Art & Photography Books
HarperCollins Publishers Dungeness
Book SynopsisThe Kent coastal strip of Dungeness is a unique environment. Harshly vulnerable to the elements yet protected from inland development, it has enticed many architects, artists, photographers and creative thinkers, including of course renowned artist and film-maker Derek Jarman.Its exposed position makes it an extreme place a viewing station for the shifting sea, the passing clouds and the changing seasons. Design writer Dominic Bradbury is your guide to this border landscape both natural and manmade, from shingle beaches to black houses.Dungeness is a crucible for exciting architecture; the local vernacular includes fishermen's cottages, lighthouses and ex-industrial structures. This mix has attracted leading architects including Rodic Davidson, Fiona Naylor and Brian Johnson, Simon Conder, Guy Holloway and others to complete projects in the area. The book includes sixteen stunning case studies of homes both converted from non-domestic buildings and exciting new builds.
£21.25
Blue Crow Media London Underground Architecture & Design Map
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£9.50
Graffeg Limited Jo Cox Poster: Many Lemons
Book SynopsisA print by Jo Cox, featuring Twitter-famous @MySadCat, aka The Bear. One in a series of 10 posters featuring cat illustrations by Jo Cox. Supplied in a cello-bag with a backing board.
£14.82
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd Decolonising the Camera: Photography in Racial
Book SynopsisThis book examines how Western photographic practice has been used as a tool for creating Eurocentric and violent visual regimes, and demands that we recognise and disrupt the ingrained racist ideologies that have tainted photography since its inception in 1839. Decolonising the Camera trains Mark Sealy’s sharp critical eye on the racial politics at work within photography, in the context of heated discussions around race and representation, the legacies of colonialism, and the importance of decolonising the university. Sealy analyses a series of images within and against the violent political reality of Western imperialism, and aims to extract new meanings and develop new ways of seeing that bring the Other into focus. The book demonstrates that if we do not recognise the historical and political conjunctures of racial politics at work within photography, and their effects on those that have been culturally erased, made invisible or less than human by such images, then we remain hemmed within established orthodoxies of colonial thought concerning the racialised body, the subaltern and the politics of human recognition. With detailed analyses of photographs – included in an insert – by Alice Seeley Harris, Joy Gregory, Rotimi Fani-Kayode and others, and spanning more than 100 years of photographic history, Decolonising the Camera contains vital visual and written material for readers interested in photography, race, human rights and the effects of colonial violence.Table of Contents1. The Congo Atrocities, A Lecture to Accompany a Series of Sixty Photographic Slides for the Optical Lantern 2. Race, Denial and Imaging Atrocity 3. Violence of the Image 4. Decolonial Frames 5. Wayne Miller – 'Black Metropolis' 6. Rights and Recognition Bibliography Index
£16.00
Imperial War Museum The DDay Landings
Book SynopsisThe D-Day Landings showcases 50 iconic photographs of the largest amphibious assault ever undertaken in the history of conflict. This insightful collection of photographs commemorates the momentous day that paved the way for the Allied victory in Europe.
£11.69
Saraband Writing Landscape
Book SynopsisInhabiting a landscape, walking a landscape, writing a place and time For Linda Cracknell, exposure to wind, rock, mist, and salt water is integral to her writing process. She follows Susan Sontag’s advice to “Love words, agonise over sentences, and pay attention to the world,” observing and writing her landscapes from the particulars of each moment. In this varied essay collection, Linda backpacks on a small island that is connected to the mainland only at low tide. In winter snow, she hikes the wooded hillside close to her home, a place she is intimately familiar with in all seasons. And she retraces over three days the steps of a trek made by her parents seven decades earlier. She explores her inspirations, in nature and from other artists and their work, and she offers thoughtful writing prompts. Reading this collection will take you to new places, open your eyes to the world, and suggest ways to take note and make notes as you go—to inspire your own attentive looking, journaling, and writing practice. Trade Review “A revealing and meditative reflection on writing and the facilitation of writing … Cracknell’s deep engagement with and love of nature runs through the essays … What elevates these essays … is their sheer depth and range … A fantastic insight into the creative process and the necessity of the wilderness to the construction, presentation and consumption of art. Whether to help your own creativity or simply to learn the art of Serious Noticing, this book is an inspiring read for every writer or nature-lover.” -- The Bottle Imp
£8.54
Prototype Publishing Ltd. Artifice
Book SynopsisArtifice is an exploration of the art of making. Its poems celebrate the artistry of craftsmanship: how works relate to beauty, and how they might inspire or ensnare. They consider issues of artificiality and authenticity, ‘the man-made’ and ‘the natural’. They warn of artfulness, in the sense of cunning or deception. And they wonder at the mystery of art and language, that which resolutely remains unknown or ineffable. For Artifice is as much riddle as revelation, stirring delight and discomfort as it delves into the nature of aesthetics and the creative process. How are works made and how do they make us, in turn? What worlds can be built from words? This book dwells in possibility, presenting an ambiguous space for contemplation, connection and, ideally, hope – for ‘to marvel is the beginning of knowledge’ (E. H. Gombrich).
£10.80
Prototype Publishing Ltd. i will pay to make it bigger
Book Synopsisi will pay to make it bigger is a novella, by poet and artist Ahren Warner, in which you' are the main character. Through text and image autofiction, docufiction, and just plain fiction you work your way through a tangle of preoccupations: from what it means to buy enjoyment, to the fragile construction of your own self as a cultural product.
£14.25
Prototype Publishing Ltd. Silk Work
Book SynopsisSilk Work is the debut collection by Imogen Cassels, a Foyle Young Poet of the Year. Weaving multiple sources from literature, philosophy, visual art and history into ways of reading and documenting, the poems in Silk Work are an exercise in language's inbuilt, radiant futility, which is both its suffering and its joy.
£11.69
Not Stated Made in Ancient Egypt
£28.50
Laurence King Publishing Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide Second
Book SynopsisAimed at fashion designers, Fabric for Fashion:The Complete Guide is unique in explaining the behaviour, properties and sustainability impacts of a wide range of natural and man-made fabrics. Design is determined by how fabrics work, move, feel and look. Increasingly and out of necessity, design is also led by how fabric choices affect our planet and its inhabitants. The most successful fashion designers are those who truly understand their materials, who match design skill with technical knowledge. This book offers guidance by providing a mix of practical information, including industry vocabulary, and a wealth of stunning visual examples showing how designers, both past and present, have worked with textiles. Highlights of this new edition include additional chapters on:- Sustainable fabrics and fashion- Smart fabrics- Product development- Biosynthetic fibres"This second edition of Fabric for Fashion offers refreshed information on sustainability and smart fabrics. Rather than tacking on a chapter to address these concerns, Hallett and Johnston address these topics appears in every chapter and subchapter, on subjects like fabrics'' environmental impacts, for example, as well as notes on eco-friendly fabrics, how "smart" fabric translates into functional designs, the recyclability of individual fabrics, and more... A must for anyone who cares about the fate of fabrics and the goods they become, as well as the fate of our planet." - Booklist
£23.99
Hoxton Mini Press The Council House
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£16.96
Unicorn Publishing Group Jewellery & Silverware: Inspired by Architecture
Book SynopsisThe book is an illustrated collection of projects carried out in silver and gold reflecting the many interesting personal stories that combine people with a place of significance portrayed in miniature for a special event in their lives. This is the story of forty years of making architecturally-based silverware, from small domes and columns on stud earrings to larger bespoke presentation pieces. The author charts her development from student days to acquisitions by the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts amongst others. Her insights into how to render buildings such as the Pantheon in Rome, the Sydney Opera House or Oxford’s Sheldonian Theatre into a brooch, a ring or a box make fascinating reading.
£24.00
Little Toller Books A Sculpture That Sings
Book SynopsisA Sculpture that Sings is a unique book about church bells, bell-ringing and the place of the tradition in the English landscape and its communities. In 2017 the artist David Ward and the composer Orland Gough came together to work with a group of bell-ringers in rural Dorset and later at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
£13.50
Urbanomic Media Ltd Proof of Work: Blockchain Provocations 2011-2021
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£30.60
Counter-Print Fashion Play
Book SynopsisFashion Play is an enchanting book illustrated by Lesley Barnes. Step into a world where creativity knows no bounds and fashion becomes an endless playground. The book is divided into three sections, allowing you to mix and match fashion outfits in a delightfully playful manner. The possibilities are as boundless as your own imagination. Fashion lovers of all ages will find endless joy in curating their own sartorial masterpieces. Whether you're a budding fashionista or a seasoned trendsetter, this interactive book will inspire you to experiment, express and embrace your unique sense of style. Features 8 cover variations, orders will be selected at random.
£13.50
£38.00
GOST Books The Stillness of Life
£72.00
Sansom & Co Banksy
Book SynopsisBanksy is always viewed through the lens of the whodunnit', as a disruptive street artist who alternates between being hailed a national treasure and urban folk hero; an imposter who has reneged on his graffiti roots. Despite his legendary status, there are many purists who think he has forsaken his street-cred for credit in the bank. But above all, we all remain obsessed by his anonymity, his high-profile invisibility, his status as the world's most famous unknown artist.This illustrated book takes a new approach to Banksy's work: it looks closely at his creative output as an artist, political commentator, and cultural phenomenon. Taking a thematic approach to Banksy's extensive practice as a stenciller, painter, curator and filmmaker, each section explores the craft, context and cultural forebears of his' work, setting it within the dominant social and political debates that have determined the artist's visual agenda.The book examines in detail individual artworks and also takes a critical view of the major events that have shaped Banksy's reputation; his highly ambitious inaugural exhibitions in the USA (Barely Legal, 2003); his invasion of some of the world's major collections The Louvre, the Met in New York, London's Tate Gallery and the British Museum during 2004-5 to donate' his own artworks; the radical remixing of the collection at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in 2009; the massive exhibition of different artist's works at Dismaland in 2015, and the notorious shredding of his own work during a live auction at Sotheby's. Interposed between these set-piece chapters the book tells the unfolding story of Banksy's emergence as an artist, with detailed analyses of his craft; the particular power of his stencilling, his comic ability to detourne old canvases, and his innovative use of words, lettering and fonts.
£17.00
Watkins Media Limited Walking the StreetsWalking the Projects
Book SynopsisA walk through the remnants of a social democratic America, and an argument about its future. In the 1960s, a novel ideology about cities, and what was best for them, emerged in New York. Pushing against the state planning of the time, it held that cities were at their best when they were driven from the bottom-up and when organic, unplanned processes were allowed to run their course, in a spontaneous ballet of the street. Cities were at their worst, however, when the state stepped in, demolishing lively old neighbourhoods and erecting giant, sterile, empty projects. This book uses the method of this ideology - walking - to test how true it actually is about the capital of the twentieth century, New York City, with a brief interlude in the capital, Washington DC. The projects that are walked in this book range from cultural complexes in Manhattan to New Deal-era public housing developments in Brooklyn, Harlem and Queens, from the social experiment of Roosevelt Island to Communist h
£10.44
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Colour Universe: A World of Colouring Challenges
Book SynopsisA compilation of striking images from Kerby Rosanes’ bestselling World series, featuring coloured-up pieces from his talented fans.A 16-page full-colour section showcases spectacular artworks from Kerby’s World series that have been coloured by his fans – including a kaleidoscopic interpretation of Iceland's mythical guardians and an arresting portrait of a Mandrill in its fragile environment.Each coloured piece is accompanied with tips, tricks and stylistic comments from Kerby. In the black-and-white colouring section that follows, the same artworks appear – alongside a range of other illustrations from across the series – inspiring readers to have a go at recreating the stunning effects themselves.Please note: This title is a follow up to World of Colour – no images from World of Colour have been repeated in Colour Universe. This book contains material previously published in Fragile World, Worlds Within Worlds, Mythic World and Alien Worlds.Also available:Colourmorphia 9781912785056 – over 320k copies sold in the English languageKaleidomorphia 9781912785643 – over 94k copies sold in the English languageWorld of Colour 9781912785797 – over 64k copies sold in the English language
£11.69
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd How To Draw Classic Cartoons
Book SynopsisJourney back in time to the era of classic 1920s rubber hose cartoons with this beautifully retro ‘how to draw’ book.How to Draw Classic Cartoons features original art by Bill Nolan, the influential American artist and director famed as the creator of the rubber hose style used to animate cartoons such as Felix the Cat, Betty Boop and Popeye.With original illustrations and words of advice from Nolan himself, this easy-to-follow book will teach you how to draw hands, feet, faces, full-body characters and a whole range of wacky animals. Featuring elements from Nolan’s 1936 book Cartooning Self-Taught, this new book takes a deeper look at his iconic style and how to recreate it.
£999.99
Royal Academy of Arts Humphrey Ocean
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£16.10
3dtotal Publishing The Art of Bryce Kho
Book SynopsisIn this stunning book, discover the artistic journey of Bryce Kho, an illustrator and mixed-media artist known for his vibrant, intricate, and nostalgic artwork.In Overflow, Bryce delves into the state of flow when creating art. "The sensation was different than a normal flow state, which is more about effortlessness. Instead, the feeling was akin to lucid dreaming inside my mind''s eye. So vivid that I felt as if I was drawing from a live model."Bryce''s portfolio spans a range of roles including illustrator and concept artist, contributing to projects such as Homestead Arcana and Aegis Defenders. After a first collaboration with Sabotage doing illustrations for The Messenger, Bryce joined the team as Lead Concept Artist to handle all things concept art and character design on Sea of Stars, a retro-inspired RPG that has captivated over 5 million players worldwide. The popularity of 3dtotal''s recent publication Sea of Stars: The Concept Art of Bryce Kho (over 12,000 copies sold), which is based solely on his work for development of the video game, has raised the artist''s profile and proven his popularity among our readership and further afield. In Overflow: The Art of Bryce Kho, based entirely on the artist''s personal art career and journey, he takes the reader behind the scenes into his studio and personal sketchbooks, and also reveals his creative process from start to finish in detailed step-by-step tutorials. Existing fans will be thrilled to discover new insights into Bryce''s working methods and creative story, while those just discovering his art will love delving into galleries of his artwork, new and old.
£39.38
Eiderdown Books Eileen Agar
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£10.44
Triglyph Books Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and
Book SynopsisGeorge Saumarez Smith, a director of ADAM Architecture, is celebrated for the elegance of his work as one of Britain's foremost classical architects. As a student at Edinburgh University, he belonged to the last year group to be taught the skill of measured drawing as part of the core syllabus and it would become a passion for him. Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and Architectural Sketches presents a selection of the drawings that he has made in the last twenty-five years in a series of sketchbooks each of which is named after one of the Roman emperors. The drawings display a supreme mastery that goes beyond technique and assumes the status of art. They constitute a series of concentrated observations on buildings from different parts of the world which unlock the secrets of their design and give insight into the minds of their creators. Simply by applying pencil to paper, aided only by a tape measure and ruler to measure the building in front of him, George pursues an adventure in the world of built form whose aesthetic beauty will both amaze and delight.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Elevations, Sections and Plans of Buildings; The Orders: Capitals, Bases, Entablatures and Mouldings; Scroll Decoration and Enrichment; Staircases and Balustrades; Panelling and Fireplaces; Furniture; Geometric Patterns in Floors and Tiles; Miscellaneous Objects; Views of Buildings; Index; Acknowledgements
£999.99
Triglyph Books The Bridges of Robert Adam: A Fanciful and
Book SynopsisThe bridge has always stood as a transitional structure - not purely a work of engineering, nor simply a work of architecture. Its functional requirements are more stringent than those of the average building; it not only must stand up; it must stand up, support those who cross it, and effectively span the space over which it stands. As Samuel Johnson said, "the first excellence of a bridge is strength ... for a bridge that cannot stand, however beautiful, will boast its beauty but a little while." The Scottish architect Robert Adam (1728-92) understood these precepts well, continually building bridges that were not just structurally sound, but also aesthetically pleasing. Unlike his contemporaries, Adam did not view bridges as mere skeletons upon which to apply ornament. Rather, he sought to achieve architectural totality, incorporating his bridge designs into greater architectural programs, thereby producing aesthetically pleasing and contextually specific designs. From the Pulteney Bridge in Bath to the ruined arch and viaduct at Culzean Castle in Ayrshire, The Bridges of Robert Adam: A Fanciful and Picturesque Tour will take the reader across Britain, shedding new light on an understudied aspect of the great architect's career.Table of ContentsForeword; Preface; The Bridges; Beginnings; Bridges in Eighteenth-Century Britain; Robert Adam's Estate Bridges; The Pulteney Bridge, Bath; Built and Unbuilt Visions; Dalkeith Palace; Glossary, Endnotes; Bibliography; Index; Acknowledgments; Illustration Credits; Colophon
£42.75
Unit Editions VNIITE: Discovering Utopia – Lost Archives of
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£36.00
Unicorn Publishing Group Gothic Fashion The History
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£21.25
Omnibus Press Oasis
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£17.00
Unicorn Publishing Group Nihil
Book SynopsisJoshua Hagler's Nihil explores in an absolutely unique way the realisation and consummation of the mind, process and application of an artist's life and work. Hagler defi ned for himself nine key tenets to guide his artistic vision and then utilised and inhabited nine spaces in New Mexico to articulate this vision. His site-specific installations and interventions in lost and forgotten buildings, schools, churches and post offices create ghostly imaginative spaces that integrate many times and places hovering within a single moment. This extraordinary and unique sequence of work is documented and recorded in this important publication of a singular artistic vision. The law of the conservation of mass states that nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed. Here lies the pathos to Joshua Hagler's convoluted mental and pictorial universe.' David Anfam, Art Historian & Curator
£24.00
Hurtwood Press Sean Palfrey Promise
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£21.25
Foggy Bottom Books Foggy Bottom: A Garden to Share
Book SynopsisA fascinating journey over 57 years in the creation of Adrian Bloom's own garden from a flat grazing meadow into one of Britain's most beautiful all seasons gardens.
£40.00
Smith Street Books New Womens Work
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£28.00
Michael Wiese Productions Setting Up Your Shots: Great Camera Moves Every
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£17.13
George F. Thompson Paris Park Photographs
Book SynopsisParis Park Photographs features spectacular images from a dozen public parks and gardens in and near France's capital city. Exploring many of the same places that photographer Eugène Atget (1857–1927) made famous a century ago, Michael Kolster references the pleasures and pitfalls of wandering alone amongst trees and plants and sculpture, unkempt and formally designed places, tempered by the knowledge that the modern world with all its congestion is only a few short steps away. These intimate yet inherently expansive views of Paris’s parks invite closer scrutiny of the encounters awaiting us at the edges of the well-worn paths defining our daily lives. Few people venture into the frame of Kolster's photographs, but the promise of a renewed sense of hope and community resides in the details of his visual encounters and the moments of his heightened attention. Each picture speaks to us as a moment in time, even as the sequence suggests a choreography of place, one that can vary daily along with the changing moods and light of each park. Paris Park Photographs is presented in a bilingual English/French edition and concludes with an afterword by Michelle Kuo. Of note is how the book’s design is inspired by Walker Evans's 1938 classic work, American Photographs, making Kolster's book of immediate interest to photo and book collectors.
£22.50
George F. Thompson More Than Scenery: Yellowstone, an American Love
Book SynopsisJanet Pritchard’s romance with the American West began with horseback riding, watching movies, and hearing her dad’s dreams of being a cowboy. When she began to spend adolescent summers in Wyoming during the 1960s, her world changed forever, as she fell under the spell of natural wonder in the shadow of the Grand Tetons. Only later did she recognize her feelings as a response to what nineteenth-century Romantics called the sublime.A vintage 1916 picture postcard of Golden Gate Canyon by F. Jay Haynes inspired this project. When Pritchard turned it over and read the message face=Calibri>– “I cannot describe the Yellowstone as the dictionary is only a book. It is more than scenery. In some places, it is so beautiful that the men take off their hats, and the women are silent!” face=Calibri>– she was back in a childhood place of wonder tempered by a lifetime of work as an artist and teacher in landscape photography.Formed by fire and ice, embraced by a nation seeking an ancient past with a future as grand as the landscapes it inhabited, Yellowstone was established as the world’s first national park by an Act of Congress in 1872. One hundred fifty years later, the park and the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem continue to occupy an iconic role in the public imagination of Yellowstone as a place that is both real and ideal. Here, in this complex ecosystem where wild nature and culture meet, the complexities of our relationship to the natural world are revealed unlike any other place.Yellowstone is truly unique, and each generation who visits it invests Yellowstone with ideas, beliefs, and values reflecting its historical moment. In More than Scenery: Yellowstone, an American Love Story, Janet Pritchard surveys these relationships with her captivating photographs and insightful text, and Lucy R. Lippard’ sets the table with her heartfelt introduction to the world’s romance with Yellowstone. This book reveals why Yellowstone is so important to American and the world and how its landscapes reflect more than scenery.Trade ReviewJanet Pritchard’s new book . . . packages a complex experience of awe — well beyond that of the surface value of the iconic landscape. Three accompanying essays contextualize the mystique — and reality — of Yellowstone, on both personal and societal levels. * photo-eye Blog *
£24.00
Pointed Leaf Press The Book of Norman: Norman Sunshine/A Life in Art
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£59.50
David Zwirner Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter
Book Synopsis“Criticism is our censorship . . .” So begins one of the greatest invectives against criticism ever written by an artist. Paul Gauguin wrote “Racontars de rapin” only months before he died in 1903, but the essay remained unpublished until 1951. Through discussions of numerous artists, both his contemporaries and predecessors, Gauguin unpacks what he viewed as the mistakes and misjudgments behind much of art criticism, revealing not only how wrong critics’ interpretations have been, but also what it would mean to approach art properly—to really look.Long out of print, this new translation by Donatien Grau includes an introduction that situates the essay within Gauguin’s written oeuvre, as well as explanatory notes. This text sheds light on Gauguin’s conception of art—widely considered a predecessor to Duchamp—and engages with many issues still relevant today: history, novelty, criticism, and the market. His voice feels as fresh, lively, sharp in English now as it did in French over one hundred years ago. Through Gauguin’s final piece of writing, we see the artist in the full throes of passion—for his work, for his art, for the art of others, and against anyone who would stand in his way. As the inaugural publication in David Zwirner Books’s new ekphrasis reader series, Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter sets a perfect tone for the books to come. Poised between writing, art, and criticism, Gauguin brings together many different worlds, all of which should have a seat at the table during any meaningful discussion of art. With the express hope of encouraging open exchange between the world of writing and that of the visual arts, David Zwirner Books is proud to present this new edition of a lost masterpiece.
£8.50
David Zwirner Letters to a Very Young Painter
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£999.99
Acre Books Black Avatar – and Other Essays
Book SynopsisThe first nonfiction collection by internationally acclaimed writer and translator Amit Majmudar, Black Avatar combines elements of memoir, biography, history, and literary criticism. The eight pieces in this deeply engaging volume reflect author Amit Majmudar’s comprehensive studies of American, European, and Indian traditions, as well as his experiences in both suburban Ohio and the western Indian state of Gujarat. The volume begins with the title piece, a fifteen-part examination of “How Colorism Came to India.” Tracing the evolution of India’s bias in favor of light skin, Majmudar reflects on the effects of colonialism, drawing upon sources ranging from early Sanskrit texts to contemporary film and television. Other essays illuminate subjects both timely and timeless. “The Ramayana and the Birth of Poetry” discusses how suffering is portrayed in art and literature (“The spectrum of suffering: slapstick on one end, scripture on the other, with fiction and poetry . . . in the vastness between them”), while in “Five Famous Asian War Photographs”—a 2018 Best American Essays selection—Majmudar analyzes why these iconic images of atrocity have such emotional resonance. In “Nature/Worship,” another multi-part piece, the author turns his attention to climate change, linking notions of environmentalism to his ancestral tradition of finding divinity within the natural world, connections that form the basis of religious belief. Perhaps the greatest achievement of these wide-ranging essays is the prose itself—learned yet lively, erudite yet accessible—nimbly revealing the workings of a wonderfully original mind.Table of ContentsBlack Avatar: How Colorism Came to IndiaThe Ramayana and the Birth of PoetryMeditations on the LingamFive Famous Asian War PhotographsThe Talking Monkey ProblemIdolatry RocksThe Gita According to Marcus AureliusNature/Worship: Dharmic Environmentalism in an Age of Climate Change
£14.25
August Editions Robert Wilson: Chairs
Book SynopsisThis unprecedented angle on the oeuvre of Robert Wilson reveals the importance of chair design for his cross-medium art For American experimental theater stage director and playwright Robert Wilson (born 1941), theater is a totality of visual, textual and performative mediums. Wilson has incorporated furniture designs into his scenography since his earliest productions in the 1960s. "In almost all of my plays, there is a chair specially designed," he said. "Often, the chairs are much like an actor." Wilson’s chairs, with their frequently referential names (the Kafka Chair, Queen Victoria Chairs, the Mondrian Chair), assume expanded significance as the surviving artifacts of each performance. The works in this publication range from 1969 to 2011, from the stainless steel mesh Parzival Sofa (1987) to the painted wood Clementine Hunter Rocker (2011). Wilson’s practice as a designer is illuminated by his practice as a collector, with pieces in materials ranging from wood, bronze and steel to taxidermied legs, tempered glass and neon. This publication includes several works never previously exhibited.
£43.20
New Haven Publishing Ltd Tales of a Wild Dog
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£20.89
Oro Editions Drawing ProperDrawing Improper
a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.
£26.12
Karma, New York Ouattara Watts
Book SynopsisThe multimedia artist's first-ever thorough monograph, teeming with cosmograms, numerals and other relics This volume is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Ouattara Watts (born 1957). Over the course of nearly four decades, the Abidjanborn, New Yorkbased artist has developed a painting practice that places cosmograms, numerals, cloth and other symbols and relics from around the world into relation with each other, leveling hierarchies and creating new relations in the process. Alongside traditional mediums such as acrylic and gouache, the artist embeds materials from a kaleidoscopic range of sources in his monumental, densely layered canvases: papier-mâché, fallen leaves, textiles gleaned from flea markets and photographic reproductions, among others. This volume features essays by writer Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, curator Lawrence Rinder and artist Dieter Buchhart, as well as a conversation between the artist and curator-critic KJ Abuduthe first longform interview with the artist since his 1995 dialogue with Okwui Enwezor.
£48.75
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Design the Home You Love: Practical Styling
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£22.95
The London Stereoscopic Company Diableries: The Complete Edition: Stereoscopic
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£48.00
Eight Books Out of the Box: A Celebration of Contemporary Box
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£31.50
