artist book — COWBOYZOOM

Micol Assaël
ILIOKATAKINIOMUMASTILOPSARODIMAKOPIOTITA
Andrea Lissoni, ed.
Texts by Jens Hoffmann, Andrea Lissoni, and Luca Lo Pinto

This book was created in conjunction with Micol Assaël’s solo exhibition “ILIOKATAKINIOMUMASTILOPSARODIMAKOPIOTITA”, curated by Andrea Lissoni at Pirelli HangarBicocca (Milan, January 31 – May 4, 2014). It brings together, for the very first time, all of the work made by the artist between 1999 and 2014, offering a detailed, in-depth look at her practice.

Micol Assaël’s entire oeuvre is characterized by the use and juxtaposition of different media: drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, video and sound. Her works often have a complex and at times precarious relationship with the variables (size, lighting, temperature, smell) of the setting that houses them. Each one is analyzed in an entry containing a description of the work, a chronicle of its evolution and an outline of its exhibition history.

2016
368 pages
English / Italian
Hardcover, 21.5 x 15 cm
ISBN 9788867492053

Mousse Publishing

Goldschmied & Chari
La Démocratie Est Illusion
Cura Books

La démocratie est illusion is a monographic publication by Goldschmied & Chiari, artists’ duo composed by Sara Goldschmied (1975) ed Eleonora Chiari (1971). The volume, published on the occasion of the solo exhibitions held at Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain in Brest and Villa Croce Museo d’arte contemporanea in Genova, collects the images of the works produced in the last two years on the relationship between the activities of the intelligence agencies and the practices of magic and illusionism in the Cold War era. The book accompanies the reader through an imaginary and real itinerary, between history and trickeries, from the installation and performance Hiding the Elephant – referring to the people who “mysteriously” disappeared, who were exiled or persecuted during the Cold War – to the last works of the series Untitled Views – digital prints on mirror in which the artists experiment the theatrical effects of colored smoke bombs. Along with the images, the book contains a conversation between Goldschmied & Chiari and Marcella Beccaria and the texts by Etienne Bernard and Ilaria Bonacossa, respectively curators of the show in Brest and Genova.

Dimension: 200 x 260 mm Hardcover
Pages: 134
Editor: Goldschmied & Chiari
Texts by: Marcella Beccaria, Etienne Bernard and Ilaria Bonacossa
Designed by Walter Santomauro
Edition of 1.000 copies
Year: 2016

Micol Assaël – ILIOKATAKINIOMUMASTILOPSARO-DIMAKOPIOTITA

Goldschmied & Chiari – La Démocratie Est Illusion