Lenz publishes books on contemporary art, photography, architecture and design.
Our imprint includes catalogues, monographs, theory and artist books.
Lam-See Lam’s storytelling develops through text, animations, and sculptural installations. Her multifaceted stories explore the narrative of the Cantonese diaspora in Sweden and examine questions of cultural identity.
A richly illustrated publication accompanying the experimental noise project as durational solo performance by Marco Fusinato for the Australia Pavilion at the 59th International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia.
This catalogue explores some of the pivotal themes of the artist’s research, from her interest in crossing and redefining the border between interior and exterior to the relationship between the aesthetic object and its institutional context.
Published in conjunction with a solo exhibition at Kunst Museum Winterthur, this book provides the first overview of Altmann’s work to date, characterized by a strongly socio-critical consciousness, and reveals the artist’s influences and inspirations.
The first monograph dedicated to Paloma Bosquê addresses the Brazilian artist’s ways of understanding and giving shape to that matter which can be perceived, but not rationalized.
The first book on London based artist Gili Tal, whose practice identifies how the digital has long become a reality that has subjected our habits of perception to a radical change.
Edited by Federico Giani and Chiara Nuzzi
Texts by Federico Giani, Sohrab Mohebbi, Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga, Chiara Nuzzi, and Anne Reeve
Designed by Lorenzo Mason Studio
2026, English / Italian, 13 x 21cm, 160 pages
ISBN 979-12-80579-85-0
Published on the occasion of the exhibition by the finalists of the 8th Arnaldo Pomodoro Sculpture Prize, this book provides a multifaceted perspective on contemporary sculpture. Works by Yu Ji, Bronwyn Katz, Dan Lie, Trương Công Tùng, and Luana Vitra are interspersed with texts by Federico Giani, Sohrab Mohebbi, Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga, Chiara Nuzzi, and Anne Reeve, exploring the practices and concepts of sculpture through different approaches. Sculpture is shown to be an open field of critical inquiry, responsive to the cultural, ecological, and social transformations of the present day; a living, ever-evolving entity that acts as a critical and visionary art form with the capacity to redefine the relationships between human and non-human, natural and artificial, time and space.
The book, edited by Federico Giani and Chiara Nuzzi, and printed on blue-black paper, is conceived as the interweaving of two independent yet simultaneous narratives, recalling the choreography of two dancers engaged in a dialogue within the same space-time. The first section, titled Gestures, focuses solely on images and consists of small portfolios by Yu Ji, Bronwyn Katz, Dan Lie, Trương Công Tùng, and Luana Vitra—finalists and joint winners of this edition of the Prize. For each of the artists, the book presents individual works and installation views from exhibitions, as well as images of works in progress in their respective workshops, thus offering a glimpse into the artists’ creative process.
The second section is a condensed anthology of perspectives on contemporary sculpture. The five authors, who are members of the Prize jury, in addition to being directors and curators of the Sculpture Center, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro and the Fondazione ICA Milano, agreed to share their thoughts on the practices and conceptual frameworks that are driving sculpture forward today.
This approach gave rise to a multilayered panorama that encompasses everything from the anthropological constants linking archaic and contemporary perceptions of sculpture, to the elements that contribute to defining the “atmospheric” quality of present-day sculpture and its interpretation as, variously: a relational and transformative art form comparable to dance; a materially experiential expression of the “structure of feeling” within today’s political, social, and theoretical context; an inquiry into how sculpture—now, as before—is ultimately a site for investigation, sensation, and possible revelation; and a gathering place where we attempt to understand how things generate meaning.
Photos: Nicola Gnesi