Catalogus bij een expositie van werk uit de jaren negentig van de beeldend kunstenaar Marijke van Warmerdam (1959),

Since 1989, van Warmerdam has created photo works well summed-up by the phrase "It is what it is, but yet not"--the title of one essay in this retrospective catalogue. Whether she depicts a craggy mountain top, a tree in bloom, a well-endowed woman, or cows in a field, van Warmerdam takes a conceptually Surrealist twist on representation.

Talks about the work of Marijke van Warmerdam, concerned essentially with the movement, endlessly back and forth, between polar opposites.

M+M begins with the patently romantic story of these two artists' first meeting-- one surprised the other by coming to her aid in conversation--and continues through a detailed scrapbook of their recent collaborations, from ideas to installation views. Highlights include handwritten notes, shown in white on glossy black, under such headings as "I never use the F word unless I'm swearing."

Published in conjunction with an exhibition showing a range of works by Dutch photographer and filmmaker Ed van der Elsken - images selected by fellow artists Marlene Dumas, Rineke Dijkstra and Marijke van Warmerdam - 'Look. Ed!' is about observing and making choices. Van der Elsken's photographs are intriguing in that they both document and voice emotion, simultaneously detached and empathising. The chosen images present not only the variety inherent in his work, but also his unique ability to portray the darker side of humanity and circumstances. Besides commentary from the selectors, the book includes additional texts by Annet Gelink and Jhim Lamoree. 0Exhibition: Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (8.9.-13.10.2012).

The snapshot is the central form in Marijke van Warmerdam's oeuvre. The images she selects are often everyday moments, such as a feather swirling in the wind, a vapour trail in the sky or a girl doing a handstand. Rather than providing a narrative, the work relies on the visual strength of its themes. This monograph offers a comprehensive overview of her creative output, which embraces film, photography, sculpture, installation and most recently painting.0Exhibition: Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.

Catalogus bij een expositie van werk uit de jaren negentig van de beeldend kunstenaar Marijke van Warmerdam (1959),

Dutch artist Marijke van Warmerdam has achieved international recognition in recent years, showing her videos at the MUHKA Museum, Antwerp, the Malm Konsthall in Sweden, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Sydney Biennial and documenta X. Her pieces feature seemingly unspectacular actions--a small boy shivering in the cold, a bear groping about, a child's hands catching and throwing a ball--repeated continuously until they become spectacular. Eschewing the narrative confines of film, van Warmerdam emphasizes video's sculptural qualities, concentrating on calm and almost motionless images that exercise and sharpen the viewer's perceptions. This new monograph presents the first ever overview of van Warmerdam's video work to date, and also draws connections between the artist's videos and her photography and sculptures. Featuring numerous color spreads of her video stills, "Marijke van Warmerdam" offers a fascinating insight into this artist's already substantial oeuvre.