DANIELE BUETTI

MAYBE YOU CAN BE ONE OF US

2008
The works of Swiss artist Daniele Buetti (*1956) possess a strange ambivalence. Initially, it often pains us to see the fruits of his artistic labors: photographs of perfectly beautiful supermodels have been branded, tattooed, and scratched—some have even had holes punched through them. However, it is fascinating to witness how the attractiveness and glamour—essentially socially determined classifications—of these women and men always seem to get the last word, securing a lasting impression on the mind of the viewer.

Maybe You Can Be One of Us focuses on Buetti’s recent drawings, videos, sculptures, and installations.
English edition ISBN 978-3-7757-2095-3
Edited by Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York,
texts by Jacqueline Burckhardt, Beate Ermacora, Gianni Jetzer, Ferdinand Ullrich, David Velasco

232 pp., ca. 180 color ills.
19,80 x 26,50 cm
hardcover
Price: $ 58


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MANON- A PERSON

A Swiss Pioneer of Body and Performance Art

2008
The Swiss artist Manon has been a pioneer of female body and performance art since the 1970s. Manon—A Person is the first comprehensive study of this groundbreaking contemporary artist, featuring the entire range of her work, from the first fetish images and installations to a set of recent—and previously unseen—photographic series.

English edition ISBN 978-3-85881-712-9

278 pages
134 colour and 137 b/w illustrations
19,5 cm x 27,5 cm
hardcover
Price: $ 75


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SHIRANA SHAHBAZI

MEANWHILE

2007
Shahbazi shoots images including portraits, still lifes and landscapes and often uses them as source material not only for photographs but also for paintings, billboards or handmade carpets. By altering the scale and transposing the imagery into a new medium or a style associated with another culture, she subverts viewers´ expectations and explores the complexity of identity.

Lavishly illustrated, the publication focuses on Shirana Shahbazi's photographic works with essays by Kate Bush, Gianni Jetzer, and Ali Subotnick. Published by JRP Ringier in collaboration with the Barbican Art Center, London and the Swiss Institute, New York

64 pages
20.5 x 28.6 cm
Price: $ 29


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VIVA LA MARRIAGE

2006
A Dialogue of Drawings faxed between Frank Olive and Rudy Shepherd.
245 full page black and white illustrations by the artists
with an essay by Gabrielle Giattino.
Edited by Gabrielle Giattino and published by Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art
260 pages
21,5 x 27,6 cm.
soft cover
15 limited edition books, featuring two original signed drawings, one by each artist - $150
Price: $ 20


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VIDYA GASTALDON

2006
Contains drawing and installation photos of works by French artist Vidya Gastaldon due to exhibit at the SI January through March 2007.
Texts by Madeleine Schuppli, Fabrice Stroun and Karl Holmqvist.
Published by Jrp Ringier as a collaboration between Kunstmuseum Thun, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain (Mamco), Geneva and the SI
64 pages
20,5 x 28,5 cm.
Price: $ 30


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OK / OKAY

2005
Exhibition catalogue for the exhibition OK/OKAY
Published by the SI
150 pages
11,3 x 15 cm.
Price: $ 5


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Body Proxy

NORMA JEANE + Giovanni Carmine

2005
An artist’s project by Norma Jeane, this volume takes the form of an anthology focusing on the perception of the body in contemporary scientific, philosophical and sociological discourses.
Includes texts by: Edoardo Boncinelli, Federico Boni, William S. Burroughs, Kristina Forslund, Alessandro Galasso, Umberto Galimberti, Giovanni Maria Pace and Paul Virilio.
Published by Jrp Ringier as a collaboration between Helmhaus Zürich, Kunstverein Freiburg and the SI.
191 pages
17,7 x 24,5 cm.
Price: $ 25


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EXTRA

2003
28 artists have come together, joined by critics, curators and physicists to expose the depth and complexity of reality in a grand collaboration. The art works and the texts serve to round out and complete this multilayered collaboration that also included an exhibition in the SI’s main space.
Original visual essays by: Virginie Barré, Olivier Blanckart, Olaf Breuning, Stéphane Dafflon, Wim Delvoye, Daniel Firman, Urs Fischer, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Sylvie Fleury, Gelatin, John Giorno, Janine Gordon, Fabrice Gygi, Lori Hersberger, Christian Jankowski, Jutta Koether, Olivier Mosset, Gianni Motti, Erik Parker, Steven Parrino, Bruno Peinado, Ugo Rondinone, Jean-Claude Ruggirello, Stéphane Sautour, Jim Shaw, Roman Signer, Olav Westphalen and Erwin Wurm.
Edited by Marc-Olivier Wahler, 440 pages, full color Published by the Swiss Institute – Contemporary Art and Christoph Merian Verlag. Distributed in the US by D.A.P.
439 pages
16,5 x 21,2 cm.
Price: $ 25


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URS LÜTHI

PLACEBOS & SURROGATES

2000
Designed as an artist’s book, this compilation contains a series of photographs which combines certain art works and installations with more personal photographs that hold a special value in relationship to Luthi’s creative process. The publication contains essays by Helmut Friedel, Director of the Lenbachhaus, Munich; Heiner Georgsdorf, Professor of Philosophy, Kassel; and Anne Meyer, Art Historian, Munich.
With texts in English and German, the book is published by Cantz Verlag, Munich. full color hardcover.
22,5 x 28,5 cm.
300 pages
Retail price: $25
Price: $ 25


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LOUISE BOURGEOIS, MERET OPPENHEIM, ILSE WEBER

DRAWINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER

1999
This catalogue consists of texts upon and pictures from three significant artists of the same generation. Their work meets here for the first time. Text by: Beat Wismer, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Annette Schindler, Stephan Kunz, and Christiane Meyer-Thoss. English translation by Catherine Schelbert. 51 illustrations including 21 in full color.
Published by Aargauer Kunsthaus and the SI.
86 pages
20 x 24 cm.
Price: $ 18


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