Liam Gillick Livres

Anri Sala (b. 1974) creates hauntingly simple videos that explore the roles language and vision play in fractured contemporary society. Anri Sala is represented by Galerie Chantal Crousel (Paris), Hauser & Wirth (Zurich/London) and Marian Goodman Gallery (New York).

This new monograph, the first in 10 years to bring together a truly substantial body of Gillick's work, takes as its focus the artist's projects of the last five years, proposing a new reading of his oeuvre. It draws attention to the rigor of the thinking developed in both his sculptural work and his writings, as well as to his sharp visual sense of the structural and formal properties of his materials. Gillick appeared on the scene at the beginning of the 1990s, right in the middle of the YBA phenomenon, and has since had wide exposure in exhibitions like Documenta, Manifesta and the Venice Biennale, and in being nominated for the 2002 Turner prize.

Focusing on climate awareness, Liam Gillick's project on Fogo Island features the installation of a unique weather station that not only collects local weather data but also serves as a hub for education and community dialogue. The book documents his 2023 return to the island for a documentary, capturing conversations with residents about the climate crisis's impact on their lives. It includes a detailed account of the installation process and highlights Gillick's ongoing commitment to integrating art with scientific discourse on climate issues.

Liam Gillick's designs for conference rooms, corridors and offices solidify the artist's sustained interest in negotiating the middle-ground between corporate culture and contemporary art. This illustrated reader contains an essay by Gillick on the dissolution of the public/private dichotomy within the grey zone of semi-public/semi-private spheres.

With a mix of irreverence and sincerity, artists John Baldessari and Meg Cranston here tackle nothing less than the question of God. Acting as curators, they have invited 100 artists to respond to one of art's most enduring picturing the divine. The artists selected are those whose work the curators know and admire, those who possess the sense of humor and audacity necessary for such a project, or artists who are "likely to surprise." The works in this exhibition explore many different themes, including miracles, divine intervention, baptism, heaven, martyrdom, and the search for enlightenment. Included is one work by each of the 100 artists--primarily drawings, photographs, and paintings, along with a few sculptures and single-channel videos--some of them made in response to the curators' call for participation. Represented artists include Reverend Ethan Acres, Eleanor Antin, Chris Burden, Sam Durant, Jimmie Durham, Nicole Eisenman, Katharina Fritsch, Liam Gillick, Jack Goldstein, Scott Grieger, Rebecca Horn, Christian Jankowski, Mike Kelley, Mary Kelly, Martin Kippenberger, Louise Lawler, Roy Lichtenstein, Rita McBride, Paul McCarthy, Catherine Opie, Tony Oursler, Jorge Pardo, Raymond Pettibon, Paul Pfeiffer, Richard Prince, Rob Pruitt & Jonathan Horowitz, Gerhard Richter, Susan Rothenberg, Ed Ruscha, Gary Simmons, Lawrence Weiner, James Welling and Franz West.

Techniques Anglaise presents the work of more than two dozen of the most prominent young artists working in Britain today. The artists have created pages especially for the book which represent their work whilst a forum of leading critics commentators and gallerists participate in an introductory discussion on the complex issue raised by this unique grouping.