Clouds is a small publishing house involved in the publication of art books in Aotearoa New Zealand.
We are primarily interested in increasing the supply of interesting tomes and slimmer volumes both about and by artists.
We are Warren Olds, Gwynneth Porter, Bryn Roberts,
Jack Hadley, Andrew Kennedy. Clouds is based in Newton, Auckland.
NEW
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FORTHCOMING
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009 Volume 2., a document-extension of the Artspace project, co-published with Artspace
RECENT
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Jan Bryant and Leonhard Emmerling,
PX: Thoughts on Painting
Incredibly Hot Sex with Hideous People: the Book of the Zine
Julian Dashper, This is not writing,
co-published with Michael Lett
PUBLISHED TITLES
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023 Pūrākau / Myths and Legends / Mitos y Leyendas
022 Sean Kerr, Bruce is in the garden; so someone is in the garden
017 Peter Robinson’s Ack and other Abdications,
co-published with Artspace
018 Sriwhana Spong, Nijinsky,
co-published with Michael Lett
016 Bruce Russell Left-handed Blows: Writing on sound, 1993–2009
015 Daniel Knorr Pukapuka Tohunga Mahi Toi,
edition published with Artspace
014 Sean Kerr Pop, co-published with Michael Lett
012 The Aotearoa Digital Arts Reader, co-published with Aotearoa Digital Arts
011 Dan Arps' Sun Seeker, co-published with The Physics Room, Neon Parc and Michael Lett
010 Paul Winstanley Threshold: Paintings 1989–2007,
co-published with Artspace
009 Volume 1., a document-extension of the Artspace project, co-published with Artspace
008 Teststrip: a history of an artist-run space (1992-1997)
007 Meg Cranston, Hot Pants in a Cold Cold World,
co-published with Artspace
006 Ava Seymour, The White House Years
005 Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
004 Judy Darragh, Arts Society
003 Tessa Laird, Shards of the Jealous Potter
002 Sweet Punch: recent Nordic video
p001 Bruce Barber & Emma Bugden, Party Without Party
DISTRIBUTION TITLES
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Connect, published by Colophon
Ruth Buchanan Lying Freely, published by Jan van Eyck Acadamie and Casco
Louise Menzies & Warren Olds, Mushroom magazine poster
David Bennewith, Suggestions poster, Joseph Churchward's suggested designs for TV 2 logo
Speculation, NZ Venice Project 2007,
published by Artspace
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
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Louise Menzies, Radiant Living
Michael Stevenson & Jan Verwoert, Animal Spirits
Daniel Malone's Muddy Footprints
Peter Robinson: Cache (essays by Francis Pound, Lauren Winstone and Luke Thompson)
Anne Noble, The End of the Earth (essay by Richard Paneck)
A book of interviews with Jim Allen conducted by Tony Green and Phil Dadson
STOCKISTS
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Our publications are available from the following stockists:
Artspace, Auckland
Parsons Bookshop, Auckland
Pah Homestead/TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland
s/f, Auckland
Unity Books, Auckland
University Bookshop, Auckland
Tivoli, Waiheke Island
Wheelers Books, Auckland
Gordon Harris, Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch
Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Pakuranga, Manukau
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Bruce McKenzie Booksellers, Palmerston North
City Gallery, Wellington
Unity Books, Wellington
Parsons Books & Music, Wellington
Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington
Page and Blackmore Booksellers, Nelson
Christchurch Art Gallery
Scorpio Books, Christchurch
The Physics Room, Christchurch
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Please contact us if you are interested in becoming a stockist. We offer standard trade terms to retail partners.
INTERNATIONAL
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Our publications are distributed in the USA and Canada by RAM.
In Germany, Austria and Switzerland our publications are distributed by Vice Versa Vertrieb.
CONTACT
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PO Box 68-187
Newton, Auckland 1145
Aotearoa New Zealand
+64 9 309 2604
UPDATES
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Works 1987–2007
“The fundamental problem of art is finding a suitable form – a shape for your philosophy, a form that is as persuasive as language. … It has taken me my whole artistic life to figure out why anyone gives a shit about form.” (Meg Cranston, “Big Problems #1”, 2006)
Californian artist Meg Cranston's twenty-year career (1987-2007) is the subject of Hot Pants in a Cold Cold World. Her work encompasses object making, writing, performance, theatre and mixed media installation and is for the first time lavishly surveyed in text and images.
This substantial 200-page full colour monograph includes installation images and texts by Nico Israel, Carole Ann Klonarides, Tirdad Zolghadr and previously published and unpublished writing by the artist.
This book was published by ARTSPACE and Clouds on the occasion of the survey exhibition Meg Cranston: The Pleasure of Obvious Problems organised by ARTSPACE, Auckland (4 August – 15 September 2007). Curated by Brian Butler, it included a selection of Cranston's work in sculpture, performance and mixed media installation, spanning her twenty-year career (1987–2007). The exhibition was shown also at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (1 December 2007 – 31 March 2008).
Edited by Noel Daniel
Texts by: Meg Cranston, Nico Israel, Carol Ann Klonarides, Tirdad Zolghadr
Published by ARTSPACE and Clouds
March 2008
ISBN: 978-0-9582789-4-2
Softcover
200 pages plus insert
237 colour images
English
Dimensions: 200 x 240 x 16 mm
Weight: 762 gm
Individually shrinkwrapped
NZD$75
Clouds publishing
PO Box 68-187
Newton, Auckland 1145
New Zealand
+64 9 309 2604
www.clouds.co.nz