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Adel Abdessemed Otchi Tchiornie / L'Antidote

Gielen Denis, Raspail Thierry, de Chassey Eric, Grau Donatien, Nash Mark, Ardenne Paul, Daoud Kamel, Robecchi Michele, Zaya Octavio

ISBN: PB: 9780300236880, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, June 2018
256 pp., 27.5x21 cm, 85 colour illus.

The Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971) works in a wide variety of media including animation, installation, performance, sculpture, and video; through his art he addresses contemporary themes and he reflects the bleak picture of the...

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Nicolas Schoffer Space, Light, Time

Pierre Arnauld

ISBN: HB: 9780300233247, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, April 2018
240 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.

Hungarian-born French artist Nicolas Schoffer (1912-1992), though relatively unknown today, was during his lifetime a significant presence in the art world. His 1956 piece CYSP 1 is considered the first cybernetic sculpture, making use of motors, mic...

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William Kentridge Smoke, Ashes, Fable

Koerner Margaret K., Borchert Till-Holger, Buchloh Benjamin H. D., Koerner Joseph Leo, Siegel Harmon

ISBN: HB: 9780300230253, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2017
224 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 300 colour illus.

The well-known South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) has become famous for his time-lapse animation movies and installations, as well as his activities as an opera and theater director. This book offers a unique selection of Kentridge's wo...

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Pol Bury Time in Motion

Marquenie Gilles

ISBN: HB: 9780300229127, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, April 2017
272 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 110 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.

Pol Bury (1922-2005) was a painter, sculptor, jewelry designer, writer, and graphic artist, but is perhaps best known to the general public for his fountains and sculpture in public spaces throughout the world. Acclaimed as one of the first proponent...

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Walter Leblanc

Farrell Robyn, Lemoine Serge, Pola Francesca, Wittocx Eva

ISBN: HB: 9780300225969, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2017
208 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.

Little is known about Walter Leblanc (1932-1986), one of the key representatives of kinetic and optical art in the mid-20th century. This comprehensive monograph, the first on this artist for an international audience, includes unpublished materials,...

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Jorn + Munch

Wildhagen Gjessing Oda, Grogaard Stian, Presler Gerd, Stene Johansen Knut

ISBN: HB: 9780300226584, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2016
240 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.

"Jorn + Munch" is the first publication to examine the enduring impact Edvard Munch (1863-1944) had on Asger Jorn (1914-1973). In Munch's later works, Danish artist Jorn discovered an artist with a direct, spontaneous, and raw form of expression. Alr...

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Theo van Doesburg A New Expression of Life, Art, and Technology

Fabre Gladys

ISBN: HB: 9780300222432, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, August 2016
272 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 150 colour illus.

This handsome catalogue presents the Dutch artist Theo Van Doesburg (1883-1931) as a nomadic propagandist on a quest for a new aesthetic that, in conjunction with contemporary science and technology, sought to reform the world. Van Doesburg was a cen...

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Work / Travail / Arbeid Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Filipovic Elena

ISBN: PB: 9780300220087, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, July 2016
288 pp., 24.1x15.2 cm, 50 colour illus., 65 black&white illus.

This publication accompanies a newly commissioned project by the legendary Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (b. 1960), which reimagines her stage piece Vortex Temporum for the exhibition space as a nine-week-long endeavor in technical...

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Vigeland + Munch Behind the Myths

Nielsen Trine Otte Bak

ISBN: HB: 9780300220032, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, July 2016
304 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 275 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

"Vigeland + Munch" is the first publication to thoroughly outline the parallels between two monumental figures of Norwegian art, painter and printmaker Edvard Munch (1863-1944) and sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943). With only a six year difference...

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Jan Fabre Troubleyn/Laboratorium

Bousset Sigrid, Bruyneel Katrien, Peeters Frank, Synghel Koen van, Dekeyser Jan, Sels Nadia, Van Den Dries Luc

ISBN: HB: 9780300220124, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2016
224 pp., 24.8x19 cm, 130 colour illus.

This handsome book peers into Troubleyn/Laboratorium, the workspace, collective art space, and creative incubator of Belgian multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre (b. 1958), whose performances, staged since the 1980s, have brought him international accl...

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