


Costanza Candeloro, Glam Proof, five photographic prints, decals on ceramic, 21 cm x 29,7 cm, signed and dated. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2025.
CHF 2’000.-



Costanza Candeloro, Glam Proof, five photographic prints, decals on ceramic, 21 cm x 29,7 cm, signed and dated. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2025.
CHF 2’000.-






The thirteenth Before publication is a fictional text by Geneva based artist Timothée Calame aka T. Freakson Calame, exhibited at the Centre d’édition contemporaine in 2019. It is a collection of short stories that follow the urban wanderings of a protagonist through a series of unlikely events and encounters. In a stifling, paranoid atmosphere, each of the settings is the site of a threat to the main character, who drags along an existential malaise, coming up against the constraints dictated by absurd social conventions, as well as the floating, off-the-ground individuals who stand sentinel.
This text retraces Calame’s interests: the city and its nooks and crannies, urban planning and its underlying political stakes, the cultural industry and its accesses. By describing an environment that is both coercive and deliquescent, it questions the influence of these public spaces on our behaviour in society, regulated by underlying codes and rules that constitute a surveillance system. SCATOFICTION conveys a sense of dereliction, a generalized state of economic and cultural precariousness, the effect of a power that favours individualism over the creation of a mutualistic, communitarian society, leaving each individual to his or her own solitude.
Timothée Calame was born in Geneva in 1991, where he lives and works. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions, such as : A Spring in Endophasia, Weiss Falk, Zurich (2023) ; Interiority in 2022, Edouard Montassut, Paris (2022) ; Transit Times, Weiss Falk, Basel (2021) ; Altera, Centre d‘édition Contemporaine, Geneva (2019). His recent group exhibitions include: Great Works, Galerie Oskar Weiss, Zurich (2025) ; Récits de collection, MAMCO, Geneva (2023) ; Watercolours, Chapter III, XYZ, Tokyo (2023) ; Found Refined Refound, Weiss Falk at Eva Presenhuber, New York (2023) ; Horizones – 23e Prix Fondation Pernod Ricard, Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris (2022) ; DON’T SAY I DIDN’T SAY SO, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld (2022) ; Môtiers 2021 – Art en Plein Air, Môtiers (2021) ; Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Kunstpreis 2020, Kunsthaus Langenthal (2021).






Cristina Ricupero, Curating Monsters, Before publication 12, brochure, 48 pages – – single booklet, 17,2 × 23,5 cm, offset, stapled binding, 250 copies – published in the Before publication collection, which gathers the pre-publications of authors’ texts or artists’ inserts, which will appear regularly and as a preview before the final publication, L’Effet papillon II (second volume of L’Effet papillon, 1989 – 2007, catalogue of the Centre d’édition contemporaine published in 2008). Graphic design: Niels Wehrspann, Lausanne. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2025. ISBN: 978-2-9701916-0-5
CHF 20.-
In Curating Monsters, Before publication 12, Cristina Ricupero uses the figure of Frankenstein as a common thread to explore and share her curatorial practice. Finding a link between Mary Shelley’s composite monster and the creative principle of an exhibition, where often a very large and diverse corpus of works multiplies occurrences, which combine, respond to each other and generate a reflection capable of broadening perspectives and critical commentaries. The themes chosen are often topical or even intuitive, which attests to her singularity as a curator.
Through an analysis of four historic and emblematic exhibitions – the First International Dada Fair, International Surrealist Exhibition, First Papers of Surrealism and the Surrealist gallery at Peggy Guggenheim’s gallery Art of This Century– produced between 1920 and 1942, Cristina Ricupero revisits some of her projects and highlights her favorite themes: secret societies (Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt and CAPC Bordeaux, 2011–2012), the links between art and crime (The Crime Was Almost Perfect, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam et PAC-Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, 2014) the world of espionage (We Never Sleep, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 2020–2021) and enthusiastic awkwardness in art in the exhibition Ridiculously Yours? ! Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm (Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Deichtorhallen / Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg; the Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz; Neue Galerie Graz Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz, 2022–2024). Not to mention that this recurring underlying idea of monstrosity enables her to envisage the exhibition as a body in mutation, where each element organically participates in the construction of a coherent whole, which Cristina Ricupero sees above all as a space for critical questioning of art and society.
Cristina Ricupero is an independent curator and an art critic. She lives and works in Paris. Her international exhibitions include: Ridiculously Yours?! Art, Awkwardness and Enthusiasm (with Jörg Heiser), Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz (2023), Deichtorhallen/Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg (2023) and Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn (2022); We Never Sleep, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2020); Divided We Stand (avec Jörg Heiser), 9th Biennal of Busan (2018); Nuit Blanche, Monaco (2016). She was a consultant for the 9th Seoul Mediacity Biennale (2016); The Crime Was Almost Perfect, Witte de With, Rotterdam (2014) and PAC-Milan, Milan (2014); New Ways of Doing Nothing (with Vanessa Joan Müller), Kunsthalle Vienna (2014); Suspicious Minds, Galeria Vermelho, São Paulo (2013); Cosmic Laughter – Timewave zero then what? (with Fabian Marti), Ursula Blickle Stiftung (2012), Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim (2012); Secret Societies, Schirn Kunsthalle, Francfort and CAPC de Bordeaux (2011).

Denis Savary, Quiet Clubbing, poster, offset, colors, X-Motion White paper, 170 g/m2, 42 x 59,4 cm, 200 copies, dated and signed. Edition of the Centre édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2025. Edition offered to the members of the Centre d’édition contemporaine association for the year 2025.
CHF 150.-










Caroline Bachmann, DIX MATINS, ten litographs, two colours, on Velin BFK Rives 300 g/m2 paper, 20 x 20 cm, numbered I to X, dated and signed (initials: CB), housed in a box, front drop, 21 x 21 x 2 cm, satin Chaumont luxe board, 700 g, mass-dyed paper, Toile du Marais 162 g/m2, with a colophon in the bottom of the box, black digital print on uncoated white paper, 200 g, 20 x 20 cm, 15 copies, 3 e.a. and 2 HC, numbered on each lithograph and numbered, dated and signed (signature) on the colophon, printed by: Idem, Paris, box: Produced by Jean Losey, Geneva. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2024.
Last copies
CHF 6’500.- (the edition)






Nicolas Trembley, MY CRAFT. Entretien avec Véronique Bacchetta sur l’exposition, l’artisanat, l’art, les hiérarchies culturelles et les typologies, Before publication 11, brochure, 44 pages – single booklet, 17,2 × 23,5 cm, offset, stapled binding, 250 copies – published in the Before publication collection, which gathers the pre-publications of authors’ texts or artists’ inserts, which will appear regularly and as a preview before the final publication, L’Effet papillon II (second volume of L’Effet papillon, 1989 – 2007, catalogue of the Centre d’édition contemporaine published in 2008). Graphic design: Niels Wehrspann, Lausanne. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2024. ISBN: 978-2-9701369-9-6
CHF 20.-
MY CRAFT. Before publication 11 is a conversation between Véronique Bacchetta and Nicolas Trembley, focusing on his curatorial practice and his growing interest in decorative arts, crafts and ceramics. In this conversation, Nicolas Trembley explains the history of the Japanese Mingei movement, on which he has organised five exhibitions, and its place in contemporary art. This conversation unfolds by examining the role of the exhibition curator; not only in terms of selecting, choosing and building coherent and meaningful collections of works of art and craft objects – sometimes even from everyday life – but also in terms of creating displays and organising the architecture of the exhibition space.
Nicolas Trembley is an art critic and a curator; he lives and works between Geneva and Paris. He has organised several exhibitions on ceramics, the Mingei movement and crafts, including : Art & Craft, Artparis, Grand Palais, Paris (2024); Craft, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich (2023); Mingei Asia Now, Monnaie de Paris, Paris (2022); Les Céramiques de Wifredo Lam, Musée Guimet, MNAAG, Paris (2022); Expanded Craft, Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2021); The Mingei, Taka Ishii Gallery, Hong Kong (2020); Mingei Now, Sokyo Gallery, Kyoto (2019); Mingei: Are You Here? , Pace Gallery, London and New York (2013-2014); Sgrafo vs Fat Lava: Ceramics and Porcelain Made in West Germany, 1960-1980, Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva (2010), subsequently shown at FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, Galerie kreo, Paris, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, EXD Biennale Lisbon and Alex Zachary Peter Currie Gallery, New York.

Heimo Zobernig, untitled, flyer, silkscreen, black text and silver lines on Munken Kristall Rough 300g/m2 white paper, A4, 200 copies, signed and dated, printed by: Duo d’Art SA, Geneva, edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2024.
Edition 2024 offered to the members of the association of the Centre d’édition contemporaine.
CHF 20.- (per flyer)

Heimo Zobernig, untitled, set of three large posters: A: black text on white paper; B: black lines on white paper; C: black text and black lines on white paper, silkscreen on 130 g/m2 paper, mounted on aluminum, 89,5 x 122 cm (0,12 cm for the aluminum plate), 3 copies, numbered and signed, printed by Duo d’Art SA, Geneva, edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2024.
CHF 10’000.- (3 posters)

Heimo Zobernig, untitled, set of three silkscreens, black text and white lines on Algro Star Silver 310 g/m2 silver paper, black text and silver lines on Munken Kristall Rough 300 g/m2 white paper, white text and silver lines on Keaycolor Deep Black 300 g/m2 black paper, 50 x 70 cm, 9 copies, 1 e.a., 2 H.C. (one framed) and 1 E.E. (exhibition copy), numbered, dated and signed, printed by: Duo d’Art SA, Geneva, edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2024.
CHF 8’000.- (3 silkscreens)














































Victor Man, untitled, multiple, pocket knife, the blade and the spring mechanism are in Swedish carbon steel (UHB 15-LM), the handle is in black water buffalo horn with rivets in brass and inserts in copper, 12.5 cm (closed knife), 23 cm (open knife), edition of 7 examples, 2 A.P. and 1 H.C., handmade by Matei Campan, blacksmith, Cluj, Romania. Edition of the Centre d’édition contemporaine, Geneva, 2014.
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500th Anniversary of the Birth of John Calvin (1509-2009), CEC, 2009. Photo © Sandra Pointet















