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Performance Art Bookshelf

In 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

9 EVENINGS RECONSIDERED

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 CENTER

ISBN: 9780938437697
USD $25.00 | CAN $30

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available

ASCO: ELITE OF THE OBSCURE

HATJE CANTZ

ISBN: 9783775730037
USD $60.00 | CAN $70

Pub Date: 11/30/2011
Out of print | Not available

AN ART OF LIMINA: GARY HILL'S WORKS AND WRITINGS

Foreword by Lynne Cooke. Text by George Quasha, Charles Stein.

EDICIONES POLíGRAFA

ISBN: 9788434310421
USD $75.00 | CAN $99

Pub Date: 6/30/2009
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ANN HAMILTON: AN INVENTORY OF OBJECTS

Essay by Joan Simon.

GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.

ISBN: 9780974364858
USD $60.00 | CAN $79 UK £ 53

Pub Date: 11/15/2006
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BETWEEN ZONES

Edited by Raphael Gygax, Heike Munder. Text by Verena Kuni, Philip Auslander, Kristina Köhler.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783037641255
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 1/31/2011
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CATHERINE SULLIVAN AND CO: FILM AND THEATRE WORKS 2002-2004

Edited by Beatrix Ruf. Essays by Sebastian Egenhofer, Karola Grässlin and Susanne Titz.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783905701272
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 9/15/2005
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CHRIS BURDEN

Essays by Fred Hoffman, Paul Schimmel, Kristine Stiles and Robert Storr.

LOCUS + PUBLISHING LTD.

ISBN: 9781899377183
USD $85.00 | CAN $100

Pub Date: 11/15/2005
No longer our product | Not available

EN MAS'

INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, NEW ORLEANS

ISBN: 9780916365899
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5 UK £ 44.99

Pub Date: 1/26/2016
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EIKO & KOMA: TIME IS NOT EVEN, SPACE IS NOT EMPTY

WALKER ART CENTER

ISBN: 9780935640977
USD $35.00 | CAN $47.5 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 6/30/2011
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ELEANOR ANTIN

Artwork by Eleanor Antin. Contributions by Lisa Bloom. Text by Graham Beal, Howard Fox.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

ISBN: 9780911291278
USD $24.95 | CAN $27.5

Pub Date: 5/2/1999
Out of print | Not available

ENDLESS SHOUT

INVENTORY PRESS / INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIA

ISBN: 9781941753163
USD $35.00 | CAN $49.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 5/21/2019
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EVE SUSSMAN & THE RUFUS CORPORATION: THE RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN

Text by Helle Crenzien, Michael Juul Holm.

LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

ISBN: 9788791607622
USD $40.00 | CAN $54

Pub Date: 9/30/2009
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FIONA TAN: DISASSEMBLING THE ARCHIVE

Edited by Michael Maranda. Text by Philip Monk.

ART GALLERY OF YORK UNIVERSITY

ISBN: 9780921972457
USD $25.00 | CAN $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 7/1/2008
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FRANCESCO VEZZOLI: RIGHT YOU ARE (IF YOU THINK YOU ARE)

Text by Herbert Muschamp, RoseLee Goldberg, Francesco Vezzoli, Nancy Spector, Michael Schulman.

CHARTA/ GAGOSIAN GALLERY

ISBN: 9788881586660
USD $39.95 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 3/4/2009
No longer our product | Not available

GELITIN: CHINESE SYNTHESE LEBERKASE

Edited and Foreword by Eckhard Schneider. Essay by Iara Boubnova.

KUNSTHAUS BREGENZ

ISBN: 9783865600813
USD $35.00 | CAN $40

Pub Date: 8/15/2006
Out of print | Not available

IN THE SHADOW A SHADOW: THE WORK OF JOAN JONAS

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 £ 75

Pub Date: 11/24/2015
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JAMES LEE BYARS: 1/2 AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, SOURCEBOOK

Edited by Magali Arriola, Peter Eleey. Interview by David Sewell.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN/MOMA PS1/MUSEO JUMEX

ISBN: 9783863355111
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 6/30/2014
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JAMES LEE BYARS: THE PERFECT KISS

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783960984238
USD $39.95 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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JEAN-JACQUES LEBEL: BARRICADES

Edited by Axel Heil. Text by Robert Fleck, Félix Guattari, Alyce Mahon, Jacques Rivette. Interview by Jean de Loisy, Jean-Jacques Lebel.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783863356606
USD $45.00 | CAN $60

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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JOAN JONAS

Foreword by Annie Ratti, Fabio Cavallucci. Text by Marina Warner, Joan Jonas, Anna Daneri, Roberto Pinto, Cristina Natalicchio, Andrea Mattiello.

CHARTA

ISBN: 9788881586592
USD $34.95 | CAN $40

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
No longer our product | Not available

JOHN BOCK: FILMS

Foreword by Max Hollein. Text by Joachim Jäger, Robin Curtis, Massimiliano Gioni.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783865602619
USD $54.00 | CAN $65

Pub Date: 1/15/2008
Out of print | Not available

JOHN WOOD & PAUL HARRISON: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Text by Toby Kamps.

CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, HOUSTON

ISBN: 9781933619316
USD $24.95 | CAN $33.95 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 5/31/2011
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JOSEPH BEUYS: WE GO THIS WAY

By Caroline Tisdall. Artwork by Joseph Beuys.

VIOLETTE EDITIONS

ISBN: 9781900828130
USD $65.00 | CAN $87

Pub Date: 1/2/2000
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MARINA ABRAMOVIC: 512 HOURS

KOENIG BOOKS

ISBN: 9783863355821
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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MARINA ABRAMOVIC: THE ARTIST IS PRESENT

Edited by Klaus Biesenbach. Text by Arthur C. Danto, Chrissie Iles, Nancy Spector, Jovana Stokic.

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

ISBN: 9780870707476
USD $50.00 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 4/30/2010
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

MARTHA WILSON SOURCEBOOK

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 £ 22

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
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MATTHEW BARNEY: DRAWING RESTRAINT VOL. 5

Text by Matthew Barney, Neville Wakefield.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783865603180
USD $65.00 | CAN $75

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Out of print | Not available

MIKE KELLEY: INTERVIEWS, CONVERSATIONS, AND CHIT-CHAT (1986-2004)

Edited by John C. Welchman.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783905701005
USD $22.00 | CAN $30.5

Pub Date: 8/15/2005
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MIKE'S WORLD: MICHAEL SMITH & JOSHUA WHITE (AND OTHER COLLABORATORS)

THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART

ISBN: 9780977145393
USD $30.00 | CAN $35

Pub Date: 2/1/2008
Out of print | Not available

NAM JUNE PAIK: EXPOSITION OF MUSIC, ELECTRONIC TELEVISION, REVISITED

Foreword by Edelbert Koeb. Introduction by Susanne Neuburger. Text by Manuela Ammer, Justin Hoffmann, Manfred Montwé.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783865606198
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95

Pub Date: 8/31/2009
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NOT TO PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS

Edited by Marie de Brugerolle. Text by Catherine Wood, Patricia Brignone, Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783037640715
USD $35.00 | CAN $47.5

Pub Date: 3/31/2010
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PAUL MCCARTHY: VIDEOS 1970-1997

Essays by Yilmaz Dziewior, Ulrike Groos, Johann Lothar Schröder and Kathrin Sauerländer.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783883755373
USD $30.00 | CAN $35

Pub Date: 1/2/2004
Out of print | Not available

PERFORMA 07: EVERYWHERE AND ALL AT ONCE

Edited by RoseLee Goldberg. Text by RoseLee Goldberg. Contributions by Catherine Wood, Jay Sanders, Anthony Huberman, Hans Ulrich Obrist.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783037640340
USD $45.00 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 1/31/2010
Out of print | Not available

PERFORMA 09: BACK TO FUTURISM

PERFORMA PUBLICATIONS

ISBN: 9780615450667
USD $39.95 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 7/31/2011
Out of print | Not available

PERFORMA 13: SURREALISM / THE VOICE / CITIZENSHIP

GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.

ISBN: 9781941366066
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 11/24/2015
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PERFORMA 15

GREGORY R. MILLER & CO.

ISBN: 9781941366196
USD $29.95 | CAN $45 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 7/23/2019
Forthcoming

PERFORMA: NEW VISUAL ART PERFORMANCE

PERFORMA PUBLICATIONS

ISBN: 9781424314980
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 6/1/2007
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PERFORMANCE ART IN CHINA

By Thomas J. Berghuis.

BLUE KINGFISHER

ISBN: 9789889926595
USD $40.00 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 7/1/2007
No longer our product | Not available

RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: TO MUSIC

Edited by Heike Munder. Text by Markús pór Andrésson, Philip Auslander, Edek Bartz, Heike Munder.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783037644232
USD $49.95 | CAN $67.5

Pub Date: 7/28/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

REGINA JOSé GALINDO

Text by Rosina Cazali, Fernando Castro Flórez, Eugenio Viola, Clare Carolin.

SILVANA EDITORALE

ISBN: 9788836619924
USD $45.00 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 10/31/2011
Out of print | Not available

RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA

Edited by Francesca Grassi. Text by Gridthiya Gaweewong, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Rochelle Steiner, Philippe Parreno, Bruce Sterling.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783905770322
USD $75.00 | CAN $99

Pub Date: 9/1/2007
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ROBERT WHITMAN

Artwork by Robert Whitman. Edited by Bettina Funcke, Karen Kelly. Text by David Joselit, George Baker, Ben Portis, Lynne Cooke.

DIA ART FOUNDATION

ISBN: 9780944521465
USD $45.00 | CAN $60 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 10/2/2003
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SHIRIN NESHAT: THE LAST WORD

Edited by Octavio Zaya. Essays by Hamid Dabashi and Octavio Zaya.

CHARTA/MUSAC

ISBN: 9788881585519
USD $75.00 | CAN $90

Pub Date: 1/1/2006
No longer our product | Not available

SIMONE FORTI: THE BEAR IN THE MIRROR

Edited by Roos Gortzak, Quinn Latimer.

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783960983958
USD $39.95 | CAN $55

Pub Date: 3/19/2019
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SOPHIE CALLE: DOUBLE GAME

With the participation of Paul Auster.

D.A.P./VIOLETTE EDITIONS

ISBN: 9781933045696
USD $39.95 | CAN $50

Pub Date: 9/1/2007
Out of print | Not available

SPARTACUS CHETWYND

Edited by Raphael Gygax, Heike Munder.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783905770827
USD $65.00 | CAN $75

Pub Date: 3/1/2008
Out of print | Not available

THE BEST MOST USELESS DRESS: SELECTED WRITINGS OF CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

Edited by Paul Chan. Introduction by Elizabeth Robinson.

BADLANDS UNLIMITED

ISBN: 9781936440665
USD $16.95 | CAN $24

Pub Date: 10/31/2014
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THE SECRET FILES OF GILBERT & GEORGE

Edited by Nicolas Tremblay. By Hans Ulrich Obrist.

JRP|RINGIER/BDV BUREAU DES VIDEOS

ISBN: 9783905770582
USD $32.00 | CAN $42.5

Pub Date: 7/1/2007
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TRIS VONNA-MICHELL

Edited by Eva Birkenstock, Rahel Blättler, Hannes Loichinger, Beatrix Ruf.

JRP|RINGIER

ISBN: 9783037641705
USD $39.95 | CAN $53.95

Pub Date: 11/30/2011
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TSENG KWONG CHI: PERFORMING FOR THE CAMERA

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 ARTBOOKS

ISBN: 9780692338674
USD $55.00 | CAN $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 4/28/2015
Active | Out of stock

VALIE EXPORT: TIME AND COUNTERTIME

WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN

ISBN: 9783865608741
USD $59.95 | CAN $79

Pub Date: 4/30/2011
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VITO ACCONCI: DIARY OF A BODY 1969 -1973

Text by Gregory Volk, Vito Acconci.

CHARTA

ISBN: 9788881584772
USD $69.95 | CAN $85

Pub Date: 8/2/2004
Out of print | Not available

VITO ACCONCI: WRITINGS, WORKS, PROJECTS

Essays by Vito Acconci and Gloria Moure.

EDICIONES POLíGRAFA

ISBN: 9788434308947
USD $60.00 | CAN $79

Pub Date: 8/2/2001
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

WHAT IS ART?

Edited by Sandro Droschl, Christian Egger. Text by Marina Grinic, Antonia Majaca, Suzana Milevska.

MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERG

ISBN: 9783869845098
USD $40.00 | CAN $54

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
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YOKO ONO: ONE WOMAN SHOW, 1960–1971

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK

ISBN: 9780870709661
USD $60.00 | CAN $79

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
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Recommended Reading: A Book List on Performance Art

Performance Art Bookshelf Active Backlist Titles

An Art of Limina: Gary Hill's Works and Writings EDICIONES POLíGRAFA Hardcover, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 640 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 6/30/2009 | In stock ISBN 9788434310421 | $75.00	Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects GREGORY R. MILLER & CO. Hardcover, 7 x 10.5 in. / 312 pgs / 150 color and 80 bw. | 11/15/2006 | In stock ISBN 9780974364858 | $60.00	Between Zones JRP|RINGIER Hbk, 5.75 x 9.25 in. / 352 pgs / 19 color / 69 bw. | 1/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783037641255 | $45.00
Catherine Sullivan and Co: Film and Theatre Works 2002-2004 JRP|RINGIER Paperback, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 192 pgs /90 color. | 9/15/2005 | In stock ISBN 9783905701272 | $45.00	EN MAS' INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, NEW ORLEANS Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 230 pgs / 100 color. | 1/26/2016 | In stock ISBN 9780916365899 | $49.95	Endless Shout INVENTORY PRESS / INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIA Pbk, 7.25 x 9.25 in. / 226 pgs / 100 color. | 5/21/2019 | In stock ISBN 9781941753163 | $35.00
Eve Sussman & The Rufus Corporation: The Rape of the Sabine Women LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Flexi, 8 x 10 in. / 116 pgs / 83 color / 11 bw. | 9/30/2009 | In stock ISBN 9788791607622 | $40.00	In the Shadow a Shadow: The Work of Joan Jonas GREGORY R. MILLER & CO. Clth, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 536 pgs / 840 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock ISBN 9780980024289 | $85.00	James Lee Byars: 1/2 an Autobiography, Sourcebook WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN/MOMA PS1/MUSEO JUMEX Flexi, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 304 pgs / 213 color / 87 bw. | 6/30/2014 | In stock ISBN 9783863355111 | $45.00
James Lee Byars: The Perfect Kiss WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 8 x 11.5 in. / 144 pgs / 62 color / 118 bw. | 2/19/2019 | In stock ISBN 9783960984238 | $39.95	Jean-Jacques Lebel: Barricades WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 248 pgs / 160 color / 100 bw. | 6/23/2015 | In stock ISBN 9783863356606 | $45.00	John Wood & Paul Harrison: Answers to Questions CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, HOUSTON Flexi, 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 120 pgs / 60 color / 20 bw. | 5/31/2011 | In stock ISBN 9781933619316 | $24.95
Marina Abramovic: 512 Hours KOENIG BOOKS Clth, 5 x 8 in. / 128 pgs / 51 color. | 6/23/2015 | In stock ISBN 9783863355821 | $49.95	Not to Play with Dead Things JRP|RINGIER Flexi, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 176 pgs / 79 color. | 3/31/2010 | In stock ISBN 9783037640715 | $35.00	Performa 13: Surrealism / The Voice / Citizenship GREGORY R. MILLER & CO. Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 384 pgs / 300 color. | 11/24/2015 | In stock ISBN 9781941366066 | $39.95
Performa: New Visual Art Performance PERFORMA PUBLICATIONS Paperback, 7 x 9.5 in. / 272 pgs / 215 color / 50 bw. | 6/1/2007 | In stock ISBN 9781424314980 | $39.95	Rirkrit Tiravanija JRP|RINGIER Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 218 pgs / 1000 color. | 9/1/2007 | In stock ISBN 9783905770322 | $75.00	Robert Whitman DIA ART FOUNDATION Hardcover, 9 x 12 in. / 206 pgs / 30 color / 28 bw. | 10/2/2003 | In stock ISBN 9780944521465 | $45.00
Simone Forti: The Bear in the Mirror WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Pbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 94 pgs / 2 color / 17 bw. | 3/19/2019 | In stock ISBN 9783960983958 | $39.95	The Best Most Useless Dress: Selected Writings of Claudia La Rocco BADLANDS UNLIMITED Pbk, 5 x 8 in. / 148 pgs / 10 bw. | 10/31/2014 | In stock ISBN 9781936440665 | $16.95	The Secret Files of Gilbert & George JRP|RINGIER/BDV BUREAU DES VIDEOS DVD video, PAL Multizone, 5.5 x 7.5 in. | 7/1/2007 | In stock ISBN 9783905770582 | $32.00
Tris Vonna-Michell JRP|RINGIER Pbk, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 80 pgs / 15 color / 19 bw. | 11/30/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783037641705 | $39.95	Valie Export: Time and Countertime WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN Hbk, 9.75 x 13 in. / 304 pgs / 278 color. | 4/30/2011 | In stock ISBN 9783865608741 | $59.95	What Is Art? MODERNE KUNST NüRNBERG Pbk, 6.75 x 9.25 in. / 254 pgs / 140 color. | 6/23/2015 | In stock ISBN 9783869845098 | $40.00
Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Clth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 5/26/2015 | In stock ISBN 9780870709661 | $60.00