Art & Photography Books
Unicorn Publishing Group Romany Mark Bruce
Book SynopsisIn 2007 Romany Mark Bruce, Irish-born lawyer and self-taught artist, was confronted by a stranger while walking his dog in Kemptown, Brighton. I want a word with you,' said the mysterious fellow, and walked off, without further explanation. Two days later, Romany received a follow-up email: would he consider mocking up a design for an AIDS Memorial statue, to be erected in the south-coast city? An open-call competition was underway:there were ten days left to enter. Having lost his dearest friend to the deadly virus, Romany by then predominantly a painter, though with ten years sculpting experience behind him wasted no time in making a decision, and making up a design. The rest is history, and his AIDS Memorial, dedicated to Paul Tay, is a poignant landmark much loved by Brighton residents. This monograph explores the life choices which have informed Romany's artistic pathway, and analyses the sculptural techniques he employs in his thriving painting practice. Romany is, in his own w
£24.00
Circa Press Road Work
Book SynopsisRoad Work presents 500 of Andrew Holmes' Los Angeles Polaroids, capturing the machines that deliver people and goods to different parts of the city each day.
£63.75
Blue Crow Media Brutalist Buenos Aires Map / Mapa brutalista de
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£9.00
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Simply Draw: Over 150 things to draw step-by-step
Book SynopsisSimply Draw is a clever and original step-by-step drawing book, perfect for anyone who wants to pick up a pencil and start drawing. Featuring over 150 sweet and quirky illustrations, from animals to architecture and flowers to iconic designer furniture, each super-stylish drawing is broken down into simple shapes and lines and can be achieved in just a few minutes. With visual steps that are simple enough for children but stylish enough for adults, illustrator Ella McLean brings her own unique style to this very special drawing book.
£9.49
Omnibus Press Young Punks
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£21.25
Velocity Press The Legend of Kaptain Karnival
Book SynopsisKaptain Karnival: deity, Confucius or downright cheeky monkey? Immerse yourself in an utterly unique musical-visual journey, the quest to find the truth about this tantalising and symbolic enigma, worshipped and revered, mocked and mistrusted in equal measure. Take a trip through alien worlds and bizarre scenarios in a psychedelic Hero''s Journey of thrilling and surreal art from the mind of celebrated artist and composer Jem Panufnik. This highly original 96- page lavishly illustrated book includes a specially created musical soundtrack recorded under his Jem Stone moniker: the kind of deep and hypnotic, dubby and delicious funk grooves Mr Panufnik is renowned for.
£21.25
Hoxton Mini Press East End Pubs
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£21.25
Unicorn Publishing Group Anarchy in the Art Gallery
Book SynopsisAnarchy in the Art Gallery is a humorous and thought provoking illustrated book: a re-imagined trip through Western art and cultural history, and one not limited by time or space. It mixes characters, places, events and situations to create fresh and interesting new possibilities: Lowry paints science fiction, Jane Austen is a cage fighter, Magritte takes his driving test and Anne Hathaway was the real author of Shakespeare’s plays. People, situations and ideas are taken out of context and mixed to create new stories. Two Bruegel peasants steal clocks from a Dali painting, a tourist cycles through Van Gogh’s cornfield and Picasso’s Demoiselles d'Avignon appear in Monet’s waterlily pond. From art and writing to philosophy and popular culture, this book is a funny, fresh and irreverent journey through our collective cultural past.
£10.79
OWN IT! One Saturday in 82 on Broadway Market
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£16.99
Unicorn Publishing Group To Everything There is a Season
Book SynopsisEmma Haworth is a painter of the urban scene. Her art is built upon meticulous observation of the ebb and flow of modern metropolitan life in the streets, the parks, the squares of London, New York, Paris and other great cities: it is a constantly shifting drama of moving people and changing light, played out in a great arena that is both architectural and natural. In To Everything There is a Season, Emma shows us an overview of her oeuvre and working practices.
£30.00
Unicorn Publishing Group Chris Orr
Book SynopsisChris Orr, the well known British painter and printmaker, takes us on a tour of his prodigious and penetrating vision of the world over the last twelve years.
£28.00
Dewi Lewis Publishing Beyond Fear
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£31.50
Unicorn Publishing Group Delightful Enchanting
Book SynopsisIn Delightful, Enchanting' Annabel Fairfax shows us the vivid humour of her work, with oil and watercolour paintings from her many travels around the world to the peaceful haven of her studio on the Isle of Wight. Fairfax's art captures scenes as they are in the moment, with a painterly dexterity that deploys wit and imagination. Her paintings are an interpretation of the subject matter, the world seen through this artist's eyes and the results are works of art that are collected and hung by art lovers all over the world.
£28.00
Unicorn Publishing Group Nine Lives
£999.99
TBW Books What the Rain Might Bring
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£35.10
Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited Foyez Ullah: Dhaka’s Tropical Expressiv
Book SynopsisOn occasion, an artist is not only from, but of, a place. Imbued with the very spirit of a locale, and thus inspired to return the favour. Such is the nature of the relationship between the legendary architect Foyez Ullah, and Bangladesh’ capital city, Dhaka. Dhaka is a city rich with history; borne of eclecticism, and her tremendous growth post-independence has been extraordinary, both culturally and architecturally. From the early Mughal architecture to the Indo-Saracenic style of the colonial era, to the sheets of steel and glass that characterize a modern metropolis, there’s an aesthetic battle for the city’s very soul being waged. Dhaka is a city rich with history; borne of eclecticism, and her tremendous growth postindependence has been extraordinary, both culturally and architecturally. From the early Mughal architecture to the Indo-Saracenic style of the colonial era, to the sheets of steel and glass that characterize a modern metropolis, there’s an aesthetic battle for the city’s very soul being waged. Foyez Ullah has played an active role in this conversation for nearly three decades, weaving a tapestry of work within Dhaka’s realm that declutters her chaotic whims and sets revealing insight into contextspecific architectural response. Through a series of his architectural benchmarks, as well as texts from the architectural critics Vladimir Belogolovsky and Byron Hawes, this volume posits a framework for responsive and contextual architecture for Dhaka in the 21st century.
£52.50
Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited FORT 137: Daniel Joseph Chenin
Book SynopsisThis book provides a privileged glimpse into the conception and execution of this superlative structure with a text by the renowned architectural critic Aaron Betsky, an introduction and interview with the architect by James Moore McCown, sumptuous photography by Stetson Ybarra, Stephen Morgan and Daniel Joseph Chenin, illuminating drawings, diagrams and layouts. An homage to the forts built when the area was first being settled, the building sits resplendently alone in the tranquility of the landscape: truly a modern masterpiece.
£36.00
Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited aoe: Exploring possibilities: A journey of
Book SynopsisA comprehensive overview of the work of the award-winning Beijing-based architectural studio, aoe. Exploring possibilities: A journey of architectural fantasy offers a privileged insight into one of China’s most dynamic young firms. Featuring in-depth studies of ten of the studio’s most successful projects with explanatory notes and detailed images including photographs, plans and diagrams along with several enlightening texts by leading figures at aoe Qun Wen, Fanny Fei, Jianning Ma, this volume reflects the guiding philosophy of the firm: to reinvent urban living through groundbreaking combinations of science, technology, art and culture while also respecting local traditions, the environment and different ways of life.
£48.75
Karma Woody De Othello: Maybe Tomorrow
Book SynopsisA haptic, funky body of ceramic works from the artist shaping the future of ceramics The San Francisco–based artist Woody De Othello (born 1991) finds inspiration for his paintings and ceramics by adapting a position of porousness to the things around him. Through his adroit interventions, everyday artifacts of the domestic—tables, chairs, television remotes, telephone receivers, lamps and air purifiers—are anthropomorphized in glazed ceramic, bronze, wood and glass. The result is often tubular, drooping and coated in vibrant reds, purples and magnetic blacks, imbued with the subterranean futurity of jazz. Fittingly, this catalog, published following the eponymous solo exhibition in New York, is titled after jazz musician Grant Green’s 1971 tune. The new body of ceramic works in Maybe Tomorrow brim with spiritual charge; the domestic objects are treated as repositories of psychic significance. The catalog explores this thematic wellspring, along with other topics, in an essay by Jason R. Young, as well as in two conversations with the artist.
£30.60
Trope Publishing Co. Above and Across London
Book SynopsisAbove and Across London captures the stunning beauty and majestic landmarks of London as seen from the sky.Showcasing the city's historic architecture, bustling streets, notable landmarks, and natural scenery, the images capture London's vibrant character and historical significance. Photographer Ben Moore shares his unique perspective to create a contemporary portrayal of the city, captured in all four seasons. Through a series of breathtaking images, readers are invited to explore the city's iconic landmarks, including The Shard, Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the River Thames, and the Gherkin, as well as lesser-known corners of the city that are equally captivating. Above and Across London features stunning aerial shots that offer a bird's-eye view of the city, capturing this iconic city in an entirely new light. With its striking visuals and thoughtful commentary, this photography book is a must-have for anyone who loves London or wants to experience its beauty from a new perspective.
£28.79
Daylight Books Unsupervised
Book SynopsisUnsupervised is an intimate look at the modern family. With the birth of social media came the ability for anyone to present a highly curated version of themselves and their life, oftentimes under the social pressures to appear "perfect". Kirsten Lewis has watched this directly affect how parents, especially mothers, share their life with the outside virtual world.
£32.39
Editions Cahiers d'Art Picasso The Figure
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£28.00
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain Tribute to Ferrari
£40.00
Verlag Niggli How Communication Design Works
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£36.00
König, Walther Hidden modernity. Fascination of the occult around 1900
£33.92
Hatje Cantz Nina Malterud (Bilingual edition)
Book SynopsisNina Malterud is one of Norway’s most prominent ceramics artists. Over the course of her five-decade-long career, she has developed a unique artistic oeuvre with references to traditional ceramic objects like plates, bowls, and tiles, but the emphasis is more on expression than on function. She explores the possibilities of clay and glazes in a free and undogmatic way, and is open to the visual results that can arise through controlled coincidences. The traces of the process are an essential part of her visual language. Sometimes the motifs are recognizable, but for the most part, she works with abstraction. The pieces radiate both tenderness and fragility, strength, and power. Combined with the materiality and weight of ceramics, the results are artworks with a strong sensory appeal.
£30.00
Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH András Szántó. The Future of the Art World. 40 Dialogues
£24.48
Hirmer Verlag Illegal Bilingual edition
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£33.60
Hirmer Verlag Ana Kostova
Book SynopsisHer love: playing with colour and form. Her approach: large-format image grounds cut with a milling machine that Ana Kostova (b. 1995) sands and paints by hand. Unique in technique, unique in effect precise, brightly coloured, richly varied. At times more of a painting, at other times a sculpture, or even a kind of screen standing in the room. These impressive cutouts are not easily forgotten. The finest handwork - Colourful abstraction between painting and sculpture
£23.96
Taschen GmbH Vermeer
Book SynopsisThough numbering just 35 known works, the œuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New York Times best seller, a film starring Scarlett Johansson, and record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington. Vermeer’s subjects focus on daily domestic activities, from letter writing to music playing to preparations in the kitchen. The scenes astound with their meticulous detail, majestic planes of light, and with Vermeer’s extraordinary ability to draw out narrative intrigues. In such beloved paintings as Lady Standing at a Virginal, A Lady Writing a Letter with Her Maid and, most famously, the enigmatic, wide-eyed, and enchanting Girl with a Pearl Earring, Vermeer evokes not only the effects of substance and texture, but also the many stories and secrets that reside beneath the surface. Featuring all Vermeer’s known works and succinct, accessible texts, this essential introduction explores Vermeer’s leading place in art history and his unique ability to transform oil paint into a living, breathing scene of human life.
£14.25
Taschen GmbH 1000 Pin-Up Girls
Book Synopsis“Girls, Gags & Giggles,” ran publisher Robert Harrison’s recipe for dishing up pin-up to the American male. Men loved his tasty dishes, a mixture of strippers and starlets dressed in outfits so fetishistic no one noticed they were never nude. While other magazines delivered the girl next door, Harrison’s publications banked on bad girls in satin and leather, fishnet stockings, and six-inch heels performing slapstick stunts straight from the burlesque stage. Harrison lured his readers in with vibrantly painted covers by top pin-up artists Earl Moran, Billy DeVorss and, most famously, Peter Driben. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition celebrates this eye-catching candy with every single cover from Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter, Eyeful, Flirt, and Whisper, from 1942 to 1955, as well as interior spreads, featuring, among others, a budding Bettie Page. In an age when far more graphic material is the norm, 1000 Pin-Up Girls celebrates an era of pin-up and pulp style to fuel your erotic imagination.Trade Review“To look at these pictures is to remember that there was a time when taking off your clothes was a potent gesture, when the mere fact of a naked woman could be thrilling.” * National Post *
£18.00
Taschen GmbH Breuer
Book SynopsisIn 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining “form-givers of the 20th century.” Today, Marcel Breuer (1902–1981) remains a locus classicus of modernism for architects and designers alike. As a Bauhaus pioneer, even his earliest work was marked by a material restraint; the balance of texture, color, and shape; and a symbiosis of local and global, big and small, rough and smooth. In this essential introductory monograph, we survey Breuer’s complete career through some of his most influential projects and ideas, from his landmark tubular furniture to the MoMA Research House to his innovation of “binuclear” housing, splitting living and sleeping areas into separate wings. Along the way, we follow Hungarian-born Breuer’s journey to international acclaim, with featured projects from Germany, France, England, Switzerland, and across the United States contributing to his global status as a modernist maestro.
£14.25
Taschen GmbH Abstract Art
Book SynopsisAbstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual poems devoid of conventional representational imagery and characterized by allegories of emotion and sensation. This radical artistic adventure established new artistic means, as much as narratives. Expression became characterized by shocking juxtapositions of color, light, and line. Artists abandoned the conventions of brush and easel and played with new materials and methods of artistic gesture: commercial paints and housepainter’s brushes, working on unstretched and unprimed canvases, moving the canvas to the floor, and applying paint with hands. This essential introduction spans the international breadth, conceptual depth, and seismic impact of abstract art with a thorough survey not only of the big names such as Picasso, Klee, Kline, Rothko, and Pollock, but also lesser-known figures who made equally significant contributions, including Antoni Tàpies, K. O. Götz, Ad Reinhardt, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
£14.25
Taschen GmbH On NFTs
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£30.00
Taschen GmbH Zaha Hadid. Complete Works 1979–Today. 40th Ed.
Book SynopsisZaha Hadid (1950 - 2016) was a revolutionary architect. For years, she was widely acclaimed and won numerous prizes despite building practically nothing. Some even said her work was simply impossible to build. Yet, during the latter years of her life, Hadid’s daring visions became a reality, bringing a new and unique architectural language to cities and structures such as the Port House in Antwerp, the Al Janoub Stadium near Doha, Qatar, and the spectacular new airport terminal in Beijing. By her untimely death in 2016, Hadid was firmly established among architecture’s finest elite, working on projects in Europe, China, the Middle East, and the United States. She was the first female architect to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal, with her long-time Partner Patrik Schumacher now the leader of Zaha Hadid Architects and in charge of many new projects. Based on the massive TASCHEN monograph, this book is now available in an accessible edition covering Hadid’s complete works, including ongoing projects. With abundant photographs, in-depth sketches, and Hadid’s own drawings, the volume traces the evolution of her career, spanning not only her most pioneering buildings but also the furniture and interior designs that were integrated into her unique, and distinctly 21st-century, universe. “A celebration of all that is brave and audacious in her work.” — Australian Financial ReviewTrade Review“Visually phenomenal and fantastically realized.” * Der Standard *“Zaha Hadid’s work is a revolution. The future has landed, with an entire fleet of beautiful, futuristic spaceships.” * Monopol *“A celebration of all that is brave and audacious in her work.” * Australian Financial Review *
£21.25
Taschen GmbH Information Graphics. 45th Ed.
Book SynopsisGraphs, maps, stats, and diagrams: this collection of infographics explores the development of visual communication in the big data age. Over 400 exemplary graphicsranging from journalism to art, government to educationare accompanied by descriptions explaining each project and essays tracing the evolving art form.
£20.00
Taschen GmbH Frank Lloyd Wright. 40th Ed.
Book SynopsisA building by Frank Lloyd Wright (18671959) is at once unmistakably individual and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional harmony with their environment, as well as for their use of steel and glass to revolutionize the interface of indoor and outdoor, Wright's designs helped announce the age of modernity, as much as they secured his place in the annals of architectural genius.This meticulous compilation from TASCHEN's previous monograph assembles the most important works from Wright's extensive, paradigm-shifting oeuvre into one authoritative overview of America's most famous architect. Based on unlimited access to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation's archives at Taliesin West in Arizona, the collection spans the length and breadth of Wright's projects, both realized and unrealized, from his early prairie houses, the Usonian concept homes, and the extraordinary Fallingwater to the Tokyo years, his designs for administrative buildings and places of worsh
£18.41
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Latifa Echakhch: A Finished, Resolved and Static
Book SynopsisLatifa Echakhch studied at the art academies of Grenoble, Paris-Cergy, and Lyon. Now based in Switzerland, Eckakhch is concerned with the concept of culture as well as personal and collective memory in between the poles of social and political debate. Her work often features installations that make use of a wide variety of materials, such as brick and raw earth, which she mixes with ink. This book is part of the new On Words series that presents conversations with contemporary women artists. Through them, readers come to understand the sources from which they draw inspiration, the themes in their work, and their view of the world. Edited by Julie Enckell, Federica Martini, and Sarah Burkhalter and bringing together a wide range of viewpoints, the On Words series adds a new narrative to polyphonic art history as told by those who actively shape it. Text in English and French.
£11.40
Hartmann Books Ukraine 20042024
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£32.30
Hartmann Books INDIA
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£71.25
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd Brett Charles Seiler
Book SynopsisBrett Charles Seiler lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa, where he also graduated from the Ruth Prowse School of Art in 2015. Seiler's work has elements of painting, installation, and object art, with a strong emphasis on the use of text and language. Sometimes poetic, nostalgic, or romantic, it is an integral part of his art or stands on its own as a piece as well. In his paintings, the space is indeterminate, the figures are not located and sketchily fleeting, the writing elements seem spontaneous like statements from street art. The colour scheme moves in a narrow spectrum between black, grey, white and brown tones, often using wood. His themes are sexual interaction, oppression, homosexuality, gender, men. Originally from Zimbabwe, a state where human rights violations are commonplace, his work also makes a mark in the struggle for equal sexual orientation in education, media, and institutions. “[My work] is a deep longing for understanding. It is from the point of view of something that I’ve missed, something that I cannot go back to. It’s a process of research.” Text in English and German.Trade Review"A collection of Seiler’s most notable works, the artist’s latest offering continues his exploration of equality and LGBTQA+ rights. Drawing from the experiences in his own state, a place where human rights violations are the norm, Seiler’s provocative work aims to spotlight the struggles that his community face across the globe." - HypeBae"A collection of Seiler’s most notable works, the artist’s latest offering continues his exploration of equality and LGBTQA+ rights." - Hypebae
£36.00
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd Succulents
Book SynopsisThere is probably hardly a more undemanding plant in nature that presents itself more cutely and prettily than succulents. Fans of this diverse species go into raptures at the sight of them and there are said to be people who decorate their entire garden with the fleshy flowers. Others use them to decorate interiors. They grow on any kind of surface; no matter whether stone, gravel. or soil, succulents find their way almost anywhere. In the beautiful book Floramour: Succulents, author Anja Klaffenbach pays homage to these little survivalists of the fauna. With wonderful pictures, she draws a unique portrait of this plant genus that makes the heart of every lover beat faster. In addition, Anja provides entertaining background information on the robust ornamental plant, packed in entertaining texts. For example, she enlightens her readers that the secret of the plant's almost indestructible character lies in its ability to store water in its stems and leaves. This makes succulents the secret star in the flower bed during hot summer periods when their flowering colleagues have long since hung their heads. Known to us only as floral decorations, succulents are a symbol of wealth in Asian and Indian culture and are sometimes used in traditional medicine. The high-quality coffee table book Floramour: Succulents is an exceptionally lovingly designed book that brings these minimalist garden inhabitants into the full limelight. Text in English and German.
£23.96
Die Gestalten Verlag Soft Electronics: Iconic Retro Design for
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£28.00
Gestalten Cote dAzur Living
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£44.00
Gestalten Remote Places to Stay Vol. 2
£56.25
Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg New York Short Stories
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£36.00
Museum of Fine Art, Budapest / Hungarian National Gallery My Story
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£36.00
Roli Books Pvt Ltd Everyday Indian Aesthetic
Book SynopsisThis photo book will let you wander through the pages without restricting the way you see and discover how design has the capacity to document cultural exchange whilst holding the past in the present.
£75.93
