IRISH MUSUEM OF MODERN ART
PUBLICATIONS 2006
3 x Abstraction: New Methods of Drawing by Hilma af Klint, Emma Kunz & Agnes
Martin
A fully-illustrated book, with essays by scholars, curators, and writers, including
Catherine de Zegher, Bracha L Ettinger, Briony Fer, Elizabeth Finch, Birgit Pelzer,
Griselda Pollock, Hendel Teicher and Kathryn A Tuma.
Publishers: Yale University Press and The Drawing Center, New York.
ISBN 0-300-10826-5
Price €40.00.
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Howard Hodgkin
An illustrated book with new texts by the Irish novelist Colm Tóibín and Enrique
Juncosa, Director, IMMA, plus specially selected existing texts by novelists Julian
Barnes, William Boyd and Alan Hollinghurst, critic Anthony Lane, travel writer and
novelist Bruce Chatwin, essayist Susan Sontag and poets Bruce Bernard and James
Fenton.
Publishers: IMMA and Tate Publishing
ISBN 1-85437-674-8
Price €21.95
Orla Barry: Portable Stones and Other Works
A catalogue with essays by Enrique Juncosa, Director, IMMA, and Eva Wittocx, Curator,
S.M.A.K. and in interview between Orla Barry and Bruce Haines, Curator, Institute of
International Visual Arts, London.
Publishers: S.M.A.K., Camden Arts Centre and IMMA
ISBN 90-7567-918-1
Price €20.00
Magnum Ireland
An illustrated book with an introduction by John Banville, award-winning novelist and
former Literary Editor of The Irish Times and essays by Anthony Cronin, Nuala
O’Faolain, Eamonn McCann, Fintan O’Toole, Colm Tóibín and Anne Enright.
Publishers: Thames & Hudson in association with IMMA
ISBN 0-500-54303-8
Price €29.95
João Penalva
This catalogue, with texts in English and Irish, is a characteristic Penalva production,
comprising of an interview with the artist by João Fernandes, Director, Museu de Arte
Contemporánea de Serralves, Portugal, in which Penalva has handwritten his lengthy
and fascinating replies. His reasons, which he explains in the words of Primo Levi are
illuminating, “...doing things with your own hands has an advantage: you can make
comparisons and understand how much you are worth. You make a mistake, you
correct it, and the next time you don’t make it.”
Publisher: IMMA. ISBN 1-903811-62-7
Price €30.00
Barry Flanagan: Sculpture 1965-2005
A full-colour, illustrated catalogue with essays by critic and art historian Bruce Arnold
and writer and curator Mel Gooding, an interview between curator Hans Ulrich Obrist
and Barry Flanagan and a foreword by Barbara Dawson, Director, Dublin City Gallery
The Hugh Lane and Enrique Juncosa, Director, IMMA.
Publisher: IMMA. ISBN 1-903811-62-7
Price €11.00
Inner Worlds Outside
A catalogue containing essays by Jon Thompson, artist and critic, Angel Gonzales, critic,
James Elkins, art historian and Roger Cardinal, author and authority on Outsider Art.
Publishers: IMMA, Obra Social Fundación “la Caixa” and Whitechapel.
ISBN 1-903811-57-0
Price €29.95
Michael Craig-Martin: Works 1964 - 2006
An illustrated book produced to accompany the retrospective exhibition of the work of
Michael Craig-Martin at IMMA, written by award-winning art critic, historian,
broadcaster and curator Richard Cork.
Publishers: Thames & Hudson in association with IMMA. ISBN 978-0-500-28646-3
Price €35.00
.all Hawaii eNtrées/luNar reGGae
This publication, which curator Philippe Parreno considers of equal importance to the
exhibition, taps into the theme of optics, with recalibrated images and blurred print
contributing to the overall feeling of fluidity. In addition to an essay by co-curator
Rachael Thomas, the book also contains texts by the Canadian science fiction writer
Cory Doctorow, the artist Liam Gillick, the British comics writer Grant Morrison, the
Dutch social scientist Hans Pruijt and the American science fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: IMMA and Charta. ISBN 888-158-5790
Price €39.00
Hearth
The exhibition Hearth: Concepts of Home from the IMMA Collection in collaboration with
Focus Ireland, was shown to mark the 21st anniversary of Focus Ireland, a national
voluntary organisation working to prevent, alleviate and eliminate homelessness. The
exhibition and accompanying catalogue aim to create an awareness of the meaning of
home in contemporary Ireland. It has emerged as a result of an access programme run
by IMMA’s Education and Community and Collection Departments.
Publisher: IMMA, designed and sponsored by Red Dog Design Consultants.
ISBN 1-903811-69-4
Price €10.00
Iran do Espírito Santo
A fully illustrated hard-back publication, with texts by Enrique Juncosa, Paolo Colombo
and Lilian Tone, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York. The exhibition was
organized in association with MAXXI, Rome, and Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo.
Publishers: IMMA. ISBN 1-903811-65-1
Price €35.00
Special Edition: IMMA Series Publications 2006
This series of interviews, artists’ statements and essays published by IMMA will form a
collectable edition on Irish and international artists. This new series of books was
launched in 2006 to mark the 15th anniversary of IMMA’s opening.
Louis le Brocquy: The Head Image. Notes on Painting and Awareness
Louis le Brocquy discusses his practice in this important text on the artist.
ISBN 88-8158-616-9
Rachel Thomas Interviews Michael Craig-Martin
Michael Craig-Martin is interviewed by Rachael Thomas, Senior Curator: Head of
Exhibitions, IMMA.
ISBN 88-8158-586-3
Exhibition Guides
Free Exhibition Guides published by IMMA accompany the following exhibitions:
Howard Hodgkin ISBN 1-903811-58-9
Orla Barry: Portable Stones and Other Works
.all Hawaii eNtrées/luNar reGGae ISBN 1-903811-70-8