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(H/B) GUS VAN SANT: ICONS
This reference work presents the full range of the filmmaker's artistry (photography, painting and music) through the optic of his films. It is an original work combining all facets of his creation for the first time, bringing a fresh vision of his cinematographic work. At the heart of the book is the exhibition curator Matthieu Orlean's unpublished interview with Gus Van Sant in Portland in June 2015, discussing the whole scope of his work and inspirations through a network of images organized into themes. The work also explores the work ...
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(H/B) Sophie Calle
Published for the first time in 1994 and regularly re-edited and enhanced, True Stories returns again this year with six unpublished narratives related in Sophie Calle's familiar precise sober prose and photography. By turns serious, hilarious, dramatic or cruel, these real-life tales represent a form of work in progress recounting fragments of her life. One of the 21st century's foremost artists, Calle here offers up her own story - childhood, marriage, sex, death - with brilliant humour, insight and pleasure. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) HERMES POP-UP
Gorgeous paper constructions expand on Hermes' scarf designs in this luxury pop-up book. Every year, the iconic luxury brand Hermes chooses a new theme to celebrate its creative direction for the upcoming year. This practice began in 1987, marking the brand's 150th anniversary, and has since become a beloved tradition-a way to combine the house's proud, storied heritage with its creative vision for the future. This year's theme is 'Let's Play', and Hermes is celebrating in style with this new, deluxe pop-up book. Featuring a selection of ...
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(H/B) BLIND
Sophie Calle returns again here to the theme of autobiography and to the notion of the Other, revealing in all their difference and singularity those that have been blind since birth or who have gone blind following an accident. This publication offers readers a reflection on absence, on the loss of one sense and the compensation of another, on the notion of the visible and the invisible. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) TRUE STORIES

(H/B) TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
I received an email telling me it was over. I didn't know how to respond. It was as if it wasn't meant for me. It ended with the words: Take Care of Yourself. I took this recommendation literally. I asked a hundred and two women, chosen for their profession, to interpret the letter in their professional capacity. To analyzer it, provide a commentary on it, act it, dance it, sing it. Dissect it. Squeeze it dry. Understand for me. Answer for me. It was a way to take the time to break up. At my own pace. A way to take care of myself. (From th...
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(H/B) VAN GOGH IN PROVENCE

(H/B) VOIR LA MER
Il s'agit du catalogue de l'exposition du meme nom qui tourne actuellement dans le monde. Prochaine presentation au Japon au printemps 2013. Exposition Sophie Calle dans le monde entier. Dans Voir la mer, Sophie Calle a invite des habitants d'Istanbul, souvent venus de l'interieur de la Turquie, a regarder la mer pour la premiere fois. Elle se compose de quatorze videos de Caroline Champetier d'environ 5 minutes. Chacune des personnes filmees est montree de dos, face a la mer, tandis qu'au loin on entend le bruit des vagues. Le spectateur ...
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(H/B) LOUISE BOURGEOIS
'When I asked Louise if she wanted me to go back to her childhood haunts and photograph them, I never imagined the extraordinary adventure into which this would plunge me. In this book I have tried to describe, step-by-step, how, from a small gesture of friendship and nostalgia, I came to feel that I had been thrown into Louise's memory and into the heart of her work, through the complex mysteries of the creative process' - Makhi Xenakis. Tracing a path through Louise Bourgeois' memories, Makhi Xenakis guides the reader through the places...
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(P/B) OUR FARM