The publication from LUMA Award 2011, designed with Liam Gillick, documents the work of fifteen artists, all working with the image and the archive, selected by Tom Eccles, Liam Gillick, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Philippe Parreno, and Beatrix Ruf. This special publication constitutes a new form of show in itself: "The artists nominated for this year's award, presented here in this freely distributed book, represent a focus upon research, archives, and what has broadly become known as knowledge production. Rather than considering art as an isolated activity, they share a belief in the centrality of art and the image to the understanding of our time." (Maja Hoffmann)

 

The artists selected for the LUMA Award 2011 and featured in the book are: Shadi Habib Allah, Kenneth Anger, Uri Aran, Shalon Hayes, Desire Machine Collective, Aaron Flint Jamison, Helen Marten, Raya Martin, Jonas Mekas, Trevor Paglen, Christodoulos Panayiotou, James Richards, Albert Serra, Rania Stephan, and Erik Wysocan.