|  Performance Art BookshelfIn the 1960s and 70s, obscure Happenings and early performances by such avant garde pioneers as Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Yvonne Rainer, Yoko Ono and Vito Acconci challenged object-oriented art production and changed the terms of contemporary art forever. In the ensuing decades, Performance Art has come so thoroughly into its own that it has its own biennial, which draws visitors and participants from around the world. Here is a selection of indispensable books for any Performance Art Library. | TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX Edited by Catherine Morris. Essays by Clarisse Bardiot and Michelle Kuo. Texts by Lucy Lippard and Brian O'Doherty. Introduction by Jane Farver.MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTERISBN: 9780938437697
USD $25.00 | CAN $30Pub Date: 8/15/2006
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HATJE CANTZISBN: 9783775730037
USD $60.00 | CAN $70Pub Date: 11/30/2011
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Foreword by Lynne Cooke. Text by George Quasha, Charles Stein.EDICIONES POLíGRAFAISBN: 9788434310421
USD $75.00 | CAN $99Pub Date: 6/30/2009
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Essay by Joan Simon.GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.ISBN: 9780974364858
USD $60.00 | CAN $79 UK £ 53Pub Date: 11/15/2006
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Edited by Raphael Gygax, Heike Munder. Text by Verena Kuni, Philip Auslander, Kristina Köhler.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783037641255
USD $45.00 | CAN $60Pub Date: 1/31/2011
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Edited with text by Jérome Neutres. Text by Achille Bonito Oliva, Jurgen Shilling. Interview by Jérome Neutres.SILVANA EDITORIALEISBN: 9788836640591
USD $65.00 | CAN $90Pub Date: 10/22/2019
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Edited by Beatrix Ruf. Essays by Sebastian Egenhofer, Karola Grässlin and Susanne Titz.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783905701272
USD $45.00 | CAN $60Pub Date: 9/15/2005
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Essays by Fred Hoffman, Paul Schimmel, Kristine Stiles and Robert Storr.LOCUS + PUBLISHING LTD.ISBN: 9781899377183
USD $85.00 | CAN $100Pub Date: 11/15/2005
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INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, NEW ORLEANSISBN: 9780916365899
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5 UK £ 44.99Pub Date: 1/26/2016
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WALKER ART CENTERISBN: 9780935640977
USD $35.00 | CAN $47.5 UK £ 30Pub Date: 6/30/2011
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Artwork by Eleanor Antin. Contributions by Lisa Bloom. Text by Graham Beal, Howard Fox.LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTISBN: 9780911291278
USD $24.95 | CAN $27.5Pub Date: 5/2/1999
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INVENTORY PRESS / INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIAISBN: 9781941753163
USD $35.00 | CAN $49.95 UK £ 30Pub Date: 5/21/2019
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Text by Helle Crenzien, Michael Juul Holm.LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTISBN: 9788791607622
USD $40.00 | CAN $54Pub Date: 9/30/2009
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Edited by Michael Maranda. Text by Philip Monk.ART GALLERY OF YORK UNIVERSITYISBN: 9780921972457
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5 UK £ 22Pub Date: 7/1/2008
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Text by Herbert Muschamp, RoseLee Goldberg, Francesco Vezzoli, Nancy Spector, Michael Schulman.CHARTA/ GAGOSIAN GALLERYISBN: 9788881586660
USD $39.95 | CAN $50Pub Date: 3/4/2009
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Edited and Foreword by Eckhard Schneider. Essay by Iara Boubnova.KUNSTHAUS BREGENZISBN: 9783865600813
USD $35.00 | CAN $40Pub Date: 8/15/2006
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Edited with text by Joan Simon. Text by Joan Jonas, Douglas Crimp, Johanna Burton, Barbara Clausen, Richard Serra, Susan Rothenberg.GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.ISBN: 9780980024289
USD $85.00 | CAN $112.5 UK £ 75Pub Date: 11/24/2015
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Edited by Magali Arriola, Peter Eleey. Interview by David Sewell.WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN/MOMA PS1/MUSEO JUMEXISBN: 9783863355111
USD $45.00 | CAN $60Pub Date: 6/30/2014
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WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783960984238
USD $39.95 | CAN $55Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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Edited by Axel Heil. Text by Robert Fleck, Félix Guattari, Alyce Mahon, Jacques Rivette. Interview by Jean de Loisy, Jean-Jacques Lebel.WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783863356606
USD $45.00 | CAN $60Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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Foreword by Annie Ratti, Fabio Cavallucci. Text by Marina Warner, Joan Jonas, Anna Daneri, Roberto Pinto, Cristina Natalicchio, Andrea Mattiello.CHARTAISBN: 9788881586592
USD $34.95 | CAN $40Pub Date: 3/1/2008
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Foreword by Max Hollein. Text by Joachim Jäger, Robin Curtis, Massimiliano Gioni.WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783865602619
USD $54.00 | CAN $65Pub Date: 1/15/2008
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Text by Toby Kamps.CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, HOUSTONISBN: 9781933619316
USD $24.95 | CAN $33.95 UK £ 22Pub Date: 5/31/2011
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By Caroline Tisdall. Artwork by Joseph Beuys.VIOLETTE EDITIONSISBN: 9781900828130
USD $65.00 | CAN $87Pub Date: 1/2/2000
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KOENIG BOOKSISBN: 9783863355821
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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Edited by Klaus Biesenbach. Text by Arthur C. Danto, Chrissie Iles, Nancy Spector, Jovana Stokic.THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORKISBN: 9780870707476
USD $50.00 | CAN $67.5Pub Date: 4/30/2010
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Foreword by Kate Fowle. Introduction by Moira Roth. Text by Martha Wilson.INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL (ICI)ISBN: 9780916365851
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5 UK £ 22Pub Date: 10/31/2011
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Text by Matthew Barney, Neville Wakefield.WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783865603180
USD $65.00 | CAN $75Pub Date: 3/1/2008
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Edited by John C. Welchman.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783905701005
USD $22.00 | CAN $30.5Pub Date: 8/15/2005
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THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ARTISBN: 9780977145393
USD $30.00 | CAN $35Pub Date: 2/1/2008
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Foreword by Edelbert Koeb. Introduction by Susanne Neuburger. Text by Manuela Ammer, Justin Hoffmann, Manfred Montwé.WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783865606198
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95Pub Date: 8/31/2009
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Edited by Marie de Brugerolle. Text by Catherine Wood, Patricia Brignone, Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783037640715
USD $35.00 | CAN $47.5Pub Date: 3/31/2010
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Essays by Yilmaz Dziewior, Ulrike Groos, Johann Lothar Schröder and Kathrin Sauerländer.WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783883755373
USD $30.00 | CAN $35Pub Date: 1/2/2004
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Edited by RoseLee Goldberg. Text by RoseLee Goldberg. Contributions by Catherine Wood, Jay Sanders, Anthony Huberman, Hans Ulrich Obrist.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783037640340
USD $45.00 | CAN $55Pub Date: 1/31/2010
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PERFORMA PUBLICATIONSISBN: 9780615450667
USD $39.95 | CAN $50Pub Date: 7/31/2011
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GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.ISBN: 9781941366066
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95 UK £ 35Pub Date: 11/24/2015
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GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.ISBN: 9781941366196
USD $29.95 | CAN $45 UK £ 27Pub Date: 10/22/2019
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PERFORMA PUBLICATIONSISBN: 9781424314980
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95 UK £ 35Pub Date: 6/1/2007
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By Thomas J. Berghuis.BLUE KINGFISHERISBN: 9789889926595
USD $40.00 | CAN $50Pub Date: 7/1/2007
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Edited by Heike Munder. Text by Markús pór Andrésson, Philip Auslander, Edek Bartz, Heike Munder.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783037644232
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5Pub Date: 7/28/2015
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Text by Rosina Cazali, Fernando Castro Flórez, Eugenio Viola, Clare Carolin.SILVANA EDITORALEISBN: 9788836619924
USD $45.00 | CAN $55Pub Date: 10/31/2011
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Edited by Francesca Grassi. Text by Gridthiya Gaweewong, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Rochelle Steiner, Philippe Parreno, Bruce Sterling.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783905770322
USD $75.00 | CAN $99Pub Date: 9/1/2007
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Artwork by Robert Whitman. Edited by Bettina Funcke, Karen Kelly. Text by David Joselit, George Baker, Ben Portis, Lynne Cooke.DIA ART FOUNDATIONISBN: 9780944521465
USD $45.00 | CAN $60 UK £ 40Pub Date: 10/2/2003
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Edited with text by Uta Ruhkamp. Foreword by Andreas Beitin. Text by Don Mattera, James Matthews, Robin Rhode, Gladys Thomas.HATJE CANTZISBN: 9783775746052
USD $55.00 | CAN $75Pub Date: 11/19/2019
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Text by RongRong, Silvia Fok. Afterword by Artur Walther, Christopher Phillips.STEIDL/THE WALTHER COLLECTION, NEW YORK/THREE SHADOWS PHOTOGRAPHY ART CENTREISBN: 9783958295926
USD $60.00 | CAN $85Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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Edited by Octavio Zaya. Essays by Hamid Dabashi and Octavio Zaya.CHARTA/MUSACISBN: 9788881585519
USD $75.00 | CAN $90Pub Date: 1/1/2006
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Edited by Roos Gortzak, Quinn Latimer.WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783960983958
USD $39.95 | CAN $55Pub Date: 3/19/2019
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With the participation of Paul Auster.D.A.P./VIOLETTE EDITIONSISBN: 9781933045696
USD $39.95 | CAN $50Pub Date: 9/1/2007
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Edited by Raphael Gygax, Heike Munder.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783905770827
USD $65.00 | CAN $75Pub Date: 3/1/2008
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Edited by Ileen Kohn, Donna Wingate.FUNDACIóN CISNEROS/COLECCIóN PATRICIA PHELPS DE CISNEROSISBN: 9780984017393
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.95 UK £ 22Pub Date: 3/17/2020
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Edited by Paul Chan. Introduction by Elizabeth Robinson.BADLANDS UNLIMITEDISBN: 9781936440665
USD $16.95 | CAN $24Pub Date: 10/31/2014
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Edited by Nicolas Tremblay. By Hans Ulrich Obrist.JRP|RINGIER/BDV BUREAU DES VIDEOSISBN: 9783905770582
USD $32.00 | CAN $42.5Pub Date: 7/1/2007
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Edited by Eva Birkenstock, Rahel Blättler, Hannes Loichinger, Beatrix Ruf.JRP|RINGIERISBN: 9783037641705
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95Pub Date: 11/30/2011
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Edited by Amy Brandt. Foreword by Erik H. Neil, Lynn Gumpert. Text by Amy Brandt, et al.CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART/GREY ART GALLERY/LYON ARTBOOKSISBN: 9780692338674
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5 UK £ 50Pub Date: 4/28/2015
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WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNISBN: 9783865608741
USD $59.95 | CAN $79Pub Date: 4/30/2011
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Text by Gregory Volk, Vito Acconci.CHARTAISBN: 9788881584772
USD $69.95 | CAN $85Pub Date: 8/2/2004
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Essays by Vito Acconci and Gloria Moure.EDICIONES POLíGRAFAISBN: 9788434308947
USD $60.00 | CAN $79Pub Date: 8/2/2001
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Edited by Sandro Droschl, Christian Egger. Text by Marina Grinic, Antonia Majaca, Suzana Milevska.MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERGISBN: 9783869845098
USD $40.00 | CAN $54Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORKISBN: 9780870709661
USD $60.00 | CAN $79Pub Date: 5/26/2015
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THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORKISBN: 9781633450868
USD $40.00 | CAN $55Pub Date: 11/19/2019
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| | | Recommended Reading: A Book List on Performance Art | FORTHCOMING Edited with text by Stuart Comer. Text by Naomi Beckwith, Mark H.C. Bessire, C. Carr, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Adrienne Edwards, Malik Gaines, Danielle A. Jackson, Adrian Heathfield, EJ Hill, Thomas J. Lax, André Lepecki, Yvonne Rainer, Martine Syms, Martha Wilson.
An absurdist provocateur and brilliant interventionist, Pope.L is a seditious force in contemporary American art Pope.L is a consummate thinker and provocateur whose practice across multiple mediums—including painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, theater and video—utilizes abjection, humor, endurance, language and absurdity to confront and undermine rigid systems of belief. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art that will feature a combination of videos, photographs, sculptural elements, ephemera and live actions, member: Pope.L, 1978–2001 presents a detailed study of 13 early works that helped define Pope.L’s career. Essays by curators, artists, filmmakers and art historians, plus an interview . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 11/19/2019 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORKHbk, 8 x 10 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. | 11/19/2019 | Awaiting stock
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| NEW PUBLICATION Text by RongRong, Silvia Fok. Afterword by Artur Walther, Christopher Phillips.
RongRong's Diary: Beijing East Village presents a selection of images and diary entries made by Chinese photographer RongRong (born 1968) between 1993 and 1998, within the artistic community known as Beijing East Village—now poignantly described as a meteor in the history of contemporary Chinese art.” RongRong’s acutely composed, richly expressive images captured scenes of daily life among fellow young, aspiring artists, and created definitive documents of iconic performance works by Zhang Huan and Ma Liuming, among others. Often highly challenging works, their performances and photographs would send an instant shockwave throughout the Chinese avant-garde, and later the global art scene. . . . .go to book page >> |  | Free Shipping UPS GROUND IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S.
FOR CONSUMER ONLINE ORDERS | STEIDL/THE WALTHER COLLECTION, NEW YORK/THREE SHADOWS PHOTOGRAPHY ART CENTREClth, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 248 pgs / 124 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock
ISBN 9783958295926 | $60.00 |
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| FORTHCOMING Edited by Ileen Kohn, Donna Wingate.
A controversial figure working in installation and performance, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera (born 1968) has consistently blurred the lines between art and activism. Defining herself as an initiator rather than an author, she often invites spectator participation and works in a collaborative mode, working with various organizations, institutions and individuals to challenge political and economic power structures and the control they hold over society. She researches and performs the ways in which art can be applied to everyday life, and how its effects can translate into political action. From offering Cubans one minute of uncensored time in Havana’s Plaza de . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 3/17/2020 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | FUNDACIóN CISNEROS/COLECCIóN PATRICIA PHELPS DE CISNEROSHbk, 6 x 9 in. / 296 pgs / 50 color. | 3/17/2020 | Awaiting stock
ISBN 9780984017393 | $25.00 |
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| FORTHCOMING Edited with text by Jérome Neutres. Text by Achille Bonito Oliva, Jurgen Shilling. Interview by Jérome Neutres.
In 2019, New York–based Chinese artist Cai-Guo Qiang (born 1957) was invited to create a work of art in the amphitheater of the Pompeii archaeological site. Inspired by the fate of the ancient Roman city, which was buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Cai’s work involved gunpowder, fireworks, an array of artifacts and a vast canvas. The performance culminated in an excavation” of the resulting debris, which became part of Cai’s exhibition of related works at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii: In the Volcano is published to document Cai’s work in Pompeii. The project . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 10/22/2019 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | SILVANA EDITORIALEClth, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 176 pgs / 120 color. | 10/22/2019 | Awaiting stock
ISBN 9788836640591 | $65.00 |
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| FORTHCOMING Edited with text by Uta Ruhkamp. Foreword by Andreas Beitin. Text by Don Mattera, James Matthews, Robin Rhode, Gladys Thomas.
South African artist Robin Rhode’s (born 1976) trademark material is the wall. Influenced by urban music culture, film, popular sports, youth culture and traditional South African storytelling, his works are created on public walls. Rhode’s concern is not with the finished visual statement left behind on the street, however, but the process itself. Consequently, in his visual short stories, he captures the overlap between drawing, performance and sculpture, step by step. With drawing as his starting point, Rhode develops increasingly complex photographic works, digital animations, performances, sculptures and works on paper, which comprise a balancing act between South African history, . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 11/19/2019 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | HATJE CANTZHbk, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 224 pgs / 250 color. | 11/19/2019 | Awaiting stock
ISBN 9783775746052 | $55.00 |
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| Performance Art Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles | INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, NEW ORLEANSHbk, 8 x 10 in. / 230 pgs / 100 color. | 1/26/2016 | In stock
ISBN 9780916365899 | $49.95 |
|  | INVENTORY PRESS / INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIAPbk, 7.25 x 9.25 in. / 226 pgs / 100 color. | 5/21/2019 | In stock
ISBN 9781941753163 | $35.00 |
|  | LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTFlexi, 8 x 10 in. / 116 pgs / 83 color / 11 bw. | 9/30/2009 | In stock
ISBN 9788791607622 | $40.00 |
|  | GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.Clth, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 536 pgs / 840 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock
ISBN 9780980024289 | $85.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN/MOMA PS1/MUSEO JUMEXFlexi, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 304 pgs / 213 color / 87 bw. | 6/30/2014 | In stock
ISBN 9783863355111 | $45.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNPbk, 8 x 11.5 in. / 144 pgs / 62 color / 118 bw. | 2/19/2019 | In stock
ISBN 9783960984238 | $39.95 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNPbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 248 pgs / 160 color / 100 bw. | 6/23/2015 | In stock
ISBN 9783863356606 | $45.00 |
|  | CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, HOUSTONFlexi, 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 120 pgs / 60 color / 20 bw. | 5/31/2011 | In stock
ISBN 9781933619316 | $24.95 |
|  | KOENIG BOOKSClth, 5 x 8 in. / 128 pgs / 51 color. | 6/23/2015 | In stock
ISBN 9783863355821 | $49.95 |
|  | JRP|RINGIERFlexi, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 79 color. | 3/31/2010 | In stock
ISBN 9783037640715 | $35.00 |
|  | GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 384 pgs / 300 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock
ISBN 9781941366066 | $39.95 |
|  | PERFORMA PUBLICATIONSPaperback, 7 x 9.5 in. / 272 pgs / 215 color / 50 bw. | 6/1/2007 | In stock
ISBN 9781424314980 | $39.95 |
|  | JRP|RINGIERHardcover, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 218 pgs / 1000 color. | 9/1/2007 | In stock
ISBN 9783905770322 | $75.00 |
|  | DIA ART FOUNDATIONHardcover, 9 x 12 in. / 206 pgs / 30 color / 28 bw. | 10/2/2003 | In stock
ISBN 9780944521465 | $45.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNPbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 94 pgs / 2 color / 17 bw. | 3/19/2019 | In stock
ISBN 9783960983958 | $39.95 |
|  | BADLANDS UNLIMITEDPbk, 5 x 8 in. / 148 pgs / 10 bw. | 10/31/2014 | In stock
ISBN 9781936440665 | $16.95 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER/BDV BUREAU DES VIDEOSDVD video, PAL Multizone, 5.5 x 7.5 in. | 7/1/2007 | In stock
ISBN 9783905770582 | $32.00 |
|  | JRP|RINGIERPbk, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 80 pgs / 15 color / 19 bw. | 11/30/2011 | In stock
ISBN 9783037641705 | $39.95 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLNHbk, 9.75 x 13 in. / 304 pgs / 278 color. | 4/30/2011 | In stock
ISBN 9783865608741 | $59.95 |
|  | MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERGPbk, 6.75 x 9.25 in. / 254 pgs / 140 color. | 6/23/2015 | In stock
ISBN 9783869845098 | $40.00 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORKClth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 5/26/2015 | In stock
ISBN 9780870709661 | $60.00 |
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