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Aliki Christoforou – Anamnesis
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€40,00On December 29th, 2017 Aliki Christoforou (b. 1992, Greek/Belgian) was the victim of a severe traffic accident that immobilised her in hospital for a prolonged time. Anamnesis was born from a series of black and white photos taken during this extensive hospitalisation: “When I developed the rolls of film, I had to my surprise no recollection of many of the moments that appeared in the images. They were greatly distant and obscure to me; completely eclipsed from my memory. This finding was terrifying. What was the origin of these blackouts? My head trauma or the medication? The interminable days spent in the hospital?. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Much is said about the indicial value of photography, of the famous ‘ça-a-été’ of Barthes. What was revealed to me through these photographs had indeed taken place, yet it did not correspond with my perception of reality. In order to unveil in these images the recondite memories of that uncertain period, as they existed to me in a veiled, opaque and mysterious cloud, the prints have been manipulated in the darkroom to reflect both the failures of my memory and the strange paradox I find myself in now: a strong feeling to neglect the incident and, at the same time, the need to remember. Aristotle used two terms to speak of memory. On one hand there was the ‘mneme’ [μνήμη] for passive memory, that is the simple conservation of a perceived instant of one’s life, and on the other hand there was the ‘anamnesis’ [ἀνάμνησις] for active or reminiscent memory, that is the search for memories extracted from one’s previous lives. Hence, mneme is linked to the mind while anamnesis derives from the soul. Anamnesis interrogates memory from oblivion.” [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] First edition of 500 copies. Aliki Christoforou is the recipient of the 2021 Libraryman Award Published in 2021 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–52–8 20 x 26 cm. 72 pages. 46 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Blind embossed typography on front cover, spine and back cover. Linen thread bound. Black headband. [/spb_toggle] -
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Charlotte Lapalus – Marlène
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€45,00 incl. VAT"I like to hear you tell me that the world is music whose notes we share. Those who resonate with grace and delight. The ones that pierce with rage and fright. And finally, those who utter the cry of abandonment and pain. There are also memories and promises. I like to hear you talk about the quintessence of love. So I follow you, here and there. Our walk begins through the seasons. Our senses no longer betray us and we no longer lie." Charlotte Lapalus (b. 1987, French) [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
SFirst edition of 700 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in offset printed paperboard slipcase, with signed original print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2021 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–50–4 23 x 29 cm. 72 pages + printed endpapers. 76 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Red headband. Authentic tip-in images on front cover with typography in black foil. Typography on spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle] -
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Dudi Hasson – As Far as Close
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€45,00 incl. VAT“Addicted” to photography from a very young age, autodidact photographer Dudi Hasson (b. 1981, Israeli) embarked on his photographic journey at the age of 16. Ever since then, his work has explored the thin line between intimacy and alienation. Inspired by people and places, Hasson is continually curious about the nature of relationships—whether they’re between the camera and its subject, between the subjects themselves, or internally between himself and the camera. Dudi strives to capture rare moments of the “in-between”, i.e. in between love and hate, joy and misery, truth and lies, far and close. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
As Far As Close is a selected collection of Hasson’s portraits from different times and places, gathered as a mosaic of unexpected moments best demonstrating his unique aesthetics and point of view. The book contains a poem, in Hebrew, written by poet Noam Noy (b. 1988, Israeli), alongside an English translation. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] First edition of 700 copies. Published in 2021 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–51–1 24 x 30 cm. 72 pages. 41 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Blind embossing on front cover, spine and back cover, with authentic tip-in image on front cover. Dustcover in offset, with typography on front cover in green foil. White and blue headband. [/spb_toggle] -
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Lisa Sorgini – Behind Glass
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€45,00 incl. VATLisa Sorgini (b. 1980, Australian) is a photographic artist that has found her own maternal experience to be central to the themes in her work. Behind Glass, offers a layered exploration of motherhood as shown during the months of the burgeoning COVID-19 pandemic, as unprecedented stay-at-home measures swept across Australia and the World. It’s an opus that stands as both a creative commentary and an important cultural record. Born of the pandemic, shooting began for the series as the first stay-at-home orders came into force in Australia. Making portraits of those in her immediate community, It’s a body of work motivated by a need to make visible the unseen role of parenting during such isolation and one that evokes a spectrum of deep tenderness, tedium, quietude, love, frustration, fear, and despair. These works present the light and darkness of motherhood during these extended periods of lockdown; the use of soft lighting and tonal contrast bringing this metaphor to visual life. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Each work is framed by a window in the home, a practice that feels poignant given the circumstances of mandated isolation where no contact was allowed. It’s a process that suspends each subject within a liminal space of transference and adaptation, one that mothers endure but children are protected from. Babies are seen clinging to their mothers. Tiny hands tug at clothing and skin. Each image, a delicate assemblage of flesh, unposed, set against the backdrop of quiet familiarity. There’s tenderness, but also an omnipresent claustrophobia and intensity. Dewy faces and subdued tonality lends some works the appearance of a baroque portrait. It’s a disarming technique that adds to the body of work’s transcendence and timeless narrative. One mother looks out from the pane – seen for a moment in a time they were only just beginning to understand, her expression almost indecipherable. Behind glass, mother and child appear like living and breathing masterpieces – divine comedies of domesticity. Whilst informing of a particular time, Behind Glass also speaks more broadly of the existing maternal experience. Its most blatant subtext is that of motherhood as contextualised within the modern western milieu; where women lie at the core of an intense inner world whilst continuing to remain begrudgingly detached from the outer. Yet central to this story is also the concept of hope and connective awareness. Mothers joined through a collective experience. Through this work, the unseen is seen. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] The book contains a foreword by writer and curator Federica Chiocchetti (b. 1983, Italian). First edition of 1,000 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in bordeaux, with signed original print. Published in 2021 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–53–5 24 x 29,3 cm. 64 pages. 34 color plates. Offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Beige headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in bordeaux foil. [/spb_toggle] -
Osamu Yokonami – Wild Children
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€35,00 incl. VATWild Children by Osamu Yokonami (b. 1967, Japanese). [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
First edition of 1,000 copies, numbered. Special edition of 25 copies, with signed original 8" x 10" | 203 x 254 mm print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2021 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–54–2 20 x 16 cm. 44 pages. 36 color plates. Color offset printed softcover. Browsing as Japanese tradition, left to right. Saddle-stitched, in grey paperboard slipcase with typography in black foil. [/spb_toggle] -
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Osamu Yokonami — Kumo
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€50,00 incl. VATThe clouds serve as a common denominator in Osamu Yokonami’s (b. 1967, Japanese) continued exploration of youth, collectivity and anonymity. The utopian settings in Kumo depict an analogy of the cultural homogenization of society’s interconnecting networks; the social system—as a visual metaphor, the strength of a group can overcome individual actions. Shooting locations include Tateyama, Mount Fuji, Miura, Numazu—all in Japan. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
First edition of 1,000 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–39–9 24,5 x 30 cm. 52 pages. 24 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on spine and back cover in bordeaux foil. Perforated pages for suggested removal. Beige headband. [/spb_toggle] -
Ryudai Takano — Kikuo
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€35,00 incl. VATThe notable series Reclining Woo—Man (1997–2001) by Ryudai Takano (b. 1963, Japanese) exhibits an unalike depiction of nudity, which often being ignored in the arts. The title derives from “Reclining Woman”—a title often found among European classical paintings. The title is a parody, but the photographs are not. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Takano was exploring how to capture his own sense of beauty prior to meeting Kikuo. It was such an overwhelming encounter that caused Takano to abandon his quest. Kikuo; a stout, naked, middle-aged man, lying on a sofa bed. To give an example, it might have felt for him as if Mars, the Roman god of war appeared as a muse. After that, Kikuo continued to drive Takano’s creation for 10 years. When the camera became popular around the mid-1960s, many artists began to employ photography by questioning if “photography can be sufficient as art?”. However, soon the question got slightly altered to the essence of art, “what is ‘to see’ the world?”. This extended the definition of photography. Photographs early possessed a record-ability and multiplicity and when digital photography emerged in common households in the late 1990s it added its visual effects. Nowadays, photography has surpassed these ideas; it does not solely seek for “to see” but it has prompted us to be aware of the uncertainty of “what we see”. As Duncan Wooldridge mentions in his foreword, Ryudai Takano's photographs are showing us “how to rethink vision”—we will know the multifaceted world and its diversity through his photographs. The book contains a foreword written by critic and essayist Duncan Wooldridge (b. 1981, British) First edition of 500 copies, with fold-out poster. Special edition of 30 copies, numbered, in folded paperboard cover, with signed original print. Pasted image on paperboard cover. Choice of 2 prints — 15 copies of each print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2021 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–43–6 20 x 27,4 cm. 28 pages. 2 fold-outs. 15 black/white plates, separated from 8 pictures. Black/white offset printed softcover. Saddle-stitched. Color offset printed dustcover. [/spb_toggle] -
Stella Berkofsky — Jugaad
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€45,00 incl. VATJugaad in Hindi is used to describe a bringing together of ad hoc elements to create something functional or useful; although sometimes the word is considered to imply “settling” Stella Berkofsky’s (b. 1991, British) uncompromising interpretation of the word leans more toward humor and innovation; finding the beauty in the unseen. Photographed over five years in various corners of the world, Berkofsky’s Jugaad is a carrier bag of field notes collected while in exploration of heartlands. At play between body and landscape, literal and composed, the images are at once cartography and tapestry. Found objects form signs, figures wearing seams or shadows become maps; the details often overlooked show us the way home. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. Choice of 2 prints. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2021 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–42–9 27 x 22,2 cm. 72 pages. 46 black/white plates. Black/white offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Authentic tip-in image on front cover. Dustcover in black/white offset. Beige headband. [/spb_toggle] -
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library LibrarymanStephan Crasneanscki — What we leave behind
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Stephan Crasneanscki — What we leave behind
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€50,00 incl. VATSubsequent to a commissioned sound composition for Deutschlandradio, multidisciplinary artist Stéphan Crasneanscki (b. 1969, French) further examines his significant opus What We Leave Behind, on French film director Jean-Luc Godard’s archive, into book form. The book is divided into four comprehensive sections: boxes, collages, still lifes and notes. When invited to explore the archive of the seminal film director, Crasneanscki photographed Godard’s personal collection of shot film, reel-to-reels and historical ephemera. The notes and references in the book attest to the passing of time, yet being saved from oblivion; as a fragmented creative map of a master film director’s artistic thought process. In addition to working with someone’s personal belongings and its cultural heritage, Crasneanscki also adds his own interpretation and admiration to the material’s constellation of ideas of identity, traceability, temporality, space, memory, existence, materiality and historicity. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
The book contains a foreword by musician, author and poet Patti Smith (b. 1946, American), a conversation with filmmaker Abel Ferrara (b. 1951, American) and an essay written by film critic, historian and editor Antoine de Baecque (b. 1962, French). First edition of 1,000 copies. First 200 copies come with a fold-out poster as dustcover. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2021 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–45–0 20 x 26 cm. 216 pages. 177 color plates. Offset printed softcover with typography on front cover and spine in black foil. Linen thread bound. [/spb_toggle] -
Yusaku Aoki — Night Tales
Books & Magazines, Goods, Library€35,00 incl. VATSeasons Series draws inspiration from Kim Ki-Duk’s seminal film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring in which different actors, for each season, play the same character who is abandoned on a lake next to a floating monastery. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effects on the protagonist’s fosterage. The books take their lead from the film in that simple and profound ideas, human passions and spirituality can be perceived differently depending on the season. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Seasons Series is a quarterly book series, in which a group of artists are brought together under one vision with a focus on each artist’s singular way of seeing. Each of the books in the series will focus on differing subjects and all monographs will showcase the artist’s unique approach to photography. All the books in the series will maintain the same size, dimensions and page count. The first 25 of each will come as a special edition containing a print. We hereby continue the book series with new works by Yusaku Aoki (b. 1987, Japanese). First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. Choice of 5 prints. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2019 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–27–6 21,5 x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 21 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Orange headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle] -
A Study on Folds – Carlotta Manaigo
Books & Magazines€35,00 incl. VATSeasons Series draws inspiration from Kim Ki-Duk’s seminal film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring in which different actors, for each season, play the same character who is abandoned on a lake next to a floating monastery. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effects on the protagonist’s fosterage. The books take their lead from the film in that simple and profound ideas, human passions and spirituality can be perceived differently depending on the season. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Seasons Series is a quarterly book series, in which a group of artists are brought together under one vision with a focus on each artist’s singular way of seeing. Each of the books in the series will focus on differing subjects and all monographs will showcase the artist’s unique approach to photography. All the books in the series will maintain the same size, dimensions and page count. The first 25 of each will come as a special edition containing a print. We hereby continue the book series with new works by Carlotta Manaigo (b. 1980, Italian). First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–37–5 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 24 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. White and blue headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle] -
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Anastasia Lisitsyna – Raw
Books & Magazines€35,00 incl. VATSeasons Series draws inspiration from Kim Ki-Duk’s seminal film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring in which different actors, for each season, play the same character who is abandoned on a lake next to a floating monastery. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effects on the protagonist’s fosterage. The books take their lead from the film in that simple and profound ideas, human passions and spirituality can be perceived differently depending on the season. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Seasons Series is a quarterly book series, in which a group of artists are brought together under one vision with a focus on each artist’s singular way of seeing. Each of the books in the series will focus on differing subjects and all monographs will showcase the artist’s unique approach to photography. All the books in the series will maintain the same size, dimensions and page count. The first 25 of each will come as a special edition containing a print. We hereby continue the book series with new works by Anastasia Lisitsyna (b. 1995, Russian). First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–41–2 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 26 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Red headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle] -
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Bela Borsodi – Unicorn
Books & Magazines€45,00 incl. VATUnicorn by Bela Borsodi (b. 1966, Austrian) is comprised of a series of seemingly abstract still life photographs, which upon further inspection reveal themselves to be tautly illustrative photographic rebus puzzles — allusive devices that use pictures to represent words or parts of words. When viewed without context, the photographs contain a seemingly random conflation of imagery and items, but slowly and through observation, patterns emerge through clues laid throughout the frame. Objects appear precisely placed, and letters indicate verbal additions or subtractions. You start to break down the images into sectors, forcing yourself to look at the photographs in a manner unlike your regular ways of seeing. You excoriate the frame, searching for clues. By the time you’ve solved the puzzle, you’ve also luxuriated into a new photographic realm. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Importantly noted, Borsodi’s images are composed entirely in camera. While from afar they might seem to be abstract collages combining unconnected images and overlaid typography, Borsodi’s control of composition is nothing if not entirely ordered. The seemingly flat typographic clues are in fact three dimensional hand crafted letters placed among the objects. Through these elements, the images do two things at once — they aesthetically compel as visual art must and also work as a thematic device. “They are ruthlessly governed by utmost restriction and inflexibility,” says Borsodi. “Creating a solvable functional puzzle AND a cohesive attractive meaningful photograph with a message was my initiative.” So as not to deny any of us the pleasure of solving Borsodi’s intriguing compositions, too much explanation of any image’s meaning here should be avoided. But it is important to state that each image’s word retains a strong connection to the artist himself, and in some ways can be viewed as a subliminal summary of the artist’s ethos and character. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2018 by Libraryman First edition of 700 copies. ISBN 978–91–88113–15–3 23,5 cm x 30 cm. 40 pages. 20 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. White headband. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on spine and back cover in gold foil. [/spb_toggle] -
Francois Halard – 56 Days in Arles
Books & Magazines€50,00 incl. VATThis book consists of polaroids taken during François Halard’s (b. 1961, French) 56 days of confinement in his greatly unimitative hôtel particulier in Arles, France. Foreword written by art dealer and curator Oscar Humphries (b. 1981, Australian). [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
First edition of 1,000 copies. Special edition of 50 copies, numbered, in unique hand-drawn dustcover, with signed archival pigment print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–40–5 21,5 x 28 cm. 68 pages. 56 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Purple headband. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on spine and back cover screen printed in black. [/spb_toggle] -
Iringo Demeter – She is warm
Books & Magazines€35,00 incl. VATSeasons Series draws inspiration from Kim Ki-Duk’s seminal film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring in which different actors, for each season, play the same character who is abandoned on a lake next to a floating monastery. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effects on the protagonist’s fosterage. The books take their lead from the film in that simple and profound ideas, human passions and spirituality can be perceived differently depending on the season. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Seasons Series is a quarterly book series, in which a group of artists are brought together under one vision with a focus on each artist’s singular way of seeing. Each of the books in the series will focus on differing subjects and all monographs will showcase the artist’s unique approach to photography. All the books in the series will maintain the same size, dimensions and page count. The first 25 of each will come as a special edition containing a print. We hereby continue the book series with new works by Iringó Demeter (b. 1989, Romanian). First edition of 500 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed original print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–49–8 21,5 x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 16 black/white plates. Black/white offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Beige headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle] -
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Books & Magazines LibrarymanKatrien De Blauwer – I Close My Eyes, Then I Drift Away
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Katrien De Blauwer – I Close My Eyes, Then I Drift Away
Books & Magazines€45,00 incl. VATThe idea for I Close My Eyes, Then I Drift Away by Katrien De Blauwer (b. 1969, Belgian) was founded as a commission for De Blauwer to anatomise archival works of François Halard (b. 1961, French) into a new and rare narrative. With a seductive and dreamlike state, bordering femininity and masculinity, she lets the observer immerse by the means of power structures and illusions, with nuances and parables to the contrasting career of Halard’s, yet with the most imaginable awe. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
All photographs appearing in this book were taken by François Halard and accumulated on July 3rd, 2019 by Katrien De Blauwer in Arles, France. All artworks were made in Antwerp, Belgium by Katrien De Blauwer. The concept for this book was conceived by editor and designer Tony Cederteg, who also wrote the preface for the book. First edition of 1,000 copies. Special edition of 50 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with original print; signed and hand-painted by Katrien De Blauwer and François Halard. Choice of 5 prints — 10 copies of each print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2019 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–34–4 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm. 48 pages. 30 color plates. Offset printed hardcover. Linen thread bound. Blind embossing on front cover and spine. Dustcover with typography on front cover and spine in white foil. Beige headband. [/spb_toggle] -
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Katrien De Blauwer – Why I Hate Cars
Books & Magazines€45,00 incl. VATFollowing her previous book When I Was a Boy, Katrien De Blauwer (b. 1969, Belgian) continues to explore her medium of « photography without a camera » in the monograph Why I Hate Cars. After studies in painting and fashion, De Blauwer began delving into a wayward artistic practice by collecting imagery from old magazines and newspapers — as a therapeutic self investigation, of which became the foundation of her work. In creating her own collages, De Blauwer reveals an inner realm as she initiate anonymous and cinematic narrations. In this particular work, she began experimenting with paint and crayons — bearing an additional layer of colors to the stories she tells. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
The book contains an excerpt written by Katrien De Blauwer, taken from one of her notebooks. First edition of 1,000 copies. Special edition of 50 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in white, with signed and hand-drawn original print. Choice of 5 prints — 10 copies of each print. Why I Hate Cars accompanies her exhibition Love Me Tender in Paris, France at Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, May 18–June 15, 2019. → Shortlisted for the Author Book Award at Les Rencontres d'Arles, 2019 [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2019 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–23–8 20 x 25 cm. 72 pages. 64 color plates. Offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Red headband. Authentic tip-in images on front cover and back cover. [/spb_toggle] -
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Books & Magazines LibrarymanKatrien De Blauwer – You Could At Least Pretend To Like Yellow
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Katrien De Blauwer – You Could At Least Pretend To Like Yellow
Books & Magazines€70,00 incl. VATKatrien De Blauwer (b. 1969, Belgian) does not care much for the colour yellow—therefore, the tone is the basis for her latest work. Yellow; a colour equally representing clarity and honor, as well as cowardice and deceit. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Initially, while observing the new works, we couldn’t resist to draw a loose parable to Vilgot Sjöman’s 1967 erotic motion picture I Am Curious (Yellow); an original comedy about politics, the sexual liberation of a young woman, and psychological analysis. The film immediately attracted a ban during its release in the U.S., leading to a proceeding in the Supreme Court. Taking inflation into account, the film remained record-breaking among foreign releases in the United States for several decades. An American critic described the film as “about as good for you as drinking furniture polish.” Furniture polish, is in majority, yellowish—as well as its packaging labels. The following day led to a coincidence when De Blauwer, while in an antique store, found the film’s book, published in 1968, which illustrates the film’s complete scenario. Meanwhile, De Blauwer, unaware of the film up until that point, is awaiting to see the actual film, and is consistently pretending to like yellow. The book contains the verso of each work, which rarely has been shown before, and is as unique as its recto. All works are printed in their actual and individual size. Signed edition of 250 copies. First edition of 450 copies. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman Signed edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–46–7 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm. 40 pages. 40 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Yellow headband. Printed endpapers. [/spb_toggle] -
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Mansur Gavriel – La Flower Market
Books & Magazines€45,00 incl. VATFlowers and plants are thorough denominators for Mansur Gavriel, founded in New York City in 2012, working as visual symbols for brand communication and ideology. These visuals have become synonymous within its advertising, stores and social media. The flower market, photographed by brand collaborators Tanya and Zhenya Posternak (b. 1988, Ukrainian) of which the book is named after, is the special place where founders Rachel Mansur and Floriana Gavriel went and planted a seed for what they have now grown together. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
First edition of 1,000 copies, with fold-out poster. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2017 by Libraryman First edition of 500 copies ISBN 978–91–88113–12–2 24 cm x 30 cm. 52 pages. 33 color plates. 2 fold-outs. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Beige headband. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on spine and back cover in black foil. Fold-out poster 29 cm x 42,5 cm. [/spb_toggle] -
Olivia Malone – Tonal
Books & Magazines€45,00 incl. VATA constellation of freckles. Interlocked knees. A folded torso. The feminine rendered sculptural. Olivia Malone’s (b. 1982, American) Tonal is, at its core, a study of color. Married with her interest in the natural abstractions possible within the female form, the book is an embodied spectrum. Through fragmentation, Malone twists and turns the body into new shapes; a unique perspective transforming details of the figure into the unrecognizable. By the introduction of a myriad of textures, the project plays with light and material to create the desired tone. Not being defined or limited by skin tone, each photograph becomes hue specific. Whites, pinks, reds and browns are generated and assembled into a gradient of images, taking us from the absence of tone to the richly saturated and back again. Each image then stands alone as a sensorial study while also shaping the larger body collage. Whether submerged, contorted, or embraced, the language of the female body is redefined through distinct contours and imprints left behind. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
First edition of 1,000 copies. Special edition of 50 copies, numbered, in paperboard slipcase, screen printed in burgundy, with signed original print. Choice of 4 prints. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2020 by Libraryman First edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–38–2 23 x 30 cm. 80 pages. 54 color plates. Offset printed hardcover. Linen thread bound. Printed cloth cover. Beige headband. [/spb_toggle] -
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Osamu Yokonami – Mizugi
Books & Magazines€35,00 incl. VATSeasons Series draws inspiration from Kim Ki-Duk’s seminal film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring in which different actors, for each season, play the same character who is abandoned on a lake next to a floating monastery. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effects on the protagonist’s fosterage. The books take their lead from the film in that simple and profound ideas, human passions and spirituality can be perceived differently depending on the season. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Seasons Series is a quarterly book series, in which a group of artists are brought together under one vision with a focus on each artist’s singular way of seeing. Each of the books in the series will focus on differing subjects and all monographs will showcase the artist’s unique approach to photography. All the books in the series will maintain the same size, dimensions and page count. The first 25 of each will come as a special edition containing a print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2018 by Libraryman First edition of 500 copies ISBN 978–91–88113–14–6 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 18 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. White headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle] -
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Osamu Yokonami – Primal
Books & Magazines€45,00 incl. VATA range of expressions and emotions permeate the pages as you gradually enter Osamu Yokonami’s (b. 1967, Japanese) continuing exploration of primal instincts. The children glance at you. They unknowingly confront you with their personalities that subtly emanate faced with the challenge of holding onto a fruit or vegetable balancing between chin and shoulder — themselves placed within the ever transitioning clouds. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Frowning in menace or softly smiling, distanced from civilisation, they patiently wait to be depicted closest to their most natural state. First edition of 700 copies. Special edition of 25 copies, numbered, with blue folder, screen printed in white, and signed original print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2019 by Libraryman ISBN 978–91–88113–26–9 20,5 cm x 27 cm. 120 pages. 290 color plates. Offset printed hardcover. Linen thread bound. Blind embossing on spine and back cover, with authentic tip-in image on front cover. Dustcover with typography on front cover, spine and back cover in beige foil. Blue headband. [/spb_toggle] -
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Osma Harvilahti – Ethiopia
Books & Magazines€35,00 incl. VATSeasons Series draws inspiration from Kim Ki-Duk’s seminal film Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring in which different actors, for each season, play the same character who is abandoned on a lake next to a floating monastery. The film specifically focuses on the shifting nature of the seasons and its effects on the protagonist’s fosterage. The books take their lead from the film in that simple and profound ideas, human passions and spirituality can be perceived differently depending on the season. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Seasons Series is a quarterly book series, in which a group of artists are brought together under one vision with a focus on each artist’s singular way of seeing. Each of the books in the series will focus on differing subjects and all monographs will showcase the artist’s unique approach to photography. All the books in the series will maintain the same size, dimensions and page count. The first 25 of each will come as a special edition containing a print. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2018 by Libraryman First edition of 500 copies ISBN 978–91–88113–18–4 21,5 cm x 27,5 cm. 32 pages. 22 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Beige headband. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in white foil. [/spb_toggle] -
Ron Jude – Vitreous China
Books & Magazines€44,00 incl. VATRon Jude’s (b. 1965, American) Vitreous China is comprised of an archive of photographs he made while exploring areas of light industry in (primarily) Midwestern American cities. Rather than comment on the workings of industry itself, Jude depicts the ambient peripheral zones suffusing these environments: big rig parking lots, side exits, and other secondary spaces in which Jude imagines his grandfather might have daydreamed, or let his mind wander, during his many years as a kiln operator in vitreous china plants, first in the Midwest, and later in Southern California. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
Supplanting the narrative inadequacies of photography with an alternate experience of atmospheric immersion, Jude exploits the seemingly factual, descriptive traits of the medium while also pursuing moments of subjective transcendence. Like the paradoxical relationship between the surface beauty of vitreous china (an enamel coating applied to porcelain) and its blunt, utilitarian function (strengthening toilets & sinks), the photographs, interwoven with a series of short texts by Mike Slack, attempt to tease out an experience that embraces both the physical crudeness of these spaces as well as the intangible complexes of memory and narrative encoded within them. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2017 by Libraryman Second edition, revised, in paperbound hardcover. ISBN 978–91–88113–11–5 16 cm x 20 cm. 54 pages. 1 fold-out. 29 color plates. Color offset printed paperbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Typography on front cover, spine and back cover in black foil. Headband in black. [/spb_toggle] -
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Saul Leiter – Francois Halard
Books & Magazines€45,00 incl. VATWhat is left when everything is gone? In 2015, François Halard (b. 1961, French) visited late Saul Leiter’s almost empty apartment in the East Village, two years after his passing, in 2013. He took photographs of the decrepit walls, the empty closet, and of what Saul Leiter had left behind. Saul Leiter (1923–2013) was an American painter and photographer whose work was deeply connected to the East Village, the neighborhood he lived in for over fifty five years. His sometimes abstract, always soulful, photography constitutes a record of street scenes in both black & white and color. After the release of a first book in 2006, fifty years after he started working, Leiter has been considered a pioneer in color photography, even if he would have resented the use of the word; he just happened to have his camera with him, never particularly planning to take photographs as he explained in the 2011 documentary In No Great Hurry: » I don’t know if I’m going to get what I’m going to get «. [spb_text_block title="" animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="1/1" el_position="first last"][/spb_text_block] [spb_toggle title="+ Read more" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"]
François Halard somehow manages to catch the spirit of Saul Leiter, turning the pages you feel he might appear in the next spread. Or at least his cat will. But the space remains beautifully empty. Except for the bodies and people present in the photographs he left behind which François Halard photographed as part of the interior. This might be the most surprising element yet; bodies and people appearing in François Halard’s photography, most of the time strictly uninhabited. They are Halard’s homage to Saul Leiter. First edition of 1,500 copies. Special edition of 50 copies + 6 Artist Proofs, numbered, in clothbound slipcase, typography in silver foil, with signed archival pigment print. Japanese edition of 100 copies, numbered, in clothbound slipcase, typography in white foil, with signed archival pigment print. Choice of 10 prints—10 copies of each print. Sold exclusively through Twelvebooks. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Saul Leiter by François Halard, curated by Libraryman, in Tokyo, Japan at POST. [/spb_toggle] [spb_toggle title="+ Publication details" open="false" width="1/1" el_position="first last"] Published in 2017 by Libraryman Second edition: ISBN 978–91–88113–36–8 23,5 cm x 28,5 cm. 64 pages. 45 color plates. Offset printed clothbound hardcover. Linen thread bound. Black headband. Authentic tip-in image on front cover with typography on front cover, spine and back cover in black foil. [/spb_toggle]