HOKUSAI. - Katsushika, Hokusai 1760-1849. - Calza, Gian Carlo et al (ed.):

Edition After Hand, 1973. 8vo in printed illustrated wraps as issued. (52) pp. Illustrated throughout. Cover discolored with some foxing. First edition. Rare concrete poetry item.

Copenhagen: SMK - 2013. 8vo in stapled wraps as issued. 30 pages. Text in English and Danish. Illustrated. Fine copy. 1. ed. "What are quirky salt and pepper shakers doing next to some of the main masterpieces of art history? Haim Steinbach is deeply interested in objects and how they are displayed. In this exhibition he challenged our perception of the art museum as an institution by showing important works of art side by side with small everyday objects. In his works Haim Steinbach arranges objects from all sorts of contexts on shelves and walls and in display units. In fact we all collect things and place them next to each other – on a windowsill, the kitchen worktop, or a bathroom shelf. On a previous occasion Steinbach has explained that he regards the act of collecting and displaying things as a fundamental human practice: With my work, the bottom line is that any time you set an object next to another object you´re involved in a communicative, social activity. Haim Steinbach includes works of art from different eras and genres in his exhibition, presenting them in a way that is completely different from the usual approach taken by museums, which typically display art in accordance with chronological, thematic, or monographic principles. By making a break with those principles Steinbach creates a whole new contex".

Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. 8° in the original green printed wraps with a dustjacket. 219 (+1) pag. with illustrations. Clean wioth only minor rubbing to edges of the green cover, jacket somewhat worn, mainly to spine and back (please see photos). Overall a very good copy. Première édition anglaise publiée à Paris / First English language edition. (= 'The Traveller's Companion Series', No.74) translated by Eric Kahane and Akbar del Piombo (Norman Rubington); Kearney, 149. Published in the same year as the French text that is the source for the fabulous Louis Malle film in 1960. Rare with the original jacket.

Sternberg Press, 2019. Wraps. 272 pp. Very good clean copy. With the global rise of a politics of shock driven by authoritarian regimes that subvert the rule of law and civil liberties, what paths to resistance, sanctuary, and change can cultural institutions offer? What about activism in curatorial practice? In this book, more than twenty leading curators and thinkers about contemporary art present powerful case studies, historical analyses, and theoretical perspectives that address the dynamics of activism, protest, and advocacy. What unfolds in these pages is a vast range of ideas—a tool kit for cultural producers everywhere to engage audiences and face the fierce political challenges of today and tomorrow. What about Activism? is based on the summit “Curatorial Activism and the Politics of Shock,” which took place at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Along with expanded versions of the talks given at the conference, the book includes a transcript of a roundtable discussion moderated by Steven Henry Madoff and Brian Kuan Wood among the speakers and students in the MA Curatorial Practice program at SVA.

Picador Paperback, 2021. 353 pp. Cover with edgewear, inside clean copy. "Laing’s preferred method of appreciating an artist is the biographical essay. Hers is not quite criticism in the manner of, say, the late Mark Fisher, with an idea in every sentence, but rather, a collation and relaying of perspectives and information – occasionally penetrating and generally celebratory. As a critic, Laing tends to drop her readers off at the door. She is a maker of introductions, an enthusiast who speaks up for semi-obscure figures such as Arthur Russell (“the greatest musician you’ve never heard of”), or urges us to maintain in due regard the likes of Derek Jarman or Hilary Mantel. On glancing at the names gathered under the “Reading” section on the contents page, I cynically wondered if the scrupulously fashionable London dinner party chat-list (Deborah Levy, Maggie Nelson, Sally Rooney, Chris Kraus, etc) was strategically calibrated to shore up the author’s own cultural capital by association. "

Sternberg Press, 2017. Wraps. 358 pp. Very good clean copy. ""What's Love Got to Do with It? by E-Flux Journal" is a book exploring the intersections of art, culture, and love. Written by E-Flux Journal, this reading material delves into the significance of love within various contexts, possibly touching upon relationships, human connections, and emotional expressions in the realm of art and society. With a focus on critical thinking and contemporary issues, this book offers insightful perspectives on the role of love in shaping our world and creative experiences. " Edited by Julieta Aranda, Stephen Squibb, Anton Vidokle, Brian Kuan Wood. Contributions by Paul Chan, Keti Chukhrov, Cluster, Elizabeth A. Povinelli and Kim Turcot DiFruscia, Antke Engel, Hu Fang, Fred Moten and Stefano Harney, Lee Mackinnon, Chus Martínez, Tavi Meraud, Paul B. Preciado, Martha Rosler, Virginia Solomon, Jalal Toufic, Jan Verwoert, Brian Kuan Wood, Slavoj ŽižekPreface by Julieta Aranda, Kaye Cain-Nielsen, Brian Kuan Wood, Stephen Squibb, Anton Vidokle. It is often said that we no longer have an addressee for our political demands. But that’s not true. We have each other. What we can no longer get from the state, the party, the union, the boss, we ask for from one another. And we provide. Lacan famously defined love as giving something you don’t have to someone who doesn’t want it. But love is more than a YouTube link or a URL. Love’s joy is not to be found in fulfillment, it is to be found in recognition: even though I can never return what was taken away from you, I may be the only person alive who knows what it is. In our present times—post-human, post-reality, or maybe pre-internet, post-it, pre-collapse, pre-fabricated by algorithms—what does love have to do with it? Since 2009, need and care and desire and admiration have been cross-examined, called as witness, put on parole, and made the subject of caring inquiry by e-flux journal authors. These writings have now been collected to form this comprehensive volume.