Please note that this publication is expected to ship from October 11th 2024.
Edited by Honey Luard, Elaine Tam and Alex Bennett Designed by spreeeng (Carlos Romo-Melgar and John Philip Sage) Proofreading by Louise Parfitt
Printed by DZA Druckerei zu Altenburg GmbH, Germany 225 x 150 mm, paperback 254 pages, 117 colour and 32 black and white illustrations ISBN 978-1-910844-73-1 Published by White Cube, October 2024
Companion, White Cube gallery’s annual reader, is a compilation of contemporary art and discourse. Visual essays, in-conversations, lectures, poetry, artist writings and newly commissioned texts are just some of the forms of creative expression and scholarship brought together in a single volume.
Highlights include polemical artist writing from the archive of Richard Hunt; a first-time translation of Takis in conversation with Félix Guattari; research notes and personal reflections by Tiona Nekkia McClodden; newly commissioned writing on Etel Adnan by Quinn Latimer and Christian Marclay by Briony Fer; a close reading on a lesser known Jackson Pollock work by the late David Anfam; and visual essays by Sergej Jensen, Danica Lundy, TARWUK and Danh Vo that, each in their own way, recontextualise artistic practice.
Featuring archival materials, focus pieces and new writing, this lavishly illustrated volume convenes critical, scholarly and poetic voices. Reflective of White Cube’s activities, Companion is an essential record of contemporary art and writing.
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Etel Adnan, David Anfam, Elizabeth Catlett, Charles Darwent, Tracey Emin, Briony Fer, Félix Guattari, Melanie Herzog, Richard Hunt, Sergej Jensen, Anselm Kiefer, Per Kirkeby, Maya B. Kronic, Quinn Latimer, Danica Lundy, Christian Marclay, Tiona Nekkia McClodden, Julie Mehretu, Jackson Pollock, Liz Rideal, Legacy Russell, Ilana Savdie, Moran Sheleg, Sam Shepherd, Takis, TARWUK, Danh Vo and Harry Weller.