Maria Fusco Bücher

Out of print for fifty years, Jeff Nuttall's legendary exploration of radical 1960s art, music, and protest movements.

Give Up Art is a collection of critical writings by author Maria Fusco. Operating across fiction, criticism, and theory, Fusco's work forges a contemporary space for critical art writing internationally. Give Up Art brings together nearly two dozen essays, reviews, and smaller pieces published between 2002 and 2017.

Exploring the experiences of the global working class, this collection of essays showcases Maria Fusco's ability to blend analytical insight with poetic expression. Through her expressive prose, she highlights the emotions that connect working-class communities across borders, celebrating their resilience and tenacity. The work serves as both a tribute and an invitation for readers to engage with the struggles and triumphs of those often silenced, using the power of language to amplify their voices and create a lasting impact.

This study provides an engaging overview and clear analysis of the fiction, non-fiction and drama of African-American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). it also explores the important but less well known themes and texts including the use of the blues, masculinity, race and sexuality.

The second of four special publications to accompany a year-long display of works from Barcelona's `la Caixa' Collection at Whitechapel Gallery, selected by and featuring newly-commissioned fictional works by some of the most original English and Spanish-language writers working today.

“A Set of Lines, A Stack of Paper” is the second exhibition and publication in a series exploring writing, inspired by Vilém Flusser’s essay “The Gesture of Writing.” This work examines the act of writing through the lenses of linguistic, visual, physical, and spatial communication. Flusser outlines essential elements for writing, including a blank surface, a contrasting instrument, the alphabet, conventions for meaning, orthography, grammar, an idea to express, and a motive for expression. By viewing writing as a culturally embedded gesture, the publication bridges artistic, literary, curatorial, and editorial practices. Released alongside the exhibition at KARST, Plymouth (June 5 – July 5, 2015), it includes documentation of the exhibition, installation views, and a curatorial statement. Author Maria Fusco contextualizes the exhibition within contemporary literature, while contributing visual artists enhance the theme with original works created for the book. Notable contributions include texts by Maria Fusco and Franz Thalmair, alongside artistic pieces from Ovidiu Anton, Peter Downsbrough, Heinrich Dunst, Egon van Herreweghe, Ane Mette Hol, Birgit Knoechl, Karolis Kosas, Lotte Lyon, John Wood, and Paul Harrison.

Cosey Fanni Tutti wurde bekannt als Mitglied der Kunst- und Musikprojekte COUM Transmissions und Throbbing Gristle aber auch für ihre Solo-Aktivitäten, darunter die berühmten Arbeiten, die Pornobilder von ihr einbeziehen – Arbeiten, die 1976 Teil der COUM-Ausstellung Prostitution im ICA London waren. Cosey Fanni Tutti ist nicht als monolithische Produzentin von Kunstwerken oder Musikstücken zu verstehen, sondern sie stellt ein Netzwerk von Identitäten und Handlungen dar, in Performances wie im Leben. Die jetzt erscheinende Publikation dokumentiert die eintägige Veranstaltung Cosey Complex am ICA 2010, entwickelt und organisiert von Maria Fusco und Richard Birkett. Erstmals wird Cosey Fanni Tutti als Methode untersucht und theoretisch untermauert. Mit Beiträgen von Martin Bax, Gerard Byrne, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Daniela Cascella, Diedrich Diederichsen, Graham Duff, John Duncan, Anthony Elms, Corin Sworn, Chris Kraus, Zak Kyes, Clunie Reid und Rob Stone.