Rennie Collection
Damian Moppett
Cliff Lauson
The work of Damian Moppett charts a self-reflective studio practice spanning photography, sculpture, drawing, painting and video, often using one medium to examine another. Documenting works created especially for the occasion this new monograph provides a long-overdue career overview and accompanies the largest exhibit ever dedicated to the work of the Vancouver-based artist. Lauson’s essay, Damian Moppett’s Balancing Act, outlines the artistic process of reference and representation that marks Moppett’s work, as well the nature of a his personal romantic imagery.Currently living and working in Vancouver, Damian Moppett has exhibited widely including at The Power Plant, The National Gallery of Canada, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, and the Witte de With, Rotterdam. Cliff Lauson is Curator of the Hayward Gallery, London, England.
Rennie Collection (04/2012) 96 pp 40 col. ill. 11 x 8.5 hardcover 978-0-9865961-4-8 $25.00 Can. $28.95 U.S. (20 €)
This elegant volume accompanies the exhibition Martin Creed: Collected Works held at the Rennie Collection at Wing Sang (Vancouver), which holds one of the world’s largest collections of the British artist. Renowned for his straightforward approach to making art and his economy of means, Creed creates sculptures, installations, drawings, films, performances, music, and text, each of which has found its inspiration in the objects and activities of everyday life. Fourteen seminal works, including some making their North American premiere, span more than a decade of creation and provide an eye-popping overview of the career of the 2001 Turner Prize winner. An original essay by art scholar Briony Fer looks at the overriding tendency toward repetition and seriality that marks Creed’s work, whereby he recalls and transforms the work of an earlier generation of artists such as Eva Hesse, Dan Flavin and Agnes Martin. Profusely illustrated. In English and French. Professor of Art History at University College London, Briony Fer is the author of numerous publications on contemporary artists, notably Eva Hesse (The Friutmarket Gallery, 2009), Roni Horne (Steidl, 2009) and Gabriel Orozco (The Museum of Modern Art, 2009).Rennie Collection (12/2011) 164 pp 60 col. ill. 11 x 8.5 in hardcover 978-0-9865961-3-1 $35.00 Can. $40.00 U.S. (32 €)
Amy Bessone / Thomas Houseago
Rachel Rosenfield Lafo & Philipp Kaiser
This first monograph on the work of British artist Thomas Houesago and American artist Amy Bessone is an event on several levels. Each artist has her/his distinct artistic practice: Bessone is a painter; Houseago a sculptor. Yet neither has been the subject of a thorough monograph. Presenting and discussing their works together in this duo-monograph format allows the reader not only to discover the singular path each artist has chosen, but the places where those paths have crossed and merged. Houseago's plaster and iron sculptures recall Picasso and Henry Moore and yet resemble the work of neither. Bessone's monumental paintings reflect Picasso and Matisse yet remain entirely anti-modernist. Viewed side-by-side their works gain meaning and resonance and provide a rigorous exploration of the figure through the lens of popular culture and art history. Philipp Kaiser is Senior Curator at MOCA Los Angeles and was formerly curator at the Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Base. Rachel Rosenfield was long time Director of Curatorial Affairs at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park. Essays in English, French and German.
Rennie Collection (06/2011) 98 pp 40 col. ill. 11 x 8.5 in hardcover 978-0-9865961-2-4 $25.00 Can. $28.95 U.S. (20 €)
Mona Hatoum
Catherine Grenier
Mona Hatoum works in a diverse and unconventional range of media, including installation, sculpture, video and photography with her artistic practice discussed almost exclusively in sociopolitical terms. In her essay, Grenier brings other influences to the surface, notably Surrealism - the first Western art Hatoum discovered as a young girl - and Minimalism - the dominant aesthetic she encountered in art school in London. In exploring these seemingly contradictory impulses, the author uncovers artistic and personal concerns that go beyond a simple journalistic reading of Hatoum’s artistic practice. Mona Hatoum has exhibited widely, notably at the Centre Pompidou (Paris), New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York), Tate Britain (London) and Magasin 3 (Stockholm). Catherine Grenier has authored numerous studies, notably on Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager and Giuseppe Penone. She is deputy director at the Musée national d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou. In English and French.
Mona Hatoum travaille un éventail de médiums divers et non-conventionnels, incluant l’installation, la sculpture, la vidéo et la photographie. Les discussions sur son œuvre portent généralement sur le contenu sociopolitique. Dans son texte Grenier fait ressortir d’autres influences de l’œuvre de Hatoum, dont le surréalisme - soit le premier mouvement artistique occidental découvert par Hatoum durant sa jeunesse - et le minimalisme - soit l’esthétique dominante rencontrée à l’école des beaux-arts de Londres lors de la formation de l’artiste. En explorant ces impulsions qui, selon toute apparence, semblent contradictoires, l’auteure dévoile des préoccupations artistiques et personnelles qui vont au-delà de la simple lecture journalistique de la carrière artistique de Hatoum. Catrherine Grenier a écrit de nombreux ouvrages, notamment sur Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager et Giuseppe Penone. Elle est directrice adjointe au Musée national d’Art moderne au Centre Pompidou. En français et anglais.
Rennie Collection (06/2010) 68 pp 30 ill. 11 x 8.5 hardcover / rigide 978-0-9865961-0-0 $25.00 Can. $28.95 U.S. (20 €)
Richard Jackson
Andrew Berardini
This original monograph on the work of the Los Angeles-based artist accompanies the first major North American exhibition in over twenty years and documents site-specific paintings and other works created especially for this occasion. Trained as an engineer, Jackson juxtaposes his considerations of labor with the legacy of painting producing an astonishing range of unconventional forms. Several of Jackson’s iconic works are featured and discussed, including 1250 Stacked Paintings (2006-07), Glass Head (2006), as well as Jackson’s large scale re-creation of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. Jackson has exhibited at Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume (Paris), Hauser & Wirth (Zurich), David Zwirner Gallery (New York) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Andrew Berardini writes for art journals including Frieze, Art Review, and Mousse, where he is a contributing editor. In English and French.
Publiée afin d’accompagner la première exposition nord-américaine de Richard Jackson depuis une vingtaine d’années, cette publication originale nous présente l’œuvre de l’artiste, désormais basé à Los Angeles, et documente des peintures spécifiques au site, ainsi que d’autres œuvres créées spécialement pour l’exposition. Formé en tant qu’ingénieur, Jackson juxtapose sa vision du travail avec l’héritage de la peinture, produisant ainsi une gamme étonnante de formes peu conventionnelles. Parmi les œuvres discutées notons son immense réinterpretation de Un dimanche après-midi à l'Ile de la Grande Jatte de Seurat. Richard Jackson a exposé à la Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume (Paris), Hauser & Wirth (Zurich), David Zwirner Gallery (New York) and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Andrew Berardini écrit régulièrement pour les revues d’art tel que Frieze, Art Review et Mousse. En français et anglais.
Rennie Collection (09/2010) 84 pp 30 ill. 11 x 8.5 hardcover / rigide 978-0-9865961-1-7 $25.00 Can. $28.95 U.S. (20 €)