Contro Vezzoli

Posted in Motto Berlin store, art, critic, exhibitions on August 9th, 2010
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Contro Vezzoli

Contributors : Michele Robecchi, Dieter Roelstraete, Martin Herbert, Jens Hoffmann and Stéphanie Moisdon

This publication was co-published with Kaleidoscope on the occasion of the exhibition “Civica 1989-2009: Celebration, Institution, Critique” at Fondazione Galleria Civica – Centro di Ricerca sulla Contemporaneità di Trento.

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The Witness, GAM/Torino

Posted in Film, History, Motto Berlin store, Writing, art, critic, exhibitions on July 31st, 2010
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The Witness by The GAM Underground Project. Torino.

A publication to accompany the exhibition All the Memory of the World at the Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Turin (The GAM). It aims to introduce the public to a selection of texts investigating the relationship between different historical methods, art and images. The book focuses on three main themes, which are divided into three different sections, each bringing forth a memory that has been ‘buried’ by a general aesthetic over-production. Images from the world’s history are observed through a ‘privileged moment in time’ in which the artist is identified as the only possible witnessto our present

Published by Archive Books

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The Exhibitionist #2

Posted in Distribution, Motto Berlin store, Motto Zürich store, art, critic, magazines on July 30th, 2010
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The Exhibitionist #2, Journal on exhibition making.
Published by Archive Books.

Contributors:
Tara McDowell, Matthew Drutt, Juan A. Gaitan, Aurélie Voltz, Constance Lewallen, Eva Díaz, Robert Storr, Jenelle Porter, Jane Simon, Mary Jane Jacob, Nato Thompson, Joshua Decter, Okwui Enwezor, Jack Bankowsky, Peter Eleey, Jens Hoffmann.

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TheWays edited by Rita McBride

Posted in Motto Berlin store, Writing, books, critic on June 28th, 2010
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CrimeWays, MyWays, and FutureWays edited by Rita McBride, Erin Cosgrove, David Gray, and Matthew Licht.

TheWays is a series of books that exploit and decipher genre writing with an entertaining and refreshing collective structure. The books include contributions from more than fifty artists, architects, writers, journalists, curators, and critics. Part of Printed Matter’s Emerging Artists Publication Series.

Contributors: Lawrence Bailey, Jay Battle, Mary Caponegro, Erin Cosgrove, Christina Gómez Barrio and Wolfgang Mayer, Matthew Geller, David Gray, Pablo Helguera, Michele Hierholzer, Philippine Hoegen, Diana Kingsley, Matthew Licht, Rita McBride, Willem Ooerbeek, Jackson Perry, R.H. Quaytman, Kimberly Sexton, Gordon Tapper, Erica Van Horn, and Marcel Vos.

D 14€

D 7€ (FutureWays)

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Dispersion by Seth Price

Posted in Motto Berlin store, Writing, books, critic, event, graphic design on June 28th, 2010
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Dispersion by Seth Price.

A provocative 14 page essay in which artist Seth Price examines the classical model of conceptualism, calling for a new public art, and arguing for less of a rupture between artistic interventions and distributed media. Complete with numerous illustrations and a spray-painted glossy cover.

Published by 38th Street Publishers

D 10€

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Guyton Price Smith Walker

Posted in Writing, art, art show catalog, books, critic on June 26th, 2010
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Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker

This publication marks a show that occurred in 2006 in Zurich. Until the real color catalog is printed by the Kunsthalle Zurich, this digitally printed black and white reproduction will suffice. Curated by Beatrix Ruf at Kunstalle Zurich, this exhibition showcased the work of; Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, and Kelley Walker. The show took place in the summer of 2006 and the people who saw it mostly remember it.

Published by 38th Street Publishers.
Edition 500

D 21€

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Provence magazine, issue O.

Posted in Motto Berlin store, Motto Zürich store, Writing, art, critic, magazines on June 23rd, 2010
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Provence, issue O.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition (April 24th - June 6th, 2010), at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg eV, Lüneburg, Germany.
Edited by Daiga Grantina, Tobias Kaspar and Hannes Loichinger.

Contributors: Gerry Bibby, Nick Mauss & Ken Okiishi, Fumi Yosano, Ulf Wuggenig, Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda, Edgars Gluhovs, Ei Arakawa & Malik Gaines.

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May #4

Posted in Distribution, Motto Berlin store, Motto Zürich store, art, critic, magazines on June 22nd, 2010
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May Revue #4
“The fourth issue of MAY makes an atypical choice by publishing a very large selection of archival material coming from what is called “feminist nebula” in Italy in the 1970s (…)”

Contributors:
The Milan Women’s Bookstore Collective, Antonella Nappi, Lea Melandri, Carla Lonzi, David Lewis, Josef Strau, Tony Conrad, Alex Kitnick, Thomas Boutoux, François Piron et Benjamin Thorel, Carla Schulmann, Jay Chung, Leonor Antunes.

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Catalogue Fernand Baudin Prijs 2009

Posted in Distribution, Motto Berlin store, Motto Zürich store, art, books, critic, exhibition catalogue, graphic design, publishers on June 21st, 2010
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Catalogue Fernand Baudin Prijs 2009, published by Speculoos{book} and Ariane Bosshard.
The Fernand Baudin Prize” has been initiated by several graphic artists-teachers who work in the book world, and is granted each year the most beautiful books in Brussels and in Wallonia.

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Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing

Posted in Motto Berlin store, Writing, books, critic on June 12th, 2010
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The Happy Hypocrite, Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing Primer
Published by Book Works on the occasion of Volatile Dispersal: Festival of Art Writing, at Whitechapel Gallery, 21 November 2009.

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