Cuauhtémoc Medina

A fully updated and expanded edition of the artist's first comprehensive monograph, more than a decade since its original publication Francis Alÿs examines the patterns of various urban sites before weaving his own fables into their tangled social fabric with wit, sensitivity, and an acutely personal connection to his subject matter. A scene such as a Volkswagen Beetle struggling up a hill or a man pushing a block of ice can carry a message that resonates far beyond the work's simple parameters. As Alÿs puts it, 'Sometimes doing something poetic can become political, and sometimes doing something political can become poetic.'

Gestus is the third monograph on Californian photographer Yvonne Venegas (born 1970). The book explores Venegas’ portraiture in Mexico City, including representations of people recruited through classified ads and flyers, as well as images of other photographers working during portrait sessions.

The artist Fritzia Irízar questions the value of money and its purchasing power through objects taken out of their common environment which take on symbolic qualities. Irízar removes their monetary value and transforms the perception that viewers have of them. Text in English and Spanish.