Lenz publishes books on contemporary art, photography, architecture and design.
Our imprint includes catalogues, monographs, theory and artist books.
This richly illustrated publication combines artwork, archival and process imagery, and includes an extended interview with the artist, as well as new essays by key thinkers in the fields of anthropology, philosophy, political economy and art history.
In the first monograph on the feminist conceptual artist collective Claire Fontaine, political theorist and somatic practitioner Anita Chari explores the artist’s theoretical and political innovations to illuminate a more haptic, embodied approach to the practice of critical theory.
Shahryar Nashat inserts his art in the pages of this new artist’s book, which takes the form of a catalogue-turned-manual: but instead of explaining its meaning, he strips it of its aura, flaunts its nature as an object and describes step-by-step how to create it.
Martin Heidegger, Glenn Gould, Jacques-Louis David, Cy Twombly, Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein: characters that Francesco Arena has chosen or rediscovered in multiple contexts over the time recur in this book. Ranging from philosophy, to music, to visual arts, they embrace the whole world of knowledge.
This first institutional monograph on the multimedia practice of artist and director Ali Cherri aims to highlight the themes and formal concerns running through his most recent, highly significant projects at GAMeC, Bergamo; Frac Bretagne, Rennes; Swiss Institute, New York; Biennale Arte 2022, Venice; and the National Gallery, London.
The book highlights the main characteristics of the collective trauma that gave rise to Rachel Whiteread’s project for GAMeC. The psychoanalysts Angelo Antonio Moroni and Pietro Roberto Goisis map out a composite picture, starting from the sense of vulnerability and collective loss associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Edited by Stefano Collicelli Cagol and Elena Magini
Texts by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, Michele D’Aurizio, Giorgio Di Domenico, Elena Magini, and Julia Marchand
Design Sina Gerschwiler
2023, English / Italian, softcover, 13 x 18 cm, 152 pages
ISBN 979-12-80579-31-7
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, designed by Diego Marcon for the spaces of the Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato, curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol and Elena Magini, Glassa brings together five essays that explore the exhibition from as many points of view, thus investigating diverse aspects of the artist’s working methodology. Themes such as the display, special effects, ceramic sculptures, the community of people brought together through his work, and his relationship with cinema provide the input through which to view this exhibition project as part of Marcon’s many years of research. The volume is further enhanced by a visual essay of photographs and other documentation produced by the artist.
Diego Marcon (*1985) primarily focuses on moving image. His practice centres on the investigation of cinematic archetypes in a process combining theoretical and structural approaches to filmmaking, with the sentimental attitudes of popular movie genres. He has held solo exhibitions at Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato (2023); Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Teatro Gerolamo, Milan (2023); Sadie Coles HQ, London (2023); Museo Madre, Naples (2021); Institute of Contemporary Art Singapore/LASALLE, Singapore (2019); La Triennale di Milano, Milan (2018). His work was also part of group exhibitions including Galerie Buchholz, Cologne (2022); The 59th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice (2022); Royal Academy – de Tempel, Antwerp (2021); Museo MACTE, Termoli (2021); Fondazione Prada, Milan (2018) and MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome (2018).
