Biography: arts and entertainment Books
Pimpernel Press Ltd Thomas Hennell: The Land and the Mind
Book SynopsisThomas Hennell (1903–45) said his aim was to ‘surprise his subject’ – to capture the transient quality of the moment. In watercolour he found his perfect medium, producing work which was, as his fellow artist Edward Bawden said, ‘fully expressive and technically perfect’. During an idyllic childhood in rural Kent Hennell discovered his love of the English countryside. He explored its fields, farms and woods, and later, travelling on a rusty old bicycle, developed an appreciation of England’s traditions and crafts. Much of his work records the countryside in a state of change, imbuing his sense of loss with poetic intensity. In the early 1930s, Hennell suffered a severe breakdown and later described the three years he spent in mental hospitals in his memoir The Witnesses (1938), an astonishing document in a period when stigma still attached to mental illness. Hennell’s remarkable talent for friendship survived his years of mental turmoil. Jessica Kilburn’s new biography brings Hennell the man vividly to life through extracts from his letters to friends and personal accounts by people who knew him. As this richly illustrated book shows, the artist’s final years were exceptionally productive. In 1943 Hennell was appointed an official war artist, yielding commissions in Iceland and northern Europe. After the pastoral evocations of inter-war England, his portrayal of war’s brutality is shocking: devastated French towns, emaciated prisoners of war. At the war’s end, Hennell received a final posting to the Far East. Tragically, he was caught up in the struggle for independence in Java and in late October 1945 disappeared in circumstances which Jessica Kilburn recreates more fully than in any previous account. Thomas Hennell was born into a remarkable generation of English artists that included Eric Ravilious, John Piper, Graham Sutherland and Barbara Hepworth. His peers regarded him as one of their finest creative talents; Jessica Kilburn’s sensitive and deeply researched new biography restores this unjustly neglected artist to his rightful place in the history of twentieth-century English art.Trade Review"This well-written, intricately researched and hugely detailed account of his life and work . . .generously illustrated, and with informative picture captions, has a relaxed breadth which suits the subject . . . It is indisputable that Hennell was an artist and writer of distinctive achievement, whose work should be more widely known. This substantial and impressive book deserves to lead the way in a Hennell revival." -- Andrew Lambirth * The Spectator *"Truly a delight, beautifully written, with superb illustrations." -- Jenny Uglow"The first full biography of the artist in over 30 years...richly illustrated...a full account of his fascinating life and work." * The Chap *"Magnificent...this book glows with colour on almost every page....a sympathetic and nuanced biography which will do a great deal to broaden Hennell's appeal and ensure that his claims to the pinnacle of watercolour excellence can no longer be ignored." * The Burlington Magazine *"Superbly researched and illustrated...a thoughtful account of a remarkable life." * Times Literary Supplement *"A timely reminder of an artist well worth discovering." * Illustration magazine *"Hennell's superb watercolours and drawings capture English agricultural life in the 1930s and 40s, on the cusp of changing for ever, and Kilburn's very welcome and lavishly illustrated biography is appropriately elegiac." -- Peter Parker * Times Literary Supplement Books of the Year *
£45.00
Shoestring Press Rediscovery & Restoration: Murals by Evelyn Gibbs
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£10.00
RedDoor Press Loose Canon
Book SynopsisFor the last 50 years, Clive James has been writing remarkable songs – witty, moving, sometimes satirical, often thrillingly poetic – with his musical partner, Pete Atkin. They’ve written more than 200 together, releasing the first album of their work in 1970 and the last in 2015. John Peel loved them. So did Kenny Everett. Stephen Fry is a huge fan. And Clive himself believes these songs are the best things he’s ever done. Loose Canon explores the sparkling lyrics and brilliantly memorable tunes that have won Clive and Pete a fanatical cult following but still managed to remain the British music industry's best-kept secret. Stephen Fry has written an incredibly generous and enthusiastic foreword.
£9.99
Luath Press Ltd Richard Demarco & Joseph Beuys: A Unique
Book SynopsisRichard Demarco co-founded the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh in 1963 and ran the vibrant Richard Demarco Gallery in Edinburgh for almost 30 years. He promotes crosscultural dialogues and was the first person to introduce Joseph Beuys in the UK. Joseph Beuys was a German sculptor and creator of action performances, political activist and teacher. This book explores the works, lectures and ‘Actions’ which resulted from the mutual hopes, inspirations and shared values of Richard Demarco and Joseph Beuys, the innovative and inspirational German postwar artist, from 1970 until Beuys’ death in 1986. Demarco, an avant-garde gallerist in Edinburgh, was an early proponent of Scotland taking its place within the European art world; Demarco recognised the visionary quality of Beuys’ work and visited him in Oberkassel in January 1970. In the hope of focusing Beuys’ attention on Scotland, he presented him with a set of postcards depicting typical Scottish scenes. Beuys responded with, ‘I see the land of Macbeth, so when shall we two meet again, in thunder, lightning or in rain?’ They reunited in thundery Edinburgh later that year and Demarco led him northwards along the ancient track he calls ‘The Road to Meikle Seggie’. This initial experience of the Scottish landscape inspired Beuys, who felt a strong connection with Celtic culture, and laid the foundation for a remarkable artistic friendship which enriched the work of both men. With photos from Demarco’s personal collection and essays spanning from 1970 to the present, this is an intimate and intellectually rigorous look at a friendship seminal to the development of art in Scotland over the last 40 years.Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR RICHARD DEMARCO: As well as being recognised internationally as an artist, Richard is equally recognised as the promoter of exhibitions and theatre events that have broken new ground in Britain and further beyond, to which the long list of his national and international awards and honours attests. His writing is as idiosyncratic and enthralling as his drawings, driven by true passion and belief, the personal account of an artist whose deeply rooted and abiding love for his native Scotland shines clearly in his words. – RICHARD NOYCETable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introductions The Legend of Beuys - Douglas HallThe Road to Muddle Segue - Martin KempBeuys, Demarco and Scotland - Robert McDowell On Richard Demarco - Sir Nicholas SerotaWith regard to the exhibition entitled Richard Demarco and Joseph Beuys: A Unique Partnership - Richard Demarco Joseph Beuys: Timeline Essays Beuys in Scotland Richard Demarco’s personal experience of the reality of Strategy: Get Arts 7,000 Oaks: Richard Demarco Interviews Joseph Beuys Ex Cathedra Performance MagazineRyszard Stanislawski on Polentransport Thoughts on the ending of 1993 – and the significance of Strategy: Get Arts The Genesis and Legacy of Strategy: Get Arts Tadeusz Kantor and Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys as Artist-Teacher Artistic Detours: Joseph Beuys as an Anthropologist A Unique Partnership in Pictures, 1970–87 The Beuys Legacy
£25.50
Scotland Street Press Inside & Out: The Art of Christian Small
Book SynopsisChristian Small lived and painted in West Linton for over 60 years. Her work was of remarkable quality and range in many different media. Her choice of subjects was wonderfully imaginative: pears on a window sash, an armchair with slippers, her paint box – all so evocative of her life. Her landscapes were drawn from around the village, their colour and draftsmanship brilliantly capturing the countryside she loved: wind-bent trees, pale green grasses and the rolling Pentland Hills. Woven in and out of the paintings are poems by Gerda Stevenson, and Christian’s thoughts in prose as imagined with poignant eloquence by her daughter Jenny Alldridge – an unusual blend of word and image telling the unique story of a prolific and gifted artistTrade Review'One of the most beautiful books ever published in Scotland' - The National “Every picture tells a story, and this selection tells of lifetime creativity. Still-lifes, glowing, domestic, ordinary and marvellous, portrait studies full of the sitter’s life and individuality, the intimate landscapes daily walked in. Small things observed, relished.” – Liz Lochhead, poet
£18.99
RedDoor Press So Brightly at the Last
Book SynopsisJimi Hendrix, Princess Diana and Syria's Asma Al-Assad rub shoulders with Auden, Eliot and Shelley - and with the Trouser Thief Clive met during ten long weeks locked up in a closed psychiatric ward - in this offbeat and affectionate poetic biography. Since 2010, when Clive was told he had three separate life-threatening conditions, he has poured out a stream of fine poems - sometimes light, witty and paradoxical, sometimes sad, heartfelt and regretful. Some, like `Japanese Maple', an instant Internet sensation, have already made it into the anthologies. Others, like his book-length epic, The River in the Sky, are more demanding. All are packed with the unexpected ideas, inventive imagery and breathtaking wordplay that have helped him achieve his avowed ambition of becoming `a fairly major minor poet'.Trade ReviewClive's verse is alive with energy, wit, craft, beauty, fire and a uniquely thrilling poetic intelligence - Stephen Fry; Long overdue - a readable, insightful celebration of Clive James's wonderful and humane lyric verse - Stuart Maconie; Terrific. I read it with astonishment and learnt a huge amount - Prof John Carey
£17.09
Haus Publishing Kokoschka
Book SynopsisIn this detailed biography, Rudiger Goerner masterfully depicts Kokoschka's multifaceted life and long career.
£13.49
Monsoon Books Charlot
Book SynopsisCharlie Chaplin is on vacation in Asia in 1936 when Cambodians are challenging colonial exploitation. Chaplin must choose: lend his celebrity status to the anti-colonial cause or stay silent. Fictionalised around real events, this is a story about how an embittered Chaplin abandons his silent Tramp in order to find his own voice.
£9.49
Blood Moon Productions, Ltd. Hollywood RememberedGlamour Glitz Triumph Tragedy
£41.59
BenBella Books Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally
Book SynopsisFor the first time ever, the two people who knew Andy Kaufman best open up about the most enigmatic artist of our generation. Comedian and Taxi star Andy Kaufman, known for his crazy antics on screen and off, was the ultimate prankster, delighting audiences with his Elvis and Mighty Mouse impressions while also antagonizing them with his wrestling and lounge-lizard alter ego, Tony Clifton. Some say he died in 1984, while others believe he performed the ultimate vanishing act. In Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally, Bob Zmuda, Andy's writer and best friend, and Lynn Margulies, the love of Andy's life, reveal all--including surprising secrets that Andy made Lynne and Bob promise never to tell until both of his parents had died. Hilarious and poignant, this book separates fact from fiction, and includes a candid inside look at the Milos Forman film Man on the Moon, which Zmuda coexecutive produced and featured Jim Carrey as Andy, Paul Giamatti as Zmuda, Courtney Love as Margulies, and Danny DeVito as Andy's manager, George Shapiro. Finally, Bob Zmuda shares in detail the reasons he believes Andy Kaufman did, in fact, fake his own death, including exactly how he did it and why he will return.Trade Review"Bob Zmuda connects on so many levels with this gripping yet hilarious inside industry chronicle. A great story of unconditional friendship and love framed in a studied portrait of a fascinatingly complex, brilliant, unduplicable anti-performance artist who may well resurrect to blow our minds again." --Dan Aykroyd "Danger. What would've or WILL Andy do next???? We wondered every time we saw him on TV or live on stage. I still wonder. We still laugh. The definition of an enigma, LIKE NO OTHER." --Kathy Griffin "I never worked with Andy Kaufman and I never even watched Taxi. I do like the name Andy, if that's any help." --Paula Poundstone "Bob Zmuda was (is?) Andy Kaufman's partner in all of Andy's reality-bending adventures. Is Andy's death yet another elaborate hoax by the ultimate performance artist? An absolutely astonishing read, Andy Kaufman: The Truth, Finally reveals all. Prepare to be amazed!" --John Landis "I was so fascinated by the melding of Andy's and Zmuda's mind that I spent two years of my life making a movie about it." --Milos Forman "Zmuda offers what he calls 'a blow-by-blow account of how Andy Kaufman faked his own death.'" --Chicago Tribune
£14.24
Open Letter The Man Between
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£12.34
BenBella Books Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir
Book SynopsisGo behind the scenes with the musician The New York Times called "a guitar God!"Oft-hailed as the Jimi Hendrix of his generation, living guitar legend Joe Satriani has long transcended stylistic boundaries with a sound that raises the bar like a new horizon for the broader genre of instrumental guitar rock. Joe's 6-string secrets have astounded listeners around the world for nearly 30 years.In Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir, Satriani and coauthor, music biographer Jake Brown, take fans on their first authorized tour of the story behind his climb to stardom and the creative odyssey involved in writing and recording a storied catalog of classics including "Surfing with the Alien," "Summer Song," "Satch Boogie," "Always With Me, Always With You," "The Extremist," "Flying in a Blue Dream," "Crowd Chant," and more.Featuring previously unpublished photos and hours of exclusive, firsthand interviews with Satriani, Strange Beautiful Music offers a unique look inside the studio with Joe, giving fans a chance to get up close and personal like never before. With insider details about his collaboration with multi-platinum supergroup Chickenfoot, exclusive interviews with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, commentary from fellow guitar legends such as Steve Vai, Metallica's Kirk Hammett, Primus's Larry LaLonde, and legendary music producers including Glynn Johns and the late Andy Johns, this memoir offers a rare inside look for die-hard Satriani fans, guitar enthusiasts, and anyone who loves to rock.Trade Review"Joe has refined his own style of playing to a point where he's forever up there in the stratosphere of excellence that is reached by very few musicians."Brian May"Every time Joe puts his fingers on a guitar, what comes out sounds like inspired music, even if its just a finger exercise. He created and branded a niche with his own voice and in so doing he wielded an entire genre."Steve Vai"After all the times I had been on stages with Joe, been on the side of stages watching and listening to Joe, and all the times I have been in the audience cheering for Joe, I continue to have no idea how Joe does what he does."Robert Fripp"Joe Satriani's my favorite guitar player."Sammy HagarTable of ContentsForeword Chapter 1: The Hendrix Experience Chapter 2: High School Confidential Chapter 3: Learning Curves Chapter 4: Satch Goes West Chapter 5: Twists of Fate—The Joe Satriani EP, 1983–1984 Chapter 6: Not of This Earth—1985–1986 Chapter 7: Relativity Chapter 8: Surfing with the Alien—1987 Chapter 9: Launching the Silver Surfer Chapter 10: Flying in a Blue Dream—1989 Chapter 11: The Bearsville Experiment Chapter 12: The Extremist—1992 Chapter 13: Eponymous—1995 Chapter 14: G3/Crystal Planet—1997 Chapter 15: Engines of Creation—2000 Chapter 16: Strange Beautiful Music—2002 Chapter 17: Is There Love in Space?—2004 Chapter 18: Super Colossal—2006 Chapter 19: Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock—2008 Chapter 20: Chickenfoot I—2009 Chapter 21: Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards—2010 Chapter 22: Chickenfoot III—2011/2012 Chapter 23: Unstoppable Momentum—2013 Chapter 24: Shockwave Supernova—2016 Conclusion: 2017 and Beyond The Gear: Album by Album Acknowledgments Index
£12.99
Blank Forms Better Do It Now Before You Die Later
£33.47
Puncture Publications Highway To Hell (third Edition): The Life & Death
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£22.09
Tidalwave Productions Female Force
£14.39
Simon & Schuster Anna: The Biography
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£17.99
Simon & Schuster I Would Leave Me If I Could.: A Collection of
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£19.12
Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
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£31.01
Penguin Putnam Inc Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire
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£24.00
Renaissance du livre Cest mon histoire
£19.42
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Franz Lehar: Der Letzte Operettenkonig. Eine
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£35.10
Bohlau Verlag Schönberg verstehen: »Überwältigende Vielheit
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£967.80
Bohlau Verlag Fritz Kreisler: Ein Kosmopolit im Exil. Vom
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£945.75
Bohlau Verlag Der Dirigent Hans Swarowsky (18991975): Musik,
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£77.39
Edition Olms John Mayall: The Blues Crusader
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£21.25
Verlag Vittorio Klostermann Frei: Zwei Gesprache
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£18.81
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Books on Demand Meggy Schneider - Von der Wiege bis zur Bühne:
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£17.90
Taschen GmbH Rembrandt
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£14.25
Hauser & Wirth Publishers The Inner Mirror Conversations with Ursula Hauser
Book SynopsisInvaluable, intimate insight into the life and work of art collector and gallerist Ursula Hauser, whose outstanding private collection of modern and contemporary art is among the world's most revered. In the 1980s, Ursula Hauser began quietly building what's become one of the world's most impressive private collections of modern and contemporary artacquiring works from visionary artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Carol Rama, Alina Szapocznikow, Franz West, and many othersand in 1992, she co-founded one of today's most important galleries, Hauser & Wirth. This book presents the first-ever extensive and intimate account of her life and art collection.
£24.00
Hauser & Wirth Constructive Clarity
Book SynopsisAngela Thomas, art historian and Max Bill's widow, offers intimate insight into the peak years of the Swiss polymath's career. Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 19401952, the second installment of art historian Angela Thomas's multivolume biography, continues her meticulous exploration of the life and work of the influential artist. Max Bill was undoubtedly one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth centurya designer, painter, sculptor, architect, graphic designer, typographer, writer, curator, teacher, and politicianwho influenced generations of artists. Picking up where the first volume left off, Thomas turns her attention to Bill's life during World War II, exploring the ground-breaking artistic and intellectual networks to which Bill belonged: from his time at the Bauhaus in Dessau to his connections with the Parisian avant-garde and his lifelong friendship with Georges Vantongerloo. His importance as a writer, publisher, and exhibition organizer comes to the f
£30.40
Hauser & Wirth Gustav Metzger
Book SynopsisThe artist's biography as told by Metzger himself, a leader of the Auto-Destructive Art and Art Strike movements. A visionary artist and radical thinker, Gustav Metzger asked provocative questions about the role of the artist and of conventional forms of artmaking and display. In this richly illustrated book, Metzger tells the story of his life and work in a series of interviews with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. He recounts his Orthodox Jewish childhood in 1930s Nuremberg and his arrival in England as part of the Kindertransport before shedding light on his development as an artist, including his early contributions to computer art, his leading role in the Destruction in Art Symposium of 1966, and his call for an art strike' from 197780. An artist for our times, Metzger's uncompromising commitment to combating environmental destruction was fundamental to his understanding of art as a vehicle for change. This publication speaks emphatically to the undimmed urgency of Metzger's ar
£33.60
Hauser & Wirth Publishers Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce
Book SynopsisEduardo Chillida?s daughter reminisces on the life and work of her artist parentsPublished to mark the centenary of Eduardo Chillida?s birth, Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce: Memories of a Daughter is the first English translation of Susana Chillida?s memoir about her parents, Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce. With abundant archival images, the book reflects the couple?s universe, family, friendships and the cultural circles in which they ran, while also providing an intimate portrait of the couple as innovative artists and socially conscious individuals.Susana Chillida has published several books and directed several films on her parents Eduardo Chillida and Pilar Belzunce, including Memory of Filming with My Father (2002); One Hundred Words for Eduardo Chillida (2015); From Chillida to Hokusai: Creation of a Work (1994); and Art and Dreams (1998). She studied documentary filmmaking at New York University.
£24.00
Kurz & Bundig Jurgen Von Der Lippe: Komiker. Klugscheisser.
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£14.85
Kurz & Bundig Hartmut Engler: Pur. Popstar, Poet
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£14.85
Die Gestalten Verlag BLUE CHIP: Confessions of Claudia Schiffer's cat
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£22.46
Schikowsky&Mörwald No Risk More Money Dein Plan fur finanzielle
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£17.06
Skira The Empress and I: How an Ancient Empire
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£32.30
Rizzoli Electa Tà's Red Book: The Life of Wanda Ferragamo
Book SynopsisThis volume is being published on the occasion of the exhibition Women in Balance at the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence. Wanda Miletti Ferragamo, wife of Salvatore Ferragamo, was an extraordinary figure who combined the traditional role of a woman devoted to her home and children with a commitment to work and business. Her individual story triggers profound reflections on how she honoured her husband's memory through her entrepreneurial, cultural, and social choices. These choices allowed her to outline a specific form of family business, which has long been considered a pinnacle of the Italian economy. Her life was characterized by a strong dedication to work, and her role as a pioneering leader at the helm of an innovative company such as Salvatore Ferragamo provides an opportunity to explore and analyze the role of women in the years of Italy's economic miracle, with a focus on issues such as household consumption and the influence of advertising.
£26.25
United Library Taylor Swift: La biografía de la nueva reina del
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£10.44
LMH Publishing Leonie: Her Autobiography: The Journey of a
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£16.19
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore Changi Murals: The Story of Stanley Warren's War
Book SynopsisWhen Bombardier Stanley Warren first painted the Changi Murals in Luke's Chapel, Roberts Barracks, Singapore in 1942, his fellow prisoners knew so little about him that they made up their own 'myths' about the mysterious painter. This carefully researched account reveals the truth behind the man and his murals. It follows Stanley Warren's journey through World War II: from soldier, to prisoner of war, and his return to civillian life. It also tells of his remarkable, long-standing relationship with the murals - from when he was seriously ill as he began to paint the first of the five murals to how he was identified in 1959 as the lost artist of Changi, and how he returned twice to Singapore to restore the paintings. With over 70 illustrations, including full colour reproductions of the Changi Murals, archival photographs, sketches and maps.
£18.99
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Shakira the Rhythm of Resilience
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£13.37
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Lords of Darkness
£14.99
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Wentworth Miller Biography
£19.49
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Rebecca Ferguson Biography
£18.25
Bloomsbury Academic Stan Lee
£13.60
The University of Chicago Press For the Love of It
Book SynopsisThis work tells the story not only of an intimate struggle between man and cello but also of the larger struggle between a society obsessed with success and payoff and individuals who choose challenging hobbies that yield no payoff except the love of it.
£21.00
