Exhibition catalogues and specific collections Books

Book SynopsisThe form of this extraordinary bronze lamp, the most elaborate of several produced by Riccio (Andrea Briosco), is based on a Roman sandal, and its surface is covered with intricate reliefs modelled with a goldsmith’s refinement and crisp detail. The subjects evoke the populace of classical art and poetry, including a Nereid and Triton, Pan, harpies and innumerable putti, along with goats, musical instruments, shells, masks and garlands. Inspired by the Roman half-boot, the lamp is designed as a bizarre shoe balanced on a pyramidal base, and, as Ian Wardropper discusses in his essay, it would have provided its owner with much pleasure and intellectual stimulation. Early in its history, the lamp is known to have belonged to a series of distinguished Paduan collectors. Paired with Wardropper’s essay is a beautiful poem by James Fenton.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments by Ian Wardropper; The World of Andrea Riccio by James Fenton; Riccio’s Oil Lamp by Ian Wardropper; Notes Notes; Bibliography; Index

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Book Synopsis"Curiously few people think of Britain’s cathedrals as being among our most impressive museums. This book should change that." — The Telegraph The cathedrals of England and Wales are remarkable buildings. From the centuries leading up to the Norman Conquest to the tumults of the Reformation to the devastating wars of the 20th century, they carry traces of our nations’ darkest moments and most brilliant endeavours. This beautifully illustrated new volume tells the stories behind 50 remarkable artefacts – one for each cathedral – that have been preserved by the cathedrals of the Church of England and the Church in Wales. Featuring the Magna Carta of Salisbury Cathedral as well as the oldest book of English literature in the world, an Anglo-Saxon portable sundial, and Pre-Raphaelite glass, painting and embroidery, these local and national treasures are a vital part of our heritage, testifying to the powerful and enduring links between cathedrals and the wider communities of which they are part. Trade Review"Curiously few people think of Britain’s cathedrals as being among our most impressive museums. This book should change that." - The Telegraph"The booklet Cathedral treasures of England and Wales is richly illustrated and that makes it a pleasure to read." [Translated via Google Translate from original Dutch] - Bazarow

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Book SynopsisA dynamic, personal, and poignant collection of over 90 works fromEric Key?s extensive collection of art by American artists of African descent, spanning the Harlem Renaissance to the twenty-first century.Since he started collecting in the 1990s, Eric Key?s intent has always been to help preserve America?s Black experience in the arts, and to benefit the many communities of which he has been a part?opening gateways for artists, African Americans, and conversations about race, identity, and America. Featured in the volume are selected works by some of the most recognizable contemporary African American artists, including Sam Gilliam, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, William Artis, Samella Lewis, and Renee Stout. Together, these artists work to dispel the many stereotypes and misunderstandings about African American art and people, but also remain a form of personal narrative. As Eric Key states, the works in his collection are an extension of himself, a Black man in a still mostly white art world; they are an extension of the country in which he lives and an extension of the artists who created them.

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Book SynopsisThe long-awaited work monograph on the biennial and documenta artist Reinhard Mucha. … For me, things only become interesting when they contain some mysterious corner somewhere which continues to elude us. And so I am really rather sorry that Mucha was not included, because he is formally incredibly good and is nonetheless twice or three times as unfathomable. - Harald Szeemann, “Zeitinvestition zu knapp”, in: Kunstforum International, vol. 90, July–September 1987 The Düsseldorf artist Reinhard Mucha (b. 1950) exhibited his work at the Biennale in Venice in 1990 and at the documenta in Kassel in 1997. His work is regarded as one of the most important positions in contemporary art for his redefinition of sculpture, photography and installations. The catalogue accompanying the artist’s exhibition unites installations which have not been seen for many years with works from all creative phases, thereby sketching a panorama extending over forty years of artistic work. The overview volume was created in close cooperation with the artist.

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Book SynopsisThe long-awaited monumental monograph on the work of David Claerbout. In a conversation with Jonathan Pouthier, curator of the cinema programme of the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou (Paris, France), video artist David Claerbout reflects for the first time in depth on his work of the past decade in relation to current discussions about photography, film and the virtual. The Silence of the Lens offers a unique insight into the creative process behind such recent video works as The Close, Aircraft (F.A.L.), Wildfire (meditation on fire), The Confetti Piece and The Pure Necessity. The publication coincides with the Venice Biennale 2022 and solo exhibitions in various cities including Munich, Berlin, Budapest and New York. Text in English and French.

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Book SynopsisThe extraordinary story behind Manet’s portrait of his only pupil Eva Gonzalès, placed within the broader context of women painters of the period Edouard Manet (1832–1883) only ever had one formal pupil, Eva Gonzalès (1849–1883). The daughter of a prominent writer, she entered Manet’s studio aged 19. He portrayed her the year they met and exhibited the ambitious full-length portrait at the Paris Salon of 1870, at which Gonzalès also displayed her own work, for the first time, to positive reviews. The first in a new series of Discover titles, in which a single work of art in the National Gallery’s collection is reconsidered from a fresh perspective, this book reveals the extraordinary story behind Manet’s portrait by examining it in the context of women’s artistic practice in nineteenth-century Paris, Gonzalès’s development as a professional painter, and Manet’s career in 1870. Combining new art historical research with engaging essays on women artists and their representation in visual culture, Discover Manet & Eva Gonzalès provides a richly illustrated, in-depth study of Manet’s portrait and offers a groundbreaking viewpoint on both artists. Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press

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Book SynopsisThis volume gathers a wide selection of masterpieces from the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris, which shows a spectacular journey through the artistic avant-gardes of the first third of the 20th century. The works, which can be seen at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao between February and May 2022, cover different movements: from Fauvism and Cubism, which at the turn of the century revolutionised the traditional representation of landscape, the figure and still life, to Surrealism, which in the 1920s championed the unconscious, chance and dreams over order and reason. Not forgetting the so-called School of Paris, formed by artists who arrived in the French capital between the wars, attracted by its cultural effervescence, and who contributed to the emergence of a new artistic scene. Fauvism followed in the footsteps of Impressionism and Pointillism, blurring forms in very bright colours, and its representatives in this book include Vlaminck, Derain and Matisse. Cubism, which arose from Picasso and Braque's determination to represent reality from a multitude of angles at the same time, is represented by works by these artists together with those of Juan Gris, Natalia Goncharova, Delaunay and Leger. The School of Paris include Russian artists such as Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, Bulgarians such as Jules Pascin, Italians such as Modigliani and Gino Severini, Spaniards such as Maria Blanchard, Dutch artists such as Kees Van Dongen and Japanese artists such as Leonard Foujita. From the Surrealist period and the years that followed, we find works by Man Ray, Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, Wilfredo Lam, Claude Cahun, Vera Pagava and Leonor Fini. Thus, the works collected in the book form an essential and unforgettable journey through one of the most fascinating periods in the history of art.

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Book SynopsisAn A to Z exploration of the Enlightenment’s quest for understanding and change, as revealed in the era’s prints and drawings

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Book SynopsisThis fully illustrated and researched catalogue commemorates an exhibition of over 200 pieces of Chinese and related ceramics collected within the members of the Oriental Ceramic Society of London. The selection spans the complete range from Neolithic to contemporary ceramics, from minor kilns in many different regions to the major kilns working for the court, and from pieces of academic interest to world-famous masterpieces. It privileges unusual and rarely seen artifacts and avoids well known, repetitive designs such as that of the dragon, which is so firmly identified with China that it has become a cliche of Chinese art. It also aims to demonstrate the vast variety of wares and the inventiveness of Asian potters well beyond the classic confines. Text in English and Chinese.

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Book SynopsisThis in-depth exploration of celebrated French artist François Morellet (19262016) showcases his diverse oeuvre, famous for infusing systematic and rigorous experimentation with humor and playfulness. Morellet's interest in kinetic and optical effects spurred work that engages viewers' perception and participation, ensuring an element of chance within his predetermined systems and challenging the convention of the artistic genius. This book features new scholarship by an international group of renowned art historians and curators. Essays explore topics such as the conceptual stakes of Morellet's practice, the influence of Brazilian geometric abstractionand the Islamic decorative tradition, and the role of humor in his work. Also included is an extensive selection of previously untranslated writings by the artist himself. With striking new photography of the artworkssuch as Morellet's geometric paintings, neon works, and architectural interventionsthis is the definitive book on a fascin

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Book SynopsisHans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction offers a fresh and revealing assessment of the artist's prolific and innovative painterly career. The comprehensive exhibition and accompanying catalogue will feature approximately seventy paintings and works on paper by Hofmann from 1930 through the end of his life in 1966, including works from public and private collections across North America and Europe. Curator Lucinda Barnes builds on new scholarship published over the past ten years and the 2014 catalogue raisonné to present Hofmann as a unique synthesis of student, artist, teacher, and mentor who transcended generations and continents. His singular artistic achievement drew on artistic influences and innovations that spanned two world wars and transatlantic avant-gardes. Over the last fifty years Hofmann has come to be understood primarily from the vantage of his late color-plane abstractions. Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction expands our understanding and reinvigorates our apprecia

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Book SynopsisThis book examines in depth the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) and the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598–1680). Other painters and sculptors gathered around these two geniuses in Rome in the first decades of the 17th century. Together they formulated a new artistic language which later came to be known as Roman Baroque. In a very short period of time, Rome became an international cultural hotspot, the breeding ground of new ideas and initiatives. Artists from all over Europe came to the Eternal City to study the many remnants of Roman Antiquity and to seek the increasing patronage of the popes, cardinals, and the local nobility. More than ever before, painters and sculptors shared ambitions, personal friendships, and worked together, often on large papal projects. Caravaggio, Bernini, and their fellow artists embody this artistic fraternisation. Together, their works tell the story of the birth of this new movement in art, and the radical artistic innovation which would prove to have far reaching influence in Europe.

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Book SynopsisThis volume, the second catalogue of the Wyvern Collection, celebrates an outstanding group of medieval ivory carvings and small sculpture, the finest assemblage of its kind in private hands. The book has pieces from every period of the Middle Ages, including rare examples from the Early Christian era; spectacular panels from the workshops of tenth-century Constantinople; objects produced by the celebrated carvers active in south Italy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; and several important pieces from the Romanesque period. At the heart of the collection is an outstanding group of Gothic ivories whose highlights include one of the most important secular medieval ivories discovered in recent years. The collection also features a number of small amber, hardstone, jet, wood and mother-of-pearl carvings. In addition to their virtuoso craftsmanship, many of these objects have illustrious histories as part of famous aristocratic or ecclesiastical collections. This is a precious opportu

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Book SynopsisDrawn from all the major cultures of the period and covering an extensive geographical and chronological sweep, this richly illustrated book celebrates the artistic accomplishment of objects made from a varied and attractive array of materials such as gold, silver, precious stones, ivory, glass, ceramics and textiles.

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Book SynopsisDesperately Young introduces the masterpieces left behind by some of the greatest rising stars in fine art - all of whom died before their thirtieth birthday. Precocious talent seeps from each artist's work, along with a sense of unfulfilled potential. Informative biographies detail their legacies, while their tragic deaths lead us to wonder what heights they might've reached, had their lives not been cut short. Richly illustrated, Desperately Young presents prime examples of each artist's work, demonstrating how our cultural heritage is just a little narrower for their loss. From Europe to America to Japan and the Indian Subcontinent, the mid-14-hundreds to the late 20th century, this book hails the acknowledged greats and introduces those who died before they could leave an indelible mark on history. A compendium of 109 artists who fell prey to sickness, warfare, heartbreak or bad luck, Desperately Young is the only book to provide an in-depth study of artists who died young. Contents: With works from Tommaso Masaccio, Frédéric Bazille, Thomas Girtin, Egon Schiele, Henri Regnault, Ernst Klimt, Jeanne Hébuterne, Kaita Murayama, Hermann Stenner, Maurycy Gottlieb, Fyodor Vasilyev, Marie Bashkirtseff, Richard Parkes Bonington, Luisa Anguissola, Walter Deverell, August Macke, Pauline Boty and Jean-Michel Basquiat - among many others.Trade Review"It’s a testimony to Desperately Young’s worth that I was often engaged by remarkable talents I knew absolutely nothing about. The biographies never glamourise, instead offering insights on several remarkable individuals while historic events (primarily war) weigh heavily on the pages." - Garth Cartwright, The New European"In examining the many artists who died before the age of 30, authors Angela Swanson Jones and Vern G. Swanson examine 109 stories in their book Desperately Young: Artists Who Died in Their Twenties (ACC Art Books, 2020). The authors insist that their work is not born out of some sort of “morbid fascination” but instead out of the impulse to imbue their subjects and the art they created with “abiding honour, recognition, and consolation." - Caroline Goldstein & Eileen Kinsella, artnetTable of ContentsContents: With works from Tommaso Masaccio, Frederic Bazille, Thomas Girtin, Egon Schiele, Henri Regnault, Ernst Klimt, Jeanne Hebuterne, Kaita Murayama, Hermann Stenner, Maurycy Gottlieb, Fyodor Vasilyev, Marie Bashkirtseff, Richard Parkes Bonington, Luisa Anguissola, Walter Deverell, August Macke, Pauline Boty and Jean-Michel Basquiat - among many others.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Engrossing. . . . Traces the long, vexed relationship of these families with materiality, their faith that they could ‘create something beautiful in an increasingly hostile environment,’ their attempt to control works of art as they could not control life.”—Jackie Wullschläger, Financial Times“A moving portrait of a glittering, doomed world.”—The Economist“Ghosts from the pages of Proust and the paintings of Renoir wander through sumptuously appointed salons and galleries, charmed to life by James McAuley in his alluring and disturbing history The House of Fragile Things. . . . The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays bare. . . . [He] tells this haunting saga in eloquent detail. As French anti-Semitism rises once again today, the effect is nothing less than chilling.”—Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal“A comprehensive and accessible account of one of the great communal acts of generosity—and then betrayal—in modern history.”—Nicholas Wroe, The Guardian“Deeply researched and elegantly written. . . . Astute and perceptive. . . . McAuley’s nuanced narrative leaves the reader with a range of villains from which to choose.”—Ori Z. Soltes, Washington Post“Provides a new narrative that is at once rigorous and sensitive [and] endows these ‘houses of fragile things,’ which are still standing today, with a new solidity and life.”—Vincent Delieuvin, Art Newspaper“This group portrait re-creates the milieu of fin-de-siècle French Jewish dynasties like the Rothschilds and the Camondos through the art collections they amassed. . . . McAuley chronicles how many of his central figures were deported by the Vichy government and describes the fate of their collections. A study of ‘obsessions with objects’ becomes a darker tale.”—New Yorker“McAuley’s book provides not just an insight into the gathering and displaying of these collections, but into the lives of the men and women who put them together, and the extent to which they saw themselves as intrinsic members of the French establishment.”—Caroline Moorehead, Times Literary Supplement“Unsettling. . . . As much as McAuley seeks to recover histories effaced by the Holocaust, [he] emphasizes that these histories persist in our present.”—Chelsea Haines, Art in America“Elegantly written and deeply moving. . . . A meditation on the shaping and expression of identities through the acquisition and donation of beautiful things, a glimpse into a world blasted to dust by the horrors of the twentieth century, and a tragic story about the unrequited love of men and women for a country that savagely turned on them. . . . [A] haunting book.”—David A. Bell, New York Review of Books“A well-judged investigation.”—Julian Barnes, London Review of Books“[McAuley] has a tenderness for his subjects framed by a beautiful moral register. His conclusions are chilling.”—Helen Elliott, The Monthly (Australia)“A superior book must convey a message or present ideas. It must contribute to enriching understanding. This work certainly meets these criteria.”—Jay Levinson, Jewish Tribune“McAuley delicately revives the collections and stories of those the Nazis sought to annihilate. The result is compelling.”—Christie’s Magazine“An enlightening and deeply moving book. . . . As hard to put down as an exciting novel.”—Harriet Devine, Shiny New Books“A riveting and devastating account of a battle between the cultured and sophisticated fin de siècle Parisian art world—mostly but not exclusively Jewish—and the brutal greed of the Nazis, aided by the long-standing antisemitism of their French collaborators.”—Anne Sebba, Jewish QuarterlyWinner of the 2021 National Jewish Book Award, History category, sponsored by the Jewish Book CouncilWinner of the Sixth Annual French Heritage Society Book AwardFrench Heritage Society Book Award Short List“This is the book I have been waiting for. A magisterial account of aspiration and loss. Please read it.”—Edmund de Waal“A haunting and melancholy book that brings to life a wealthy but beleaguered Jewish milieu that was determined to demonstrate its loyalty to France.”—Philip Nord, author of France 1940: Defending the Republic“A remarkable book. I’ve finished reading with a sense of wonder at the unknown world its author recreates for us, and with shock at how senselessly that world was destroyed.”—Alice Kaplan, author of Looking for The Stranger: Albert Camus and the Life of a Literary Classic“Fascinating, sensitive and heartbreaking, deeply researched and elegantly written, filled with flamboyant dynasties of art collectors, McAuley guides us between the chic glamourous sophistication of the Paris art world and the murderous greed of the Nazis and their collaborators.”—Simon Sebag Montefiore“Beautifully written, astoundingly researched and penetrating in its gaze into an irrecoverable world, both Parisian, European and Jewish, James McAuley vividly revives a past now on the brink of escaping living memory. The House of Fragile Things is a book about art, France, the Holocaust and what it can mean to be a Jew, that will haunt you long after you have read it.”—Ben Judah, author of This Is London

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Book SynopsisWhat is assembled here might look like a modern 'Cabinet of Curiosities', an assemblage of the exotic and curious from the four quarters of the world. There is an intention behind it, however, that goes beyond presenting a wide variety of curiosities. We are today linked up to all those four quarters, and while a huge amount of information is available to us, unlike to those who awaited the ships in the ports of Amsterdam, Genoa, Lisbon, London, Marseille, Seville or Venice, the horizon of what interests us seems to have shrunk. The art market is an interesting barometer of this shrinkage. The point is, therefore, that we can connect with the whole world on a much more profound level than can be gained from package touring, through the possession of, and study of even the most modest objects of different cultures. The purpose of collecting, as Moliere might have put it, should not be limited to becoming rich through the investment in one's purchases, but to become enriched through the possession of what one has acquired. Highlights include: the silver libation cup of Mongke Khan, grandson of Genghis and ruler of an empire that stretched from modern Bucharest to Peking, and Karachi to Novgorod; the apple from the Garden of Eden - a silver pomander belonging to the Stuart Kings, with bite marks, opening to reveal a silver skull; a Scythian (6-7th centuries BC) jade pendant of the endangered Saiga antelope, as nely carved as anything by Faberge; a bronze Bacchus head from a tripod table belonging to the Emperor Augustus; a limestone bear carved in 3rd millenium BC Bactria.

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Book SynopsisAn accessible and elegant guide to Tate Modern, this book provides an essential introduction to the extraordinary building and highlights some of the remarkable artwork on display. Revised and updated for 2019, it highlights an intriguing selection of artworks from Tate’s twentieth century and contemporary collections and is the perfect pocket-sized guidebook to accompany your visit to the gallery. The artworks included provide an immediate introduction to the gallery and mirrors Tate Modern’s aims in promoting not only the very best-known works in the collection but also highlighting pieces by emerging and under-represented artists. Tate Modern is the world’s most visited museum of modern and contemporary art, with its pioneering collection, ground-breaking international exhibitions, innovative commissions and inspiring events. Since its opening in 2000 it has transformed attitudes to the visual arts, and its exciting expansion in 2016 has reinforced its reputation as one of the UK’s most important sites for visitors.

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Book SynopsisHere Now: Indigenous Arts of North America at the Denver Art Museum features 200 of the museum’s most notable Indigenous artworks. It reinterprets the collection and reveals new insights into the historic and contemporary work of Indigenous artists. Contributions by Indigenous authors reflect on the collection and current issues. The expansive volume is for both new and established audiences. The artworks – from ancient Puebloan and Ississippian ceramics to nineteenth-century beaded garments and carved masks to cutting-edge contemporary paintings, sculpture, photography and variable media art – are organized geographically, inviting readers to make connections to the peoples who historically inhabited a place. The collection illustrates the multi-faceted nature of Native experiences and represents the Indigenous arts of North America as a vibrant continuum.

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Book SynopsisBradley's sculpture embodies the mathematical structure of nature and the beauty of pure mathematics.Trade Review"Bradley's sculpture embodies the mathematical structure of nature and the beauty of pure mathematics." Lynn Gamwell "The most nearly perfect integration of color and form is the goal of these sculptures." Morton C. Bradley, Jr.Table of ContentsForeword Eric J. HellerForewords by Michael A. McRobbie and deans of Business School Law School, and SPEAPrefaceAcknowledgments by Lynn Gamwell, Adelheid Gealt, and Sherry RouseIntroduction Adelheid GealtIntroduction Evan TurnerMorton C. Bradley Jr.'s Geometric Sculptures in Context Lynn GamwellAnnotated Sculpture Checklist Sherry Rouse and Liska Radachi

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Book SynopsisAn examination of a 1970s Conceptual art project—advertisements for fictional shows by fictional artists in a fictional gallery—that hoodwinked the New York art world.From the summer of 1970 to March 1971, advertisements appeared in four leading art magazines—Artforum, Art in America, Arts Magazine, and ARTnews—for a group show and six solo exhibitions at the Jean Freeman Gallery at 26 West Fifty-Seventh Street, in the heart of Manhattan's gallery district. As gallery goers soon discovered, this address did not exist—the street numbers went from 16 to 20 to 24 to 28—and neither did the art supposedly exhibited there. The ads were promoting fictional shows by fictional artists in a fictional gallery. The scheme, eventually exposed by a New York Times reporter, was concocted by the artist Terry Fugate-Wilcox as both work of art and critique of the art world. In this book, Christopher Howard brings thi

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Book SynopsisSurveys Layman's work in the context of dreams of utopia in suburbia, secession from the city, nostalgia for paradiseTrade Review"This book, an intense combination of images and text, is a rare encounter: rich and strange." -- Mike Dillon * City Living *

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Book SynopsisA catalogue of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan objects in the collection of Fordham University, some published for the first time.Trade Review"... [These] artifacts present an opportunity form undergraduates and scholars to study new examples first hand." -Times Literary Supplement "... the excellent photography, insightfully written entries and careful selection of works included ultimately make the volume accessible to scholars, students and museum members alike." -Bryn Mawr Classical Review "The combination of excellent illustrations, thorough research, clearly presented information and ideas (with explanations to guide the non-specialist), and introductory essays to provide context make the collection admirably accessible." -- -Susan Matheson Yale University Art GalleryTable of ContentsContributors: Amanda Anderson, Sarah E. Cox, Richard Daniel DePuma, Jason Earle, Sarah Graff, Anne C. Hrychuk Kontakosta, Patricial Lulof, Anthony Mangieri, Maya B. Muratov, Lisa Pieraccini, Amy Sowder, Rosemarie Trentinella, Jennifer Udell

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Masterworks is a long overdue tribute to the incredible range and depth of Lord Beaverbrook's collection, amassed over his lifetime in England and worldwide." -- John K. Grande * Vie des Arts *

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Book SynopsisA man in a darkened workshop, surrounded and obscured by dust clouds. A pair of larger-than-life hands, holding a mallet, ready to strike. Spectacles that play with the idea of turning lies into truth and cynics into believers. A cinder block, precariously suspended above a fragile glass, held in place by a single line of tension. Welcome to John Greer: retroActive.Sculptor, conceptual artist, and unconventional art maker John Greer has been telling stories through his work for more than fifty years. Drawing on his present and past experiences, his travels and exploits, and his anxieties and fears, his work offers poignant meditations on the human environment, all the while challenging the viewer''s perspective with humour, intelligence, and a trail of narrative.RetroActive offers a comprehensive view of Greer''s work and his commitment to the discourse of sculpture. Stunningly designed by Susanne Schaal and featuring the photographs of Raoul Manuel Schnell, the book contains more than three hundred representations of Greer and his work - in situ, in galleries, in process - bringing into focus Greer''s significant contributions to the world of art and ideas. Also included in the book are essays by Ray Cronin, Andria Minicucci, Dennis Reid, Ron Shuebrook, David Diviney, Sarah Fillmore, and Vanessa Paschakarnis.John Greer taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design for almost three decades, where his thinking and teaching helped shape contemporary sculpture in Canada. His work has been included in more than fifty solo and sixty group exhibitions and is held in public and private collections around the globe. In 2009 Greer was the recipient of the Governor General''s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Canada''s highest distinction in the field of art and culture.

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