Individual artists, art monographs Books

Book SynopsisRichard Calvocoressi is currently a director at Gagosian Gallery, and is a former Director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. He wrote the catalogue text for Baselitz's first exhibition in a commercial gallery in London, and in 1983 was author of the main catalogue essay for his first retrospective in Britain at the Whitechapel Gallery. As curator responsible for German art at Tate, Calvocoressi was instrumental in the acquisition of his works for the UK national collection.Trade Review'Brilliantly illustrated and documented by the fine narrative provided here by esteemed author and interlocutor Richard Calvocoressi' - The World of Interiors'Beautifully written with revealing insight into the artist’s motivations at each stage, it is the most authoritative work on Baselitz to date' - The Art Newspaper'Beautifully illustrated' - The Telegraph'Elegantly written and splendidly illustrated, this is by far the best study of Baselitz in English' - The Spectator'Meticulous … With its grasp of the relevant art-historical readings and cultural-historic issues, and its compelling readings of so many individual works, this new, definitive publication is a masterclass' - The Times Literary Supplement'Sumptuously illustrated … Calvocoressi’s achievement is to blend art and biography into what will prove to be a useful first monograph in English on this major German artist' - The Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Early Years: Third Reich and East Germany 1938 – 1956 • 2. West Berlin: Finding a Voice 1957 – 1965 • 3. Rural isolation: Osthoven and Forst 1966 – 1974 • 4. Schloss Derneburg: from New York to the Venice Biennale 1975 – 1980 • 5. International recognition: from A New Spirit in Painting to the fall of the Wall 1981 – 1989 • 6. Reunification and reassessment 1990 – 2004 • 7. Remix: mortality and later work 2005 –

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Book SynopsisThe first book to concentrate on the early ceramic work of Transvestite Potter', bestselling author, broadcaster and social commentator Grayson Perry.Table of ContentsForeword by Chris Stephens • Towards a Pre-History of Grayson Perry by Andrew Wilson The Iconography of Grayson Perry’s Pre-Therapy Years by Catrin Jones • The Pre-Therapy Years by Grayson Perry • The Works

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Book SynopsisJames H. Rubin is professor in the department of art at Stony Brook University, New York, where he teaches art history, theory and criticism, specializing in 19th-century France. He taught previously at Harvard, Boston University, Princeton and the Cooper Union. His books include studies of Manet, Delacroix, Courbet and Impressionism; most recently he is the author of How to Read Impressionism: Ways of Looking.Trade Review'A refreshing reconsideration of Monet' - Hyperallergic.comTable of ContentsIntroduction • 1. Defying Traditions: From Caricaturist to Career • 2. Defining Impressionism: Aspects of Modernity • 3. Interludes and Crises: Personal, Public and Pictorial • 4. The Picturesque as Turning Point: Travels, Sites and Series • 5. Poetry in the Garden: The Decorative, the ‘Water Lilies’ and Art Nouveau • 6. Vision and Subjectivity: Seeing with the Body • 7. Political Contexts: Nationalism and Utopia • 8. A Lasting Legacy: The Patriarch of Modern Art

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Book SynopsisGenius, anti-artist, charlatan, guru, impostor? Since he arrived on the scene in 1914, Marcel Duchamp has been called all of these. Almost no other artist of the twentieth century has inspired more passion and controversy, nor exerted a greater influence on art. At the same time, Duchamp continually challenged the very nature of art and strove to redefine it as conceptual rather than as product by questioning why the medium was mostly a retinal experience.Fountain; Bicycle Wheel; L.H.O.O.Q.;Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2This revised entry in the World of Art series, written by three leading experts on twentieth-century art, and published with support of Duchamp?s widow, is one of the most original books written on this enigmatic artist. Featuring a new chapter and preface, as well as updates throughout from specialist scholars who are active in their fields, this is the definitive introduction to Duchamp. Thoroughly illustrated, this volume combines thirty years of research by the authors and challenges history?s presumptions, misunderstandings, and pieces of misinformation about Marcel Duchamp and his legacy.Table of ContentsForeword, Preface • 1.Origins • 2.Catholicism and the Symbolist Inheritance • 3.Passages • 4.Dry Art, ‘The Retinal Shudder’ and the Planning of the Large Glass • 5.The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (the Large Glass) • 6.The Readymades and ‘Life on Credit’ • 7.Optics and Film • 8.Anti-Art, Rrose Sélavy and Surrealism • 9.Replicas, Casts and the Infra-thin • 10.Etant donnés • Postscript – Duchamp after Duchamp • Chronology, Bibliography and Sources

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to VelÃzquezâs life and art which includes a discussion of all his major works. Diego VelÃzquez (1599â1660) was one of the towering figures of western painting and Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was âtreatedâ as a portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X, to a mortar and pestle. This comprehensive introduction to VelÃzquezâs life and art includes a discussion of all his major works, and illustrates most of VelÃzquezâs surviving output of approximately 110 paintings. The artistâs greatest innovation â his unorthodox and revolutionary technique is explored in relation to the styles of certain of his most celebrated contemporaries both in Spain and beyond, including Titian and Rubens. The book concludes with a final chapter on the influence and importance of VelÃzquezâs art on later painters from the time of his own death to the art of recent times including Franci

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Book SynopsisA classic monograph in the World of Art series, offering a a detailed insight into Rembrandt's life and work. Rembrandt is among the few Old Master artists to retain universal appeal among art lovers today, his striking self-portraits lauded the world over yet he remains an elusive, enigmatic figure. Here, the distinguished art historian Christopher White carefully considers the known facts to build a sensitive and thorough account of the artist's life and work. He describes the radiant happiness of Rembrandt's marriage, tragically cut short by the death of his wife, and discusses the catastrophe of his bankruptcy. The psychological factors that may have awakened Rembrandt's sudden interest in landscape are also explored, as is the artist's final decade, when he retreated into the private world of his imagination. This comprehensive introduction has now been revised and updated to reflect recent scholarship, and the bibliography has been expanded; Rembrandt's artworks aTrade Review'A vivid, unsentimental biography … an admirable introduction to his paintings … astonishingly well illustrated' - Sunday Times'The Rembrandt book of “first resort” … excellent' - The Art NewspaperTable of Contents1. A provincial youth 2. Amsterdam and prosperity 3. A change of direction 4. New patrons and new companions 5. In adversity, immortality

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Book SynopsisOne of the greatest Netherlandish artists, Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525/301569) is best known today for his paintings of peasant life. Yet it was above all through his exceptional graphic work that he achieved widespread fame during the 16th century. This luxurious book offers readers the opportunity to get up close and personal with Bruegel's famous prints. Published as part of this special Bruegel year, it accompanies the exhibition at the Royal Library of Belgium, Brussels, which is renowned as a pioneer in Bruegel scholarship and holds an unparalleled collection of the artist's graphic work.

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Book SynopsisBrett Whiteley was one of the most dynamic and talented artists in the history of Australian art, an artist whose recognition had spread worldwide before his untimely death in 1992. Early in his career he established a name for himself in London, exhibiting at the Whitechapel Art Gallery and coming into contact with many British painters - Francis Bacon and David Hockney among others. His early paintings startled critics and fellow artists, but even at that point, two basic subjects were evident: the landscape and the nude, elements which became the mainstay of his oeuvre. At the root of all Whiteley's work was a draughtsmanship of stunning virtuosity, capable of capturing all the poetic arabesque of a river in a single sweeping line of brush and ink, or the erotic curves of the human body in a few searching strokes of charcoal. This volume presents an illuminating evaluation of Whiteley's achievement. Works dating from the 1950s to the last years of his life, illustrated in over 180 colour plates, allow Whiteley's career to be surveyed in its entirety. Barry Pearce, Head Curator at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, provides a comprehensive overview of Whiteley's life and art; Bryan Robertson offers an impression of the artist's years in London; and Wendy Whiteley, the artist's wife and companion for over three decades, contributes an intimate portrait of the man behind the work. Superbly illustrated and produced, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life is a fitting tribute to one of Australia's most significant artists, a man whose outstanding work excites, amazes and impresses us no less now than it did when first created.

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Book SynopsisA singular thinker and an uncompromising seeker after artistic truth, Cézanne channelled a large part of his wide-ranging intellect and ferocious wit into his letters. This translation by Alex Danchev is based on a thorough re-examination of Cézanne's correspondence with family, friends and major figures from the literary and art worlds. Danchev's great achievement is to allow readers in English to hear Cézanne's voice for the first time in his own idiomatic, idiosyncratic style. And he sounds rather different from the Cézanne we thought we knew richer, wittier, wiser, more philosophical, more irascible, above all more fully human. The letters offer fresh perspectives on his artistic vision, politics, friendships, psychology, philosophy, literary tastes and classical frame of reference. They provide an intimate insight into the preoccupations and personality of a legend.Trade Review'Poignant and powerful . . . for all his travails, Cézanne could use words with the same powerful effect with which he laid on patches of colour' - Sunday Times'The most riveting portrait of the artist yet' - Guardian'An outstanding – and gloriously readable – feat of scholarship' - Apollo

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Book SynopsisA beautiful, contemplative artist's book from Philip Hughes.Trade Review'A gem of a book ... would make a thoughtful gift for both the art lover and the map and geography enthusiast alike' - Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard'Stunning … ramble ancient pathways and feel the history in the landscape' - Family Tree'Beautifully produced … will appeal to artists, walkers and lovers of the landscape everywhere' - Leisure Painter'Thames & Hudson’s handsomely produced and engaging book is a perfect window for Philip Hughes’ strange and seductive imagination' - Yorkshire TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction by Kay Syrad • Orkney [Northern Scotland] • Assynt [Northwest Scotland] Rannoch Moor [Central Highlands, Scotland] • Islay • The West Coast [Southern Hebrides] • Hadrian’s Wall [Northumberland] • The Three Peaks [Yorkshire] • Cornwall South West Coastal Path [Cornwall] • Stonehenge [Wiltshire] • Avebury and Silbury [Wiltshire] • Ridgeway [Wiltshire] • South Downs Way [Sussex]

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Book SynopsisThe story of modern British art history told through the stories of its women. Consider for a moment the history of modern art in Britain; you may struggle to land on a narrative that features very many women. On this journey through a fascinating period of social change, artist Carolyn Trant fills in some of the gaps in traditional art histories. Introducing the lives and works of a rich network of neglected women artists, British Women Artists sets these alongside such renowned presences as Barbara Hepworth, Laura Knight and Winifred Nicholson. In an era of radical activism and great social and political change, women forged new relationships with art and its institutions. Such change was not without its challenges, and with acerbic wit Trant delves into the gendered make-up of the avant-garde', and the tyranny of artistic isms'. In the decades after women won the vote in Britain, the fortunes of women artists were shaped by war, domesticity, continued oppressions and spirite

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Book SynopsisLooking back at key moments in Wedgwood?s design history, this book celebrates the manufacturer?s visual power and great design from its founding in 1759 to the present day.The name Wedgwood has come to stand for something far beyond its illustrious and energetic founder: it has united art and industry; introduced design and artistic collaborations; and pioneered the development ofthe firm?s iconic blue-and-white jasperware. This book tells that story through design, reflecting the continuing role that Wedgwood and its designers, artists, and employees have played in setting trends?including collaborations with many British artists and designers such as Christopher Dresser, Eric Ravilious, and Keith Murray. Wedgwood continuously responds to the market and produces high-quality, desirable ceramicsfor a broad range of consumers, yet remains faithful to the traditions established by Josiah Wedgwood in the eighteenth century.The book presents highlights from the internationally renowned V&A Wedgwood Collection, praised by the Art Fund?one of the UK?s leading art organizations?as ?one of the most important industrial archives,? containing around 80,000 objects. This archive reflects the unique proposition of Wedgwood?s business: by operating in both the ?ornamental? and ?useful? markets, Wedgwood has been able to bring innovative ceramic design to a broad and increasingly international clientele. These ceramics and their stories demonstrate the artistic heritage, craft, and innovation that have become synonymous with the Wedgwood name for more than 250 years.Trade Review'Beautifully designed' - Ceramic Review

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Book SynopsisA long-overdue evaluation of John Walker's work from the last half century. John Walker's prolific painting career spans over sixty years. His practice is inspired by a range of visual references, notably the work of Goya, Matisse, the Abstract Expressionists and the art of Oceania, as well as by shapes and pattern motifs evoking history, time and place; however, his work cannot readily be defined as abstract or figurative, and his guiding thought is to have a conversation with the art of the past to embrace feeling and touch, and as Goya put it, to be aware of the sound of the brush. His desire to own' a subject is present in his engagement with the bay at Seal Point, Maine, near where he has lived for many years: It's about capturing something no one else has seen'. Walker's works are in major museums and private collections internationally, and he has exhibited in museums in the UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and China. Despite winning the John Moores Painting Prize in 1976

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Book SynopsisA long overdue monograph on the life and work of artist Ruskin Spear.Trade Review'Engaging and impressively researched … There is much to praise in this book, owing to Harrod’s firm grasp of historical, political and artistic detail, and the intelligence and insight with which she writes' - Literary Review'A meticulous piece of art historical rescue … an important study of a neglected artist' - ApolloTable of ContentsPrologue: Why Spear? 1. Hammersmith: boy & man 2. At the College and after 3. A Pacifist’s War 4. Hammersmith in Darkness and Light: Making Life more complicated 5. A teacher among friends 6. An Academician entertains his Public: An Annunciation 7. Ruskin as peacenik: The Pleasures of Peace 8. Painting for money 9. Retrospective

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Book SynopsisThe first monograph on Richard Smith, a key figure in the development of British art. Richard Smith (1931â2016) was one of the most original painters of his generation, and one of the most underrated. As Barbara Rose said of Smithâs major Tate Gallery retrospective in 1975, he was âat once in and out of touch with the currents of the mainstream â au courant and aloof at the same time.â That he latterly slipped under the radar to some extent is partly explained by his detachment from the mainstream as well as by his frequent switching of studios between England and the USA, although this helped charge his creative batteries. He is the only artist of his stature who has not been represented by a monograph, which the dazzling presentation of images in Richard Smith: Artworks now fulfils. It has been produced with the generous collaboration of the Richard Smith Foundation. Richard Smith: Artworks traces Smithâs entire career, from the breakthrough lyrical abstraction of the early Pop-i

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Book SynopsisOffers an understanding of how the European avant-garde was formed in dialogue with cultural difference. This book looks closely at the cities of Tunis, Sousse, Hammamet, and Kairouan to flesh out a profound confrontation between European high modernism and the wealth of Islamic lifeways and architecture.Trade Review"The sensitive exploration of the subject, the wide range of sources consulted, the fieldwork carried out, and Benjamin's captivating and accessible writing make this book essential reading for anyone who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of the art inspired by these two journeys and of the experiences and cultural encounters provided for the artists concerned." -- MAURICE RUMMENS Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Revisiting Kairouan Part 1: Kandinsky and Munter in Tunisia 1. "Ella" and "Wassi": The Lovers as Tourists 2. Kandinsky and the Ethno-Decorative: Working Negroes 3. Hotel Saint Georges and the Terrain Vague 4. Tunisian Decorative Art and the Belvedere Park 5. Modern Carthage 6. Carnivals and Fantasias 7. Open Space: Mosques and Marabouts 8. Compressed Space: Alleys and Arches 9. Arab City: Views of Sousse and Kairouan 10. Memories of the Maghreb and Arab Cemetery, 1909 Part 2: Klee, Macke, and Moilliet in Tunisia 11. Munich--Tunis: A Bildungsreise 12. Pictures of Tunis, April 1914 13. The "European Colony" of St. Germain 14. A Crystalline Hammamet 15. The Holy City of Kairouan 16. S idi Sahabi and L'art populaire 17. The Walls of Kairouan 18. Mosque of the Sabers 19. North African Resonances, 1914--1924 20. Conclusion: Navigating Colonial Cultures Notes Select Bibliography List of Illustrations Index

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Book SynopsisVolume 1 in Gombrich's influential series of essays on the Renaissance.Trade Review"Perhaps it is Professor Gombrich's wealth of wit, brilliance, and common sense which so commends his writings."—Yale Review "Great learning is made enthralling by good writing."—Daily Telegraph

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Book SynopsisA fascinating new appraisal of the maestro of the Northern Renaissance.Trade Review"[Jeffrey Chipps Smith is] an established authority... An admirably lucid overview of the life and work of one the greatest and most various of all renaissance artists."—The Spectator On the Art & Ideas series "Art & Ideas has broken new ground in making accessible authoritative views on periods, movements and concepts in art. As a series it represents a real advance in publishing."—Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate London "The format is wonderful and offers what had long been missing in academic studies: usable manuals for specific themes or periods... I am definitely not alone in welcoming Art & Ideas as a precious set of teaching tools."—Joachim Pissarro, Yale University "Phaidon's series may prove to be the pick of the crop. It boasts expert but undogmatic texts and a wealth of illustrations."—The Sunday Telegraph

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Book SynopsisThe first true monograph on the work of celebrated French conceptual artist and sculptor Bernar Venet

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Book SynopsisThe Decorative Design of C.F.A. Voysey is the first book to place Voysey in his times. His was a dynamic age; ''Our descendants will envy the dawn through which we are passing'', wrote a contemporary. Voysey''s houses appealed to a forward-looking generation of intellectuals - writers and artists.Voysey learned architecture was an art from the Gothic Revival architect John Pollard Seddon - a friend and patron of the Pre-Raphaelites. Besides architecture, Seddon taught him decorative design. Voysey became one of the most successful textile designers of his generation. After Seddon, Voysey worked for Henry Saxon Snell, the leading hospital designer. Fresh air and light were essential for healthy living science dictated. Voysey''s third mentor was George Devey, the leading designer of large country houses. Devey appreciated plain rural architecture. Voysey''s buildings possess the modesty of the village house.Sixty-four of the two-hundred and eight decorative designs by Voysey in the DrawTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Introduction Chronological Outline Voysey and his Influences Decorative Designs List of Selected Surviving Buildings, Manufacturers and Retailers Appendix Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisJon Harris has lived, breathed and drawn Cambridge for over 50 years. His architect''s sense of structure and fabric, his draughtsman''s eye and vigorous use of pen and brush have produced an outstanding body of work. In 1997 the Fitzwilliam Museum honoured him with an exhibition of some 90 paintings and drawings. A great many of his best works are published for the fi rst time in Artist about Cambridge. They include drawings from the more than 40 sketchbooks which have been his constant companions over the past half century. Jon Harris''s text describes in compelling detail how the images came into being. Harris''s work is not a depiction of Cambridge as the tourist might like to have it, but is rather about his fascination with unregarded vistas, its back streets, crucial buildings lost to the wrecking ball, and with the city''s industrial past. The artist''s unrivalled knowledge and understanding of Cambridge and its environs inform every painting and drawing, helping you enjoy a thTrade Review"Citing - as he often did - Edgar Degas, my old Reading professor said, if you can't draw you can't paint. Jon Harris's art has gone that right way. Artist about Cambridge should reap every reward." Anthony DayTable of ContentsForeword, by Dame Fiona Reynolds Note on the Illustrations About the Artist The Singularity of a Questing Eye, by Patrick Carnegy 1. Home Base: Roofscapes from Green Street 2. The Kite and its Satellites 3. Around Midsummer Common 4. Mapping Town and Gown 5. Riverside and Industrial 6. The Mechanical Muse 7. The Wrecking Ball 8. Excursions 9. Scherzo and Finale List of Exhibitions Illustrations used in this Book Paintings and Some Sketchbook Pages by Jon Harris

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Book SynopsisOver 90 pages of flash designs offer a fresh approach on traditional design from a master tattooer!

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Book SynopsisA celebration of the life and work of the pop-culture icon who gently encouraged millions to explore their creativity. Known for incorporating “happy little” clouds, mountains, and trees in paintings he would create in just twenty-six television minutes, Bob Ross had an encouraging and soothing demeanor that made his instructional television shows the most recognized and watched in television history. Ross created nearly 30,000 paintings in his lifetime, most using the wet-on-wet method employed by Caravaggio, Cézanne, and Monet. This fully authorized collection of more than 300 pieces of his art features his most famous quotes about painting and life, including “And success with painting leads to success with many things. It carries over into every part of your life” as well as techniques that will inspire readers to create their own art. Originally airing in 1982 on PBS in the United States and various outlets throughout Canada, Trade Review"You probably remember him from his instructional TV shows, in which he patiently, soothingly demonstrated how to paint “happy little” clouds, trees, mountains and seascapes. Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting (Rizzoli/Universe) is a calming collection of some 300 pieces of the late artist’s work, accompanied by his inspirational quotes—like 'Success with painting leads to success with many things.' "—Parade Magazine

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Book SynopsisA new comprehensive monograph on the work of an enduring icon of contemporary art. Compiled in close collaboration with the artist and unprecedented in its scope, this definitive book collects ten years of Tracey Emin’s drawings, paintings, sculptures, appliqués and embroideries, neons, video stills, and installations. A multimedia artist whose intensely personal work blurs the boundaries between art and life, Emin remains one of the most highly publicized contemporary British artists and continues to stir as much controversy as she has acclaim. Moving chronologically through a prolific decade of work—from major public installations to recent reflective paintings and sculptures—this book shows a coherent vision that defies the idiosyncrasies of Emin’s evolution as an artist. The same mixture of anger, hope, curiosity, and vulnerability that informs her delicate drawings and handwritten neon works can be felt in the darkTrade Review"A multimedia artist whose intensely personal work blurs the boundaries between art and life, Emin remains one of the most highly publicized contemporary British artists and continues to stir as much controversy as she does acclaim."—ArtDaily.org"This monograph examines a decade of the British contemporary artist's illustrious career, including an in-depth look at the varied works - paintings, sculptures, video stills, installations - that have made her one of today's most prolific and influential living talents."—Editorialist

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Book SynopsisRizzoli is pleased to bring back into print OBEY: Supply and Demand, Shepard Fairey s first book originally published in 2006 and slightly updated in 2009, which showcases the artist s career from his earliest art school years to the creation of his famous Obama HOPE and CHANGE posters and is the perfect pendant to Rizzoli s first Shepard Fairey collaboration Covert to Overt.

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking volume features entirely new high-resolution photographs-the most accurate ever reproduced-published to coincide with a major immersive exhibition scheduled to travel worldwide.

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Book SynopsisA landmark monograph on an unprecedented scale that allows all aspects of Mark Rothko’s career to be heard in full voice, published in close collaboration with the artist’s family and featuring beloved works from major collections as well as never-before-seen canvases and paintings on paper.Deluxe and comprehensive, this revelatory volume examines the brilliance of Mark Rothko (1903–1970), a pioneer of the New York School and major figure in the Abstract Expressionist movement. Illustrated with more than 275 images that explore his paintings, prints, and works on paper, this book highlights the best-known and also lesser-known works by Rothko—from his early figurative and Surrealist works to his mesmerizing color-field paintings of immense scale to the more restricted palette of his luminous later works and his final series of black-and-gray paintings. Among Rothko’s artistic philosophies, he held that painting was a deeply psychological andTrade Review'Clocking in at nearly 400 pages, this new monograph shares not only never-before-seen works by the late artist but also writings by his children, Christopher and Kate, to share with readers not just art but also a glimpse at the man who made it. For those who've yet to make the pilgrimage to those most holy of Rothko sites, there are also foldouts highlighting work at both the Rothko Chapel in Houston and the Rothko Room at the Phillips Collection's in Washington, D.C. If you can't have a Rothko on your wall, this might be the next best thing." —TOWN & COUNTRY

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Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive survey to date of the contemporary artist Whitfield Lovell, whose poetic and intricately crafted tableaux and installations document and pay tribute to the history and cultural memory of the African American experience.Whitfield Lovell: Passages accompanies a major traveling exhibition of the artist’s powerful Conté crayon drawings combined with objects to create assemblages and multisensory installations that focus on aspects of Black history, raising questions about identity, memory, and America’s collective heritage. Whitfield Lovell (b. 1959, Bronx), a 2007 MacArthur Foundation fellowship recipient and conceptual artist, creates exquisite drawings inspired by his own collection of vintage photographs of unidentified African Americans taken between the Emancipation Proclamation and the civil rights movement. He pairs his meticulously rendered drawings done on paper or salvaged wooden boards with found objects, creating Trade Review"Over 350 objects are on display in Deep River and Visitation alone, every item meticulously inventoried, labelled and packed into crates by the exhibition’s organizer, American Federation of Arts, and Lovell’s gallery, DC Moore, to support the show’s national tour. The meticulously physical back-and-forth process is how the artist honors the person’s memory and existence, applying the charcoal, rubbing it with his fingers to achieve the right tone, then erasing some to create highlights. “Whitfield Lovell: Passages,” debuted at the Boca Raton Museum of Art on February 15 and will remain on view there through May 21, 2023, before embarking on a national tour for the next two years. A handsome catalogue accompanies the exhibition." —Forbes"It is not often that the opening of a traveling museum exhibition — years, if not decades, in the making — is so well-timed that the curators and artists behind it might evince clairvoyancy. Yet that is clearly the case with Whitfield Lovell: Passages, a landmark show debuting at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, which brings together a suite of monumental installations by the artist that beckon viewers to contemplate the larger human quest for equality and the pursuit of a better life — aspirations that transcend time and geography. And while the work in the exhibition was created over the course of three decades, it has immediacy and resonance in the politically charged environment in which we find ourselves in this moment. An accompanying volume, Whitfield Lovell: Passages, is published by Rizzoli Electa." —Avenue

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Book SynopsisProvides an account of the printmaking career of British artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), with reference to the technical innovations that she pioneered. This work incorporates an illustrated catalogue of the artist's known work in etching, linocut, lithography, screenprinting and monotype, from 1946 to 2007.Trade Review'a well illustrated, solid piece of research and a thorough treatment of her work in print media'. Print Quarterly 2008Table of ContentsContents: Preface; The Early Years to 1958; Experimentation 1971-1978; Graal Press and Screenprints 1998-2004; Catalogue; Glossary; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisNow in paperback this revised and updated highly readable illustrated biography of the painter Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) who was one of the leading British painters of the twentieth century. The book explores her relationships, professional challenges and achievements during her lifetime.Trade Review'Barbara Morden has come up with a gem. it stands out and stays on the mind more than any photo or painting. This biography is a book that I recommend to all collectors and lovers of Laura Knight and her works.' R. John Croft, great nephew of Laura Knight

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Book SynopsisAt the heart of Pulcinella is Agamben's exploration of an album of 104 drawings, created by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (1727-1804) near the end of his life, that cover the life, adventures, death, and resurrection of the title character.

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Book SynopsisNeverlasting Miracles is an exquisite career retrospective, presenting the best works of pop surrealist Todd Schorr.

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Book SynopsisA paperback edition of the book described by the New York Times Book Review as `thoroughly absorbing'. Henry James minced no words in crediting John Singer Sargent with a `knock-down insolence of talent.' Among the painter's many renowned works, few deserve the phrase as much as The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit, which stands alongside Madame X and Lady Agnew of Lochnaw as one of Sargent's greatest images. The painting, depicting four young sisters in the family apartment (first exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1883, it predated by just one year the scandal of Madame X), both explores and defies convention, crossing the boundaries between portrait and genre scene, formal composition and casual snapshot. At its unveiling, one prominent critic rushed to praise Sargent's stunning originality, while another dismissed the canvas as `four corners and a void.' Using numerous unpublished archival documents, Erica E. Hirshler explores this iconic canvas from a variety of angles, discussing its innovative significance as a work of art, the people involved in its making and what became of them, its importance to Sargent's career, its place in the tradition of artistic patronage, and its changing meanings and lasting popularity. Sargent's Daughters is an evocative, multifaceted book that will transform the way you look at Sargent's work, simultaneously illuminating a much beloved painting and reaffirming its mysteryTrade Review'An attractive, well-illustrated scholarly book, further enlivened by the author’s warm and friendly tone' - Times Literary Supplement'Brilliant and insightful' - Wall Street Journal'Sargent makes you feel simultaneously drawn into and excluded from the sisters’ world, a phenomenon that Erica E. -Hirshler…explores in intriguing detail in her new book…Thoroughly absorbing.' - New York TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction • Sargent’s Daughters • John Singer Sargent • Ned and Isa Bolt • Paris The Boits, Sargent, and Children • The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit: The Setting The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit: The Painting • `Four Corners and a Void’ • Sargent’s Excursions • A Boston Interlude, 1886–88 • Afterlife: Ned and Isa • Afterlife: The Daughters of Edward Boit • Afterlife: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit

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Book SynopsisFull-page reproductions of paintings spanning Monet's career and styles, from one of the largest Monet collections outside FranceThe Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, boasts one of the largest collections of the celebrated impressionist artist Claude Monet's work outside France. This book reproduces all 35 oil paintings by Monet in the MFA's permanent collection, representing nearly the full span of Monet's long career. An introductory essay presents a brief account of his acclaim in Boston during his lifetime, and entries for the 35 paintings provide an overview of his life and work.Early plein-air compositions from the 1870s, as well as Grand Canal, Venice (1908), a later example inspired by his travels abroad, mark his enduring fascination with watery surfaces, utilizing vivid color and varied brushwork to dazzling effect. A grouping of works related to his life-long appreciation for Japanese art and culture is anchored by La Japonaise (CamillTable of ContentsDirector’s Foreword In His Lifetime: Monet’s Early Acclaim in Boston The Paintings List of Illustrations

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA sense of contestation over both formal and thematic concerns marks them all: abstraction vies with a plaintive insistence on meaning. This tension perhaps signals Bowling’s own competing emotions about home and migration. Created at a distance from London and Guyana, his paintings give evidence of journeys both aesthetic and spiritual. -- Albert Mobilio * Bookforum *

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Book SynopsisAn updated edition of the definitive monograph on Maurizio Cattelan--provocateur, prankster and tragic poet of our timesThe Guggenheim Museum’s sold-out publication Maurizio Cattelan: All is returning to print. Hailed as a provocateur, prankster and tragic poet of our times, Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) has created some of the most unforgettable images in contemporary art--most notoriously “The Ninth Hour” (1999), a sculpture of Pope John Paul II struck by a meteorite. Derived from popular culture, history and organized religion, Cattelan’s subjects range widely, and his work, while bold and irreverent, is deadly serious in its scathing cultural critiques.The second edition of All updates the catalogue that accompanied the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s 2011–12 retrospective survey of the artist. For this exhibition, Cattelan sidestepped the totalizing effect of a retrospective by devising a site-specific installation in which his entire oeuvre was suspended from the oculus of the museum’s iconic rotunda. This book offers an equally unique response to the conventions of the catalogue. It is a faux-leatherbound hardcover with gold stamping and thin paper that is designed to resemble an old textbook or bible. The volume details almost every work of Cattelan’s from the late ’80s to the present within a double-column page format, featuring full-color reproductions and accompanying entries.The revised edition describes the artist’s return to art making after a five-year “retirement” with a special, ongoing project opening at the Guggenheim in May 2016. It also features a redesigned cover and installation images of the exhibition All. Nancy Spector has augmented her critical overview of Cattelan--which documents not only his artistic output but also his ongoing activities as a curator, editor and publisher--with a new coda. Since its original publication, All has become the Cattelan bible, and this revised edition exploring the latest chapter of the artist’s influential career ensures it will remain the definitive source on his work for years to come.

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Book SynopsisPolice brutality, racism, graffiti and the art world of the early-1980s Lower East Side converge in one painting by Jean-Michel BasquiatJean-Michel Basquiat painted Defacement (The Death of Michael Stewart) on the wall of Keith Haring's studio in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Defacement is the starting point for the present volume, which focuses on Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality. Basquiat's Defacement: The Untold Story explores this chapter in the artist's career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s, an era marked by the rise of the art market, the AIDS crisis and ongoing racial tensions in the city. Texts by Chaédria LaBouvier, Nancy Spector, J. Faith Almiron and Greg Tate are supplemented by commentary from artists and activists such as Luc Sante, Carlo McCormick, Jeffrey Deitch, Kenny Scharf, Fred Braithwaite and Michelle Shocked, who were part of this episode in New York City's history, which parallels today's urgent conversations about state-sanctioned racism. Basquiat's painting is contextualized by ephemera related to Stewart's death, including newspaper clippings and protest posters, samples of artwork from Stewart's estate and work made by other artists in response to Stewart's death and the subsequent trial, including pieces by Haring, Andy Warhol, David Hammons, George Condo and Lyle Ashton Harris.Trade ReviewThe book examines Basquiat’s exploration of black identity, his protest against police brutality, and his singular language of empowerment—and is an urgent reminder of the work that must be done to banish state-sanctioned racism. -- Lucy Rees * Galerie *Deeply moving [...] Takes Jean-Michel Basquiat's deeply personal and rarely exhibited painting made the week of Stewart’s death as its starting point, opening a conversation about police brutality that transcends the time in which the work was made. -- Miss Rosen * Vice *Basquiat’s pieces [demonstrate] a particular violence against black lives that is at once structural, historical, ongoing, and futuristic. -- Johanna Almiron * Lit Hub *{...] does exactly what art should do: tell us a story we don’t want to hear but need to, about the racist brutality so prevalent in American life. -- Sam Ben-Meir * Jacobin *[“Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: The Untold Story”] argues for a fresh look at the impact of the racial tension of the 1980s on Basquiat and his peers. -- Siddhartha Mitter * New York Times *[“Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: The Untold Story”] brilliantly portrays the artist's response to police brutality. * Financial Times *[Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’: The Untold Story] is a small but timely and often surprising powerhouse of a historical show. -- Peter Schjeldahl * New Yorker *

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