Islandia: Further Explorations of Man's Contempt for Nature features Tom Sachs's most recent body of work, accompanied by a scientific article on termites. Sachs is not part of a current movement in contemporary art; rather he has developed his own artistic language. He is particularly interested in the function, the form and the essence of everyday common objects. In the manner of a bricoleur, he expresses a very personal connection to these "things"--dissects, reconstructs and appropriates them by handcrafting meticulous personal replicas thereof. Consumerism, corporate identity, cultural imperialism, technological progress, identity (and the loss of it), the relationship of survival and destruction are all at the heart of Tom Sachs' sculpture and drawings. The work collected here exposes the genetics and behavior of technology, using refrigeration, chemicals, insects, corporations and a trash can, among other leftovers, as a way to mirror and diagram the push/pull of physics. Sachs is interested in acts of displacement, where one thing, person or company overrides or attempts to consume another. In re-presenting common items like a refrigerator, an air-conditioner and a Hooter's menu, Sachs stages these objects not only as visual propaganda, but as an indication of a failed promise. But what should that promise have been and why are we left with such degradation? As Sachs reveals, in a world that's no longer analog, "human traces have been erased."

Tom Sachs: Islandia

Arts & Photography

Lewis, Vernard

Kaplan, Cheryl

Individual Artists

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac

Focusing on American conceptual and minimal art in the Marzona Collection―one of the most significant collections in the world―Minimal Art presents key works from the collection by Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Lee Lozano, Robert Ryman, Fred Sandback and Richard Tuttle.

Minimal Art: From the Marzona Collection

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

British artist Oliver Beer (born 1985) explores the relationship between sound and space.This volume presents his exhibition at Galerie Thaddeus Ropac London, featuring his latest sculptural and performance work including The Resonance Project.

Oliver Beer

This catalog provides new scholarship on Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso (1858–1928) by focusing on his encounters with London and his legacy in contemporary sculpture.

Medardo Rosso: Sight Unseen and His Encounters with London

History & Criticism

Accompanying the most important UK exhibition of Joseph Beuys' (1921–86) work in over a decade, this comprehensive publication traces the development of the artist's practice from his early, rarely seen works to his conceptual environments. At the heart of this exhibition stands Stag Monuments, exhibited whole for the first time since its creation.

Joseph Beuys: Utopia at the Stag Monuments

A Focus on the 1980s chronicles a pivotal moment in the career of German neo-expressionist George Baselitz (born 1938), featuring a selection of seminal works from his 1980s series--including his Beach Pictures, Orange Eaters and Drinkers. An essay by art historian Rudi Fuchs examines the transition from Baselitz's late 1970s works.

Georg Baselitz: A Focus on the 1980s

Asked about his use of the term "Spread," Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) responded that it meant "as far as I can make it stretch, and land (like a farmer's 'spread'), and also the stuff you put on toast." Prompted by an imminent retrospective of his work in 1976, Rauschenberg sourced motifs from his own past--tires, bedding, electric lights, bird wings, umbrellas and parachutes--and recombined them with textiles and printed media images in large-scale, quasi-architectural works. This fully illustrated catalog is the first devoted to Robert Rauschenberg's Spreads series (1975-83). It includes full-page reproductions of the artist's paintings and works on paper. In her essay, Elisa Schaar states: "Rather than a retrospective exercise, the Spreads is a series with visual and historical specificity in its own right, incorporating not only elements from Rauschenberg's earlier work, but also reflecting changes in his life, his practice and in contemporary art at the time."

Robert Rauschenberg: Spreads 1975–83

A collection of 1960s works by key pop artist James Rosenquist This concise catalog presents iconic works from the 1960s by celebrated pop artist James Rosenquist (1933-2017) and features art historical essays and a foreword by the director of the James Rosenquist Foundation.

James Rosenquist: Visualising the Sixties

Taylor, Alex J.

This catalogue surveys the idiosyncratic performance and mixed-media artwork of the quirky art duo Gilbert & George.

Gilbert & George: New Testamental Pictures

Antony Gormley : Quantum clouds and other work

Ann Hindry

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (Paris)

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