Lenz publishes books on contemporary art, photography, architecture and design.
Our imprint includes catalogues, monographs, theory and artist books.
This new major monographic publication on the Ghanian artist documents the work that transformed sites and repurposed buildings in his native town of Tamale to transformative outcomes rooted into the idea of art as a tool of understanding, rebalancing, and advancement.
For life and limbs, Austrian artist and curator Anna-Sophie Berger has assembled a group of works, from Arakawa and Gins to Lyle Ashton Harris, that register the body as a habitat that can be imaginatively stretched, altered, modified, adorned, replicated or destroyed.
This two-volume catalog, curated by Andrea Bellini and the New York-based collective DIS, is the outcome of the 2021 edition of the Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement (BIM’21), presented at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève.
Christian Frosi was long considered one of the most inspiring and promising Italian artists debuting in the early 2000s. That is until just over ten years into his career, when he decided to make himself unreachable and remove himself from art history, its customs and figures.
Featuring new contributions by Sitara Abuzar Ghaznawi and a wealth of commissioned texts and writings, this book is conceived as a continuation of the exhibition held at Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich and, in a modified form, at Swiss Institute, New York.
In a context in which institutions are facing a surge of public scrutiny, the publication revisits the artistic practice of institutional critique to ask what it means today, and to consider its ability to respond to the urgent social, political, and economic issues of our time.
Edited by Rui Mateus Amaral
Texts by Rui Mateus Amaral, Carlos Bunga, Rina Carvajal, Roland Groenenboom, Omar Kholeif, November Paynter, and Catarina Rosendo
Designed by Ilhas Studio
2025, English / Portuguese, hardcover, 14 x 19 cm, 388 pages
ISBN 979-12-80579-92-8
Carlos Bunga: Inhabit the Contradiction is an extensive monograph devoted to the work of Carlos Bunga, published in conjunction with his eponymous exhibition presented at CAM – Gulbenkian.
The book contains notes by the exhibition curator and catalogue editor, Rui Mateus Amaral, who introduces readers to the exhibition project, providing an in-depth account of its genesis and development, focusing on the dialogue between Bunga’s work and selected pieces from the CAM collection. The notes describe both Bunga’s new and existing works, as well as their configuration within the space, with the intention of opening up multiple points of access to the exhibition, leaving room for individual interpretation.
Designed by as ilhas studio, the catalogue also contains new essays by various authors written especially for the occasion—Rina Carvajal, Roland Groenenboom, Omar Kholeif, November Paynter, and Catarina Rosendo—each offering an in-depth look at salient aspects of the artist’s multifaceted practice.
The content is complemented by DNA 2015–25, a dictionary-style text that Bunga began in 2015 and adapted for this publication. The terms, which the artist defines in his own unique way, are keywords that allow the reader to enter into Bunga’s current thought process, and into his particular approach to the world of art.
The book also contains a rich picture section, mainly dedicated to site-specific works and performances: a series of installation views, video stills, and performance views alternate with photographs, published for the first time, documenting the installation and assembly process of numerous exhibitions and works. Like a slide show, this image gallery offers a unique and generous insight into Bunga’s working method through the main projects the artist has worked on between 2019 and 2025. The poster enveloping the book completes the documentation, providing a snapshot of the installation of Inhabit the Contradiction at CAM – Gulbenkian, Lisbon.
Photos: Giacomo Bianco