Contemporary British artist Ian Berry (1984, Huddersfield UK) has been making virtuous figurative paintings and installations of denim for over 15 years. This eponymous publication accompanies the first solo-exhibition of Berry in the Netherlands. Ian Berry. Splendid Isolation, Museum Rijswijk, December 1, 2020 – April 5, 2021.

Illustrated with numerous images that aim to convey the depth and texture of Berry’s work, which explores our urban environment and examines community issues, or t...

This Naked Incident is a deep dive in search of the place that 'masculinity' holds in the lives of young people today. Alexander van der Heide and Sander Coers spoke with five peers; all assigned male at birth and all with very different experiences of masculinity and equally different gender expressions. Because what is masculinity? Where it sometimes seems that we have no more than stereotypes to resort to in our efforts to make this tangible, it turns out there are specific moments, charge...

The tenth instalment in the Set Margins' series introduces work by Karen Lofgren. Full of enigmatic illustrations and objects, the book combines notes, dialogues, and annotated works, inviting readers to interlace the Canadian-born, Los Angeles-based artist’s living field work into encounters that shape a feminist and decolonial perspective. The compendium considers works from Lofgren’s practice, largely inspired by natural and organic forms and involving sculpture, installation, and work...

The first book to systematically investigate this new visual language. In less than sixty pages, Digital Paining offers a complete overview of the characteristics of digital painting and insight in its five main directions: computer generated, raster, vector, hybrid painting and new photography. All features are provided with clear illustrations. In addition to practical topics like: how can unique works and limited editions be effectively protected? the book offers a useful tool to answer a...

'Of Beauty and Doubt' is de eerste monografie over het werk van beeldend kunstenaar Silvia B. Het boek biedt een uitgebreid overzicht van haar beelden, tekeningen, foto's en installaties van de afgelopen 25 jaar. De lezer wordt meegenomen in haar met zorg geconstrueerde universum, dat wordt bevolkt door ongrijpbare wezens die het midden houden tussen mensen, dieren, kinderen, volwassenen, mannen en vrouwen. Met tekstbijdragen van Arnoud Odding, Marcel Möring, Jaap Röell, Werner van den Bel...

Nine essays on home, identity and ruins. Writers, artist curators, and researchers, discuss homelessness and war, utopias of free movement, reconstructing cities and their histories, and the ethics of art. Viewpoints from Benelux, Finland, and Syria are bound together by artist Anssi Pulkkinen's 'Street View (Reassembled)', a mobile installation of a ruined Syrian home. The essays offer surprising perspectives into timely themes in today's world.

With contributions by Umayyad Abu-Hanna, Marwa...

'Lonely Planet. Yamatai Koku.Susan Kooi' is the second part of the triptych, in which Dutch artist Susan Kooi travels to Italy, Portugal, and Japan to work with various traditions of ceramic crafts. During a three-month residency in Arita - birthplace of Japanese porcelain production with a rich history in ceramics - Kooi worked with recontextualizing and poetically reconstructing ceramic objects. This publication shows a selection of works made during Kooi's three-month residency in Arita, a...