Copy(Illustrated) (Paperback) by ChusMartinez Paperback, 126 Pages, Published 2014 by Ledatape Organisation ISBN-13: 978-0-9923021-3-9, ISBN: 0-9923021-3-7
"ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET MEETS FATBOY SLIM AT RUTA DESTROY! Copy noun. (1.) A thing made to be similar or identical to another. Synonyms: duplicate, duplication, reprint, facsimile, photocopy, carbon copy, carbon, mimeograph, mimeo, transcript. Replica, reproduction, replication, print, imitation, likeness, lookalike, representation, mock-up, dummy, counterfeit, forgery, fake, sham, bootleg, informalpirate, phoney, knock-off, dupe. (2.) A si ..."
The Complex Answer On Art as a Non-Binary Intelligence by ChusMartinez 192 Pages, Published 2024 by Mit Press ISBN-13: 978-1-915609-17-5, ISBN: 1-915609-17-8
"These are just jests on the part of the sciences, developments of technical knowledges."
Issue by ChusMartinez Paperback, 122 Pages, Published 2014 by The Ledatape Organisation ISBN-13: 978-0-9923021-4-6, ISBN: 0-9923021-4-5
"Issue noun; pl. Issues. - a topic for discussion: "the issue of sexuality." Synonyms: matter, affair, subject, topic, question, point, item, thing, case, concern, theme, situation, occasion, circumstance, problem, bone of contention, controversy, argument. - a problem or difficulty: "a significant technical issue was simply ignored." Synonyms: problem, difficulty, complication, snag, predicament, plight, hitch, catch, drawback, pitfall ..."
"San Francisco-based artist Kota Ezawa draws on iconic imagery to create simplified renderings that comment on the influence of television, film and photography in shaping collective experience. Ezawa grew up in Germany, studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf before moving to San Francisco in 1994. Since that time, he has worked and exhibited in a number of media, including film and, more recently, digital animation. Using well-known f ..."
"With guidance by Thomas Bayrle, Olaf Breuning, Genesis and Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, Olafur Eliasson, Harald Falckenberg, Boris Groys, Damien Hirst, Gregor Jansen, Terence Koh, Gabriel von Loebell, Marcos Lutyens, Philomene Magers, Antje Majewski, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Thomas Olbricht, Friedrich Petzel, and Tobias Rehberger; and commentary by Chus Martínez In 1831 Honoré de Balzac wrote a short story, “The Unknown Masterpiece,” in which ..."
""Creamier: Contemporary Art in Culture," is the 5th addition to Phaidon's world renowned "Cream" series. Every few years, Phaidon brings together 10 illustrious curators to choose 100 of the art world's best and most important emerging contemporary artists, and what they discover becomes an invaluable resource in an ever-changing art world. As has proven to be the case with those featured in the previous four "Cream" books, these will b ..."
"Are we alone in the universe? Do aliens exist? Or are we, ourselves, the strangers in our own worlds? Conceived around the title "Life on Mars, " the 2008 Carnegie International, curated by Douglas Fogle, explores the increasingly relevant yet perplexing proposition of what it means to be human in the world today. The question, "Is there life on Mars?" is a rhetorical one, posing a metaphorical quest to explore humanity's response to a ..."
Club Univers (Sternberg Press) by ChusMartinez Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 2017 by Sternberg Press Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-3-95679-295-3, ISBN: 3-95679-295-5
"“I've been writing these notes continuously for years but I never thought about publishing them. These pages gather some thoughts on artists who continue to be a source of motivation for me to invest in complexity and who also all possess a rare sense of humor. I write these texts mostly at the end of a working day or in the very early morning, which for me are not the hours for argumentation. They expose no foreseeable line of research ..."
"The latest project from artist and Harvard professor Stephen Prina (born 1954) takes as its starting point his birthplace of Galesburg, a small town in the Midwest. The town is portrayed indirectly, through objects such as books, cabinets, memorabilia and photographs, and through references ranging from Abraham Lincoln to John Cage."
The Wild Book of Inventions (Paperback) by ChusMartinez Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2021 by Sternberg Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-3-95679-249-6, ISBN: 3-95679-249-1
"Employing a variety of forms including speculative essays, poems, pencil sketches, and photo essays, in The Wild Book of Inventions twenty authors challenge the exclusive human claim to intelligence by pointing to, or inventing, new forms ..."
"To produce his large-scale ink-based maps and diagrams, Chinese artist Qiu Zhije (born 1969) explores political and historical narratives, from Confucianism to the Enlightenment. This book includes his new -Map of the Third World, - presented at the 2015 Moscow Biennale."
"Published to accompany an exhibition at the Musée national Picasso-Paris produced in partnership with the Calder Foundation and Fundacíon Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte, Calder, Picasso explores the uses of negative or empty space in the work of Alexander Calder (1898–1976) and Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), both in their resonances and their differences. With a focus on figurative as well as abstract themes, the exhibition link ..."
""A co-publication between the Samdani Art Foundation, Dhaka; Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo; and Mousse Publishing, this 2-volume set is composed by two distinct but related books."
"Swiss artist Claudia Comte (born 1983) is best known for her site-specific installations featuring wooden sculptural forms set against abstract wall paintings and for her installation in Palm Springs, CA. This volume documents her most recent works as well as her first retrospective survey, 10 Rooms, 40 Walls, 1059 m3. "
"Presentation of the installation 'Mr. Knife and Mrs. Fork', on permanent loan to Museum Ludwig, on occasion of Henrik Olesen recieving the Wolfgang-Hahn Prize 2012 - Text in German and English"
Le Grand Monde Mona Hatoum by Mona Hatoum, ChusMartinez Hardcover, 122 Pages, Published 2010 by Fundacion Botin ISBN-13: 978-84-96655-73-7, ISBN: 84-96655-73-3
"New works by the Czech-born, UK-based conceptualist Pavel Büchler, along with texts by nine contemporary critics. Büchler works with old technologies like audio recordings, light and the material and mental presence of texts that focus on how we give things new meanings. A fascinating book."