Daniel Merritt - Böcker

The first ever overview of Pfeiffer's lively artistic output across mediums from the 1960s to the present, from A to ZPublished with Pacific.Inspired by the illustrated alphabets found in abecedariums, this new book on Walter Pfeiffer (born 1946) presents playful and illuminating insights into the Swiss artist’s practice from A to Z, annotated by Pfeiffer himself. The book also features new texts reflecting on five decades of Pfeiffer’s artistic output from an international group of curators, critics and writers. At once a meticulously crafted artist’s book and a comprehensive monograph, Walter Pfeiffer demonstrates the artist’s sustained commitment to exquisite, innovative publications.This book is part of Swiss Institute’s newly redesigned SI Series. Each book in the SI Series adds context through seminal essays, archival materials, event transcripts, artist portfolios and exhibition documentation, as well as reprints and new translations of important texts.

Stemming from her love of pop punk, Li's multi-channel, participatory installations consider the role of popular culture in ideas of the self, belonging and communityPublished with Aspen Art Museum.Across video, sculpture, poetry and installations, Chinese artist Shuang Li (born 1990) considers how language shapes identities and relationships within digital networks. I'm Not, Li's first monograph, examines how a teenage Li embraced American emo subculture as a way to learn English and find an international community.