Art

978-94-92852-53-3

Mainstudio (Edwin van Gelder, Gianluca Flütch, Christian Knöpfe)

130

24 x 32cm

Softcover

Voor informatie over de kunstenaar Jasper de Beijer klik hier

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"Bij de tentoonstelling verschijnt deze prachtig vormgegeven publicatie die niet geheel toevallig dezelfde gelaagd- heid heeft als de tentoonstelling; het proces, het resultaat en
de bijbehorende referenties komen ruimschoots aan bod. Duik in het brein van Jasper de Beijer en laat je meevoeren langs de flarden wereldgeschiedenis die als een droom aan je voorbijtrekken. En grijp elkaar vast als je je evenwicht dreigt te verliezen."

- Arnoud van Aalst, Directeur van Museum Rijswijk

978-94-92852- 50-2

HOAX (Bram Buijs)

124

22.5 x 26 cm

Softcover

English | Dutch

Release date: December 2021

This book is published by Jap Sam Books in collaboration with MAMA and research centre Willem de Kooning Academy.

Promotional photos credit: Barbara Medo

978-94-92852- 44-1

Alex Farrar

Lisa Bakker, Eleonoor Jap Sam

Maria Barnas, I.K. Bonset, Laurie Cluitmans, Johan F. Hartle, Dirk van den Heuvel, Bram Ieven, Bruno Latour, Thalia Ostendorf, Bart Rutten, Doris Wintgens

die Keure, Bruges, Belgium & binding Brepols

768

10 x 20 cm

Softcover

English | French | Dutch

Release date: January 2022

BEST DUTCH BOOK DESIGNS 2022

BEST DUTCH BOOK DESIGNS 2022 STUDENT JURY

PRIX BOB CALLE DU LIVRE D'ARTISTE 2023 NOMINATED

Made possible with the generous support of the Mondriaan Fund, Creative Industries Fund NL, Jaap Harten Fonds, Centraal Museum, Reflexfolie and Sign & Safety

This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Act on modernism with Antonis Pittas and Theo van Doesburg at Centraal Museum, Utrecht.  

With text contributions by Maria Barnas, I.K. Bonset, Laurie Cluitmans, Johan F. Hartle, Dirk van den Heuvel, Bram Ieven, Bruno Latour, Thalia Ostendorf, Bart Rutten, Doris Wintgens.

The publication jaune, geel, gelb, yellow. Monochrome discusses the failure, collapse and historicization of the modernist ideals espoused by Theo van Doesburg, set against the current political backdrop of mass protest. It reflects on the failing of modernity, with contributions by authors from the field of art history, architecture, philosophy, anthropology, sociology and poetry.

The book is an extension of Pittas’ residency and research at the Van Doesburghuis in 2019, coincided with the yellow vests protest, where Pittas turned the Van Doesburghuis into a performative crime scene. The murder of modernity. Based on this project, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht invited Pittas for a solo exhibition, where he curated works of Theo Van Doesburg and juxtaposed them with his work as a staged scenography of dialogue. The installation looks at the heritage of De Stijl through the current political lenses.

Antonis Pittas (1973, Athens) is a visual artist who lives and works in Amsterdam.  He is an honorary fellow in the faculty of humanities at the University of Amsterdam, where he conducts research and produces work under the heading Recycling History (Contemporising History/Historicising the Contemporary). His artistic practice focuses on contemporary social and political issues, exploring topics such safety and control, economic crises and acts of resistance, as well as violence and vandalism.

www.antonispittas.info

www.centraalmuseum.nl

Promotional photo's by The Book Photographer©

978-94-92852-36-6

Paul Bogaers

160

11.6 x 16.7 cm

Softcover

Dutch | English

Translation: Pim Wiersinga

Release date: November 2021

The cookbook that doesn’t quite fit the genre and refers to much-needed uncertainty on an empty stomach. 

Yet another cookbook you’ll think! As if the mountain of cookbooks wasn’t high enough already! But dear hungry reader, one cookbook was still missing; the cookbook that doesn’t quite fit the genre and refers to much-needed uncertainty with an empty stomach. A cookbook that harks back to alchemy. Because the imperative mood is so annoying and needs to be exploited. Because the world of the psyche has endless contents that all want to feel they’re being fed.

In Snow Eggs seven dishes for seven different mental states of being have been collected. All our digesting causes great difficulties for the finest alleys in our softest facial expressions. Art helps to digest the uncertain instead of regurgitating what we already know. The menus in this cookbook belong to an old stomach that has been mapped, a stomach in which it’s all about slownesses in dark silences.

Peggy Verzett (1958) is a poet, painter and singer. She made her debut at publishing house Van Oorschot in Amsterdam, with Prijken die buik. In 2010, Vissing, was published by Querido. Haar Vliegstro, appeared in 2016. Her fourth collection of poetry will be published in 2022. ‘Poetry can communicate before it is understood’, said T.S. Elliot. This quote has become her artistic mantra; sometimes hermetics as well as supple playfulness are present in her work. The first Jana Beranova Prize was awarded to her in 2019 for her idiosyncratic oeuvre.

In the works of Paul Bogaers (1961) association and suggestion play an important role.  His general approach can be described as the ‘collage method’; although his work, through the years, has taken many a turn, ‘combination’ has always remained to be Bogaers’ central theme. At the beginning of his career he made name in photography as one of the forerunners of the present interest of photographers in ‘vernacular photography’ and integration of found imagery in their work.

Pim Wiersinga (1954) is a novelist, and made his debut in 1992 with Honingvogels (honeybirds) in the Antwerp Zoo, where this novel is set. Late 2021 or early 2022 Zena’s Arena will be published, an epic about the decline of classical antiquity – which was far from ideal.

www.peggyverzett.squarespace.com

www.paulbogaers.com

www.pimwiersinga.nl

978-94-92852- 45-8

Lesley Moore

152

17 x 24 cm

Softcover

Dutch | English

Release date: November 2021

With text contributions by Rein Wolfs, Dagmar Dirkx, Esmee Postma, Mirjam Beerman, Eelco van der Lingen

The Prix de Rome is the oldest award in the Netherlands for talented visual artists below the age of 40. The purpose of the award is to identify talented visual artists and to encourage them to develop and increase their visibility.

Since 2012, the award has been organized and funded by the Mondriaan Fund.

Prix de Rome 2021. Beeldende Kunst / Visual Arts accompanies the eponymous exhibition at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam with new work by the artists who have been shortlisted for the Prix de Rome 2021. It is centred around the work of Mercedes Azpilicueta, Alexis Blake, Silvia Martes and Coralie Vogelaar. The artists are introduced by the authors Dagmar Dirkx and Esmee Postma. In an introductory essay, Rein Wolfs, director of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, connects the work of the nominees to current developments in the world around us, and in the art world in particular.

The international jury made its selection from a list of 217 artists who applied for the award. The selection represents a broad spectrum of contemporary artist practices, varying from film to performance, storytelling to science and craftsmanship to information technology. The four finalists reflect on current themes, they offer critical reinterpretations of past events, link untold histories to our present world or concentrate on a distant future. Each of them represents a sign of the times in their respective way. The four selected artists have a strong practice and are working towards an established oeuvre, reinforcing their own signature style and idiosyncratic approach. At the same time, they allow new developments and intuitive processes in their work.

Photo of Alexis Blake and the Prix de Rome 2021 award: Bas Czerwinski

Photo of Blake's performance "Rock to jolt [ ] stagger to ash: Daniel Nicolas

www.mondriaanfonds.nl

www.prixderome.nl

www.stedelijk.nl