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In this page we present some books and catalogues of Irwin, as well as books in which work or texts of Irwin are included.
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| Selected Books & Catalogues |
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IRWIN RETROPRINCIP
Inke Arns (ed.)
Irwin: Retroprincip 1983-2003
ISBN 3-936919-51-8 (German)
ISBN 3-936919-56-9 (English)
Revolver - Archiv fur aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt/Main
www.naiv.de/revolver
September 2003
264 pages
ca. 110 colour reproductions
30,5 x 24,5 cm
ca. € 25
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Retroprincip book
series
140 x 225 mm
150 pages
Cover: Paperback, color, glossy finish
Binding: glue bound
Interior: black-and-white
Realized with the support by International Centre of Graphic Arts,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Layout : Irwin
First edition limited to 250 numbered copies
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Inke Arns
Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK)
E ine Analyse ihrer kunstlerischen Strategien im Kontext der 1980er
Jahre in Jugoslawien.
[ NSK - An analysis of their artistic strategies
in the context of Yugoslavia in the 1980s ]
Regensburg: Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie
2002
This book is in German language with Irwin Interview in English.
Also includes a color catalogue of Irwin photographs and paintings.
Size: 26 x 18,5 cm.
More information about this book can be found here:
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http://www.v2.nl/~arns/Texts/NSK/abstract-NSK2002.html
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Available at Amazon [.CO.UK]
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Interpol,
The Art Exhibition which Divided East and West
Edited by Eda Cufer and Victor Misiano,
Published by IRWIN, Ljubljana and Moscow Art Magazine
Designed by New Collectivism
15 February, 2001
ISBN: 9619085108
In English, 138 pages, paperback, with b/w documentary photos from
the exhibition.
Size: 26 x 18,5 cm.
"This book is a selection of writings and materials, related
to the project Interpol, which I co-curated in Stockholm with Jan
Aman and which turned out to be an international scandal. The project
was in fact an attempt to export the curator-mediator model into
the West and it failed, as the collaboration between Eastern and
Western artists took form of a violent confrontation. However, I
think that the problem of Interpol is not the incomprehension between
Western and Eastern artists, but the incomprehension of concrete
artists. The Swedish artists, who were invited for the project from
the side of my colleague Jan Aman, were not interested in a dialogical
work process, but I know a lot of artists in the West who could
be interested in such work."
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Extract from an Interview with Victor Misiano
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Marina Grzinic
Fiction Reconstructed
Eastern Europe, Post-socialism & The Retro-Avantgarde
Published by edition selene
Vienna 2000
Printed in Austria
ISBN 3-85266-153-6
In English, 220 pages with b/w reproductions.
Size: 19 x 11,5 cm.
"In the book FICTION RECONSTRUCTED the point of departure
is a difference between Eastern and Western Europe that I try to
conceptualize philosophically, insisting on a difference - a critical
difference within and not a special classification method marking
the process of grounding differences. This book can be perceived
as a radical theorization of a particular (Eastern European) position;
here
positioning means repoliticization.
FICTION RECONSTRUCTED offers a very detailed inquiry into specific
Post-Socialist art and media strategies."
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Three Projects
Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle,
Printed by Drukarnia Klimiuk,
Warsaw,
1999
In English and Polish, 80 pages, paperback, with color reproduction
of Irwin paintings and b/w photos.
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TRANSNACIONALA
Highway Collisions Between East and West at the Crossroads of Art
Edited by Eda Cufer,
Published by Koda
Paperback - 199 pages (1 March, 2000)
Studentska Zaolozba
ISBN: 9616211625
This book is in English, 200 pages with b/w documentary photos from
the journey.
Size: 26 x 18,5 cm.
Between June 28 and July 28, 1996, an international group of artists,
mainly from Slovenia and Russia, set out a one month journey around
the United States in order to organize a number of artistic events,
presentations, lectures and discussions with local artists about
art, theory, politics and existence itself – all in the context
of the contemporary world.
The artists that took part in that journey and participated in the
discussions are: Alexander Brener, Vadim Fishkin, Yuri Leiderman,
Michael Benson, Eda Cufer, and the five members of Irwin group.
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Interior of the Planit
Moderna Galerija - Museum of Modern Art Ljubljana
Ludwig Museum Budapest,
1996
In English, paperback, with color reproduction of Irwin paintings
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NSK Embassy Moscow
How the East Sees the East
Apt Art and Ridzina Gallery,
Published by Obaine Galerije Piran, 1992
In English, 226 pages, with 5 colour and 52 black and white documentary
photos. Its s
Size: 26 x 18,5 cm.
Between 10 May and 10 June 1992 the NSK Embassy artistic action
took place in a Moscow private apartment. The embassy was conceptualized
as a live installation. The central event of the project was a one-week
programme of lectures and public discussions, organised in cooperation
with Irwin, NSK.
The aim of this event was to confront the similar social contexts
of the ex-Soviet Union and ex-Yugoslavia.
The edition documents the most important events, lectures and discussions
that took place within the framework of the Embassy. It consists
of three main sections: Correspondence, Lectures and Discussions,
and References.
> NSK Embassy Moscow
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IRWIN - KAPITAL
Institut - NSK
Ljubljana,
Published by Colaborator, Edinburgh
1991
In English, hardcover, with 5 essays in 5 booklets, 20 color reproductions
of Irwin paintings from the KAPITAL series and a mini poster with
a panoramic view of the exhibition.
Size: 26 x 18,5 cm.
"Kapital was an exhibition on which Irwin started to work in
the time of the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia and
was completed after the global political changes in Yugoslavia and
Eastern Europe. In a five round paintings the real plagues of ex
political organizations were incorporated. An integral part of the
exhibition was the catalogue-book Kapital published by Collaborator/Edinburgh,
which initiated an international debate on the East - West theme,
with special emphasis on the question of the identity of East European
art. Among the contributors were Georg Busmann, Boris Groys and
Jurgen Harten"
> The ear behind the painting
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Slovenske Atene
Moderna galerija,
Published by Moderna galerija Ljubljana,
Curator: Grzinic Marina
1991
In English and Slovene, hardcover, with b/w reproduction.
Size: 28 x 22 cm.
"Slovenian Athens" is a reconstruction of Slovenian
modernism in all its variations. For this reason, painters from
all over Slovenia, of different inclinations and generations take
only one subject, namely that of the "Sower" which, particularly
at the beginning of this century, inspired many Slovenian painters.
It is a scene which, with its narrative and expressive suggestiveness,
goes so far beyond all the boundaries set by imposed aesthetic and
ideological patterns, that it remains embedded in myth.
Abstract from the IRWIN epistle to the artistic project "Slovenian
Athens"
> Slovenske Atene
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THE ORIGINAL NSK BOOK
First published by AMOK Press in USA and Graficki
zavod Hrvatske (Graphical Association of Croatia)
1992
The NSK book has 288 pages. It also contains 282 colour and 229
black and white reproductions. The hardbound book with slipcase,
its size is 26 x 18,5 cm. The original Slovenian book is enclosed
with its English translation in paperback and an NSK Passport application
form.
The book is a compilation of the essential texts written by members
of the individual groups, interviews, programme texts, poetry, chronology,
etc.
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