Inge Dick

Lichtzeiten

“When the white becomes a touch less white/ When the white becomes ten minutes less white/ When the white does what the light knows …” If ever an artist has made light and time visible, it is Vienna-born Inge Dick, in the amazing photographic images she has been generating since the 1980s. Influenced by – and moving beyond – the minimalist and color-field painters of the mid-20th century, Dick used huge long-exposure Polaroids to capture infinitesimally subtle changes in light such as the coming of dawn. Dick’s evanescent work is so inspirational that this impeccably produced catalog comes with a DVD of a film from Swiss composer Roland Dahinden, in which he adds music to create yet another level of perception. With excellent texts in English and German.

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AN INQUIRY INTO MEANING AND TRUTH

Thomas Raat

Edwin Van Gelder, John C. Welchman & Freek Lomme (Eds.)

Inspired by the cover designs of popular “egghead” novels published from the 1940s to the 1970s, the colorful geometric forms of Thomas Raat’s abstract paintings appropriate those forms in the context of contemporary publishing. This elegant artist’s book is a work of art in itself, with rich full-color plates, Chinese folding and varying folio sizes. The artist’s repurposing of the imagery of the paperback jackets mediates the outlandish range of synthetic emotions from the titles they were meant to convey (such as “the law of civilization and decay”). An essay by American critic John C. Welchman situates Raat’s work in the reassessment of nonfigurative art’s potential in the mid-century period—from Abstract Expressionism to advertising material. Now in its second printing, the publication was awarded an honorary mention at the Best Book Design contest in Leipzig 2013 for its design by Mainstudio.

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INTERNAL NECESSITY

A Reader Tracing the Inner Logics of the Contemporary Art Field

Tirdad Zolghadr

This rich and extensive collection of writings, interviews, image spreads, letters, graphic essays and Skype conversations is the product of 2009’s fertile “summer academy” at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. Guest curator, the Berlin-based writer/curator Tirdad Zolghadr, surprised participants by canceling the scheduled annual “fellow exhibition” that summer. Instead, participants were asked to contribute to this book, which makes a strong argument for print publications as equally worthy sites of art production alongside studio practice and exhibitions. The cancellation “did not stem from a boredom with art, nor even with its rituals, but simply from an impatience with the unquestioning exhibition routine that predominates,” writes Zolghadr. Featured writings include Bruce Hainley, Los Angleles, a contributing editor at ArtForum and professor at Art Center College of Design, Mmariangela Mendez Prencke, Bogota, Columbia, curator, professor and graduate from BARD College, Uriel Orslow, Swiss artist, and many, many more.

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Intertidal

Vancouver Art and Artists

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INVALID FORMAT

An Anthology of Triple Canopy, Vol. 2

Triple Canopy (Ed.)

Editorial collective and online magazine Triple Canopy has been producing a “high minded, high design artifact,” according to The  New  York  Times, since its first edition in 2008. Invalid  Format is the second volume in an archive of their widespread publishing activities, including artist projects and literary work published in the second year of Triple Canopy’s existence, documentation of public programs, and a sampling of foundational correspondence. The wide scope of writers and contributing editors include Anna Sperber & Peter Kerlin, Leslie Thornton, Ian Volner & Matico Josephson, Neil Greenberg, José León Cerrillo, Lucy Raven, Nathan Schneider, Teddy Cruz & Caleb Waldorf, Hovhanness Tumanyan & Vahram Aghasyan, Joshua Cohen, Lucy Ives, Karthik Pandian, Sophia Al-Maria & Manal Al Dowayan, and Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, among others.

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DAVID IRELAND

Sculptures Paintings Drawings

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IT IS WHAT IT IS

Writings on Dan Flavin since 1964

Paula Feldman and Karsten Schubert

This indispensable collection of writings on one of the central artists of Minimalism, Dan Flavin, was published in the U.K. in 2004, but has not been available in the United States until now. The New York-born Flavin’s radical use of commercially available fluorescent light fixtures to create shockingly beautiful installations, beginning in the 1960s, forever changed the definitions and boundaries of sculptural practice. This book assembles for the first time key essays on Flavin (who died in 1996) by Donald Judd, Dore Ashton, Rosalind Krauss, Lawrence Alloway, Germano Celant, Holland Cotter and others, along with reviews of his exhibitions. Spanning four decades, it charts the gradual evolution of consensus about the meaning of this iconic artist.

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RICHARD JACKSON

Accidents in Abstract Painting

Irene Tsatsos (Ed.)

Internationally renowned installation-performance artist Richard Jackson provided one of the more spectacular moments from the performance series sponsored by the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time initiative. Re- enacting a piece from the 1970s, Jackson crashed a radio-controlled, 15-foot wingspan model airplane filled with paint into a 20-foot-high wall emblazoned with the phrase “accidents in abstract painting.” Featuring dramatic photo images of the “accident,” the six-hour set-up, and the subsequent installation of its detritus at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, this unique exhibition catalog is an artifact of the event and its aftermath. Also included are a lengthy interview with Jackson and a QR code that links to further video documentation.

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JASON JÄGEL

Seventy-Three Funshine

This delightful, large-format monograph by contemporary artist Jason Jägel features over 200 images from Jägel’s career, spanning childhood sketches and family snapshots, but largely focusing on his current practice, his sometimes-loose, sometimes-tight narrative paintings and works on paper. Hip-hop influences, family life, and the humming buzz of the street are often found in a single work. Jägel’s work has been increasingly influenced by the music he listens to; this connection has been strengthened by his record cover designs for the LA-based hiphop label Stones Throw. One of Stones Throw’s major artists, Madlib, has three tracks that appear on a companion 10-inch vinyl record, an unexpected feature included in this artists’ book.

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Dani Jakob

Of a Land / Von Einem Land

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