"A book devoted to the Chinese artist famous for his photography work. Chen’s multimedia works toe the line between experimental illusion and the quotidian realities of contemporary society, focusing on the almost imperceptible dream sequences that exist in even the most mundane of moments. His staged photographs, at once idealistic and ominous, negotiate the symbolist tropes put forward by the medium of photography. Chen Wei has been ..."
""Certain Pleasures" is a retrospective catalogue on Zhang Peili (born 1957), one of the first Chinese video artists. Zhang's work is characterized by themes of boredom and control, as shown by 30 x 30" (1988), in which a pair of hands break a mirror and laboriously reconstruct it, only to smash it again."
"Estonian installation artist Katja Novitskova (born 1984) adapts images from online sources, referring to realities that lie beyond the capacities of the human eye but have long entered our lives as visual artifacts. Dawn Mission explores how constant mediation acquires an ecological dimension."
Cao Fei - Splendid River A Text and Drawing Book ; [on the Occasion of the Exhibition Cao Fei - Splendid River, at the Secession, July 2 - August 30, 2015] by VenusLau 119 Pages, Published 2015 ISBN-13: 978-3-902592-89-7, ISBN: 3-902592-89-3
"Today almost all aspects of human―and increasingly nonhuman―lives are being modeled by software. Transcending the limits of our planet, data collection has become a fundamental tool with which to map the earth and beyond. Katja Novitskova's catalogue If Only You Could See What I've Seen with Your Eyes, published for the Estonian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, addresses emerging potentialities between visual culture, big-data-driv ..."
Cheng Ran in course of the miraculous : [exhibition at Galerie Urs Meile Beijing, April 25 - July 12, 2015] by Lau, Venus & Ran, Cheng Paperback, 91 Pages, Published 2015 by Galerie Urs Meile, Lucerne & Beijing ISBN-13: 978-3-906134-31-4, ISBN: 3-906134-31-8
"Filled with reproductions of Kehinde Wiley's bold, colorful, and monumental work, this book encompasses the artist's various series of paintings as well as his sculptural work--which boldly explore ideas about race, power, and tradition. Celebrated for his classically styled paintings that depict African American men in heroic poses, Kehinde Wiley is among the expanding ranks of prominent black artists--such as Sanford Biggers, Yinka Sh ..."