Individual artists, art monographs Books
Dis Voir Life Extreme
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£19.80
Dis Voir Mathieu Briand and Daniel Foucard: Ubiq - A
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£22.12
Dis Voir Adventures of Percival
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£19.80
DIS VOIR Journey to the End of the Species
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£28.90
DIS VOIR Chasser Croiser
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£21.25
Dis Voir Medea
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£21.25
DIS VOIR Christian Marclay Fire Water
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£26.10
Dis Voir Winter Family - No World +
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£22.50
Dis Voir Loris Greaud - Crossfading +
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£22.50
Dis Voir ME AND THE OTHER LITTLE SOMEONES WOULD LIKE TO
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£18.00
Paraguay Press Berlin Works: The Noologist's Handbook and Other
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£23.75
Galerie Chantal Crousel 17 and in AUC: The Transcriptions
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£20.90
Gwin Zegal Crocodile tears
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£28.50
Gwin Zegal Body Shops
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£23.75
Gwin Zegal Cornerville
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£30.40
Gwin Zegal Corps Hospitalier
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£15.00
Gwin Zegal Today I Wrote Nothing
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£19.00
Kruger Druck + Verlag GmbH & Co. KG Magdalena Grandmontagne: Epreuve D'Artiste
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£23.75
Passenger Books Observances: The Book Of Soundings (2 Vols.)
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£19.47
Birkhauser Koloman Moser: Universalkünstler zwischen Gustav
Book SynopsisKolo Moser was one of the most important universal artists in fin-de-siècle Vienna and is one of the leading representatives of Art Nouveau. His oeuvre includes painting, graphics, and crafts, as well as designs for fashion, lighting, and furniture, stage decoration, stained glass windows, book illustrations, and even banknotes. Blazing a trail for the art of his age, he was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and, together with the architect Josef Hoffmann and the industrialist Fritz Wärndorfer, he established the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. The objective of this collective of fine artists was to realize the Gesamtkunstwerk or total work of art at the highest caliber of arts and crafts. Some 400 objects, presented systematically and explained with essays, open up a new perspective on his impressive oeuvre.
£37.05
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Giovanni Segantini. La Vita – La Natura – La
Book SynopsisGiovanni Segantini’s (1858–99) three paintings La Vita—La Natura—La Morte (Becoming—Being—Passing) of 1898/99 do not reveal at first glance anything about their equally complex and interesting background. Originally planned for the 1900 Paris Exposition of 1900 as a gigantic, multimedia “Alpine symphony” panorama 722 ft long and 66 ft high, Segantini was forced to reduce his work to three purely pictorial main paintings, owing to a lack of financial means. When he died in 1899, whilst still working on it, he left behind an incomplete triptych that was intended to embody “the spirit of nature, of life, and of death.” In this book, Swiss art historian and Segantini-expert Juerg Albrecht traces this monumental landmark piece in the artist’s oeuvre as one of the last programmatic works of fin de siècle art. Apart from its genesis, the book explains, as well the cycle of life and death that the three paintings visualise, whose origins Segantini sought both privately and creatively in the mountains of the upper Engadine valley during his lifetime. Text in English and German.
£31.50
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Meret Oppenheim – My Album: From Childhood to
Book SynopsisThe complex, enigmatic work of Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985) has lost nothing of its fascination to the present day. Much has been written about her career and her art. Yet very little is known about the real person Meret Oppenheim, who always remained secretive about herself and banned publication of any personal documents until 20 years after her death. In 1958, Oppenheim put together an album that she titled Von der Kindheit bis 1943 (From Childhood to 1943). It has a dual identity of a diary and a work of art in itself. It assembles photos, objects, notes and brief texts, as well as ideas and concepts for art works, and offers very personal insights into Oppenheim’s private life and thought. This book features the entire album in true-size colour reproductions and, for the first time ever, with the full text translated into English. This is supplemented with a previously unpublished autobiographical text by Oppenheim, which she wrote in 1957-58 on the request of the French scholar Yves Poupard-Lieussou for his never completed project of a bio-bibliographical history of Dada and Surrealism. An introduction by the editors Lisa Wenger and Martina Corgnati rounds out this beautiful book that offers entirely new perspectives on one of the most distinguished woman artists. Text in English and German.Trade Review"Her work spans over half a century of artistic styles, from the abstract to the surreal. But Meret Oppenheim was an artist who defies labels." - CBS News"Mein Album/My Album is a poignant book in which the sensibility of a rebellious artist receives an admirable level of restrained editorial elucidation." - The Art Newspaper
£37.80
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Wolfgang Beltracchi: The Return of Salvator Mundi
Book SynopsisIn recent years, painter and legendary art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi has opened a new chapter of his career. The core of his latest work is an extensive series of paintings, titled The Greats, that have been put on sale as digital artworks using NFT technology. Its starting point was the Salvator Mundi, a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci and sold in 2017 in an auction at Christie’s in New York for $450m to an unknown buyer. Beltracchi studied the picture meticulously and created several hundred versions of the motif in a variety of styles, ranging from high renaissance to pop art, or depicting Jesus in the personification of Mick Jagger or Mao Zedong. The result is a fascinating game of deception with the disputed painting and its symbolism. This large-format book combines photographic insights into Beltracchi's everyday life in the studio by renowned Swiss photographer Alberto Venzago with a documentation of The Greats collection. Texts are contributed by Stanford University professor emeritus Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, German philosophers Peter Sloterdijk and Markus Gabriel, German journalist Ulrike Posche, German finance executive Leonhard Fischer, Swiss-based cryptocurrency and NFT expert Hansen Wang, Swiss art dealer Guido Persterer, and Alberto Venzago. A conversation between Beltracchi and Swiss writer and philosopher René Scheu rounds out this volume that describes and interprets the phenomenon of this extraordinary artist from a range of perspectives.
£37.80
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Renee Levi
Book SynopsisRenée Levi is known for her flamboyant, fast, honest, and direct painting. Trained as an architect and visual artist, she often creates monumental, installation-like works, which are always adapted to the spatial context in which they are located. In this interview, Levi talks about the origins of her artistic intention, the place she has conquered in the art world, and her visual language that gradually evolves like a quest for freedom.On Words is a collection of interviews with leading contemporary women artists. In conversation with Julie Enckell Julliard, Federica Martini, and Sarah Burkhalter, they speak about the sources from which they draw inspiration, themes in their work, and their view of the world. The series brings together a wide range of viewpoints and adds a new narrative to polyphonic art history as told by those who actively shape it.Text in English and German.
£12.00
Scheidegger & Spiess Atout Coeur
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£28.00
Scheidegger & Spiess FrantisekHuman States of Aggregation
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£40.80
Scheidegger & Spiess Irene Schubiger
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£43.50
Scheidegger & Spiess El Lissitzky and Switzerland
£30.40
Scheidegger & Spiess Leiko Ikemura
£30.40
Scheidegger & Spiess Maude LéonardContant
£37.50
De Gruyter Vermeer und Epikur: Lebenslust in der Kunst der
Book SynopsisVermeer van Delft gilt als der bedeutendste Schilderer holländischen Lebens im sog. Goldenen Zeitalter. Viele Studien zu seinen Gemälden haben sich mit der Entschlüsselung verborgener Zusammenhänge und symbolischer Bezüge beschäftigt. Bisher ging die Forschung dabei davon aus, dass die Philosophie Spinozas und Descartes' den Maler beeinflusst haben könnte. Andeas Prater zeigt hingegen, dass und wie bestimmte Maximen und Sentenzen Epikurs und seines lateinischen Herolds Lukrez in Vermeers Malerei Eingang gefunden haben. Epikur wurde im 17. Jahrhundert wiederentdeckt und hinsichtlich seiner lange in Verruf geratenen Lehre von Freude und Lust rehabilitiert. Die bisher völlig unbeachteten und unbekannten Aspekte lassen das Werk des großen holländischen Malers in einem ganz neuen Licht erscheinen.
£34.67
De Gruyter Ein deutscher Maler: Otto Dix und der
Book SynopsisDie nationalsozialistische Kunstpolitik prangerte Otto Dix (1891-1969) und sein veristisches Werk als »sittlichkeitsgefährdend« und »den Wehrwillen des deutschen Volkes beeinträchtigend« an. Als Reaktion wandelte sich Dix zu einem Maler, der motivisch und stilistisch zwischen Konservatismus und kritischer Stellungnahme oszillierte und trotz Verfemung nach Anerkennung suchte. Dieser erzwungene künstlerische Umbruch führte auch zu »verborgenen«, teils subversiven, teils widersprüchlichen Ikonografien, denen sich das vorliegende Buch widmet. Analysiert wird die Kunst des Malers vor dem Hintergrund der kunstpolitischen Entwicklungen in Deutschland von der Weimarer Republik bis in die Nachkriegszeit; sämtliche Gattungen – Landschaften, Porträts und (christliche) Figurenbilder – werden betrachtet.
£50.82
De Gruyter Under Construction: Kunst, Männlichkeiten und
Book SynopsisThis publication is dedicated to the changes in masculinity/ies that visual artists have been addressing since the 1970s and are currently working on more than ever. Contributions from art and other cultural studies illuminate the diverse artistic processes by which the idea of masculinity as a seemingly universal, irrefutable constant is being successively replaced by the assumption of a plurality of masculinities. The volume comprises four sections: Postphallic Masculinity, Queering Masculinities, Optimised Masculinity/ies and Vulnerability. Based on the premise that male bodies do not have an intrinsic essence but are socially constructed and thus transformable, visions of future masculinity(ies) are discussed and concretised.
£48.60
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Maldadadix. Otto Dix Und Die Dada-Malerei: 1919
Book SynopsisNeuentdeckung des Dadaisten Otto Dix
£43.19
BÃhlau Verlag Wien Lucien C. Kapp
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£38.69
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Geschichte Der Venezianischen Malerei: Band 3:
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£76.50
BÃhlau Verlag KÃln Andersmachen
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£37.64
De Gruyter Symphonie in Schwarz: Eine Spurensuche zwischen
Book Synopsis In 1904, Saxon artist Oskar Zwintscher painted the portrait of a lady smoking a cigarette. Today, the work has cult status at the Albertinum in Dresden. Her hair loose, a burning cigarette held casually in her hand, the sitter in a black reform dress is sitting in front of a black curtain. But who is behind the young woman who looks out of the picture so confidently? Andreas Dehmer and Susanna Partsch embark on a fascinating search for clues to the identity of the lady smoking. They find emancipated women who earned their living as artists, actors or writers, preferred reform dress to the corset, and regarded smoking as a symbol of independence. They follow them to metropolises like Berlin, Dresden or Munich, where they lived as part of the bohemian scene. A captivating picture of the way art and life intertwined around 1900 emerges in this search for the unknown.
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De Gruyter Emil Noldes Malweise: Eine Farbe verlangt die
Book SynopsisThe painting technique and artist’s materials of the renowned Expressionist Emil Nolde (1867–1956) have been examined for the first time by an interdisciplinary team of restorers, art historians, and scientists. The research included an evaluation of Nolde’s studio estate and his text sources from the perspective of art technology, as well as detailed microscopic, imaging, and material-analysis examinations of his paintings. Known as a master of coloring, the choice of canvas, primer, and paint, as well as diverse application techniques are essential to the effect of his pictures. The impressive spectrum of Nolde’s working methods and his struggle to arrive at artistic solutions are explained clearly based on forty-four works from all the phases of his long career. Exhibitions:Hamburger Kunsthalle, October 16, 2021 until April 18, 2022Emil Nolde. Meine Art zu malen…, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, March 31, 2022 until February 28, 2023Presentation in the Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, expected from summer 2022
£31.05
De Gruyter Franz Lenk: Der entwirklichte Blick
Book SynopsisFranz Lenk (1898–1968) war einer der bekanntesten Maler der Neuen Sachlichkeit. Die Publikation bietet eine aktuelle Betrachtung zu seinem Werk und künstlerischen Werdegang. Dabei werden Fragen nicht nur zu seinen künstlerischen Vorbildern gestellt, sondern auch zu seinem Weltbild und dessen Manifestation in seiner Malerei. Analysiert wird unter anderem die ambivalente Haltung Lenks in den Jahren 1933 bis 1945 und im Kontext der Zeitereignisse bewertet. Biografische und kunsthistorische Erkenntnisse, unter anderem zur Gruppe „Die Sieben" und zu seiner Teilnahme an den Ausstellungen des Carnegie Instituts in Pittsburgh in den 1930er-Jahren, werden in die Darstellung einbezogen. Ausstellung und Katalog stellen zahlreiche Werke aus 24 privaten und öffentlichen Sammlungen in Deutschland und der Schweiz vor.
£23.28
De Gruyter Reframing Friedrich Nerly: Landschaftsmaler,
Book SynopsisThis anthology outlines a research project at the Angermuseum in Erfurt and forms the start of a new assessment of the landscape painter Friedrich Nerly (1807–1878) from Erfurt, who spent the main years of his career in Italy, particularly in Venice. If one wants to do justice to the phenomenon of Nerly, it is necessary to take a look at the changes in artistic, economic, and social contexts. Nerly’s oeuvre should be connected with the innovative painting practices and finding of motifs of the early plein-air painters as well as with sales strategies that reacted to the globalization of the art market and tourism. In line with research on cultural transfer, questions, for instance, regarding the achievements that Nerly brought to Italy or inspirations that he found in his home country emerge cross-nationally. Look inside
£53.10
De Gruyter Kunst, Musik und Peter Brötzmann: Free Music Art
Book SynopsisSince the mid-1960s, Peter Brötzmann has made a decisive impact on the international free jazz and improvized music scene; parallel to his musical activity, he also practices as a visual artist. This volume takes a look at the outstanding “double talent” from various scholarly perspectives. It is dedicated to the artistic crossing of boundaries, asking how the art and music genres influence each other, and what parallels or differences can be identified in terms of artistic concepts and expressive forms. The focus is on the word “free” – as an element in the name of the music genre free jazz and the record label FMP, co-founded by Peter Brötzmann. This points to a social dimension, but also to a creative musical or artistic principle in relation to the “free arts”. The book contains one of the last interviews with the artist. Interdisciplinary contribution on reciprocal influences between musical and artistic genres New academic research on Peter Brötzmann
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Harrassowitz Verlag An Artists Choice. Italian Drawings from the Collection of Martin von Wagner
£78.40
Insel Verlag Anton Kippenberg Auguste Rodin
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Dietrich Reimer Paul Delaroche - Das Phanomen Globaler
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Benteli Verlag Niki de Saint Phalle: and the Tarot Garden
Book SynopsisInfluenced by Gaudi's Parc Guell in Barcelona, and the mannerist park of Bomarzo, Niki de Saint Phalle decided that she wanted to make something similar; a monumental sculpture park created by a woman. In 1974, she was donated some land in Garavicchio, Tuscany, about 100 km north-west of Rome along the coast. The garden, on which planning started in 1978, contains sculptures of the symbols found on Tarot cards. It opened in 1998, after more than 20 years of work. The garden was still incomplete when Niki de Saint Phalle died. With elaborate illustrations and sensitively written texts this book presents in detail the formation of the garden and the underlying ideas.
£36.00
Benteli Verlag Poetry of the Incredible
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£23.96
Niggli Verlag Jürg Nänni. Art Science
Book SynopsisJürg Nänni (19472019) was a physicist, teacher, and artist—a pioneer at the intersection of science and art. In his works, mathematical precision and intuitive perception merge into a new language of color and form. From the 1980s onwards, he used computer-based systems to create a diverse body of work within the field of concrete art that attracted international attention.
£50.96
