Bibliotheek: nieuwe aanwinsten - juli-september 2009

Die Moderne als Ruine, eine Archäologie der Gegenwart = Modernism as a Ruin, an Archeology of the Present / edited by Sabine Folie ; texts by Juli Carson, Lisa Lee, Philip Ursprung [...et al.]. - Nürnberg : Verlag für Moderne Kunst, 2009. - 234 p. : ills. ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at Generali Foundation, Vienna, 19 June through 20 September, 2009.
Buildings emerge and decay. In contrast to the other arts, architecture and urban planning have a special relationship to nature: they must confront its forces directly. This precarious relationship to nature, whereby their own disappearance must necessarily be taken into account, can be a theme for art.
Yona Friedman, Cyprien Gaillard, Robert Smithson [...et al.]

The Knight's Tour / Lunar Distance / text Xander Karskens ; Arie Altena, Nickel van Duijvenboden, Mariska Kriek, Suzanne Wallinga. - Haarlem : De Hallen, 2009. - 2 delen. - 20 p. / 80 p. : ills. ; 24 cm
Catalogue for two international group exhibitions at De Hallen, Haarlem, 12 September - 29 November, 2009.
Navid Nuur, Aurélien Froment, David Malkjovic [...et al.]

Radical Nature : Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969 - 2009 / edited by Francesco Manacorda and Ariella Yedgar. - London : Koenig Books, 2009. - 254 p. : ills. ; 27 cm
This catalogue has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Radical Nature - Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009, at Barbican Art Gallery, London, 19 June - 18 October 2009.
Ant Farm, Joseph Beuys, Mark Dion [...et al.]

The Map as Art : Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography / Katherine Harmon ; with essays by Gayle Clemans. - New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2009. - 256 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
In an era of globalized politics, culture, and ecology, contemporary artists are drawn to maps to express their visions.
Francis Alys, Jules De Balincourt, Alexandra Mir [...et al.]

Vitamin 3-D : New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation / text Anne Ellegood. - London : Phaidon Press, 2009. - 352 p. : ills. ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A survey of current global developments in contemporary sculpture and its close relative, installation art.
Tom Burr, Ryan Gander, Gabriel Kuri [...et al.]

Unfair Project Catalogue : An art initiative of Parachutartists in collaboration with De Service Garage / edited by Cadine Navarro. - Amsterdam : Parachutartists Foundation : De Service Garage, 2009. - geen paginering : ills. ; 15 x 21 cm
Unfair Project is an international group exhibition with performances, lectures and discussions exploring the phenomenon of the contemporary art fair and art economy, Amsterdam 14 May - June 2009.
Bas de Boer, HTV de IJsberg, Nina Fischer [...et al.]

Marcel van Eeden : Zeichnungen und Malerei 1992-2009 / editor Michael Zink ; text Stephan Berg, Arnon Grünberg, Lynne van Rhijn [...et al.]. - Köln : DuMont Buchverlag, 2009. - 344 p. : ills. ; 27cm
Includes bibliographical references.

Nathaniel Mellors : B.OK / edited by Stephanie James and Peter Bonnell. - Bournemouth : The Arts Institute, 2007. - 72 p. : ills. ; 24 cm
Published on the occasion of the presentation of 'Nathaniel Mellors. The Time Surgeon', at Artsway, Sway, Hampshire and Biennale de Lyon, Lyon 17 September - 6 January 2008.

Extended Caption (DDDG) / idea Stuart Bailey. - Amsterdam : Lissabon : Roma Publications : Culturgest, 2009. - 112 p. : ills. ; 35 cm
This extended caption comprises half of the exhibition  'Extended Caption (DDDG)' at Culturgest, Porto, April 25-June 27, 2009. In its seventh occasion of showing a group of artifacts whose only objective connection is that they have appeared in the pages of Dot Dot Dot, a magazine edited by Stuart Bailey (formerly with Peter Bilak).

Kunst aan de straat : Behoud van Amsterdamse beelden op bruggen en gebouwen uit het Interbellum / idee en projectleiding Joris Kwast ; redactie Joost de Wal ; tekst Frans van Burkom, Rutger Morelissen, Vincent van Rossum. - Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Bas Lubberhuizen, 2009. - 240 p. : ills. ; 22 cm
Bevat bibliografische gegevens en namenregister.
Veel Amsterdamse bruggen en gebouwen uit het interbellum zijn verrijkt met prachtige beeldhouwwerken. Ze vormen tezamen een omvangrijke kunstcollectie die onlosmakelijk verbonden is met de Amsterdamse bouwkunst. Dat is het gevolg van het opdrachtenbeleid dat Amsterdam als eerste gemeente in 1922 invoerde.
Piet Kramer, Hildo Krop, Hendrik Wijdeveld [...et al.]

The Sartorialist / Scott Schuman. - London : Penguin Books, 2009. - 512 p. : ills. ; 19 cm
Scott Schuman started the weblog thesartorialist.com in 2005, filled with street fashion photographs. Now it is one of the most  important fashion sites.

Curating Architecture and the City / edited by Sarah Chaplin and Alexandra Stara ; texts by Hugh Campbell, Suzanne Ewing, Ari Seligmann [...et al.]. - Abingdon, Oxford : Routledge, 2009. - 258 p. : ills. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The collection, representation and exhibition of architecture and the built environment is explored for the first time in this book. Approaching the built environment as a collection to be curated opens up new possibilities for exploring the urban fabric. This book considers architectural exhibitions, regenaration projects, city tours, urban art installations and more.

Een Haags Drukkersleven : Van Delta tot Dageraad / tekst en interviews Gerrit Jan de Rook. - Den Haag : Heden, 2009. - 96 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
Delta en later De Dageraad was de huisdrukkerij van de Artoteek in Den Haag, dat nu onder de naam Heden verder gaat. De drukkerij bestond tot 2006 onder de leiding van Kees en Marja van Dam.

Nederland in Oorlog = The Netherlands at War : Een handvest in vier akten = A charter in four acts / Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, Jonas Staal. - Den Haag ; Rotterdam : in eigen beheer, 2009. - 24 p. : ills. ; 21 cm
Dit handvest is geschreven ter gelegenheid van de manifestatie 'Nederland in Oorlog' in de Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, die op 11 april 2009 plaatsvond.

Van verdediging naar bescherming : De Atlantikwall in Den Haag / H. F. Ambachtsheer, met medewerking van C.J. van Harmelen. - Den Haag : Gemeente Den Haag, Dienst Ruimtelijke en Economische Ontwikkeling, afdeling Monumentenzorg, 1995. - 280 p. : ills. ; 30 cm. - (VOM-reeks 1995 nummer 1)
Dit boek gaat over de bunkers, de Atlantikwall en andere overblijfselen van de tweede wereldoorlog in Den Haag.

Het woongebouw : Klassieke en recente ontwerpen / Jasper Zwol. - Amsterdam : Uitgeverij SUN, 2009. - 200 p. : ills. ; 28 cm. - (Plannenmappen reeks)
Bevat architectenregister.
In dit boek worden zesenzeventig ontwerpen gepresenteerd van zowel inmiddels klassieke als recente woongebouwen. Het centrale thema is de verzameling gestapelde wooneenheden in het blok. o.a. Johannes Duiker, Nirwanaflat, Den Haag 1928-1930.

The BLDGBLOG Book / Geoff Manaugh. - San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2009. - 272 p. : ills. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
BLDGBLOG is a weblog about architecture, landscape and the built environment. This book distills the author's vision from underground exploration to climate change, via J.G. Ballard, tectonic warfare to the music of icebergs.

Bogdan Bogdanovic : Memoria und Utopia in Tito-Jugoslawien / Idee und Redaktion Ivan Ristic. - Klagenfurt ; Celovec : Wiesre Verlag, 2009. - 176 p. : ills. ; 26 cm
Mit Bio- und Bibliografie.
Dieses Buch erscheint anlässlich der Ausstellung Bogdan Bogdanovic. Der verdammte Baumeister im Architekturzentrum Wien, 5.3-2.6.2009

Richard Long : Heaven and Earth / texts Nicholas Serota, Clarrie Wallis, Andrew Wilson ; conversation with Michael Graig-Martin. - London : Tate Publishing, 2009. - 238 p. : ills. ; 28 cm
Includes index.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Richard Long Heaven and Earth, Tate Britain, London. 3 June-6 September, 2009.

Anna Oppermann : Ensembles 1968-1992 / hrsg. /editor Ute Vorkoeper. - Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007. - 268 p. : ills. ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Anna Oppermann. Revisionen der Ensemblekunst / Revisions of Ensemble Art, Würtemberger Kunstverein, Stuttgart, and Generali Foundation, Wien, 2007.

Edward Krasinski : Les mises en scène / hrsg. / editor Sabine Breitwieser. - Wien ; Köln : Generali Foundation : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2006. - 351 p. : ills. ; 24 cm
Mit Bio- und Bibliografie.
Dieses Buch erscheint anlässlich der Ausstellung Edward Krasinski. Les mises en scène, Generali Foundation, Wien, 12. Mai bis 27. August, 2006.

Gustav Metzger : History History / edited by Sabine Breitwieser. - Vienna : Generali Foundation, 2005. - 312 p. : ills. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Gustav Metzger. History History, Generali Foundation, Vienna, May 11 to August 28, 2005. Metzger's aesthetic concept, Auto-Destructive Art, addresses the twentieth-century's destructive potential and is intended as a direct attack on both the capitaist system and the art indusrty.

In & Out of Amsterdam : Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976 / editor Christophe Cherix ; text Rini Dippel, Christian Rattemeyer, Phillip Van den Bossche. - New York : The Museum of Modern Art, 2009. - 170 p. : ills. ; 31 cm
Published in conjunction with the exhibition ' In & Out of Amsterdam : Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960-1976' curated by Christophe Cherix, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 19-October 5, 2009.
Bas Jan Ader, Stanley Brouwn, Hanne Darboven [...et al.]

City : Rediscovering the Center / William H. Whyte ; foreword by Paco Underhill. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009. - originally published in 1988. - 386 p. : ills. ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For sixteen years William Whyte walked the streets of New York and other major cities. He conducted pioneering studies of street life, pedestrian behavior, and city dynamics. This book is the result of that research.

Beyond Leidsche Rijn : Kunst als strategie bij verstedelijking / redactie Tom van Gestel, Henriëtte Heezen, Nathalie Zonnenberg ; tekst Bik Van der Pol, Domeniek Ruyters, Barbara Visser. - Rotterdam : NAi Uitgevers, 2009. - 190 p. : ills. ; 23 cm
Het programma voor beeldende kunst van Beyond, werd in 1997 geïnitieerd in de grootste vinexlocatie van Nederland, Leidsche Rijn bij Utrecht. De beeldende kunst speelt in op de relatie tussen het stedenbouwkundig plan, het landschap, de architectuur en de sociale gemeenschap die er zich vormt. Deze publicatie bevat een uitgebreid overzicht van tien jaar Beyond.