320 pp / HC / EN

Women’s Work. Is Never Done brings together the twenty most important essays by internationally acclaimed art critic and curator Catherine de Zegher, who has recently been appointed director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent. Her essays on female artists, which have now been collected for the first time, cover a period of thirteen years. Over the years de Zegher’s essays launched and consolidated the careers of such artists as Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Ann Veronica Janssens, Eva Hesse and Bracha L. Ettinger. Thanks to de Zegher, these artists are now wildly acclaimed and acknowledged in the art world for their cutting edge, groundbreaking artistic activism that has shaped female artistic practice from the late 19th century onwards.

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Juliaan Lampens Angelique Campens, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Sara Noel Costa De Araujo, Jan Kempenaars, Francis Strauven, Joseph Grima

The architecture of the Belgian Modernist Juliaan Lampens (°1926) goes beyond designs for conventional living, and instead suggests a utopian avant-garde of living without barriers. He experimented with the use of raw concrete and created sculpture-like exteriors leading onto open vistas. Laureate for the Fernand Baudin Prize 2010. Laureate for De Best Vormgegeven Boeken 2011.

MODERN ARCHITECTURE

AsaMER Fall 2010 ISBN 978 94 6117 005 7 € 29,50 design: Studio Luc Derycke 27,5 x 21 cm / 152 pp / SC / EN

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0. Walter Benjamin Experience and Poverty

(p. 1-6)

in: Michael W. Jennings (ed.), Walter Benjamin. Selected Writings. Volume 2, part 2, 1931-1934 (Cambridge, London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1999), pp. 731-736.

1. (p. 7-15) Henry-Russel Hitchcock The International Style Twenty Years After Architectural Record 8 (1951), pp. 89-97.

2. (p. 16-22) Alan Colquhoun The Modern Movement in Architecture The British Journal of Aesthetics 1 (1962), pp. 59-65.

3. (p. 23-26) Alison and Peter Smithson The Heroic Period of Modern Architecture Architectural Design 12 (1965), pp. 587-590.

(p. 27-36)

Colin Rowe Introduction to Five Architects

(p. 60-68)

in: Stanley Tigerman, Versus. An American architect’s alternatives (New York: Rizzoli, 1982), pp. 27-30.

9. Manfredo Tafuri Architecture and ‘Poverty’

(p. 69-71)

Architectural Design 7-8 (1982), pp. 57-58.

10. (p. 72-79) Geert Bekaert Leçons du modernisme belge: l’enracinement dans le réel Lecture, colloquium Modernism and the City, KULeuven, 25th october 1986. in: André Loeckx (ed.), Colloquium Modernisme en de stad. Leuven 23-25 oktober 1986, (Leuven: Werkgroep Architectuur-Geschiedenis en -Theorie, Afdeling Architectuur, KULeuven, 1986), pp. 287-293.

11. (p. 80-88) Stanislaus von Moos Dutch Group Portrait. Notes on OMA’s City Hall Project for The Hague A+U 217 (1988), pp. 86-94.

in: Five Architects (New York: Oxford University Press, 1975), pp. 3-7.

8. Stanley Tigerman The Sinking of the Titanic. Letter to Mies

(p. 37)

Charles Jencks The Death of Modern Architecture in: Charles Jencks, The language of post-modern architecture (London: Academy Editions, 1977), p. 9.

12. (p. 89-96) AAVV Zweite Moderne, Reflexive Modernisierung, Design after Mies, Die Masken der Moderne 13. (p. 97-106) André Rottmann Reflexive systems of reference. Approximations to ‘referentialism’ in contemporary art

Oppositions 15-16 (1979), pp. 118-128.

Texte zur Kunst 71 (2008), pp. 155-164.

The Harvard Architecture Review 1 (1980), pp. 4-9.

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Publication on the legacy of early radical modernist architecture, with contributions of ten contemporary artists who are inspired by these ideas, forms and aspirations. Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Wiels, Brussels (29.05–15.08.2010).

MER. Paper Kunsthalle Fall 2010 ISBN 978 90 789 3711 1 € 20

Arch+ 146 (1999), pp. 14-15, 34-35, 48-49, 76-77.

6. (p. 38-53) Peter Eisenman Aspects of Modernism: Maison Dom-ino and the Self-Referential Sign 7. (p. 54-59) N.N. Beyond the Modern Movement. Editorial

REHABILITATION The Legacy of the Modern Movement Dirk Snauwaert, Christophe Van Gerrewey

(p. 107-116) Christophe Van Gerrewey THE LEGACY OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT

design: Studio Luc Derycke 24,5 x 16,5 cm / 228 pp / SC / EN, FR

Tommaso Speretta Rebel Rebels Art and Activism New York 1979â&#x20AC;&#x201C;1989 AsaMER Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9069 323 7 â&#x201A;Ź 25 design: Tankboys, Lorenzo Mason, Marco Campardo in conversation with Luc Derycke 21 x 13 cm / 160 pp / SC / EN

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Rebel Rebels tracks a movement that has as yet not been historicized in Europe on the subject of AIDS activism by various artistic collectives in New York in the 1980s. The approach is historic, yet activist-based, and combines a look at graphic design, with social, political, art historical, and curatorial reflections. Rebel Rebels analyzes some of the activist art experiences born in New York between 1979 and 1989, when in response to a conservative political and cultural climate artists began to work in groups and to realize projects concretely addressed to the problems of society. The book is conceived as a tribute to all those activist art collectives born in New York City at the beginning of the 1980s, united by a common refusal of traditional aesthetic criteria, the synthesis of artistic strategies and commercial advertising for political propagandistic ends, and by a willingness to take direct action to end the AIDS crisis. Rebel Rebels aims at demonstrating that art can play a crucial role in social and political change, when artists gather in groups, or collectives, in order to cooperate with other communities and pursue a common goal.

PRO-POSITIONS: Art and / as Education Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp Editors: Johan Pas Nico Dockx & Els De bruyn AsaMER Spring 2014 ISBN (tbc) â&#x201A;Ź (tbc) design: Jan Mast in conversation with Nico Dockx 28 x 21,6 cm / 302 pp / HC / EN

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Is it possible to combine the historical dimension of the art academy with the intention of becoming a laboratory for advanced artistic research? The double publication CONTRADIcTIONS & PRO-POSITIONS is part of a strategy to face this challenge. The first volume, CONTRADIcTIONS intends to be a critical biography of a well-respected art school. Fifteen essays by experts and scholars on the history of the Antwerp Academy shed a light on different aspects of its rich history. The second volume PRO-POSITIONS is more international in scope, and contradicts and interacts with the first. PRO-POSITIONS: Art and / as Education focuses on artist-driven pedagogies and educational projects, with different artists and authors contributing to this anthology of alternatives.

NICK ERVINCK Christophe De Jaeger, Julia Kelly, Neil Spiller MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 529 1 € 40 design: Studio Luc Derycke, Studio Nick Ervinck 29 x 21 cm / 300 pp / EN, NL

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Fostering a cross-pollination between the digital and the physical, Nick Ervinck (°1981, Belgium) explores the boundaries between various media. As a pioneer in 3D-printed sculptures the artist takes a vanguard position in the field of digital technology while at the same time his works hold numerous references to the tradition of sculpture and architecture. This first monograph focuses on this tension between innovation and tradition and gives an inside to the artist’s abundant archive. The concepts body, building, history and nature that are crucial for the artist’s oeuvre, are the leitmotifs in the book. The authors explore Ervinck’s work from different angles while a great quantity of images show the genesis of form, some of his most succesfull works and futuristic ideas that till this day were impossible to create.

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Ruben Bellinkx No obstacle, no image Peter De Graeve, An Meskens, Maïté Vissault MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 523 9 € 39 design: Studio Luc Derycke 23 x 19 cm / 320 pp / HC / EN, NL

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No Obstacle, No Image makes reference to the fact that the majority of Bellinkx’ projects are extremely hard to realize. Whenever he presents his drawings and models, the public is always surprized to learn that these are the precursors of still to develop projects. Bellinkx always pushes the limits of what can safely be realized: the path along the realisation of his projects is covered with potential failures and tricky obstacles. These obstacles are a necessity in his work. This publication covers the last ten years of Bellinkx’ artistic practice, and offers insights into his preliminary works, his drawings, models and final realisations. Ruben Bellinkx’ show ‘Stasis’ on display until March 2nd at Be Part, Waregem, received ample press coverage in Flanders.

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Raoul De Keyser The Last Wall Jef Van Eynde MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 528 4 € 24,50

The Last Wall is centred around the last exhibition project that painter Raoul De Keyser conceived on his studio wall. Due to the painter’s untimely death in October 2012, the project never made it to the exhibition venue; Jef Van Eynde’s pictures of it being the sole testimony, a tribute to this wonderful artist. This small volume, the sole exhibition.

design: Studio Luc Derycke 23 x 17 cm / 40 pp / HC / EN, GER

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ONE IN MANY

Heidi Voet ONE IN MANY Mathieu Borysevicz, Aimee Lin Yu, Filip Luyckx MER. Paper Kunsthalle December 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 525 3 € 33 design: Studio Luc Derycke 28 x 20 cm / 192 pp / HC / EN, CHI

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Heidi Voet’s multi-disciplinary artistic practice is characterized by her playful and transformative use of objects to make critical social commentaries about everyday life. She transforms the banal into something wondrous, and in the process unearths concerns, connections and consequences that underlie the moment. Heidi Voet frequently deploys popular images or objects found in contemporary Chinese culture as central subjects in her works since her move to China in 2006. For one of her best-known series, Voet created elaborately-patterned rugs by weaving thousands of colorful digital watches. The watches all have synchronized alarms, but inevitably malfunction and chime off beat over time creating an impromptu electronic sound installation.

Hugo Puttaert Think in Colour Steven Cleeren, Rick Poynor & Hugo Puttaert MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 518 5 € 45 design: Dimitri Jeannottat & Visionandfactory 23,5 x 17 cm / 369 pp / HC / EN

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Ever since its foundation in 1990, design studio Visionandfactory has always played a prominent role in the Belgian & international graphic design scene. The studio’s key figure is Hugo Puttaert, designer, professor, editor, publisher and one of the sector’s movers and shakers. Instead of a complete overview, this book offers a selection, a kaleidoscopic view of Visionandfactory’s multifaceted output. The selected work is contextualised with texts offering insight into the studio’s history and work processes as well as into Hugo Puttaert’s vision on design as a discipline and the social responsibility of the designer. With a split-fountain cover and hundreds of colour pages, this book provides a striking illustration of the credo that is so central to his vision, ‘Think in Colour’.

Mark Cloet C. STONE Jan Laurens Siesling

C. Stone is a book project by the Belgian artist Mark Cloet (°1964), whose work grows in silence.

MER. Paper Kunsthalle Winter 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 534 5 € 20 design: Studio Luc Derycke, with Mark Cloet & Jan Laurens Siesling 27 x 20 cm / 22 pp / SC / EN

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Ida Ekblad THE ROOT CELLAR Barry Schwabsky MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 539 0 â&#x201A;Ź 40 (tbc) design: Studio Luc Derycke 42 x 31 cm / 60 pp / HC / EN

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This monograph features a new body of work, which artist Ida Ekblad realized for a solo exhibition at De Vleeshal in Middelburg, The Netherlands (November-December 2013). Fundamental in Ekbladâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is an interest in the historical perspective as a central element of our time. Through combining historical perspective in a contemporary cultural and social element, Ekblad gives an answer to the superficial connotation of a contemporary society based on speed and consumption. The use of discarded material to realize assemblages is a translation of the recuperation of the element of history to embrace a more complex relationship between art and time.

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven HET ONEINDIGE EN DE TIJDELIJKHEID

Seven selected poems by Antwerp-based artist Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (°1951), illustrated with some of the artist’s original black and white pen drawings.

MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 543 7 € 20 design: Studio Luc Derycke 26 x 20 cm / 16 pp / SC / NL

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Julião Sarmento One Hundred Seventy One Entertainment Celebrities

One Hundred Seventy One Entertainment Celebrities celebrates the portrayal and posing of famous actors often featuring in today’s blockbusters.

MER. Paper Kunsthalle Winter 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 533 8 € 25 design: Studio Luc Derycke 10 x 13,8 cm / 176 pp / SC

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Jochem Vanden Ecker A skydog’s time A skydog’s place MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9147 100 1 € 60 design: Jochem Vanden Ecker 25,9 x 21 cm / 332 pp / xerox print

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A skydog’s time. A skydog’s place, is an artist book dealing with notions of unbuiltness on many different levels. It is based on both the book ‘projet pour un livre. projet pour un film.’ by Nico Dockx and Helena Sidiropoulos (in its turn based on an unpublished catalogue of Marcel Broodthaers) published by RA in 2009 and a selection of raw photographic footage of an unfinished abandoned skytrain shot between August 2007 and January 2009 in Bangkok Thailand. The starting point of this book was an invitation of RA Antwerp to take part in an ongoing series of exhibitions in relation to photography.

Alexis Destoop KARIOS: THE SET MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9069 343 5 € 55 design: Studio Luc Derycke 34 x 42 cm / 60 pp / HC / EN

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Kairos: The Set is the fictional movie about the mining business in the Australian desert. This photobook is a visual analysis of how mining companies intervene in an otherwise unspoild and virginal landscape. The desert functions as the set for the movie and the book. Extreme landscapes and harsh environments are put to the fore; banning all interaction between man and his environment. Kairos brings to mind the feeling that no man’s lands evoke. This book is the first part of a trilogy of mining activities in remote areas of the world.

Ištvan Išt Huzjan OHO and the KOREAN AVANT-GARDE ASSOCIATION MER. Paper Kunsthalle Winter 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 531 4 € 150 (artist edition) design: Ištvan Išt Huzjan 30 x 21 cm / 110 pp / SC

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As one buys or comes to win the publication at hand one has a right to ask Ištvan Išt Huzjan to come to his or hers preferred location and perform his piece entitled OD TU DO TU (From Here To There). Huzjan’s performance is a simple gesture where the artist enters the chosen location and barefooted measures the distance between two random architectural elements chosen together by the artist and the person in possession of the book. To mark the starting point of the measuring the artist writes down OD TU (from here) directly on the first architectural element and to mark the end point the artist writes down the measured distance on the second architectural element DO TU MERI x STOPAL (to here measures x number of feet). During the performance the artist talks about his work and the context of the publication. This publication is signed and numbered on 50 copies.

Marie Angeletti Hobbs Mclaughlin MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 536 9 € 20 design: Studio Luc Derycke 30 x 21 cm / 56 pp / SC

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Hobbs McLaughlin is a continuation of Marie Angeletti’s 2013 exhibition, inside the living room of a Balfron Tower apartment, a Goldfinger high rise in East London. The publication sees Angeletti further develop a web of relationships, part-real part-fictional, centred around the flat and people involved in it. For the exhibition she photographed the two girls who run the space and an artist friend who had shown there previously, images which were shown alongside other figures and scenes. For this publication, Angeletti mixes installation shots and images from the show, photographs from the opening night and works by artist-friends who have also exhibited in the flat. Angeletti’s images move toward an awareness of social contexts; they underline how human relationships, and communities of people in which one associates oneself, are intrinsically linked to the construction of one’s identity. She shows how the conditions in which one works, the way relationships are formed, and the spaces one occupies are all interconnected, modifying the manner in which artwork is seen.

Christophe Meierhans SOME USE FOR YOUR BROKEN CLAY POTS Anne-Emmanuelle Bourgaux, Rudi Laermans, Jean-BenoĂŽt Pilet, Dave Sinardet. MER. Paper Kunsthalle February 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 542 0 â&#x201A;Ź 25 (tbc) design: Alexandre Laumonier 20 x 13 cm / 140 pp / SC / EN

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Some use for your broken clay pots is the constitutional text for a democratic state that does not yet exist. A possible scenario for a society in which voluntary citizenship, the Democratic service, Statebook, leaders appointed through self-disqualification, a constitutional carnaval and many other innovations set the basis of our common future. Christophe Meierhans works with and within the public space. As an artist, he develops strategies for interventions in our daily life protocols through the manipulation of conventional agreements, social habits and simple usages. The book will be launched on Thursday February 20th after the eponym performance, which Meierhans will hold during the festival Mind the Book at Vooruit, Gent.

Benjamin Verdonck KALENDER MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9069 352 7 € 29 design: Afreux 24 x 17 cm / 352 pp / HC / NL, EN

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Benjamin Verdonck completed his work Kalender on January 2nd, 2010. Over the previous 365 days more than 150 actions had taken place in Antwerp. They related to traditional holidays, the change of seasons, geopolitical shifts, Mother’s Day, Friday’s late-opening night, 9/11, April Fools’ Day. The book Kalender tells the story of this work in pictures and texts by Benjamin Verdonck. A dead sparrow, a pink globe, an aluminium foil collection, a conversation with birds, the storming of NATO Headquarters, a small paper castle for people without papers, scale models, stickers, pastries, a letter and Post-Its.

Dominique Somers and Egon Van Herreweghe BEST AVAILABLE COPY MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 538 3 â&#x201A;Ź 20

This publication is conceived as a proposition. A proposition about book-making, therefore also about its own making. Its subject matter revolves around the basic concepts that define an illustrated book. The result doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t intend to claim anything. Its act of self-reflection is a modest one, generated through a gesture from within.

design: Dominique Somers and Egon Van Herreweghe 29 x 21 cm / 54 pp / SC

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Anne Daems Opa-Tisha-Wocka-Locka Anne Daems & Kenneth Andrew Mroczek MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 540 6 â&#x201A;Ź 25 (tbc) design: Anne Daems & Kenneth Andrew Mroczek in conversation with Studio Luc Derycke 23 x 16 cm / 192 pp / EN

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Opatishawockalocka: a Native American place name that was shortened in 1926 to become Opa-locka, Florida, an incorporated city, classified as Moorish Revival. Drafted by architect Bernhardt E. Muller and city planner Clinton Mckenzie to the intiative of aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss and cattle rancher James Bright. The themed city was constructed inbetween set prop and reality and created at the intersection of planes, trains, boats and the automobile. This fantasy-based garden city suburb of Miami drew its inspiration and promoted itself through themes made popular by the book 1001 Arabian Nights and the film The Thief of Bagdad (1924). Opa-lockaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complex trajectory has led it to being frequently quoted, acting as an adjective in contemporary hip-hop music.

Joris Van de Moortel Cylinder #5 MER. Paper Kunsthalle & Künstlerhaus Bethaniën Fall 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 514 7 € 10 design: Joris Van de Moortel with Studio Luc Derycke 29,7 x 21 cm / 2 poster pages

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Comics were Van de Moortel’s first love: his first drawings, his first stories; a dwelling of fantasies and a lack of reality: he devored them as a child. His first publications with MER. Paper Kunsthalle, the Cylinder series, is not a real comic book series, but the idea is based on the structure of it. It fits perfectly to get Van de Moortel’s work published. The sketches, the colouring, the humour that feels close to the practice: it’s a work in itself and not just a representation of images. The artist prints one new Cylinder issue on the occasion of each new project or exhibition. Each cahier has a unique design and cover. Each will be published separately at first; becoming one book after 10 editions that will be published as a whole. Every edition is a new adventure having the same basic players, added, transformed. It’s one big playground: like a show. This is the sequel to Cylinder # 4. It is the fifth issue in the Cylinder Series.

Emilio Lopez-Menchero TRYING TO BE... Koen Van Synghel MER. Paper Kunsthalle Spring 2014 ISBN 978 94 9177 526 0 € 39 design: Studio Luc Derycke 26 x 21 cm / 320 pp / HC / EN

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Trying to be… is an artistic game initiated and performed by Emilio Lopez-Menchero, in which the artist puts himself into perspective by mimicking established artists such as Frida Kahlo, Pablo Picasso and so on. Throughout his artistic practice, Lopez-Menchero has also found a unique way to present his art via architecture, by actively using the public space, institutionalized spaces and so-called non-spaces within today’s society as his arena. These spaces form the backdrop for his frolic performances, his video’s, installations, drawings, paintings and artist books of which Trying to be… is the most recent.

David Helbichâ&#x20AC;&#x192; Belgian Solutions MediuMER Fall 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 513 0 â&#x201A;Ź 20

Belgian Solutions gathers over 300 images of witty, absurd and at times hilarious hands-on solutions for our everyday environment. The project started in 2006 as an ongoing series of photos by Brussels-based artist David Helbich. Since Helbich posted his pictures on social network platforms in 2009, the project went viral, growing rapidly with contributions posted by Belgian solutions-spotters from around the globe. Since its launch, the book received massive national and international media coverage.

design: Studio Luc Derycke 13 x 17 cm / 304 pp / SC

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Antoni Tàpies Lo Sguardo dell’Artista Walter Hartsarich, Daniela Ferretti, Toni Tàpies, Natasha Hébert, Axel Vervoordt MER. Paper Kunsthalle & Axel Vervoordt Foundation April 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 507 9 € 45

The Catalan artist Antoni Tàpies’ life (1923–2012) was marked by existential questioning. Philosophers, religious thinkers, scientists, Old Masters and contemporary artists alike influenced his artistic practice. Tàpies’ impulse to collect stemmed directly from this fascination. Constantly seeking a link between the many cultures, geographies and epochs of humanity, his spiritual quest typified all his artistic preoccupations. The 2013 exhibition Tàpies. Lo sguardo dell’artista (The eye of the artist) at Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, presents a thoughtful selection of Tàpies’ own work in the broader context of his collection.The intimacy of the house of Mariano Fortuny, himself a kaleidoscopic collector, extends the dialogue. This book endeavors to convey the spirit of Tàpies’ art and his extraordinary eye as both an artist and a collector.

design: Studio Luc Derycke 28 x 23 cm / 224 pp / HC / EN

Wagner L’OPERA HORS DE SOI: LA PENSÉE ET L’ART Christophe Imperiali, Charles Méla, Elisabeth Macheret van Daele MER. Paper Kunsthalle September 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 524 6 € 39,50 design: Studio Luc Derycke 27 x 21,5 cm / 208 pp / HC / FR

THE DARK GALLERIES

THE DARK GALLERIES A Museum Guide to Painted Portraits in Film Noir, Gothic Melodramas and Ghost Stories of the 1940s and 1950s Steven Jacobs & Lisa Colpaert

THE DARK GALLERIES

A MUSEUM GUIDE TO PAINTED PORTRAITS IN FILM NOIR, GOTHIC MELODRAMAS, AND GHOST STORIES OF THE 1940S AND 1950S STEVEN JACOBS & LISA COLPAERT

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AraMER November 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 519 2 € 25 design: Studio Luc Derycke 24,5 x 16,5 cm / 240 pp / SC / EN

L’ opéra, pour Wagner, est plus qu’un genre artistique. C’est un filtre à travers lequel le monde apparaît, un cristal dans lequel il se réfracte – c’est une pensée du monde. Tous ses opéras racontent une histoire de rédemption, et il vit lui-même dans la conviction que le monde qui l’entoure doit être sauvé par l’art. L’opéra hors de soi, c’est l’opéra qui passe de la scène à la salle et de la salle à la rue; c’est l’histoire d’un art comme pensée du monde. Car l’art et la pensée sont indissociables pour Wagner, non seulement parce qu’il ne cesse de méditer sur l’art et sur sa place dans la société, mais aussi parce qu’il nourrit son œuvre aux sources de pensée les plus diverses. Le bicentenaire de la naissance de Wagner est une bonne occasion d’esquisser un parcours sur les traces d’une pensée variée, colorée, parfois contestable, mais toujours entière et engagée. Philosophie, histoire, politique, religion: Wagner a cherché se positionner sur tous ces terrains, estimant qu’il était du devoir de l’artiste de changer le monde.

Imagine a museum in which the portrait of Carlotta Valdes, an important prop in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, hangs on a wall next to the painted portrait of the title character of Otto Preminger’s Laura and opposite the uncanny portraits of the desired or murdered women in Fritz Lang’s Scarlet Street, George Cukor’s Gaslight, and Nicholas Ray’s Born to Be Bad. In an adjacent gallery, the visitor of this imaginary museum can contemplate the portraits of patriarchs that feature in films such as House of Strangers, Suspicion, Gilda, and Strangers on a Train. This is precisely the concept of this book. Dark Galleries deals with American (and some British) films of the 1940s and 1950s, in which a painted portrait plays an important part in the plot or the mise-en-scène. Particularly noir crime thrillers, gothic melodramas, and ghost stories feature painted portraits that seem to have a magical power over their beholders.

ThE STAR ALPHABET BY E.L.T MESENS Dada and Surrealism in Brussels, Paris & London Phillip Van den Bossche, Christiane Geurts-Krauss, Virginie Devillez, Nele Bernheim, Xavier Canonne, Simon Delobel, Erich Weiss, Peter J.H. Pauwels AsaMER July 2013 design: Studio Luc Derycke 28 x 23 cm / 280 pp

MORE LIGHT The Fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art Catherine de Zegher, Svetlana Boym, Noemi Smolik, Souchou Yao, Pascal Gielen, Alexei Penzin, Keti Chukhrov

Edouard Léon Théodore Mesens (1903–1971) was a main figure in twentieth-century European art. He was known as the “talisman of surrealism”. Like a collage, his artistic vocation comprised various fragments: he was a composer, poet, publisher, photographer, exhibition maker and above all a passionate promoter of art. In the early 1920s E.L.T. MESENS played an active role in the European art scene, becoming friends with Tristan Tzara, Theo van Doesburg, Erik Satie and other artists. He appointed himself one of the driving forces of the surrealist movement. His life was entirely devoted to imagination and poetry. Discover l’amour fou in The Star Alphabet by E.L.T. MESENS. This book is available in three different language editions: ISBN 978 94 9177 512 3 (FR / € 65 / HC) ISBN 978 94 9177 510 9 (NL / € 65 / HC) ISBN 978 94 9177 511 6 (EN / € 39 / SC)

More Light brings together the works of over seventy international artists represented at this year’s 5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art. Curated by Catherine de Zegher in close collaboration with Joseph Backstein and today’s protagonists in contemporary Russian art, this edition of the Moscow Biennale draws in large parts on Kasimir Malevich’s opera Victory of the Sun premiered in 1913 at the Luna Park in Saint Petersburg.

MER. Paper Kunsthalle ISBN 978 94 9177 530 7 September 2013 € 39,5 design: Studio Luc Derycke 19 x 25,5 cm / 384 pp / SC / EN

Robert Devriendt SCènes Peter Verhelst, Jeroen Olyslaegers, et. al. MER. Paper Kunsthalle June 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 505 5 € 29,5 design: Studio Luc Derycke 26 x 17 cm / 128 pp / HC / NL

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Wie het eerste deel van het boek bekijkt, zal merken dat Robert Devriendt zijn reeksen minischilderijen ziet als scènes van een groot verhaal, als verschillende hoofdstukken van een roman of film. De schilder schort in die reeksen het lineaire tijdsverloop op, zoomt in op geheimzinnige details (een supermooie auto, de ‘perfecte’ blonde vrouw, een bos, een taxidermist, een bebloed T-shirt …), alludeert op oude schilderijen, tv-beelden, reclamefoto’s, films, populaire bladen… Er zijn wellicht verbanden, maar welke? Er is een scenario, maar waarvan? Wat er zeker is: de zorgvuldige aandacht en de sensuele liefde voor het schilderen, het strelen van de huid van het doek, dat hunkert naar een creatieve waarnemer.

ContradicTIES : Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp Editors: Johan Pas Nico Dockx & Els De bruyn

AsaMER September 2013 ISBN 978 94 9069 375 6 € 35 design: Jan Mast & Nico Dockx 28 x 21,6 cm / 288 pp / HC / NL

Goele De Bruyn CLEAN SPEECH Els Roelandt MER. Paper Kunsthalle September 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 520 8 € 20 design: Studio Luc Derycke 34 x 42 cm / 80 pp / HC / EN

Daniel Linehan A NO CAN MAKE SPACE MER. Paper Kunsthalle September 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 517 8 € 60 design: Afreux 24 x 15 cm / 352 pp / HC / EN

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CONTRADIcTIES is a critical biography of one of the oldest art academies in the world and the first monograph that is dedicated to its history. The Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts was the result of an initiative by the Antwerp painter David Teniers the Younger. Its foundation in 1663 marked the beginning of a rich history that is being celebrated today. Fifteen experts were invited to write a chapter of this history. Their stories highlight different aspects of the academy’s foundation and its evolution through four centuries. The book kicks of with the 20th century and ends with the 17th, the 19th century being the turning point in the academy’s history. Attention is also given to the building history, the relationships with Antwerp and to the rise and breakthrough of the famous fashion department. Apart from many previously unpublished visual documents, the book contains a detailed chronology.

In 2011, Goele De Bruyn travelled to China on the invitation of Jiawen Hou, artist and artistic director of Casuallocations Art Space in Beijing. The reason for the trip was a new presentation of Les Mains Sales, which Goele De Bruyn exhibited in 2010 at MAC’s, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Grand Hornu, Belgium. Les Mains Sales has a fairly long history. In 1998, Goele De Bruyn began collecting small remnants of bars of soap that she received from friends and family members. Today, this collection includes about 350 pieces. In response to Jiawen Hou’s invitation to present Les Mains Sales at Casuallocations Art Space, she decided to remake the entire project. A work that originally took ten years had to be completed in just a few weeks. By shifting the emphasis from saving and collecting the pieces of soap to actively looking for them in a country where the artist knows neither the language nor the customs, a completely new work is created.

A No Can Make Space is a book as a choreography. For this publication choreographer Daniel Linehan has gathered texts and poetic fragments, which he used as part of his choreographic practice. He organized these writings into several chapters according to their main themes: repetition, sequence, rhythm, value, change, tension, silence. A No Can Make Space is an artistic project of collecting and categorizing, a method Linehan often uses when making dance performances. Thus this book becomes a way to think about how making a book can be an extension of making a dance.

a2o architecten OVER CONNECTIVITEIT Stefaan Evers, Hein Smedts, Luc Vanmuysen (eds.) AsaMER February 2013 ISBN 978 94 9069 368 8 (NL) ISBN 978 94 9069 387 9 (EN) € 39,5 design: Studio Luc Derycke 26,5 x 22 cm / 140 pp / HC / NL, EN

Joris Van de Moortel Cylinder #4 MER. Paper Kunsthalle & Künstlerhaus Bethaniën May 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 506 2 € 10 design: Joris Van de Moortel with Studio Luc Derycke 30 x 21 cm / 32 pp / SC / EN

Niels Trannois drawings Guillaume Olendorff, Yann Chevallier, Niels Trannois MER. Paper Kunsthalle September 2013 ISBN 978 949177 522 2 € 25 design: Studio Luc Derycke 20 x 16 cm / 40 pp / HC / FR, EN

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On connectivity offers readers some insight into the world of a2o-architects. It explains why a2o’s designs and buildings are connective. It connects the ‘now’ with the past and the future, with the importance of context and the autonomy of architecture. It connects engagement, craftsmanship and imagination in a contemporary way. The work of a2o-architects is situated in Belgium and the Meuse- Rhine Euroregion. a2o’s architecture occupies an area of tension between two realities, which also play a central role in this book: the main story, the leitmotiv, about its philosophy and the creative process. And the particular, the tangible, about contemporary themes and architecture. The two storylines are interwoven throughout the book, allowing text and images to make their own connections. This is a book about connectivity, about us dreaming about the perfect place to live or to work.

Drawings est une publication de l’artiste Niels Trannois. Construite comme une lecture des modes opératoires de l’artiste; comment les oeuvres se fomentent, s’articulent entre elles et dessinent une pratique. «drawings» est pensé comme une partition de musique, constitué d’une «ouverture» écrite par Yann Chevallier, de huit «dessins» que sont les textes préparatoires aux oeuvres dont certaines reproductions ponctuent le catalogue ainsi que des «notes de bas de page» que sont les images précédant ou suivant la réalisation des-dites oeuvres. Ecrit en regard de ces «notes de bas de page», conçu comme un «adagio» en forme d’épilogue ouvert, un texte de Guillaume Olendorff vient clore le mouvement du livre.

Keren Cytter MOP Museum of Photography Jessica Vaughan, Kyla McDonald MER. Paper Kunsthalle October 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 527 7 € 35

MOP (Museum Of Photography) aims to mirror and challenge the entire history of photography. It contains approximately 800 polaroids that document the artist’s daily life and travels around the globe in the course of a year. The collection tries to break the boundaries of the personal and the institutional, by placing all photographs under one roof in an original size and a seemingly arbitrary yet chronological order. The photographs are shifting from familiar, atmospheric to staged, portraits, found footage, experimental and kitsch. Each page in the book contains 4 colorful photographs.

design: Studio Luc Derycke 26 x 21 cm / 232 pp / HC / EN

An Pierlé BELL MediuMER November 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 515 4 € 25

An Pierlé

design: Studio Luc Derycke 30 x 30 cm / 32 pp / SC with 7” vinyl record / NL

Anouk De Clercq Thing Marianne Van Kerckhoven AraMER September 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 516 1 € 20

Begin 2012 besliste het college van schepenen en burgemeester van Gent om An Pierlé aan te stellen als stadscomponist voor de periode 2012–2013. An Pierlé (°1974) is een Gentse muzikante die in 1996 haar bekendheid verwierf in Vlaanderen door haar deelname aan Humo’s Rock Rally, in een frappante verschijning op een zitbal aan de piano. Met een jeugdig enthousiasme omarmde An Pierlé de verschillende muzikale en andere samenwerkingsverbanden in het kader van haar stadscomponistenschap… Ze bespeelde de prachtige Gentse kerkorgels en de beiaard, ze opende de stadhal in gezelschap van haar Gentse collega muzikanten met o.a. Helmut Lotti, Sarah Ferri, Stef Heeren,… Ze inspireerde studenten grafisch ontwerp en videokunst en liet de studenten compositie van het Gentse conservatorium aan het werk met haar muziek met als eindresultaat een concert in de Opera in het najaar van 2013.

An architect talks about the city he has built. Gradually we realize that the city is imaginary. His account is a futile attempt to give his ideas a fixed shape. This, in a nutshell, is the story of Thing, a book and video by artist Anouk De Clercq. Thing is part of The art of ~scaping, a research project by Anouk De Clercq, funded by the Research Fund University College Ghent.

design: Michaël Bussaer 24 x 17 cm / 28 pp / EN

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Marijke van Warmerdam Uit of thuis Peter De Graeve, An Meskens, Maïté Vissault

Ymere is een Nederlandse woningontwikkelaar, die elk van zijn projecten in een verrassend kleed laat steken door een hedendaags kunstenaar. Na Niek Kemps, Roy Villevoye, Mina Wu en Gabriel Lester, is Marijke van Warmerdam aan de beurt. Zij koos voor het beeld van een slak, met huis en zonder huis.

MER. Paper Kunsthalle July 2013 ISBN 978 94 9069 374 9 € 20 design: Studio Luc Derycke 21 x 14 cm / 36 + 2 posters / NL

The Making of Meeting Els Silvrants-Barclay, Defne Ayas & Davide Quadrio MER. Paper Kunsthalle June 2013 ISBN 978 94 9177 509 3 € 25 design: Indianen 23,5 x 16,5 cm / 304 pp / SC / EN

Sam Dillemans authors Luc Vanackere MER. Paper Kunsthalle April 2013 ISBN 978 94 9069 399 2 € 39 design: Studio Luc Derycke 32 x 24,5 cm / 222 pp / HC / EN, NL

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In August 2009, cultural practitioners from around Asia and their ARTHUB ASIA-integrated, match-made peers from the rest of the world came together to discuss and reflect on the dynamic, ongoing echoes of the now-defunct Silk Road trading route and its multiple dimensions. As a four-day symposium, The Making of The New Silk Roads aimed to reassess the complex interconnections within Asia’s cultural and artistic spectrum at the beginning of the 21st century. This book summarizes the concerns and thoughts the symposium participants shared, while reflecting on the performative format of meeting that the symposium aimed to be. By extension, it serves as a memento of what its initiator ARTHUB ASIA-a not-for-profit multi-disciplinary platform of curatorial and artistic experimentation- has achieved in its first seven years of existence.

In the past years Sam Dillemans has painted some 300 portraits, mostly of influential writers, but also of scientists, composers and singers. In his typical dynamic and fluent style Dillemans completed the 300 portraits almost in one go. Most of the portraits are painted in black and white with smooth, volatile lines; others are touched up with some rare subtle brushstrokes in colour. Whether the subject is recognizable or not depends on the viewer and on how much the artists is prepared to divulge in his impressive paintings. Once more Dillemans has chosen to present an impressive series that centres on human beings, their faces and expressions. Some models are recognizable almost immediately, while others require an effort of the viewer. The result is a series of sometimes alarming portraits that compel us to observe intensely, explore the concept of portraiture and admire the smart faces Dillemans has gathered in these paintings in his typical style. 43

211. One In Many Heidi Voet ISBN 978 94 9177 525 3 retail: € 33

198. Wagner, L’Opera hors de soi: la pensée et l’art ISBN 978 94 9177 524 6 retail: € 39,50

210. OHO and the Korean Avant-Garde Association Ištvan Išt Huzjan ISBN 978 94 9177 531 4 retail: € 150

197. Thing Anouk De Clercq, Marianne Van Kerckhoven ISBN 978 94 9177 516 1 retail: € 20

184. Here Art Grows on Trees Simryn Gill ISBN 978 94 9069 371 8 retail: € 39,90

209. Dark Galleries A Museum Guide to Painted Portraits in Film Noir, Gothic Melodramas and Ghost Stories of the 1940s and 1950s Steven Jacobs & Lisa Colpaert ISBN 978 94 9177 519 2 retail: € 29,50

196. Book #1 L01 2018 Pieter Huybrechts & Erki De Vries ISBN 978 94 9069 392 3 retail: € 350

183. ik wordt Johan De Wilde ISBN 978 94 9177 504 8 retail: € 29

195. CONTRADIcTIES Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen 2013–1663 ISBN 978 94 9069 375 6 retail: € 35

182. Scattering of the Fragile Cherry Blossoms An van. Dienderen & Lisa Spilliaert ISBN 978 94 9069 391 6 retail: € 19,50

208. One Hundred Seventy One Entertainment Celebrities Julião Sarmento ISBN 978 94 9177 533 8 retail: € 25 207. Cylinder # 5 Joris Van de Moortel ISBN 978 94 9177 514 7 retail: € 10 206. Bell An Pierlé ISBN 978 94 9177 515 4 retail: € 25 205. C.Stone Mark Cloet ISBN 978 94 9177 534 5 retail: € 20 204. Drawings Niels Trannois ISBN 978 94 9177 522 2 retail: € 25 203. A No Can Make Space Daniel Linehan ISBN 978 94 9177 517 8 retail: € 65 202. MOP. Museum of Photography Jessica Vaughan, Kyla McDonald ISBN 978 94 9177 527 7 retail: € 35 201. Clean Speach Goele De Bruyn ISBN 978 94 9177 520 8 retail: € 20 200. More Light Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art ISBN 978 94 9177 530 7 retail: € 39,50 199. Belgian Solutions David Helbich ISBN 978 94 9177 513 0 retail: € 20

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194. The Star Alphabet by E.L.T. Mesens. Dada & Surrealism in Brussels, Paris and London ISBN 978 94 9177 511 6 (EN) ISBN 978 94 9177 510 9 (NL) ISBN 978 94 9177 512 3 (FR) retail: € 65 (NL, FR) retail: € 39 (EN) 193. Uit of Thuis Marijke van Warmerdam ISBN 978 94 9069 34 374 9 retail: € 20 192. Three by Three Gábor Ösz ISBN 978 94 9069 334 3 retail: € 39 191. Scènes Robert Devriendt ISBN 978 94 9177 505 5 retail: € 29,50 190. Cylinder #4 Joris Van de Moortel ISBN 978 94 9177 506 2 retail: € 10 189. Mooi is nuttig Kristof Van Gestel ISBN 978 94 9069 370 1 retail: € 39 188. The Making of Meeting Els Silvrants-Barclay, Defne Ayas and Davide Quadrio ISBN 978 94 9177 509 3 retail: € 25 187. Capturing the Sensible Lara Mennes ISBN 978 94 9069 376 3 retail: € 29 186. Lo sguardo dell’artista Antoni Tàpies ISBN 978 94 9177 507 9 retail: € 45

185. We are all flesh Berlinde De Bruyckere & J.M. Coetzee ISBN 978 94 9069 390 9 retail: € 19,50

181. Margarita Production Micro, Contact, Strings & Things Valérie Wolters, Agnès Quackels, Pieter T’Jonck & André Eiermann ISBN 978 94 9069 302 2 retail: € 20 180. Ida Barbarigo Ida Barbarigo ISBN 978 94 9177 503 1 retail: € 39 179. Time Space Poker Face Sofie Van Loo ISBN 978 94 9177 502 4 retail: € 20 178. a2o architecten On Connectivity Stefaan Evers, Hein Smedts, Luc Vanmuysen (eds.) ISBN 978 94 9069 387 9 (EN) ISBN 978 94 9069 368 8 (NL) retail: € 39,50

172. From Contratto Socialle to Colonna di Genk Luciano Fabro – His sixteen commisioned public sculptures ISBN 978 94 9069 362 6 retail: € 30 171. L’Origine des Choses De Oorzaak der Dingen — The Causes of Things ISBN 978 94 9069 319 0 retail: € 25 170. You can use my skin Jan Van Imschoot ISBN 978 94 9069 398 5 retail: € 24,50 169. Norio Imai ISBN 978 94 9069 332 9 retail: € 39,50 168. Distances Luc Dondeyne ISBN 978 94 9069 397 8 retail: € 29,50 167. After Empire Herman Asselberghs & Dieter Lesage ISBN 978 94 9069 394 7 retail: € 15 166. Love Letters Werner Mannaers ISBN 978 94 9069 389 3 retail: € 39 165. Allen Vlees Berlinde De Bruyckere & J.M. Coetzee ISBN 978 94 9069 367 1 retail: € 29,50 164. Cylinder #2 Joris Van de Moortel ISBN 978 94 9069 395 4 retail: € 10

177. From the Cutting-Floor of the Public Poem Alain Arias-Misson ISBN 978 94 9069 315 2 retail: € 25

163. Bloodline/Heartline Julião Sarmento ISBN 978 94 9069 342 8 retail: € 85

176. Authors Sam Dillemans ISBN 978 94 9069 399 2 retail: € 39

162. Flemish Art Assets Kurt Ryslavy ISBN 978 94 9069 360 2 retail: € 20

175. Cylinder # 3 Joris Van de Moortel ISBN 978 94 9177 501 7 retail: € 10

161. The Fields. 12 notes on clarity Toon Van Borm ISBN 978 94 9069 369 5 retail: € 180

174. The Backstory Kelly Schacht ISBN 978 94 9069 379 4 retail: € 34

160. Neonlicht. Paul De Vree & de neo-avant-garde Johan Pas ISBN 978 94 9069 346 6 retail: € 39,50

173. Home-made Victories Koen Theys ISBN 978 94 9069 396 1 retail: € 34,50

159. Pleasure In Nonsense Michael Fullerton ISBN 978 94 9069 363 3 retail: € 29,8 /25 £ /38 $

146. C.I.N.V.U. (See I envy you) Christian van der Kaap ISBN 978 94 9069 358 9 Retail: € 6,95

132. Hands of Time Johan De Wilde ISBN 978 94 9069 339 8 retail: € 34,50

117. Spectres Sven Augustijnen ISBN 978 94 6117 009 5 retail: € 39

158. Architectures 2000–2012 Marc Corbiau ISBN: 978 94 9069 373 2 (SC) ISBN: 978 94 9069 372 5 (HC) retail: € 39,50 (SC) reatil: € 85 (HC)

145. Epilogue. Postcards from the Future C&H ISBN 978 94 9069 355 8 retail: € 20

131. Reading Urban Cracks Riet Steel, Elly Van Eeghem, Griet Verschelden & Carlos Dekeyrel ISBN 978 94 9069 338 1 Sold out

116. De dingen die ik zie Raoul De Keyser ISBN 978 94 6117 010 1 Sold out

144. Pietà. Naar een fenomenologie van een creatieproces Ludwig Vandevelde ISBN 978 94 9069 348 0 retail: € 20

130. Parties de voyant Benoit Platéus ISBN 978 94 9069 337 4 retail: € 20

115. Multiple / Readings 51 kunstenaarsboeken 1959 - 2009 Johan Pas ISBN 978 94 6117 011 8 retail: € 30

129. Dislexicon Hilde D’haeyere ISBN 978 94 9069 331 2 retail: € 15

114. Ostende Jef Van Eynde ISBN 978 94 9069 314 5 retail: € 29

128. The Great Subtraction Gabriele Guercio ISBN 978 94 6117 016 3 retail: € 24

113. Het Huis Huilt Alice Joseph ISBN 978 94 9069 316 9 retail: € 19,50

127. Semites: The Album Charif Benhelima ISBN 978 94 9069 330 5 retail: € 35

112. Art as Compassion Bracha L. Ettinger ISBN 978 94 6117 008 8 retail: € 39

126. Against the Sun Stefaan Dheedene ISBN 978 94 9069 333 6 retail: € 20

111. Het Plateel Mina Wu ISBN 978 94 9069 311 4 retail: € 25

125. Sadaharu Horio Various ISBN 978 94 6117 014 9 retail: € 39,50

110. Dirk Vander Eecken ISBN 978 94 9069 310 7 retail: € 29,50

157. 95 POLAROIDS SX70 Julião Sarmento ISBN 978 94 9069 341 1 retail: € 20 156. Words & Coins. From Ancient Greece to Byzantium ISBN 978 94 9069 364 0 (EN) ISBN 978 94 9069 384 8 (FR) retail: € 59,50

143. All Our Relations Biennale of Sydney 2012 ISBN 978 06 4657 199 7 retail: € 39,50

155. Cylinder # 1 Joris Van de Moortel ISBN 978 94 9069 366 4 retail: € 10

142. The Hunger Nr. 1 – Snowman vs Squid Peter Rogiers ISBN 978 94 9069 353 4 retail: € 20

154. Victor Servranckx De jaren twintig ISBN 978 90 7469 408 7 retail: € 39,50

141. Z33 logboek ISBN 978 94 9069 350 3 (EN) ISBN 978 94 9069 349 7 (NL) retail: € 20

153. The Hunger Nr. 2 – Promiscuity Peter Rogiers ISBN 978 94 9069 388 6 retail: € 20

140. Me Parcifal ISBN 978 94 9069 328 2 retail: € 35

152. Dragende Muren Leen De Wilde & Jozefien Muylle ISBN 978 94 9069 340 4 retail: € 29,50 151. As it is done. 57 contemplations Katrin Lohmann ISBN 978 94 9069 378 7 retail: € 17,50

139. If I Were You Emi Kodama ISBN 978 94 9069 345 9 retail: € 17,50 138. Poëtische machine Jerry Galle ISBN 978 94 9069 336 7 retail: € 29

150. Paesaggio (Penguin Issue) Blauer Hase ISBN 978 94 9069 359 6 retail: € 15

137. The Borrowed Gaze Variations GTB Karin Hanssen ISBN 978 94 9069 344 2 retail: € 32,50

149. Zien, Doen, Denken Marc De Blieck & Volkmar Mühleis ISBN 978 94 9069 377 0 retail: € 29,50

136. Fake Star Parcifal ISBN 978 94 9069 327 5 retail: € 35

148. Marketplace 76 Needcompany ISBN 978 94 9069 361 9 retail: € 17

135. Zonder Titel Parcifal ISBN 978 94 9069 329 9 retail: € 40

147. Graphology. Drawing from Automatism and Automation Edwin Carels ISBN 978 09 5582 995 6 retail: € 15

134. Lightning Strikes Again Parcifal ISBN 978 94 9069 335 0 retail: € 35 133. Instant Ruins Robin Vanbesien ISBN 978 94 9069 318 3 retail: € 15

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124. architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – boxset ISBN 978 94 9069 326 8 retail: € 80 123. architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – 1 boek 3 ISBN 978 94 9069 313 8 retail: € 35 122. architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – 1 boek 2 ISBN 978 94 9069 312 1 retail: € 19 121. 8 interventies Hans Demeulenaere ISBN 978 94 9069 325 1 retail: € 20 120. Z33. NU. ISBN 978 94 9069 307 7 retail: € 20 119. Spectropoetics Sven Augustijnen ISBN 978 94 6117 015 6 retail: € 7 118. Tra ISBN 978 94 9069 317 6 retail: € 49

109. Juliaan Lampens Various ISBN 978 94 6117 005 7 retail: € 29,50 108. architecten de vylder vinck taillieu – 1 boek 1 ISBN 978 94 9069 308 4 retail: € 31,95 107. l’éclipse de l’objet, l’éclipse du sujet Nico Dockx, Ann Veronica Janssens retail: € 20 106. Le Peintre Flamant Jef Verheyen ISBN 978 94 6117 007 1 retail: € 45 105. Art of the Loom 32 Tapestries woven on the looms of Mark Deweer’s factory Max Borka ISBN 978 94 9069 309 1 Sold out 104. Dynamic Project Philippe Van Snick ISBN 978 94 6117 002 6 retail: € 39

103. Vermeersch J. R. P. V. P. L. T. & R. ISBN 978 94 6117 001 9 retail: € 39 102. About Flowers & Taxis Werner Mannaers ISBN 978 90 7697 943 4 retail: € 29 101. Rehabilitation. The Legacy of the Modern Movement ISBN 978 90 7893 711 1 retail: € 20 100. Un-There Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker ISBN 978 94 9069 304 6 retail: € 29 99. The Thrill of it All Karin Hanssen ISBN 978 90 7697 923 6 retail: € 35 98. Book, a Room Frank Depoorter & Lore Rabaut ISBN 978 90 7697 946 5 retail: € 29 97. Ni apparence Ni illusion Joseph Kosuth ISBN 978 94 9069 303 9 retail: € 49 96. LIQUID GOLD GOLD RUSH Parcifal Neyt ISBN 978 94 9069 300 8 retail: € 45 95. Without Title Parcifal Neyt ISBN 978 94 9069 301 5 retail: € 20 94. DIEGO/MICHAEL/BRITNEY Parcifal Neyt ISBN 978 90 7697 964 9 retail: € 45 93. Touching the Earth and the Sky Ronny Delrue ISBN 978 90 7697 961 8 retail: € 15 92. In-Finitum ISBN 978 90 7697 981 6 retail: € 65 91. Kunst voor het Johannes Enschedé Hof Joost Swarte ISBN 978 90 7697 900 7 retail: € 15 90. Dark Room Frederik Bruylant ISBN 978 90 7697 993 9 retail: € 20

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89. W.R. said to Kierkegaard Catalogue Sanna Marander ISBN 978 90 7697 991 5 retail: € 29 88. Time is a Book various ISBN 978 90 7697 999 1 retail: € 24 87. (un)balanced Frederic Geurts ISBN 978 90 7697 932 8 retail: € 29 86. Crude Icons Andy Warhol ISBN 978 90 7697 998 4 retail: € 15 85. Ring Siegfried De Buck ISBN 978 90 7697 996 0 retail: € 29,50 84. De l’adresse Isabelle Cornaro ISBN 978 90 7697 997 7 retail: € 15 83. Oops Wrong Planet Anouk Declercq ISBN 978 90 7697 995 3 retail: € 20 82. Optic Nerve and Ruffini Ending Mara Goldberg ISBN 978 90 7697 989 2 retail: € 20 81. Twee Vrouwen Roy Villevoye ISBN 978 90 7697 994 6 retail: € 20 80. Objects of vertu, Artist Instruments and Thingamajigs HAP ISBN 978 90 9023 509 7 Sold out 79. Raphaël Buedts ISBN 978 90 7697 990 8 retail: € 50 78. Hot chocolate Rob Scholte ISBN 978 90 7697 979 3 retail: € 20 77. Tight: Repeating Boredom Hall Privaat Koenraad Dedobbeleer Rita Mc Bride ISBN 978 90 7697 986 1 retail: € 39,50 76. Antwerpen bij 5 graden boven 0 Reinaart Vanhoe ISBN 978 90 7697 984 7 retail: € 10

75. La Tour, The Vertical Element Christian Philipp Müller ISBN 978 90 7697 980 9 retail: € 20

60. Elevating Witte de With Gabriel Lester ISBN 978 90 7697 957 1 Sold out

74. An Orderly Fashion ISBN 978 90 7697 974 8 retail: € 15

59. 35 jaar Frans Masereel Centrum ISBN 978 90 7697 951 9 retail: € 24,50

73. Anyth_= Werner Mannaers ISBN 978 90 7697 978 6 retail: € 29

58. Allegorical Decoys Rebecca H. Quaytman ISBN 978 90 7697 954 0 Sold out

72. Blue Garden Lieve Dhondt ISBN 978 90 7697 977 9 Sold out

57. Black Maria Isabelle Cornaro ISBN 978 90 7697 955 7 retail: € 15

71. Giga C. ISBN 978 90 7697 976 2 retail: € 65

56. Walks Jan Dheedene ISBN 978 90 7697 958 8 retail: € 35

70. Werk/Some Works Benjamin Verdonck Sold out 69. ZERO 1957 – 1966 NY 2008 ISBN 978 90 7697 973 1 retail: € 49,50 68. Charlotte Beaudry ISBN 978 90 7697 966 3 retail: € 22 67. This is an Example of that John Baldessari, Koen van den Broek ISBN 978 90 7697 972 4 retail € 50 66. ZOOM in ZOOM out Z33 Design & Art Projects collected ISBN 978 90 7460 500 7 retail: € 20

55. Panorama Gerard Richter ISBN 978 90 7697 953 3 retail: € 20 54. Subjects (Preview) Edith Dekyndt Sold out 53. The Rearrangement Adam Lehner ISBN 978 90 7697 952 6 retail: € 20 52. Mamamania Karolien Vanderstappen ISBN 978 90 7697 94 96 retail: € 15 51. Cahier de brouillons Werner Mannaers ISBN 978 90 7697 950 2 retail: € 40

65. Nano Dirk Vander Eecken ISBN 978 90 7697 969 4 retail: € 35

50. Dates Lore Vanelslande Sold out

64. Kunst van het onzichtbare Dirk Vander Eecken ISBN 978 90 7697 968 7 Sold out

49. Artempo Where Time Becomes Art ISBN 978 90 7697 947 2 retail: € 55

63. Academia Qui es-tu? ISBN 978 90 7697 965 6 (EN) ISBN 978 90 7697 963 2 (FR) retail: € 49,50

48. Study Book (Drawing Papers 59) Joëlle Tuerlinckx ISBN 09 423 2424 2 retail: € 65

62. Freestate ISBN 978 90 8114 422 3 retail: € 20

47. That Person’s Workbook Matt Mullican ISBN 978 19 0546 407 4 retail: € 65

61. Recyclable Refugee Camp Ives Maes ISBN 978 90 7697 959 5 retail: € 29,90

46. Ajour Siegfried De Buck ISBN 978 90 7697 940 3 Sold out

45. Énergie sombre dans une nuit blanche Niek Kemps ISBN 90 7697 937 5 retail: € 15 44. Acoustic Abstractions Pieter Vermeersch ISBN 90 7697 939 1 retail: € 17,50 43. Universe Ricardo Brey ISBN 90 7567 927 0 retail: € 69 42. Gorge(l) Beklemming en verademing in kunst ISBN 90 7697 935 9 retail: € 40 41. Implants Els Vander Meersch ISBN 90 7697 938 3 retail: € 25 40. Zoonation Filip Van Dingenen ISBN 90 7697 936 7 retail: € 20 39. Bigger, Higher, Leader! Willem Oorebeek ISBN 90 7697 931 6 retail: € 19,50 38. Relation Craigie Horsfield ISBN 90 7697 933 2 Sold out 37. MMV – MMVI Joris Ghekiere ISBN 90 7697 934 0 retail: € 10 36. Kijkdozen en Denkmodellen (1977 – 2005) Jan Fabre ISBN 90 7697 929 4 Sold out 35. Remember the Small Things Anne Daems, Koenraad Dedobbeleer Sold out 34. A Short Story Julião Sarmento ISBN 90 5325 925 1 retail: € 19,50 33. Barrio – Beuys........ Artur Barrio ISBN 90 7567 922 X retail: € 29,50 32. met zonder KOP Willem Oorebeek ISBN 90 7697 925 1 retail: € 15

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31. De XXIII De cross-over katernen in DWB ISBN 90 7697 927 8 retail: € 19,50

17. Drawings Anne Daems ISBN 90 7697 910 3 retail € 22

3. Photogravity Gabriel Orozco ISBN 90 6917 004 3 Sold out

30. Z33 (No. 0 – No. 7) = Z33 (06/2002 – 10/2004) ISBN 90 7697 924 3 retail: € 9

16. Wiels! various ISBN 90 7697 917 0 retail € 22

2. From Here to Here Marin Kasimir ISBN 90 6917 003 5 Sold out

29. Work In Progress I > III Pieter Vermeersch ISBN 90 7697 92 0 Sold out

15. Bestuifbegeerte various ISBN 90 7697 918 9 retail € 10

1. VOLUME 1 Wim Delvoye ISBN 90 6917 001 9 Sold out

28. La Optica Moderna retail: € 15

14. Cœurs Crus The Flemish Primitives Patrick ’t Hooft, Ann Huybens ISBN 90 7697 906 5 retail € 29,75

27. Re-shade Gert Robijns ISBN 90 7697 912 0 retail € 35 26. Le monde Reinaart Vanhoe ISBN 90 7697 915 4 retail: € 19 25. Flandrien Stephan Vanfleteren ISBN 90 7697 902 2 Sold out 24. Of Games, The Infinite and Worlds: The Work Of Gabriel Orozco Gabriel Orozco ISBN 09 0766 086 X Sold out 23. CXVIII-IV Joris Ghekiere ISBN 90 7697 920 0 retail € 19 22. 17 IN AUC The Transcriptions Hassan Khan ISBN 29 5226 300 0 retail € 22 21. La Ribot Various ISBN 29 1412 425 2 retail € 35 20. Atlas of Movements#59–#63 Christophe Fink ISBN 90 7697 919 7 retail € 14,95 19. Kino Jean Paul Deridder ISBN 90 7697 913 8 retail € 19 18. In Limbo Martien Van Beeck ISBN 90 7697 914 6 retail € 25

13. Scatalogue Wim Delvoye ISBN 29 0646 156 3 Sold out 12. La robe des choses Jürgen Partenheimer ISBN 90 7697 908 1 retail € 22 11. Urban Arboretum Lukas Jodogne ISBN 90 7697 907 3 retail € 19 10. Se Busco Recompensa Jonathan Hernandez ISBN 90 7697 911 1 retail € 19 9. Un voyage à waterloo Marcel Broodthaers ISBN 90 6917 012 4 Sold out 8. Ceci est une pipe Marcel Broodthaers ISBN 90 6917 011 6 Sold out 7. Expositions, Projections Joëlle Tuerlinckx ISBN 90 7685 504 8 retail € 50 6. Schilderen Robert Devriendt ISBN 90 7697 902 2 Sold out 5. Co-relief Jan de Vries ISBN 90 6917 005 1 Sold out 4. Hit Me With Your Color Stick Valérie Mannaerts ISBN 90 6917 006 X retail € 22

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