Hello We are pleased to announce Black Dog Publishing’s Spring 2015 catalogue, including some of our most exciting new titles, in addition to our longstanding bestsellers and superb backlist. We start with the announcement of one of our most anticipated new titles: Degas’ Method. This lavishly illustrated retrospective of the acclaimed Impressionist era French artist covers the synergy of Degas’ artistic practice, from painting to pastel, and from monotype to sculpture. The book, which is to be released in both English and Danish editions, uses new technology—including x-rays and high-detail close-ups—to uncover the techniques Degas used to create his works. Following this, we are pleased to say that Art and Text, one of our most successful titles to date, is to be released in its second edition in paperback. Featuring the work of Andy Warhol and René Magritte, amongst many others, Art and Text is one of few titles to explore the myriad ways in which artists have employed text as a contemporary medium. In addition, we announce the highly anticipated release of the first comprehensively illustrated monograph of Californian artist Brian Calvin. October will see the release of the eagerly awaited publication, The Beaver Hall Group. The book begins by introducing the famed Montreal-based group of Canadian painters, using this as a starting point to discuss their relationship with modernity in Canada. We are equally pleased to announce the release of See Yourself X, the second volume in Madeline Schwartzman’s enquiry into human perception and sensory apparatus, which follows the successful and thought provoking first instalment, See Yourself Sensing. Two more upcoming titles see the start of an overarching investigation into contemporary artistic and photographic practice in Scandinavia. New Scandinavian Photography explores in detail the rich culture of photographic practice since the 1980s, with photographers such as Asger Carlsen and Emil Salto. Following that, we can also announce the latest instalment in our ARTWORLD series, Contemporary Art in Scandinavia, an exciting and comprehensive insight in to the rich but often overlooked Scandinavian art scene. As always, we continue to support our current and backlist titles and are particularly pleased with the runaway success of Everything is Anywhere is Anything is Everything by Douglas Coupland, in addition to Experimental Eating, the first international survey of experimental and experiential food-based creative practice. Enjoy. NEW TITLES Exit Strategy CONTEMPORARY NEW New & SCANDINAVIAN improved! PHOTOGRAPHY ART IN — SCANDINAVIA Edited by MELK ® INVERTED SKY REFLECTIONS & EXIT STRATEGY GRAFTING PROPRIETY REFRACTIONS ARTWORLD DEGAS’ METHOD ART AND TEXT CONTEMPORARY ART IN NEW SCANDINAVIAN SCANDINAVIA PHOTOGRAPHY AGO THROWN PLACE LIBRE PAMELA JORDEN Krzysztof Wodiczko Transformative STAGING DISORDER LETTERS: MICHAEL MORRIS THE BEAVER HALL GROUP HABITAT ‘76 Avant-garde and AND CONCRETE POETRY Other Writings JULIA TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING DAULT MIKA TAJIMA Traces of the Real MICHAEL DELUCIA SEE YOURSELF X TRANSFORMATIVE AVANT- TRACES OF THE REAL JULIA DAULT GARDE AND OTHER WRITINGS TRAGEDY Who’s Afraid of THE SERIOUSNESS OF PLAY BRIAN CALVIN MICHAEL DELUCIA TOTAL BODY CONDITIONING MATERIALGIRLS STUDIOS PLUS F O R ARTISTS Purple, Orange CONCEPTS TIME and Green? AND CONCRETE TRAGEDY PLUS TIME MATERIAL GIRLS WHO’S AFRAID OF PURPLE, HANS ULRICH OBRIST A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ACME STUDIOS ORANGE AND GREEN? HEAR US AND CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS E DITED BY G RA H AM E LLARD AND J ONAT H AN HAR V E Y / A SSOCIATE E DITOR A RANT X A E C H ARTE 64 A -Z SELECTED BACKLIST ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND JENS HAANING STUDIOS FOR ARTISTS 90 CONTACTS 94 WORK EDITIONS NEW TITLES Image4 NEW from TITLES Total Body Conditioning, Mika Tajima NEW TITLES 5 DEGAS’ METHOD CONTRIBUTORS: LINE CLAUSEN PEDERSEN, PETER PARSHALL, DapHNE BARBOUR, SHELLEY STURMAN, ELIZABETH STEELE, FLEMMING FRIBORG, ÉDOUARD KOPP, JOSEPHINE NIELSEN- BERGQVIST, WALTER SICKERT An essential new insight into the work of a titan of Impressionism. Through his practice and involvement in the Impressionist movement, Degas altered both the political and aesthetic premises for painting. His way of proceeding was idiosyncratic and thoroughly original, not only within individual works, but in general terms as he consciously reused experiences across his production. Art is no simple matter, but a statement that is developed over and across time. Degas placed himself as the latest in a line of great masters, consciously working UK November 2014 and thinking in ways which made him the heir to—and successor to the US/CAN December 2014 throne of—the truly great art which endures beyond its own era. He worked stubbornly towards an art, the visual freedom and apparently Paperback • ISBN 978-1-910433-14-0 unregulated appearance of which seem unsurpassed even to this day. RRP £39.95 / $69.95 He was a master of both tradition and progress—and this is why his 32 x 24 cm / 9.5 x 12.5 in oeuvre occupies an enormously important position in the narrative 159 colour and b/w ills of the painting of our own time. 314 pages Rather than a desire to bring to light a ‘complete’ account of the artist’s English oeuvre, Degas’ Method is an extensive retrospective that stages and presents the synergy that exists between the works. Lavishly illustrated, the publication spans painting, pastel, monotype, sculpture, drawing Danish and several graphic disciplines to bring together the artist’s vast catalogue of work, ranging across motif, technique and chronology—not least the rare collection of bronze-cast figures, originally found in wax and clay in the artist’s atelier after his death. In partnership with NY Carlsberg Glyptotek. 6 NEW TITLES NEW TITLES 7 ART AND TEXT New & improved! EDITOR: AIMEE SELBY CONTRIBUTORS: DaVE BEECH, CHARLES HARRISON, WILL HILL, KEVIN MccaiGHY, LOUIS paTTISON Art and Text covers the development of the textual medium in ® art from the early combinations of text, lettering and image in the work of seminal artists such as El Lissitzky and Kurt Schwitters, to its use in the present day. The use of written language has been one of the most defining developments in visual art of the twentieth century. Art and Text is a unique and timely survey of this most contemporary and relevant artistic tool. UK March 2015 US/CAN April 2015 The use of text can be seen in many of the twentieth century’s avant-garde artworks; René Magritte and the dadaists used it to describe anti-art Paperback • ISBN 978-1-910433-18-8 and anti-aesthetic sentiment; and the work of many conceptual artists RRP £24.95 / $39.95 of the 1960s even began to use written language as an artwork in itself. 28 x 23 cm / 9 x 11 in Artists such as John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner and Bruce Nauman— 288 pages who remain some of the world’s most respected artists—helped push the boundaries of art’s definition through their use of text, and what constitutes art has continued to develop in response ever since. Contemporary artists continue to use this medium and expand its possibilities, for example, as a most direct and immediate means of artistic expression, as in the work of Tracey Emin or Cy Twombly, or an effective socio-political artistic mechanism, like in that of BANK, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Jenny Holzer. 8 NEW TITLES NEW TITLES 9 CONTEMPORARY ART IN SCANDINAVIA CONTEMPORARY ARTWORLD ART IN SCANDINAVIA EDITOR: DUNcaN MCCORQUODALE The seventh title in Black Dog Publishing’s ARTWORLD series, Contemporary Art in Scandinavia showcases the wealth of contemporary art being produced in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland today, providing a unique complexion of the Scandinavian contemporary art scene. Until recently Scandinavian practice in general has been one of the ARTWORLD great unknowns of the contemporary art scene. Now there are signs that this is changing, with collectors, curators and critics eager to investigate (and extol) the merits of a slice of the global art market UK July 2015 that has been inexplicably overlooked. US/CAN August 2015 Beautifully illustrated in full colour, the book profiles a spectrum of Paperback • ISBN 978-1-910433-13-3 contemporary artists, featuring a range of contributions from artists RRP £19.95 / $29.95 including Lars Heeling and galleries such as UKS, Den Frie, Candyland 28 x 23 cm / 9 x 11 in and 1857. 160 colour and b/w ills 240 pages In keeping with the previous books in the series, Contemporary Art in Scandinavia is fully illustrated and organised so as to transcend geographical and regional preconceptions. A specially commissioned introductory essay and appendix of reprinted essays by writers, academics and practitioners working in the field contextualises the work in this eye-opening introduction to one of today’s most vibrant and fascinating art scenes. 10 NEW TITLES NEW TITLES 11 NEW SCANDINAVIAN PHOTOGRAPHY NEW SCANDINAVIAN PHOTOGRAPHY — Edited by EDITORS: BjaRNE BARE, BEHZAD FARAZOLLAHI MELK CONTRIBUTORS: BRUNO CESCHEL, CHARLOTTE COTTON, MILENA HOEGSBERG, CHRIS LITTLEWOOD, SARA RUNDGREN YaZADI Since the late 1980s Scandinavian photography has evolved into an internationally recognised scene, with the 1990s seeing a marked shift from documentary photography towards a discourse within fine art. With a particular focus on work emerging in the last ten years, New Scandinavian Photography highlights this ever-changing scene, profiling a new generation of contemporary artists using photography as their key mode of expression. UK August 2015 Through academic text and interviews, the book explores photography US/CAN September 2015 as a medium, addressing the technical and material properties of photography in the context of fine art and pan-media practice with a Hardback • ISBN 978 -1-910433-09-6 focus on the exhibition room as well as printed matter.