NEW BOOKS FROM GAGOSIAN
1 Giuseppe Penone: The Inner Life of Forms is a new examination of the artist’s more-than-forty-year career, revealing what constitutes sculpture through the interplay between the human body, nature, and art. Four new essays by Tim Ingold, Rémi Labrusse, Emily Braun, and Salvatore Settis and a conversation between the artist and the book’s editor, Carlos Basualdo, appear in one volume, while twelve insightful texts by Daniela Lancioni, each an independent booklet, investigate the main typologies that constitute the work’s organizing principles. 13 paperbacks in box, 490 pages, $200. Limited edition with etching: edition of 50, $5000 USD; edition of 200, $2500 USD Related Events: Penone and Basualdo will discuss the monograph at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Friday, November 9, at 6pm; and at the Greene Space, New York, on Saturday, November 10, at 5:30pm. Penone will sign copies of the monograph at the Gagosian Shop, New York, on Saturday, November 10, at 2:30pm.
2 Published this year on the occasion of the exhibition Harmony Korine, at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, this career-spanning publication includes an essay by Alicia Knock, an interview by Emmanuel Burdeau, and a complete filmography. This comprehensive catalogue, published by Rizzoli in association with the Centre Pompidou and Gagosian, is the definitive account of Korine’s diverse career in film and art. Paperback, 192 pages, $45 USD
3 This recent monograph on Jenny Saville, copublished with Rizzoli, is the most comprehensive on the artist, whose large-scale nudes continue to challenge accepted ideals of beauty. The volume unites new work with many earlier paintings and drawings, while the accompanying essays, by Richard Calvocoressi and Mark Stevens, explore the artist’s fascination with the human body within a broad art-historical context. The book also includes an interview between Saville and Sally Mann and an illustrated chronology by Lauren Mahony. Hardcover in slipcase, 392 pages, $150 USD
4 Katharina Grosse, an extensive monograph on the artist’s recent work, introduces readers to important in situ paintings and documents the artist’s 2017 Gagosian exhibition. This publication includes texts by Dan Cameron and Okwui Enwezor, a conversation between Grosse and Isabelle Graw, an introduction by Louise Neri, and is presented in a slipcase with a stenciled cutout designed by Grosse. Hardcover in slipcase, 280 pages, $120 USD