Monographs

2023

Abby Haywood, Priya Bhatnagar, Annie Roff (eds.), Urs Fischer: Look at Love with Love (New York: Kiito-San, 2023)

2022

Francesco Bonami, Adriana Kuri Alamillo, Nicholas Cullinan, Urs Fischer: Lovers (Mexico City: Fundacion Jumex Arte Contemporaneo, 2022)
2021 Abby Haywood (ed.), The Intelligence of Nature (Bolzano: Longo AG through Point B Solutions, 2021)
2020

Gregor Jansen, Fischer: Sirens (Berlin: Holzwarth Publications, 2020)

2019

Urs Fischer and Spencer Sweeney, HEADZ (Los Angeles: Kiito-San, 2019)

Priya Bhatnagar, Urs Fischer: Sculptures 2013–2018 (Los Angeles: Kiito-San, 2019)

Priya Bhatnagar, Jamie Gecker, Abby Haywood, Angela Kunicky, Annie Roft and Natalie Skinner, Urs Fischer: Paintings 1998 – 2017 (Los Angeles: Kiito-San, 2019)

Urs Fischer, Band-AIDS (Los Angeles: Kiito-San, 2019)

2017

Urs Fischer, Dominique Clausen, Phantom Paintings (Switzerland: Kiito-San, 2017)

Joachim Pissarro, Bruno & Yoyo (Kiito-San / Switzerland: Vito Schnabel Gallery, 2017)

2016

Urs Fischer, Yes (Athens: DESTE Foundation; Los Angeles: Kiito-San, 2016)

Bice Curiger, Mon Cher… (Arles: Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles, 2016)

Massimiliano Gioni, Urs Fischer: False Friends (Athens: DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2016)

2013

Urs Fischer (ed.) The Making of Yes (New York: Kiito-San, 2013)

Jeffrey Deitch, Jessica Morgan, Ulrich Lehmann, Urs Fischer: Museum of Contemporary Art (New York: Kiito-San, 2013)

Massimiliano Gioni (ed.) 2000 Words (Athens: DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2013)

2012

Adam McEwan, Urs Fischer: Beds & Problem Paintings (California: Gagosian Gallery, 2012)

Caroline Bourgeois (ed.) Madame Fisscher (New York: Kiito-San, 2012)

Oscar the Grouch (Greenwich (CT):  The Brant Foundation; New York: Kiito-San, 2012)

Gerald Matt (ed.) Urs Fischer: Skinny Sunrise (New York: Kiito-San, 2012)

Urs Fischer and Georg Herold, Necrophonia (New York: Kiito-San, 2012)

2011

Urs Fischer (ed.), dngszjkdufiy bgxfjkglijkhtr kydjkhgdghjkd (Self-published artist book in three parts)

Juan Roselione-Valadez. Text by Karl Haendel, Thomas Houseago, David Moos, Heidi

2010

Urs Fischer and Darren Bader, The Bearded Island / The Artist’s Lament (Self-published artist book)

2009

Massimiliano Gioni (ed.), Urs Fischer: Shovel in a Hole (New York: JRP Ringier, 2009)

2008

Urs Fischer and Gavin Brown, Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns? (New York: Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 2008)

Urs Fischer, Helmar Lerski (self-published artist book)

Urs Fischer, Fractured Figure: Volume II Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection (New York: Deitch Projects, 2008)

Jeffrey Deitch, Urs Fischer and Cassandra Macleod, Fractured Figure Volume I (New York: Deitch Projects, 2008)

2007 

Rein Wolfs and Urs Fischer, Urs Fischer: Paris 1919 (Zürich: JRP Ringier, 2007)

Urs Fischer: Cockatoo Island, Sydney (Sydney: Kaldor Public Art Projects, 2007)

2006

Urs Fischer, Paris 1919 (Zürich: JRP Ringier, 2006)

Urs Fischer / Rudolf Stingel, (Milan: Galleria Massimo de Carlo, 2006)

Urs Fischer, “Mr Watson - come here, I want to see you” (London: Sadie Coles HQ, 2006)

Claudia Schmuckli, Urs Fischer: Mary Poppins (Houston: Blaffer Gallery, 2006)

2005

Urs Fischer and Eugen Blume, Urs Fischer: Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof (Cologne: Dumont, 2005)

Ugo Rondinone, Urs Fischer, brochure (London: Camden Arts Centre, 2005)

2004

Urs Fischer, Good Smell Make-up Tree (Geneva: JRP Ringier, 2004)

Urs Fischer, Alison Gingeras (eds.), Livre numéro 2. Espace trios-cent-quinze, creation contemporaine et prospective (Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2004)

Urs Fischer and Mirjam Varadinis (eds.), Kir Royal (Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich; JRP Ringier, 2004)

2003 Marc-Olivier Wahler (ed.), Extra: How Many Extra Layers Can We Graft onto Reality Before It Collapses? (Basel: Christoph Merian Verlag, 2003)
2000

Urs Fischer, The Membrane – and why I don’t mind bad-mooded people (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam, 2000)

Beatrix Ruf, Time Waste Urs Fischer Radio-Cookie und kaum Zeit, kaum Rat (Zürich: Edition Unikate, 2000)

Selected Publications

2021

Bice Curiger, Carlotta Graedel Mathai and Franziska Lentzsch (eds.), Riotous Baroque: From Cattelan to Zurbaran (Zurich: Zurcher Kunstgesellschaft Kunsthaus, 2021)

Roberta Tenconi, Vicente Todoli and Fiammetta Griccioli (eds), INDEX Maurizio Cattelan (Milan: Pirelli HangarBicocca / Marsilio Editore, 2021)

2019 

René Lüchinger, ‘VII. What’s Next?’, Ringen um Ringier: über die kunst der digitalisierung in einem schweizer medienkonzern, (Göttingen: Steidl, 2019), illus. IV

2017

Leigh Robb, Versus Rodin: bodies across space and time (Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia)

Judith Blackall, EuroVisions: Contemporary Art from the Goldberg Collection (Sydney: National Art School, 2017)

2014

Don Thompson, The Supermodel and the Brillo Box (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)

Penelope Curtis, Martin Herbert, Lisa Lee, James Lingwood and Ralph Rugoff, The Human Factor: The Figure in Contemporary Sculpture (London: Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2014)

Hans-Peter Wipplinger (ed.), Deep Feelings: From Antiquity to Now (Nuremberg: Institute of Modern Art Nuremberg, 2014)

Gerald A. Matt, Synne Genzmer (eds.), Gerald A. Matt: Artists Talks (Nuremberg: Institute of Modern Art Nuremberg, 2014)

2012

Jan van Adrichem, Raw Stardust: Excursions in Contemporary Sculpture II (Tilburg: Fundament Foundation, 2012)

2011

Daniel Birnbaum et al., Defining Contemporary Art – 25 Years in 200 Pivotal Artworks (London: Phaidon, 2011)

Zuckerman Jacobson (eds.), Beg Borrow and Steal (Miami: Rubell Family Collection, 2011)

2010

Gioni, Massimiliano (ed.) What Good Is the Moon? The Exhibitions of the Trussardi Foundation (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2010)

2009

Hans Werner Holzwarth (ed.), 100 Contemporary Artists (Cologne: Taschen, 2009)

Adriano Pedrosa, Laura Hoptman, Jens Hoffman, Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation (London/New York: Phaidon, 2009)

Josh Smith, Ghost: A Guest + a Host (Athens: DESTE Foundation, 2009)

2008

Heike Munder (ed.), Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst: Sammlung / Collection 1978 – 2008 (Zürich: JRP Ringier Kunstverlag)

Caroline Cros, Qu’est-ce que la Sculpture Aujhourd’hui? (Paris: Beaux-Arts editions, 2008)

Jörg Heiser, All of a Sudden: Things that Matter in Contemporary Art (New York: Sternberg Press, 2008)

Vivian Rehberg and Hans Werner Holzwarth (eds.), Art Now, Volume 3 (Cologne/London: Taschen, 2008)

Beatrix Ruf (ed.), Blasted Allegories: Works from the Ringier Collection (Zürich: JRP Ringier, 2008)

2007

Jens Hoffmann and Christina Kennedy (eds.), The Studio (Dublin: Dublin City Gallery the Hugh Lane, 2007)

Daniel Kurjakovic, Album – On and Around Urs Fischer, Yves Netzhammer, Ugo Rondinone, and Christine Streuli, participating at the 52nd Venice Biennale (Zürich: JRP Ringier Kunstverlag, 2007)

Stéphanie Moisden and Hans Ulrich Obrist (eds.), Lyon Biennial 2007: The 00s: The History of a Decade that Had Not Yet Been Named (Zürich: JRP Ringier Kunstverlag, 2007)

Bundesamt für Kultur (ed.), Swiss Art Award 2007 (Berne: Bundesamt für Kultur BAK, 2007)

Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection (Athens: DESTE Foundation, 2007) Gerald Matt, Eedelbert Köb, Angela Stief (eds.), Traum & Trauma: Werke aus der Sammlung Dakis Joannou, Athen (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007)

Jörg Becher, Die 50 Wichtigsten Künstler der Schweiz (Basel: Echtzeit Verlag, 2007)

Emmanuel Berard and Emanuela Mazzonis (eds.), Sequence 1: Painting and Sculpture from the François Pinault Collection (Milan: Palazzo Grassi, 2007)

Richard Flood, Massimiliano Gioni and Laura Hoptman (eds.), Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century (New York: Phaidon, 2007)

Firma Renata Kaiser (ed.), The Hamsterwheel / Wheeeeel (Toulouse: Le Printemps de Septembre, 2007)

2006

Emmanuel Berard, Emanuela Mazzonis (ed.), Sommario. La Collezione François Pinault. Una Selezione Post-Pop (Venice: Palazzo Grassi, 2006)

Alison Gingeras and Jack Bankowsky, Where Are We Going? Selections from the François Pinault Collection (Venice: Palazzo Grassi, 2006)

The Vincent van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe (Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 2006)

Tony Webster, Strange that I’ve Seen that Face Before: Objekt, Gestalt, Phantom (Cologne: Dumont, 2006)

Francesco Bonami, Infinite Painting (Codroipo, Italy: Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, 2006)

2005

Salvatore Lacagnina, Ma non al sud: Paolo Chiasera, Enzo Cucchi, Urs Fischer, Peter Fischli & David Weiss (Milan: Silvana, 2005)

Emmanuelle Antille (ed.), Swiss made (the art of falling apart): Works from the Hauser & Wirth Collection (Zwolle: Waanders, 2005)

Carol Becker et al., Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist’s Eye (Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2005)

Jordan Kantor and Igor Zabel, Vitamin D: new perspectives in drawing (London / New York: Phaidon, 2005)

Dario Cimorelli (ed.) Ma Non Al Sud (Siracusa: Galkeria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea Siracusa, 2005)

2004

Sabine Folie, Skulptur. Prekarer Realismus zwischen Melancholie und Komik (Vienna: Kunstalle Wien, 2004)

Jeffrey Deitch, Monument to Now (Athens: DESTE Foundation; New York: D.A.P., 2004)

2003 Die Preistrager des Eidgenossischen Kunst-Stipendiums 1993 / Les Laureats de la Bours fedeerale des Beaux-Arts (Berne/Bienne: Bundesamt fur Kultur; Centre PasquArt, 1994) (exh. cat.)
2002

Will Bradley, My Heart is on Fire but my Head is Full of Love (Copenhagen: Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, 2002)

Michaela Unterdörfer (ed.), The House of Fiction (Nurenberg: Verlag für modern Kunst, 2002)

2000

Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Manifesta 3: Borderline Syndrome – Energies of Defence (Ljubljana: Cankarjev, 2000)

1999

Eidgenössische Preise für Freie Kunst 1999, exh. cat. (Zürich: Kunsthalle Zürich, 1999)

Anna Helwing and Urs Fischer, Le Repubbliche dell’Arte, Schweiz. Suisse. Svizzera. Svizra (Siena: Palazzo delle Papesse, 1999)

Francesco Bonami and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Sogni/Dreams (Turin: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, 1999)

1998

Rein Wolfs, ironisch/ironic: maurizio cattelan, urs fischer, alicia framis, steve mcqueen, earnout mik/marjoleine boonstra, exh. cat. (Zürich: Museum für Gegenwartskunst, 1998) (exh. cat.)

1997

Guarene Arte 97 (Turin: Neos Edizion; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, 1997)

1992 Urs Fischer and Claudia di Gallo, Urs Fischer, Claudio Di Gallo, Ugo Rondinone, Markus Schwander (Lucerne: Kunstmuseum, 1992) (exh. cat.)

Artist Writings

2009 Urs Fischer and Darren Bader, The Bearded Island (The Artist’s Lament) / An Essay Commissioned for the Exhibition "Regarding Henry's Show" @ The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, 2009 (Greenwich (CT): Brant Foundation Art Study Center, 2009)
2008 Urs Fischer, Helmar Lerski (self-published artist book)