Individual artists, art monographs Books
Valiz Maria Roosen: Monster
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£21.85
Hauser & Wirth Mike Kelley - Memory Ware. A Survey
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£40.00
Mariner Books Everybody Behaves Badly
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£16.14
David Zwirner Alice Neel, Uptown
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£40.00
National Gallery Company Ltd An American Experiment: George Bellows and the
Book SynopsisIn the first decades of the 20th century, George Bellows and other painters of the Ashcan School, a loosely connected group of gritty, urban realists, created images of the city from street level. Following older artist Robert Henri's insistence that artists should make "pictures from life," the Ashcanners renounced the polished academic style taught in art schools of the time. Instead they practiced a more urgent manner working with bold, highly saturated color, seeking to catch the ebb and flow of life in urban America. Some of them, particularly Bellows, also produced vivid landscapes and portraits. This book introduces the artists of the Ashcan School and the key characteristics and themes of their work. Detailed commentaries are provided for twelve significant paintings by George Bellows, William Glackens, Robert Henri, George Luks, and John Sloan, ranging from depictions of the metropolitan throng to Bellows's vivid seascapes. In their visual contemplation of early-20th-century America, these artists offer deep insights into the nature of ordinary life not only in their time but also in our own.Published by National Gallery Company / Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:The National Gallery, London(03/03/11-05/30/11)
£11.77
Penguin Putnam Inc The Principles of Uncertainty
Book Synopsis“Sublime . . . Kalman’s elegantly witty and at times melancholy narrative runs arm in arm with her unmistakable paintings on a serendipitous romp through the history of the world.” —Vanity Fair “Wildly original . . . there’s nothing else even remotely like it . . . This hilarious, wise, and deeply moving volume [is] the ultimate picture book for grown-ups.” —O Magazine Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in this inimitable combination of image and textAn irresistible invitation to experience life through a beloved artist's psyche, The Principles of Uncertainty is a compilation of Maira Kalman's New York Times columns. Part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman, these brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images - which initially appear random - ultimately form an intricately interconnected worldv
£20.80
Yale University Press Florine Stettheimer
Book SynopsisA new look at the art of one of the most charming and idiosyncratic personalities of early 20th-century New York
£35.62
Monacelli Press Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect
Book SynopsisFirst study of the role of architecture in the work of Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School of American painting. At the height of his career as the leader of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting, Thomas Cole listed himself in the New York City Directory as an architect. Why would this renowned painter, who had never before designed a building, advertise himself as such? The importance of Cole’s paintings and the significance of his essays, poems, and philosophy are well established, yet an analysis of his architectural endeavors and their impact on his painting has not been undertaken - until now. In celebration of the recreation of the artist’s self-designed Italianate studio at Cedar Grove in Catskill, New York, now the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, this book focuses on Cole’s architectural interests through architectural elements found in his paintings and drawings as well as in his realized and visionary projects, expanding our understanding of the breadth of his talents and interests. An essay by noted art historian Annette Blaugrund and a contribution by Franklin Kelly, illustrated with Cole’s famous works, sketches, and architectural renderings, reveal an unexplored, yet fascinating, aspect of the career of this beloved artist—and thus, a crucial moment in the development of the Hudson River School and American art. Published to coincide with the exhibition “Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and travelling to the Columbus Art Museum, the book adds a new dimension to scholarship on the artist.Trade Review“Annette Blaugrund not only captured Cole's rise to prominence in the exhibition, which is on display through October - after which it travels to the Columbus Museum of Art - but also in a new book of the same name. 'No one ever wrote about his architecture before and put it together like this,' she says. 'It is absolutely unique.'” - Architectural Digest “The Thomas Cole National Historic Site’s inaugural art exhibition in its 'New Studio' building will be 'Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect' - the first exhibition to focus on a little-known but highly significant aspect of Cole’s contribution to American art, his architectural achievements, including the design for a significant public building: the Ohio State Capitol. Accompanying the exhibition is a new hardcover book of the same title. The 120-page publication contains 63 full-color images; an essay by Dr. Blaugrund about Cole’s architectural endeavors as seen in his paintings, drawings and realized projects; and a contextual essay on the legacy of Thomas Cole by Franklin Kelly, deputy director and chief curator at the National Gallery of Art.” - Antiques and the Arts Weekly “Annette Blaugrund examines the often forgotten architectural pursuits of the Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole on the occasion of the reconstruction of his self-designed studio at his home in Catskill, New York. She charts the tendency in Cole's work for natural landscapes to fall away in favor of increasingly imaginative architecture in paintings, such as The Architect's Dream and the Course of Empire series; this makes it abundantly clear why actual building was not a remotely surprising undertaking.” - Publishers Weekly
£27.17
University of Minnesota Press Francis Bacon
Book SynopsisPresents the last major work of Gilles Deleuze, translated into English.
£17.09
Seagull Books London Ltd That Which Is Not Drawn
Book SynopsisFor more than three decades, artist William Kentridge has explored in his work the nature of subjectivity, the possibilities of revolution, the Enlightenment's legacy in Africa, and the nature of time itself. At the same time, his creative work has stretched the boundaries of the very media he employs. Though his pieces have allowed viewers to encounter the traditions of landscape and self-portraiture, the limits of representation and the possibilities for animated drawing, and the labor of art, a guide to understanding the full scope of his art has been available until now. For five days, Kentridge sat with Rosalind C. Morris to talk about his work. The result That Which Is Not Drawn;is a wide-ranging conversation and deep investigation into the artist's techniques and into the psychic and philosophical underpinnings of his body of work. In these pages, Kentridge explains the key concerns of his art, including the virtues of bastardy, the ethics of provisionality, the nature of translation and the activity of the viewer. And together, Kentridge and Morris trace the migration of images across his works and consider the possibilities for a revolutionary art that remains committed to its own transformation. That's the thing about a conversation, Kentridge reflects. The activity and the performance, whether it's the performance of drawing or the performance of speech and conversation, is also the engine for new thoughts to happen. It's not just a report of something you know. And here, in this engaging dialogue, we at last have a guide to the continually exciting, continually changing work of one of our greatest living artists.
£16.14
S Q Publications,US Bare It All Revealing PinUps by Barbara Jensen
Book SynopsisExquisitely elegant and delightfully daring pin-up portraits by Barbara Jensen. Her approach to good girl, glamor, and creamy cheesecake illustrations follow in the grand tradition of the masters, but with a decidedly decadent 21st Century spin! Do you dare to bare it all? No need - Ms. Jensens done all the work for you! 9x12 inch oversized format - 48 pages in colour.
£999.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Etchings of Louis Icart
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£43.99
Prestel Koloman Moser: Designing Modern Vienna 1897-1907
Book SynopsisDuring his short career, Koloman Moser became a towering figure in Viennese culture. His varied work in interior and graphic design, furniture, textiles, jewellery, metalwork, glass and earthenware helped usher in the modern era. This book surveys the entirety of Moser's oeuvre. It examines his work as a graphic designer and his involvement with the Vienna Secession, with special focus given to his role as an illustrator for the journal Ver Sacrum (Sacred Spring). Moser's forays into textile design and ceramic work are also introduced. The book features his designs for the Vienna Secession, Thonet Brothers and the Mautner family, among others that characterise his early modern style. The book also explores Moser's seminal role as a founding member of the Vienna Workshops, along with architect Josef Hoffman and patron Fritz Waerndorfer. Included are many reproductions of Moser's masterpieces, including the window of the Steinhof Chapel, his exhibition posters, postage stamps and currency and elegant samples from his design portfolio, "The Source."
£52.25
Holzwarth Publications Gmbh Hilary Pecis Orbiting
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£37.46
Yale University Press Warhol Mapplethorpe
Book SynopsisA landmark examination of iconic and provocative portraits by Warhol and Mapplethorpe, presented side by side and in depth for the first timeTrade ReviewWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (10/17/15–1/24/16) * Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art *"This fascinating read...is the first to consider the mutual influence Warhol and Mapplethorpe had on each other, showcasing some of the artists' most powerful portraiture work." —Out Magazine, selected as one of five "Best Coffee Table Books" 2015 * Out *
£30.88
Yale University Press William Nicholson
Book SynopsisWilliam Nicholson (1872-1949) is among the most admired and elusive painters in the history of British art. This catalogue represents Nicholson's oil paintings and the comprehensive chronology of his life.Trade Review"[S]umptuous."—William Feaver, Art News -- William Feaver * Art News *Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Multi-Author category, given by the Historians of British Art. -- 2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Multi-Author category * Historians of British Art *Winner of the 2012 Spear's Book Award as an outstandingly produced book, award is sponsored by Harbottle & Lewis. -- Spear's Book Award * Harbottle & Lewis *
£85.50
University of California Press Consuming Stories
Book SynopsisUses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire.Trade Review“Peabody asserts that narrative is a necessary interpretative scheme with which to approach Walker’s art, and the author gives deep histories to some of the most interesting moments in Walker’s narrative engagement. . . . [A] remarkable book which spans Walker’s nearly twenty-year long career to date…” * Oxford Art Journal *"This excellent book contributes greatly to the plethora of existing scholarship on Kara Walker." * Panorama *“Rebecca Peabody’s lyrically written, provocative, and smart new take on Kara Walker suggests that there is, in fact, much more to say about this artist. . . . Peabody has set the bar high. Not only does she rigorously review the copious literature on Walker, but she has taken considerable trouble to familiarize herself with Walker’s own words and ideas in order to present as thorough a critique of this enigmatic artist. Brava.” * Woman’s Art Journal *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Kara Walker, Storyteller 1. The End of Uncle Tom 2. The Pop of Racial Violence 3. American Romance in Black and White 4. The International Appeal of Race 5. Storytelling in Film and Video Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Illustration Credits Index
£35.70
Back Bay Books Hold Still
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£19.10
Hauser & Wirth Publishers Jason Rhoades Illastrations
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£41.25
HENI Publishing Damien Hirst Where the Land Meets the Sea
Book SynopsisInitially created to coincide with the HENI exhibitionWhere the Land Meets the Sea (2023), this elegant and uniquely designed, large-format hardback catalogue features the large-scale oil works that form Damien Hirst's three series: Coast Paintings', Sea Paintings' and Seascapes'.Influenced by Abstract Expressionism, specifically Robert Motherwell's Beside the Sea' paintings from the 1960s, as well as drawing on a personal, lifelong pastime of walking along beaches during UK winters, having holidayed as a child in coastal destinations like Scarborough, Filey, Whitby and Skegness, Hirst's works reveal an unerring captivation with the sea and its connections with awe, inevitability and nothingness. The exhibition catalogue features full-colour reproductions of the complete works, complemented by thoughtful texts from British writer and curator David Campany, and British art critic James Cahill.
£52.49
Yale University Press John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonne Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe second in a projected four-volume series of the complete catalogue of works by John Baldessari
£144.00
Dover Publications Inc. Holbein Portrait Drawings 44 Plates by Hans
Book SynopsisForty-four of Holbein's finest portrait drawings, created while he worked as court painter to Henry VIII, including Sir Thomas More, Jane Seymour, the Prince of Wales, Anne Boleyn, and dozens more.
£7.77
University of California Press A Moments Monument
Book SynopsisMedardo Rosso (1858-1928) is one of the most original and influential figures in the history of modern art. This book offers an historically substantiated critical account of his life and work. It negotiates the competing cultural imperatives of nationalism and internationalism that shaped the European art world at the fin de siecle.Trade Review"In placing Rosso (rather than Rodin) at the origins of modern sculpture, this book makes a bold and erudite intervention in the history of the medium. Moreover, the emphasis on the cosmopolitan nature of artistic networks in fin-de-siècle Europe will be instructive to historians of modern art in all media." * Burlington Magazine *“Hecker’s tour de force has been over a decade in the making. For many of us it was highly anticipated and it did not disappoint. Her painstaking research has resulted in numerous corrections and new readings that are both articulate and persuasive. She argues for the broader international significance of Rosso’s production and makes the case for his place in the lineage of modern sculpture.” * Italian Art Society *"Hecker situates this all-too-often marginalized sculptor within the field of the international avant-garde. Often considered as either a slightly mysterious three-dimensional Impressionist or as an inspiration to movements such as Futurism, Rosso has rarely received sustained attention as a figure in his own right. Hecker makes a significant effort to counter this by placing him at the center of a key modernist concern: the tension (as suggested by the book’s title) between the momentary and the monumental. . . . eminently readable. . . this publication clearly demonstrates that a book-length study was warranted and overdue. " * caa.reviews *"Hecker has ably overcome contradictory information and a dearth of sources to discover new data on the artist . . . a comprehensive assessment of Rosso’s sculpture in a well-sourced monograph." * 3rd Dimension: The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Laying the Foundations for an Antiheroic Approach to Modern Sculpture 2. Monuments without Idols 3. “Impressionist Sculptor”? The Impossibility of Categorizing Rosso 4. Internationalism and Experimentation 5. The Artist’s Experience of Migration 6. The Shifting Viewpoint of the Outsider 7. Seeing and Being Seen: Reimagining the Encounter Among Artist, Artwork, and the Public 8. On the Move: The Quest for International Recognition Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
£46.75
Yale University Press Max Neuhaus
Book SynopsisIn 1977, Max Neuhaus turned a triangle of pedestrian space between 45th and 46th Streets in Times Square into an island of harmonic sound. Known as Times Square, the celebrated installation was restored in 2002. This book takes considers the singular impact this artist has had in establishing sound as a medium in contemporary art.
£23.75
Yale University Press Johan Zoffany RA
Book SynopsisThe 18th-century painter Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was an astute observer of the many social circles in which he functioned as an artist. This catalogue investigates his sharp wit, shrewd political appraisal, and perceptive social commentary - all achieved while presenting his subjects as delightful and sophisticated members of polite society.Trade ReviewShortlisted for the William M. B. Berger Prize for British History, as given by the Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal -- William M. B. Berger Prize * Berger Collection Educational Trust and The British Art Journal *
£61.75
König, Walther Yinka Shonibare Suspended States
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£29.75
Penguin Books Ltd Leonardo da Vinci
Book Synopsis''In this painting of Leonardo''s there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human.''Often called the first art historian, Vasari writes with delight on the lives of Leonardo and other celebrated Renaissance artists .Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574). Vasari''s works available in Penguin Classics are Lives of the Artists Volume I and Volume II.
£5.63
Blackstone Publishing Dancing on the Edge
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£15.20
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Frida Kahlo: Una biografía / Frida Kahlo: A
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£20.75
Princeton University Press From Drawing to Painting
Book SynopsisInterweaves biographical information about 5 renowned French artists - Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. This book presents over 260 illustrations, and explores drawing as a site of reflection, the space between the idea of a painted image and its realization on canvas.Trade Review"Beginning with a general introduction to the background and style of each artist's work, Rosenberg discusses what the drawings meant to each artist, who collected them, how drawings fit into the practice of the creation of paintings, and the tricky practice of attributing drawings."--Library Journal "[A] wonderful, charming and witty book... The scholarship is personable and engaging, yet unobtrusive. A book for everyone, and a model of the unity, and expansiveness, of the art historical enterprise."--Choice "Rosenberg poses in six chapters a series of basic questions on the nature, function, and connoisseurship of drawings. 'Basic' is, or course, a deceptive word, for the most basic questions can be the most challenging to answer. For general audiences, this book ... is the equivalent of a tour with a patient guide through terrain that otherwise might be perceived as rarified or inhospitable... For specialists, this volume of synthesis and reflection will prove a useful complement to the weighty compilations of fact and documentation in the catalogues raisonnes... One can hope that younger scholars will be inspired to follow Rosenberg's example and give equal attention to drawing and painting as two sides of the same coin, as, of course, they are."--Perrin Stein, Master DrawingsTable of ContentsPREFACE INTRODUCTION ix CHAPTER 1 Five Exceptional Artists 2 CHAPTER 2 The Drawings: Their Histories, Techniques, and Themes 26 CHAPTER 3 Practice and Idea 66 CHAPTER 4 On the Attribution and Dating of the Drawings 96 CHAPTER 5 Drawing and Money 144 CHAPTER 6 Drawing and Design 176 NOTES 211 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 234 INDEX 238
£59.50
Phaidon Press Ltd Klimt
Book SynopsisAn introduction to the work of Gustav Klimt.Trade ReviewOn the Colour Library Series "Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers."—Independent "Phaidon’s excellent Colour Library series: [...] a good introduction to nearly 50 key artists and movements in art history."—Antiques Trade Gazette "The Phaidon Colour Library Series provides an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history."—Art & Craft
£13.46
University of Pennsylvania Press The Essential Dürer
Book SynopsisThe Essential Durer offers an accessible and up-to-date look at one of Germany's most famous artists. Essays explore his life as well as his art and its remarkable reception across Europe.Trade Review"Provides a new and comprehensive introduction to Dürer's art, life, and times. Written throughout in a lucid yet scholarly style, it is deservedly destined to feature prominently on syllabi throughout the English-speaking world." * Burlington Magazine *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations 1 Dürer—Man, Media, and Myths —Larry Silver 2 Dürer's Drawings —Christiane Andersson and Larry Silver 3 Dürer and the High Art of Printmaking —Charles Talbot 4. Dürer as Painter —Katherine Crawford Luber 5 Dürer and Sculpture —Jeffrey Chipps Smith 6 Dürer and Venice —Andrew Morral 7 The Artist, His Horse, a Print, and Its Audience: Producing and Viewing the —Ideal in Dürer's Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513) —Pia F. Cuneo 8 Civic Courtship: Albrecht Dürer, the Saxon Duke, and the Emperor —Larry Silver 9 Dürer and the Netherlands: Patterns of Exchange and Mutual Admiration —Dagmar Eichberger 10 Agony in the Garden: Dürer's "Crisis of the Image" —Donald A. McColl 11 Albrecht Dürer between Agnes Frey and Willibald Pirckheimer —Corine Schleif 12 Impossible Distance: Past and Present in the Study of Dürer and Grünewald —Keith Moxey Notes Short Bibliography List of Contributors Index
£25.19
Unicorn Publishing Group Richard Cosway English Portrait Miniaturists
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£14.96
Fools' Press Angels
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£7.13
Getty Trust Publications Chatting with Henri Matisse - The Lost 1941
Book SynopsisIn 1941 the Swiss art critic Pierre Courthion interviewed Henri Matisse while the artist was in bed recovering from a serious operation. It was an extensive interview, seen at the time as a vital assessment of Matisse's career and set to be published by Albert Skira's then newly established Swiss press. After months of complicated discussions between Courthion and Matisse, and just weeks before the book was to come out-the artist even had approved the cover design-Matisse suddenly refused its publication. A typescript of the interview now resides in Courthion's papers at the Getty Research Institute.; This rich conversation, conducted during the Nazi occupation of France, is published for the first time in this volume, where it appears both in English translation and in the original French version. Matisse unravels memories of his youth and his life as a bohemian student in Gustave Moreau's atelier. He recounts his experience with collectors, including Alfred Barnes. He discusses fame, writers, musicians, politicians, and, most fascinatingly, his travels. Chatting with Henri Matisse, introduced by Serge Guilbaut, contains a preface by Claude Duthuit, Matisse's grandson, and essays by Yve-Alain Bois and Laurence Bertrand Dorleac. The book includes unpublished correspondence and other original documents related to Courthion's interview and abounds with details about avant-garde life, tactics, and artistic creativity in the first half of the twentieth century.Trade Review"Full of reminiscences, apercus, and surprising revelations from the master."--ARTnews "[Chatting with Henri Matisse] sheds light on [Matisse's] process and his approach to color."--ArtInfo "[A] comprehensively contextualised restoration of this rare and uninhibited testimonial, emerging from a moment that Matisse correspondingly called his 'resurrection' from near-death."-- Burlington Magazine "[These interviews] give valuable insight into a major artist who was not only a painter but a sculptor, set designer and maker of memorable cut-paper collages."--South China Morning Post "An extensive interview in which Henri Matisse freely shares his thoughts on everything from drawing to depression."--Guardian "This important book provides great insight into Matisse as an artist and individual, as well as into [Courthion's] interviewing and editing process."--Publishers Weekly
£45.60
Flame Tree Publishing William Morris Masterpieces of Art
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£999.99
Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University The Age of Reptiles
Book SynopsisRudolph Zallinger's 110-foot fresca secco painting of "The Age of Reptiles" is one of the largest natural history murals in the world. Completed in 1947, it is an overview of prehistoric life told through the principal features and concepts of "The Age of Reptiles". This guide includes an essay on the mural's place in the history of art.Trade Review“The Age of Reptiles is a work of art, by its own nature inevitably transcending science or subverting it and bringing to it its own special glow.” – Vincent Scully -- Vincent Scully
£14.99
Saqi Books The Art and Life of Chaouki Chamoun
Book SynopsisGoing beyond a record of his life and art, renowned Chamoun delves into what drives an artist to create. A lavish production featuring 322 colour illustrations of the work of this remarkable artist and teacher.Trade Review'The Art and Life of Chaouki Chamoun is an engaging and beautifully produced book, likely to appeal to anyone seeking to know more about an artist whose production spans six decades and shows no signs of slowing down.' Daily Star, LebanonTable of ContentsThe Beginning and Years of Self-Discovery 11 A Twist of Fate 23 Hopes and Setbacks 27 A Dream Come True! 33 The Cradle of my Art 37 In the United States 51 Years of Agony 83 A New Beginning: A New Direction 89 Between Lebanon and the States 107 A Landscape Prelude 121 Back in the States with My Family 127 Shuttling Again Between New York and Adonis 145 Mostly Black 177 Nature Revisited 199 Domestic Inspirations 203 A 2000 Anniversary Homage 209 Cana: A Painful Inspiration 213 The Big Fall 223 A New Journey 231 The Desert Experience 263 Freer at Seventy 289 Biography 317
£28.00
Museum of Modern Art Marcel Broodthaers
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£40.00
Getty Trust Publications Harry Smith The AvantGarde in the American
Book SynopsisFilmmaker, musicologist, painter, ethnographer, graphic designer, mystic, and collector of string figures and other patterns, Harry Smith (1923-1991) was among the most original creative forces to emerge in post-war American art and culture. This title presents an examination of the life and works of Harry Smith.
£28.50
Last Gasp,U.S. I Am Not of This Planet
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£13.46
Rizzoli Pulcinellopaedia Seraphiniana
Book SynopsisFrom the intriguing mind behind Codex Seraphinianus comes this beautifully illustrated tribute to the famed Neapolitan character Pulcinella (or Punch as he is referred to in English). This short monograph on Pulcinella is conceived as a extension of the Codex Seraphinianus, an encyclopedia filled with variations and fantasies on a theme. Pulcinellopaedia Seraphiniana contains over one hundred extraordinary graphite illustrations with scarlet accents, some of which are depicted in comic-strip style. Conceived as a musical Suite, it is divided into nine scenes with an intermission. It features the oddly surreal and globally recognized character, whose origins have been lost in the mists of the time. An ancestor of Pulcinella was certainly Maccus, the protagonist of the Atellanae Fabulae, very popular farces in ancient Rome, but it was in the early seventeenth-century that the character assumed the name and costume that we all know.Trade Review"This illustrated tribute to the famed Neapolitan character Pulcinella (or “Punch” as he is referred to in English) contains more than 100 extraordinary pencil illustrations, some of which are depicted in comic-strip style."—Publishers Weekly"It’s a very different experience from “reading” the Codex and one where the physical medium of the paper book itself is put to essential use. Me, I love the thing and have been looking at it almost nonstop since they sent me the review copy"—DangerousMinds.net
£26.96
Imhof Verlag Rembrandt
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£59.25
Rizzoli International Publications George Carlson: The American West
Book SynopsisNo comprehensive book of George Carlson s work has ever before been published, making this magnificent volume an incomparable addition to the libraries of collectors and students of Western art and American landscape painting. Likened to the French and American Impressionists, who turned to nature s beauty for relief from the industrialised world, Carlson is regarded as one of the most important American artists of his generation. His Prix de West triumphs have come in two different mediums: sculpture and, more recently, landscape painting. Recognised as one of America s greatest bronze sculptors, Carlson is also a master at using pastels and oils. Carlson s tactile, textured landscape paintings are viewed as bold touchstones for a new movement taking hold in Western art and it is inspiring new generations of Realists and Impressionists. With nature as his muse, Carlson is an American treasure, and this book demonstrates how and why he is making his own impactful contribution to the canon of art history.Trade Review“A stunning new book celebrates the life and work of artist George Carlson. Renowned sculptor and painter George Carlson—the only two-time winner of the prestigious Prix de West, the highest honor in the western art world—is the subject of a new coffee-table… [This is] the first comprehensive book on Carlson’s work.”—SOUTHWEST ART“Things we love. We think you’ll be thrilled to discover George Carlson’s new book. A favorite artist to many, his work has been likened to French and American Impressionists who turned to nature’s beauty for relief in an industrialized world. A frequent award winner at the famed Prix de West exhibition at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Carlson has won many other distinguished awards in both sculpture and landscape painting. George Carlson: The American West is written by the artist, with an essay contributed by journalist and author Todd Wilkinson. Carlson is an American treasure, and this book demonstrates how he’s making an impactful contribution to the canon of art history. For collectors of Western art and American landscape painting, this comprehensive volume is an incomparable addition to one’s library.” —WESTERN ART & ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE“Divine Diversions: rounding up our favorite Western books. There’s power in the paintings of the phenomenal Carlson, who is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest representational nature artists and considered by some to be as important as greats like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran for his paintings of the modern American West.” —COWBOYS & INDIANS
£36.00
Getty Trust Publications In Focus Andre Kertesz Photographs From the
Book SynopsisHungarian-born André Kertész (1894-1985) was one of the most influential and popular photographers of the twentieth century. This volume presents for the first time selections from the Getty Museum's holdings of Kertész's photographs, including work from his Budapest, Paris, and New York periods. The book also offers an intimate look at Kertész through a dialogue among four of the people who knew the artist best during the last years of his life: Robert Gurbo, Curator of New York's André and Elizabeth Kertész Foundation; David Travis, Curator of Photography at the Art Institute; Sylvia Plachy, photographer; and the Getty's Curator of Photographs, Weston Naef. The discussion was moderated by Charles Hagen, writer and critic for the New York Times.
£16.14
Hauser & Wirth Lucio Fontana: Walking the Space: Spatial
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£37.50
Hayward Gallery Publishing Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons
Book SynopsisA major survey of the influential British artist famed for his psychologically charged labyrinthine installations. Mike Nelson (born 1967) is best known for his carefully assembled large-scale immersive environments that tell multilayered narratives while playing with and pushing the boundaries of space and scale. Although Nelson's extraordinary output has cemented his position internationally, his oeuvre has not previously been explored in a major publication. Designed in close collaboration with the artist, this book juxtaposes new writings with classic texts on seminal works. It includes newly commissioned essays by Yung Ma and Dan Fox and a comprehensive "lexicon" of Nelson's practice by Helen Hughes. The book also features a new interview with Nelson by Katie Guggenheim; a selection of previously published texts on key artworks by Richard Grayson, Jaki Irvine, Jeremy Millar and Mike Nelson; and a full exhibition history and bibliography. Also featured are images and ephemera from Nelson's studio archive, many of which have never been published before.
£28.00
Hauser & Wirth Frank Bowling: Penumbral Light
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£999.99
