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Celebrating a great kinetic artist who liberated the machine from the "tyranny of utility" and encouraged the unexpected with his contraptions

This volume documents the first major Italian retrospective since his death of the work of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely (1925–91), one of the 20th century’s greatest exponents of kinetic art. At the center of his work lies research into the functioning and intrinsic poetry of machines. Tinguely was among the first artists to use found objects that he then welded together, creating noisy and cacophonous machines whose movements were driven by motors. This monograph analyzes Tinguely’s practice, providing detailed descriptions of the works in the exhibition, accompanied by an ample selection of contemporary and archival images. The volume also includes an essay that sets Tinguely’s work against the background of the contemporaneous avant-garde, another on the role of sound and performance in his work in the context of the 1960s, an illustrated timeline of the artist’s career and two reprinted texts written by Tinguely himself.

Part autobiography, part monograph, part catalogue raisonné: the story of Cattelan's 40-year career as told solely by the artist himself

Covering almost 40 years of work from Italian artist and curator Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960), this volume falls somewhere between a catalogue raisonné, a monograph sui generis, an autobiography and a sourcebook. Chapters in which Cattelan discusses recurrent concepts, processes and questions in his practice alternate with specific focuses on works and series of works, exhibitions or special projects, grouped together and arranged as possible trajectories toward a deeper understanding.Also included are nine essays by Cattelan, written between 1989 and the present day, presented here in their full-length versions with indications of their original contexts. The experience of reading the book is continually renewed through groups of works presented in chronological order, making it possible to trace the evolution of the themes and the course of Cattelan's development as an artist.Beware of Yourself is not just the reconstruction of an artistic career but also an invitation to ask ourselves questions about appearances, about roles, about the very meaning of art and life: a continual play of mirrors in which the critical view of the other inevitably becomes an invitation to reflect on ourselves.

Site-specific, immersive works that chronicle the career of a legendary Japanese artist

Yukinori Yanagi (born 1959) is one of the most influential contemporary Japanese artists, known for his exploration of complex themes related to sovereignty, globalization and borders, which he investigates through site-specific installations on a large scale. His work also looks at Japanese history, evoking the intricate sets of symbolic images that shape the understanding of space and identity. This monograph focuses on the recurrent themes in Yanagi's work, highlighting the influences on and developments in his practice over the years. It also includes essays by an international group of scholars and critics as well as a conversation between Yanagi and the curators of the exhibition project on which the monograph is based. Along with extensive photographic documentation, the volume comprises detailed entries on each of the works, compiled by scholars and illustrated by a selection of contemporary images and pictures from the archives.

Mohri makes noise from the invisible, drawing sound out of nothingness through her carefully constructed and recorded installations

Drawing from the legacies of Fluxus and avant-garde music, Japanese artist Yuko Mohri (born 1980) captures imperceptible movements which she then generates into sounds. For her largest institutional exhibition in Europe, Mohri reconfigures three of her major installations, presenting a singular visual and sonic scenography.