Saturday, December 9^th
M E G A  P H O T O B O O K  S A T U R D A Y
WITH  M A C K + MORE!

3:00 to 5:00 PM 
ED + DEANNA TEMPLETON: CONTEMPORARY SUBURBIUM
Signing their new Nazraeli Press collaboration!

3:00 to 5:00 PM 
MIKE SLACK: THE TRANSVERSE PATH and
TIM CARPENTER: LOCAL OBJECTS
Signing their two new The Ice Plant books!
 
5:00 to 7:00 PM  
SAM CONTIS DISCUSSION WITH KATE WOLF
+ BOOK SIGNING FOR THE MACK PUBLICATION OF 
DEEP SPRINGS

5:00 to 7:00 PM  
MACK BOOK SIGNING WITH THOMAS DEMAND,
ANTHONY HERNANDEZ, FUMI ISHINO, AND MARK RUWEDEL

Saturday, December 16th, 4:00 to 6:00 PM
VIEWS OF JAPAN + THE JAPANESE PHOTO BOOK
Book Signing and Discussion with authors Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck,
and Manfred Heiting

Sunday, December 17^th, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
ALEC BYRNE: LONDON ROCK - THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE
Book Signing, Rock ’n’ Roll slide show, plus a
conversation between photographer Alec Byrne and
Grammy Award-winning designer Hugh Brown

 

Please join us on Sunday, December 3rd (4:00 - 6:00 PM) for a book signing and discussion with Alec Soth and Kate Albers. We're continuing our celebration of all things MACK with this special event for the new MACK edition of Sleeping With The Mississippi. 

 

Alec Soth's Sleeping by the Mississippi is one of the defining publications in the photobook era. First published in 2004, Soth’s first book sold through three editions and established him as one of the leading lights of contemporary photographic practice. Now, having been out of print for the better part of a decade, MACK has produced a lovely new edition to coincide with the first London exhibition dedicated to the series at Beetles+Huxley gallery that restores the book's original cover and reproduces two new photographs not included in the previous versions of the book.

Evolving from a series of road trips along the Mississippi River, Sleeping by the Mississippi captures America’s iconic yet oft-neglected ‘third coast’. Soth’s richly descriptive, large-format color photographs present an eclectic mix of individuals, landscapes, and interiors. Sensuous in detail and raw in subject, Sleeping by the Mississippi elicits a consistent mood of loneliness, longing, and reverie. "In the book’s forty-six ruthlessly edited pictures", writes Anne Wilkes Tucker in her essay included in the original publication book, "Soth alludes to illness, procreation, race, crime, learning, art, music, death, religion, redemption, politics, and cheap sex."

Like Robert Frank’s classic The Americans, Sleeping by the Mississippi merges a documentary style with poetic sensibility. The Mississippi is less the subject of the book than its organizing structure. Not bound by a rigid concept or ideology, the series is created out of a quintessentially American spirit of wanderlust. Thirteen years since the book was first published, the artist’s lyrical view has undoubtedly acquired a nuanced significance – one in which hope, fear, desire and regret coalesce in the evocative journey along this mythic river.

Please join us this Sunday, December 3rd between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a very special discussion between Alec Soth and photographic historian Kate Albers followed by a book signing as part of Arcana's exhibition of books, prints, and special editions spanning the history of MACK publishing house. In addition to "Sleeping by the Mississippi",  "Songbook", and "Gathered Leaves", we will have virtually the entire MACK back-catalogue available for sale along with a few of Mr. Soth's rare, earlier titles. MACK has produced a lovely little catalogue limited to one hundred copies specially for the event that will be included on a first come, first served basis - one per customer - with each purchase of one hundred dollars! Also, a stylish "Ravens" black canvas book bag will accompany each copy of the lovely new reissue of Masahisa Fukase's photobook classic. Guests in attendance will be photographers Thomas Demand, Anthony Hernandez, Torbjørn Rødland, Fumi Ishino, and more. This MACKstravaganza will continue through December 24th with additional book signings, discussions, and special events. See you later today to kick off the Holiday shopping season, and stay tuned for forthcoming event details! If you cannot attend but covet something from the MACK universe, please write, or call us at 310-458-1499.

 

PLEASE NOTE: We're anticipating a robust turnout Sunday, so early arrival to insure seating is encouraged. Out of respect for our guest of honor, co-hosts, and attendees, Mr. Soth will only be signing books that have been purchased from Arcana on the day of the event or as pre-orders. Sales will be limited to one copy of each Alec Soth title per person. If you have any questions about these policies, please contact us in advance. 

We're launching our beautiful MACK exhibition today between 4 and 6 at the bookstore. 

 

Please join us as we raise a glass to welcome publisher Michael Mack and celebrate Small Business Saturday with the launch of a very special exhibition of books, prints, and special editions spanning the history of his eminent London-based publishing house. Virtually the entire MACK catalogue will be for sale, including special editions with prints, rare volumes from the archives, and hot-off-the-press-titles. MACK has produced a lovely little catalogue limited to one hundred copies specially for the event that will be included on a first come, first served basis - one per customer - with each purchase of one hundred dollars! Also, a stylish "Ravens" black canvas book bag will accompany each copy of the lovely new reissue of Masahisa Fukase's photobook classic. Guests in attendance will be photographers Thomas Demand, Anthony Hernandez, Torbjørn Rødland, Fumi Ishino, and more. This MACKstravaganza will continue through December 24th with additional book signings, discussions, and special events. See you later today to kick off the Holiday shopping season, and stay tuned for forthcoming event details! If you cannot attend but covet something from the MACK universe (see the list of treasures below), please write, or call us at 310-458-1499.

 

Gathered Leaves - Alec Soth

 

Gathered Leaves Postcards - Alec Soth

 

Sleeping by the Mississippi - Alec Soth

 

Sleeping by the Mississippi Special Edition - Alec Soth

 

Songbook - Alec Soth

 

Photography Against the Grain - Allan Sekula

 

Corbeau - Anne Golaz

 

Mrs Merryman's…(First Book Award) - Anne Sophie Merryman

 

Forever - Anthony Hernandez

 

Rodeo Drive - Anthony Hernandez

 

Collotype Portfolio - Benrido

 

Beyond Maps and Atlases - Bertien van Manen

 

Easter and Oak - Bertien van Manen

 

I Will Be Wolf - Bertien van Manen

 

Let’s Sit Down - Bertien van Manen

 

Let’s Sit Down Special Edition - Bertien van Manen

 

Moonshine - Bertien van Manen

 

Holy Bible, 2nd edition - Broomberg + Chanarin

 

Gasoline - Campany, David

 

The Flying Carpet - Cesare Fabbri

 

Redheaded Peckerwood - Christian Patterson

 

I went to the worst of bars… (First Book Award) - Ciaran Og Arnold

 

Girl Plays With Snake - Clare Strand

 

8 Women - Collier Schorr

 

Blumen - Collier Schorr

 

Jens F - Collier Schorr

 

Neighbors - Collier Schorr

 

There I was - Collier Schorr

 

A Handful of Dust - David Campany

 

Nothing's in Vain (First Book Award) - Emmanuelle Andrianjafy

 

Pandora's camera - Joan Fontcuberta

 

Rowing a Tetrapod - Fumikazu Ishino

 

For Every Minute You Are Angry You Lose Sixty Seconds of Your Life - Julian Germain

 

ZZYZX Special Edition - Beach - Gregory Halpern

 

ZZYZX second printing - Gregory Halpern

 

Preganziol - Guido Guidi

 

Veramente - Guido Guidi

 

NYPLT unique edition - Jason Evans

 

Nature of Photography - Joan Fontcuberta

 

Imitation of Christ - Jones, William E

 

For Every Minute Special Edition - Julian Germain

 

Unnamed Road - Jungjin Lee

 

The Last Cosmology (trade) - Kawada, Kikuji

 

The Home Front - Ken Graves

 

A Glass Darkly - Kevin Lear

 

The Last Cosmology Special Edition - Kikuji Kawada

 

Nothing but Clouds - Kristina Jurotschkin

 

Pictures from Home - Larry Sultan

 

Kodachrome Reprint - Luigi Ghirri

 

Luigi Ghirri Postcard Set - Luigi Ghirri

 

The Complete Essays 1973–1991 - Luigi Ghirri

 

Do You Get Me? - Mahtab Hussein

 

Ocenaomania - Mark Dion

 

Message from the Exterior - Mark Ruwedel

 

Message from the Exterior Special Edition - Mark Ruwedel

 

Another Language Special Edition SET - Mårten Lange

 

The Mechanism - Mårten Lange

 

A partial Eclipse - Martin Boyce

 

A Partial Eclipse Special Edition - Martin Boyce

 

Hibi - Masahisa Fukase

 

Ravens [Hardback] - Masahisa Fukase

 

Transparency is the new mystery - Mayumi Hosokura

 

What the living carry - Morgan Ashcom

 

The Whiteness of the Whale - Paul Graham

 

a shimmer of possibility - Paul Graham

 

The Present - Paul Graham

 

The Present Special Edition - Paul Graham

 

Between the Shell (First Book Award) - Paul Salveson

 

FROWST [First Book Award] - Piotrowska, Joanna

 

Incoming - Richard Mosse

 

Le Luxe - Roe Ethridge

 

Neigbors - Roe Ethridge

 

Sacrifice Your Body - Roe Ethridge

 

Shelter Island - Roe Ethridge

 

Rockaway, NY - Roe Ethridge

 

Lago - Ron Jude

 

Lick Creek Line - Ron Jude

 

Nausea - Ron Jude

 

Deep Springs - Sam Contis

 

The Swamp (First Book Award) - Sofia Borges

 

Buon Fresco Special Edition - Tacita Dean

 

The Narcissistic City - Takashi Homma

 

Blossom - Thomas Demand

 

The Dailies - Thomas Demand

 

La Carte - Thomas Demand

 

Nationalgalerie - Thomas Demand

 

The Dailies - Thomas Demand

 

Nature & Politics - Thomas Struth

 

Confabulations - Torbjørn Rødland

 

The Model - Torbjørn Rødland

 

I want to live innocent - Torbjørn Rødland

 

Vanilla Partner - Torbjørn Rødland

 

White Planet Black Heart - Torbjørn Rødland

 

My Kingdom - Txema Salvans

 

She dances on Jackson  Vanessa Winship

 

 

Please join us this coming Saturday, November 25th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we raise a glass to celebrate the launch of a very special exhibition of books, prints, and special editions spanning the history of the eminent London-based publishing house, MACK. Among the guests in attendance will be publisher Michael Mack, photographers Thomas Demand, Anthony Hernandez, Torbjørn Rødland, Fumi Ishino, and more! This MACKstravaganza will continue through December 24th with rarities for sale, book signings, discussions, and special events. See you Saturday and stay tuned for forthcoming event details!

Please join us this coming Saturday, November 25th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM as we raise a glass to celebrate the launch of a very special exhibition of books, prints, and special editions spanning the history of the eminent London-based publishing house, MACK. Among the guests in attendance will be publisher Michael Mack, photographers Thomas Demand, Anthony Hernandez, Torbjørn Rødland, Fumi Ishino, and more! This MACKstravaganza will continue through December 24th with rarities for sale, book signings, discussions, and special events. See you Saturday and stay tuned for forthcoming event details!

 

 

PLEASE JOIN US SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12th 3:00 - 5:00 PM FOR A BOOK SIGNING AND PANEL DISCUSSION FOR WORN IN NEW YORK: 68 SARTORIAL MEMOIRS OF THE CITY WITH AUTHOR EMILY SPIVACK AND CONTRIBUTORS MEL SHIMKOVITZ,  ALICIA VAN COUVERING, AND SPECIAL GUESTS TBA!

"The boots a passenger had on when his plane landed on the Hudson River, the tank top Andy Warhol’s assistant wore to one of their nightclub outings together, the jacket a taxi driver put on to feel safe as he worked the night shift..." These and over sixty other clothing-inspired narratives make up Worn in New York - the latest volume from New York Times bestselling author Emily Spivack. In these first-person accounts, contributors in and out of the public eye share surprising, personal, wild, poignant, and funny stories behind a piece of clothing that reminds them of a significant moment of their New York lives. Worn in New York offers a contemporary cultural history of the city - its changing identity, temper, and tone, and its irrepressible vitality - by paying tribute to these well-loved clothes and the people who wore them. Included are contributions from Adam Horovitz, Amy Heckerling, Andre Royo, Anna Sui, Aubrey Plaza, Catherine Opie, Coco Rocha, Dick Cavett, Eileen Myles, Fab 5 Freddy, Gay Talese, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, J.D. Samson, Jenji Kohan, Jenna Lyons, Kyp Malone, Lena Dunham, Pee Wee Kirkland, Thelma Golden, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, and many, many more. Emily Spivack is a Brooklyn-based artist, writer, and editor who writes a recurring column for T: The New York Times Style Magazine. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar. Come to Arcana on Sunday, November 12th between 3:00 and 5:00 PM to celebrate the publication of Worn In New York, and enjoy a conversation with the author and contributors including producer Alicia Van Couvering and writer + artist Mel Shimkovitz! If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy, please click here, or call us at 310-458-1499.

 

Los Angeles native Senon Williams is a lifelong artist and musician. A founding member of the always-engaging Dengue Fever, Williams’ visual work finds space in the natural, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution. “To provoke thought, a question works better than answers. I enjoy to start a story I resolve in different ways depending on my mood". With imagery ranging from stark silhouettes to lush landscapes and human forms staged in undetermined acts of hope, his pairing of words and imagery form a poignant visualization of the inherent human struggle both ancient and contemporary. 

Williams' first book, "Hunted & Gathered" was painstakingly produced by Hamilton Press. The press was established in 1990 by master printmaker Ed Hamilton and artist Ed Ruscha to encourage artists to produce art in a peaceful, unhurried atmosphere. Steeped in traditional book making in a modern age, each publication itself is a fine object created by an esteemed team. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Marina Mills Kitchen of Green Dragon Office with color separations by Echelon Color, Santa Monica and printed by Dr.Cantz’sche Druckerei Median GmbH in Ostfildern, Germany, the first edition consists of seven hundred hardbound copies along with a deluxe edition of limited to fifty copies containing an original work on paper by the artist. Both editions will be available at the event and are available pre-order now. 

Come to Arcana on Saturday October 7th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate the publication "Hunted & Gathered", view an exhibition of Senon Williams' artwork, and partake in the afternoon's Culver City Arts District Art Walk! If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy of either - or both - of the editions, please click here, or call us at 310-458-1499.

SATURDAY JUNE 24th, 4:00 to 6:00 PM

ECHOES OF BHUTAN

BOOK SIGNING AND DISCUSSION

WITH AUTHORS BARRY AND BARBARA SHAFFER

 

Echoes of Bhutan is the first fine art publication from Los Angeles-based photographer Barry Shaffer. Compiled during Mr. Shaffer's visits to Bhutan in 2001, 2014, and 2015 as a private citizen, a photographer for the Tribal Trust Foundation, and at the invitation of Bhutan’s government and travel Industry, the stunning photographs are accompanied by written contributions from Dr. Robert Thurman, Bhutan’s Queen Mother, Bhutan’s Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Honorable Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, National Geographic editor Costas Christ, and Samten Wangchuk. The book has been selected to receive its Asian release at the “Mountain Echoes International Literary Festival" in Thimphu, Bhutan in August 2017. All proceeds from the sales of Echoes of Bhutan will benefit Bhutan’s Tarayana Foundation.

 

Please join us Saturday, June 24th between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to welcome Echoes of Bhutan authors Barry and Barbara Shaffer.

If you cannot attend and would like to purchase a signed copy, please click here or call us at 310-458-1499.

 

 

 

SUNDAY, JUNE 18th, 4:00 to 6:00 PM

DAN HICKS: I SCARE MYSELF - A MEMOIR

Book Signing, Panel Discussion, and Performance

with editor Kristine McKenna,

Hot Licks guitarist Paul Robinson,

Van Dyke Parks, Maria Muldaur, and Jim Kweskin!

 

Please join us on Sunday, June 18th for a special event to celebrate the publication of the late, great Dan Hicks' autobiography I Scare Myself. Coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of “The Summer of Love”, Dan’s editor and close collaborator Kristine McKenna will be signing copies of the book and moderating a panel discussion about Dan’s life and music featuring Van Dyke Parks, Maria Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, and Hot Licks guitarist Paul Robinson. There will also be a short musical performance by the participants following the discussion. 

 

Dan Hicks didn’t have his heart set on a career in music. It all just sort of happened to him. It didn’t hurt, of course, that he was in the right place at the right time - San Francisco, 1966 - and had a front-row seat for the birth and death of the counterculture.

 

Among other things, I Scare Myself is a classic story of the sixties. More importantly, though, it’s a story of musical genius. By the time “The Summer of Love” limped to a close in the fall of ’67, Dan Hicks had quit The Charlatans - the pioneering psych-rock band with whom he played the drums - and turned to jazz; the music he’d secretly loved all along, as he began building his own band.

 

“I just started taking ingredients I liked and putting them together to see what came out,” he writes. What came out was an amazing blend of complex time signatures, unusual instrumentation, and intricate vocal harmonies that took him to the top of the seventies rock world as well as a downward spiral of drink and drug abuse.

 

Dan details it all with wit and candor in I Scare Myself Emerging from a long wilderness, he eventually returned to recording and performing, making a number of acclaimed albums, including Beatin’ The Heat, a set of duets with Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Rickie Lee Jones, and more. Along the way, his music continued to subtly permeate the culture, turning up everywhere from The Sopranos to commercials for Levi’s and Bic.

 

Though he passed away in early 2016, Dan’s music, and the stories he tells here, remain as fresh and irresistible as ever. Combining those stories with dozens of rare photographs and a detailed discography by esteemed writer and critic Kristine McKenna, I Scare Myself takes readers on a journey behind the music, and into the life and mind of the fantastic artist who created it.

 

If you cannot attend but would like to purchase a copy of I Scare Myself signed by Kristine McKenna please click here or call us at 310-458-1499.

 

 

QUEER THREADS: CRAFTING IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY

BY JOHN CHAICH + TODD OLDHAM - LOS ANGELES BOOK LAUNCH
SATURDAY, JUNE 10th 4:00 - 6:00 PM
 

Join us Saturday, June 10th  for a book signing and exhibition with John Chaich as part of the Design Field Day at Helms! We'll be showing work from Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community and enjoying treats from our own Culver City community -  a special cocktail from Bar & Garden and the ice cream stylings of CoolHaus!

The exhibition, running through June 24th, will feature work by five Los Angeles-based artists. On view will be fiber and textile work by Diedrick Brackens, Ben Cuevas, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Maria E. Pineres, and Nathan Vincent. Spanning video to soft sculpture and wall-work, the pieces on view range from  life-sized knit and crochet urinals to a stop-motion animation based on needle-point scenes from RuPaul's "Supermodel" video.

Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community spotlights an international, inter-generational, inter-sectional mix of thirty artists who are remixing fiber craft traditions such as crochet, embroidery, quilting, and sewing while reconsidering the binaries of art and craft, masculine and feminine, and gay and straight.

Designed by Todd Oldham and edited by John Chaich, Queer Threads features full-color spreads of each artist's work, intimate details of selections and artist studios, and an introductory essay by Mr. Chaich, who curated the exhibition of the same name that inspired the book.

To further examine how queerness informs their work in fiber and textiles, the artists are interviewed by makers and thinkers from the worlds of dance, design, fashion, media, music, museums, scholarship, and more - many of whom are members of the LGBTQ community themselves and otherwise passionate allies. Queer Threads is not just an exploration of fiber art and crafts, but also a celebration of the creativity, diversity, and vibrancy of contemporary queer culture.
 

If you are unable to attend but would like a copy of Queer Threads signed by author and editor John Chaich,  please place your order on our website here, or call us at 310-458-1499.

The exhibition will be on display through June 24th. 

 

The Helms-wide "Design Field Day: This Modern Life" will be running all day Saturday. There are dozens of panels, specials, workshops, demonstrations, tastings throughout the Helms "campus" from 12 to 6. Here's a link to the schedule, including a panel lead by KCRW's Frances Anderton. Attendees can enter the "This Modern LIie" sweepstakes to win chairs from Vitra, lamps from Louis Poulson,  a gift certificate from Arcana, and more!