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415 749 4563
Contact:
415 749 4563
SFAI Publications for Purchase
SFAI has published catalogues for many of the exhibitions that have been presented in the Walter and McBean Galleries. The following catalogues are available in limited quantities. To order, download PDF order form or call 415 749 4563 Tuesday-Saturday between 11am and 5pm Pacific time.
Wherever We Go / Ovunque andiamo
Art, Identity, Cultures in Transit
An open field for comparisons and a mise-en-scène of crucial contemporary questions, Wherever We Go was curated by Hou Hanru and Gabi Scardi and first premiered in October 2006 at the Spazio Oberdan in Milan. The catalogue contains color photographs and biographies of the 23 artists in the exhibition, including Latifa Echakhch, Ni Haifeng, Huang Yong-Ping, Mella Jaarsma, Koo Jeong-A, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Nari Ward, Elena Nemkova, and Pascale Marthine Tayou. Essays by Hou Hanru, Gabi Scardi, Gilane Tawadros, Pier Luigi Tazzi, and Elvan Zabunyan.
Exhibition catalogue published by 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2006
In Italian and English
300 pages, ISBN 88-7439-390-3
$45
Sarkis: Alive and After
This bilingual catalogue documents the first major exhibition in the US of noted French-Armenian artist Sarkis, and includes recent work in video, installation, photography, watercolor, and neon. This exhibition marks the curatorial debut of Hou Hanru as Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at SFAI. Introduction by Okwui Enwezor, essays by Hou Hanru and Erik Bulot, conversation between Hou and Sarkis, film scripts by Sarkis.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2007
In English and French
144 pages, ISBN 0-930495-48-9
$20
seamarks / steve roden
In seamarks, Roden performs a type of translation on the text Amers, written by the French author Saint-John Perse. Roden converts letters and words from Perse’s text into numbers, measurements, and corresponding colors. He has used the text as a generative tool for a new body of work, including new paintings, sculptures, drawings, a sound work, and an animated film. Project descriptions by Roden.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2005
36 pages, ISBN 0-930495-45-4
$10
Topographies
This exhibition catalogue, designed in homage to the classic Thomas Guides, reveals some of the complexities inherent in the multiple definitions of topographies found in contemporary art. Among the 22 artists in the exhibition are John Baldessari, Ingrid Calame, Allan Kaprow, Anna Von Mertens, Ed Ruscha, and Tam Van Tran. Essays by curator Karen Moss, Steve Dietz, Jeannene Przblyski, and Noah Snyder.
Exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and Fellows of Contemporary Art in 2004
80 pages, ISBN 0-911291-32-6
$20
The Third Time I Saw Phyllis She Exploded / Richard Berger
For over thirty years, Richard Berger has dedicated himself to making three-and four-dimensional works. Initially, he did this by interrogating the supposedly normal and necessary relationship between the mass and volume of an object in a way that simultaneously confirmed and challenged the very meaning of physical embodiment. Essay by Mark Van Proyen.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2004
32 pages
$10
A Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing / Micol Hebron
In her practice as an artist Micol Hebron addresses multiple issues, among them identity, sexuality, domesticity, conformity, and femininity. Consistently smart and comprehensive, her video, performance, and installation work trains its eye on society and reports back with a unique pastiche of information, imagery, irony, and burlesque. Introduction and project descriptions by Curator Merry Scully.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2003
58 pages
$10
Angelic States-Event Sequence / Connie Samaras
Few artists besides Samaras have integrated work in visual culture, cultural politics, and professional and academic cultures into a creative practice that is both scholarly and artistically innovative. The catalogue includes photographs from 1998 to 2001 that address contemporary US cityscapes and the intersection of military, police, and entertainment technologies. Essay by Allan DeSouza.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2002
48 pages, ISBN 0-930495-40-3
$10
Live Forever Act One / Lee Bul
One of the most prominent artists among Asia’s emerging generation, Lee has pursued a highly interdisciplinary practice, from her early performances to sculpture and drawing, to her more recent karaoke projects. The first of two volumes, Live Forever Act One documents the production of Lee’s video trilogy, Amateurs+Anthem+Live Forever, and the prototyping of Lee’s karaoke pod sculptures. This was Lee’s first major solo exhibition in the United States. Interview with Lee by Clara Kim; essay by Roland Kelts; poem by Dana Gioia.
Volume 1 of exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and The Fabric Workshop in 2001
48 pages, ISBN 0-930495-37-3
$15/$25 for both volumes
Live Forever Act Two / Lee Bul
The second volume includes photographs of the finished karaoke pods and more images from the exhibition and videos. Essay by Ellen Bethany Napier.
Volume 2 of exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and The Fabric Workshop in 2001
48 pages, ISBN 0-9619760-8-X
$15/$25 for both volumes
Lurid Stories: Charles Gaines Projects from 1995-2001
Finding an artist who has the ability to bring craft, concept, politics, and social commentary together in work that is both aesthetically pleasing and conceptually compelling as that of Charles Gaines is a rare treat. For thirty years he has produced work that is at once subtle and hard hitting; often tackling social issues in an elliptical way to reveal complexities and layers that a more straightforward approach would miss. Essay by Franklin Sirmans; essay and descriptions of work by Gaines.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2001
28 pages, ISBN 0-930495-38-1
$10
Closer to Home / Scott MacLeod
Within the dense, dark, and deeply nostalgic work of Scott MacLeod, the decay and failure of western culture is collected and transformed. MacLeod obsessively reconfigures the runs of our cultural, physical, and spiritual architecture into synesthetic environments whose elements, be they plastic, literary, performative or ephemeral, underscore our collective failures. Like an alchemist, MacLeod transforms this cultural detritus into actions, objects, and text of disgusting beauty. Essays by Pam Grady and Dore Bowen.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2000
36 pages, ISBN 0-930495-35-7
$5
The World On Its Head / De Wereld op zijn Kop
An Exhibition of Contemporary Belgian Art From Flanders
The World On Its Head presents the smart, humorous, sensual, edgy, and ironic sensibilities found in work by nine contemporary Belgian artists from Flanders. The artists are Christine Clinckx, Carl De Keyser, Wim Delvoye, Honoré d’O, Jan Fabre, Ann Veronica Janssens, Mark Luyten, Ann-Mie Van Kerckhoven, and Angel Vergara, Curated by Karen Moss, with preface by Jan Hoet and essay by Johan Pas.
Exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and Art File Foundation in 2000
72 pages, ISBN 0-930-49536-5
$20
SFAI has published catalogues for many of the exhibitions that have been presented in the Walter and McBean Galleries. The following catalogues are available in limited quantities. To order, download PDF order form or call 415 749 4563 Tuesday-Saturday between 11am and 5pm Pacific time.
Wherever We Go / Ovunque andiamo
Art, Identity, Cultures in Transit
An open field for comparisons and a mise-en-scène of crucial contemporary questions, Wherever We Go was curated by Hou Hanru and Gabi Scardi and first premiered in October 2006 at the Spazio Oberdan in Milan. The catalogue contains color photographs and biographies of the 23 artists in the exhibition, including Latifa Echakhch, Ni Haifeng, Huang Yong-Ping, Mella Jaarsma, Koo Jeong-A, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Nari Ward, Elena Nemkova, and Pascale Marthine Tayou. Essays by Hou Hanru, Gabi Scardi, Gilane Tawadros, Pier Luigi Tazzi, and Elvan Zabunyan.
Exhibition catalogue published by 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2006
In Italian and English
300 pages, ISBN 88-7439-390-3
$45
Sarkis: Alive and After
This bilingual catalogue documents the first major exhibition in the US of noted French-Armenian artist Sarkis, and includes recent work in video, installation, photography, watercolor, and neon. This exhibition marks the curatorial debut of Hou Hanru as Director of Exhibitions and Public Programs at SFAI. Introduction by Okwui Enwezor, essays by Hou Hanru and Erik Bulot, conversation between Hou and Sarkis, film scripts by Sarkis.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2007
In English and French
144 pages, ISBN 0-930495-48-9
$20
seamarks / steve roden
In seamarks, Roden performs a type of translation on the text Amers, written by the French author Saint-John Perse. Roden converts letters and words from Perse’s text into numbers, measurements, and corresponding colors. He has used the text as a generative tool for a new body of work, including new paintings, sculptures, drawings, a sound work, and an animated film. Project descriptions by Roden.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2005
36 pages, ISBN 0-930495-45-4
$10
Topographies
This exhibition catalogue, designed in homage to the classic Thomas Guides, reveals some of the complexities inherent in the multiple definitions of topographies found in contemporary art. Among the 22 artists in the exhibition are John Baldessari, Ingrid Calame, Allan Kaprow, Anna Von Mertens, Ed Ruscha, and Tam Van Tran. Essays by curator Karen Moss, Steve Dietz, Jeannene Przblyski, and Noah Snyder.
Exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and Fellows of Contemporary Art in 2004
80 pages, ISBN 0-911291-32-6
$20
The Third Time I Saw Phyllis She Exploded / Richard Berger
For over thirty years, Richard Berger has dedicated himself to making three-and four-dimensional works. Initially, he did this by interrogating the supposedly normal and necessary relationship between the mass and volume of an object in a way that simultaneously confirmed and challenged the very meaning of physical embodiment. Essay by Mark Van Proyen.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2004
32 pages
$10
A Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing / Micol Hebron
In her practice as an artist Micol Hebron addresses multiple issues, among them identity, sexuality, domesticity, conformity, and femininity. Consistently smart and comprehensive, her video, performance, and installation work trains its eye on society and reports back with a unique pastiche of information, imagery, irony, and burlesque. Introduction and project descriptions by Curator Merry Scully.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2003
58 pages
$10
Angelic States-Event Sequence / Connie Samaras
Few artists besides Samaras have integrated work in visual culture, cultural politics, and professional and academic cultures into a creative practice that is both scholarly and artistically innovative. The catalogue includes photographs from 1998 to 2001 that address contemporary US cityscapes and the intersection of military, police, and entertainment technologies. Essay by Allan DeSouza.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2002
48 pages, ISBN 0-930495-40-3
$10
Live Forever Act One / Lee Bul
One of the most prominent artists among Asia’s emerging generation, Lee has pursued a highly interdisciplinary practice, from her early performances to sculpture and drawing, to her more recent karaoke projects. The first of two volumes, Live Forever Act One documents the production of Lee’s video trilogy, Amateurs+Anthem+Live Forever, and the prototyping of Lee’s karaoke pod sculptures. This was Lee’s first major solo exhibition in the United States. Interview with Lee by Clara Kim; essay by Roland Kelts; poem by Dana Gioia.
Volume 1 of exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and The Fabric Workshop in 2001
48 pages, ISBN 0-930495-37-3
$15/$25 for both volumes
Live Forever Act Two / Lee Bul
The second volume includes photographs of the finished karaoke pods and more images from the exhibition and videos. Essay by Ellen Bethany Napier.
Volume 2 of exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and The Fabric Workshop in 2001
48 pages, ISBN 0-9619760-8-X
$15/$25 for both volumes
Lurid Stories: Charles Gaines Projects from 1995-2001
Finding an artist who has the ability to bring craft, concept, politics, and social commentary together in work that is both aesthetically pleasing and conceptually compelling as that of Charles Gaines is a rare treat. For thirty years he has produced work that is at once subtle and hard hitting; often tackling social issues in an elliptical way to reveal complexities and layers that a more straightforward approach would miss. Essay by Franklin Sirmans; essay and descriptions of work by Gaines.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2001
28 pages, ISBN 0-930495-38-1
$10
Closer to Home / Scott MacLeod
Within the dense, dark, and deeply nostalgic work of Scott MacLeod, the decay and failure of western culture is collected and transformed. MacLeod obsessively reconfigures the runs of our cultural, physical, and spiritual architecture into synesthetic environments whose elements, be they plastic, literary, performative or ephemeral, underscore our collective failures. Like an alchemist, MacLeod transforms this cultural detritus into actions, objects, and text of disgusting beauty. Essays by Pam Grady and Dore Bowen.
Exhibition catalogue published by SFAI in 2000
36 pages, ISBN 0-930495-35-7
$5
The World On Its Head / De Wereld op zijn Kop
An Exhibition of Contemporary Belgian Art From Flanders
The World On Its Head presents the smart, humorous, sensual, edgy, and ironic sensibilities found in work by nine contemporary Belgian artists from Flanders. The artists are Christine Clinckx, Carl De Keyser, Wim Delvoye, Honoré d’O, Jan Fabre, Ann Veronica Janssens, Mark Luyten, Ann-Mie Van Kerckhoven, and Angel Vergara, Curated by Karen Moss, with preface by Jan Hoet and essay by Johan Pas.
Exhibition catalogue co-published by SFAI and Art File Foundation in 2000
72 pages, ISBN 0-930-49536-5
$20
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