Trust Me. Tony Labat
Published fall 2005 by New Langton Arts; designed by Mike Abbink
and Joshua Distler.
The 200-page color catalog contains black and white and color
images; essays; biographical information; and an index of works.
Original essays by Antonio Eligio, Carlo McCormick, and Anna Novakov
explore aspects of Labat's work, focusing on cultural influences,
video
work, and architectural elements. An interview with artist Tony
Oursler is
also included.
Price: $25/general, $19/members.
Jovial Tales for Tragic Sensibilities: A Retrospective
of the Work of Jeanne C. Finely + John Muse
2003; produced and edited by New Langton Arts, San Francisco;
designed by Jennifer Morla of Morla Design.
This 96-page exhibition catalog features color images, a chronology
of Finley and Muse’s individual work and collaborations,
and essays by arts writer and photographer Mark Alice Durant and
cultural critic Margaret Morse.
Price: $20/general, $15/members.
Hans Winkler, Crime Museum
2004, Published by New Langton Arts, San Francisco; designed by
minus
Berlin.
This pocket book includes a photograph of one piece of evidence
from each of the “criminal art” acts created by Hans
Winkler for this exhibition. A short crime fiction by mystery
writer Candida B. Korman is included.
Price: $3/general, $2.25/members.
Downtime: Constructing Leisure
2005, published by California College of the Arts, designed by
John Borruso.
A fully-illustrated catalog enclosed in a protective book jacket,
this
exhibition guide includes essays by Meredith Johnson, Anuradha
Vikram and
Tanya Zimbardo, an interview with Dean MacCannell (author of The
Tourist),
and descriptions of each work with artists’ bios. Curated
by the inaugural
class of the California College of the Arts MA Program in Curatorial
Practice, Downtime features work by Bureau d’études,
Tacita Dean, Josh
Greene, Doug Hall, Luis Jacob, Tobias Putrih, Pedro Reyes, Steven
Shearer,
Melinda Stone and Mungo Thomson.
Price: $20/general, $15/members.
Retrofuturist
2001; published by New Langton Arts, San Francisco; designed by
Joyce Hsu
Featuring an essay by curator Berin Golonu and descriptions of
the artists' works, this catalog is an appealing compliment to
the exhibition Retrofuturist. The exhibition, with Adam Ross,
Luisa Kazanas, Leona Christie, David Huffman, Yorgo Alexopoulos,
Russell Nachman, William Swanson, couples their expectations for
the future with sci-fi aesthetic sensibilities of the past.
Price: $4/general, $3/members.
Jessica Bronson
2001; published by The Regents of the University of California
In conjunction with the UC Berkeley Art Museum, Langton presents
a brochure with an essay by Matrix curator Heidi Zuckerman-Jacobson
and excerpts from a phone conversation between Jessica Bronson
and Langton's Program Director James Bewley.
Price: $1.50/general, $1/members.
LifeLike
2001; published by New Langton Arts, San Francisco; designed by
Julie Schwade, Appetite Engineers.
LifeLike is a multidisciplinary project in which the organic and
the inorganic crossbreed. Designed by Appetite Engineers, this
catalog includes an essay by curator Marcia Tanner as well as
text and imagery dedicated to the artists' exploration between
the natural and the artificial.
Price: $5/general, $3.75/members.
Anna Gaskell, future's eve
2001, published by New Langton Arts, San Francisco; designed by
Michael Abbink and Joshua Distler.
Commemorating future's eve, an installation of Anna Gaskell's
film and drawings, this catalog features an interview by Langton's
Program Director James Bewley with Gaskell. The catalog includes
film stills and pen and ink drawings by Gaskell, as well as informative
texts providing insight to Gaskell as inventor, seducer, and artist.
Price: $4/general, $3/members.
Jim Pomeroy: A Retrospective
1999; published by New Langton Arts, San Francisco; designed by
Michael Abbink and Joshua Distler.
This 70-page catalog documents the life and work of Jim Pomeroy
with original essays by the artist himself as well as contributions
by Paul DeMarinis, critic and curator Timothy Druckrey, artist
Jim Melchert, Susan Miller, and author Constance Penley. The catalog
includes color and black and white reproductions of Jim's photography,
performance, video and installation works.
Price: $25/general, $20/members.
New Langton Arts: Nineteen Ninety One to Nineteen Ninety
Seven
1998; published by New Langton Arts, San Francisco; designed by
Morla Design, Inc.
This 160-page catalog documents seven years of programs, from
1991-97, at Langton with color and black & white photographs
and essays by Nao Bustamante, Paul Dresher, Susan Miller, Camille
Roy, and Lorelei Stewart.
Price: $25/general, $20/members.
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