Individual artists, art monographs Books
Judd Foundation Donald Judd Writings
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£38.00
Spring Press ILHA
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£19.00
McGill-Queen's University Press David Alexander
Book SynopsisIt can be easy to consider landscape painting as cliche, an art form whose time has passed. David Alexander's vibrant, large-scale works show the wonder and possibility that remain undiminished in paintings of the natural environment and breathe new life into the landscape tradition
£31.20
McNidder & Grace Painting the Toon Portraits of Newcastle and
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£17.99
Goose Lane Editions A Personal Calligraphy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A multi-faceted, deliberately fragmentary, and thoroughly engaging self-portrait." * Quill & Quire *"Pratt combines journal entries, memoir and public utterance to reveal multiple subjectivities... Besides bearing witness to her consummate skill as a painter, the visuals become another form of autobiography... I feel that I have gained access to the heart of her artistic identity." * Canadian Literature *
£22.94
Goose Lane Editions Miller Brittain
Book SynopsisMiller Gore Brittain (1912-1968) had an unerring sense of structure and composition. In the early 1930s, at the Art Students'' League in New York, he experienced the pivotal moment in American art: the shift from tradition to abstract expressionism. When he returned to Canada, the Group of Seven still defined Canadian art, and he burst upon the scene with emotion-filled drawings and paintings of the human form. Later, combining figuration and abstraction, he explored the limits of the body and the borderlands of sanity to express the depths of despair and the heights of ecstasy. World War II interrupted Brittain''s career and on his bombing missions he carried William Blake''s Songs of Innocence and Experience with him. Blake''s poetry, particularly The Tyger, inspired the pervasive motif of Brittain''s later career. At first a description of searchlights and shot-down aircraft, the star and spear motif later developed into iconic flowers and stems, heads and necks, s
£42.50
Goose Lane Editions Miller Brittain
Book SynopsisDans Miller Brittain : Quand les étoiles jetèrent leurs lances, Tom Smart démontre pour la première fois la cohésion de l''imagerie de Brittain et les liens entre le réalisme social de ses premières oeuvres ultérieures, des abstractions figuratives et des compositions d''inspiration surréaliste. Miller Brittain a fait irruption sur la scène artistique canadienne À la fin des années 1930, avec ses dessins et ses peintures du corps humain temples d''émotion et admirablement exécutés. Pendant ses études À l''Art Students League, À New York, il avait intériorisé un point tournant de l''art américain, alors que les modes réalistes traditionnels étaient remis en question par une nouvelle génération d''artistes radicaux selon qui l''art se devait de refléter la vie de l''artiste et les conditions de vie des sujets représentés. À une époque où les paysages du Groupe des Sept dominaient la peinture canadienne, Brittain défia l''establishment avec son sens infallible de la ligne et de la composi
£42.50
Goose Lane Editions Roadsworth
Book SynopsisWinner, Design Edge Regional Design AwardIn October 2001, paint was spilled on the streets of Montreal. A stark, primitive bike symbol, looking suspiciously like the one the city used to designate a bike path; a giant zipper, pulled open down the centre line of the street on a busy commuter route; the footprint of a giant, stomping through the city while people slept. Inspired by a desire for adventure and galvanized by a loathing of car culture, Roadsworth got down with an idea that had been incubating. The time had come for him to articulate his artistic vision, to challenge the notion of public space and whose right it is to use it. By 2004, Roadsworth had pulled off close to 300 pieces of urban art on the streets of Montreal. In the fall, he was charged with 51 counts of public mischief. It seemed to signal the end of his career. Instead the citizens of Montreal and lovers of his work from around the world rallied their support. A year later he was let off with a slap on the
£21.59
Goose Lane Editions Jack Chambers
Book SynopsisPublished to coincide with a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Jack Chambers: Light, Spirit, Time, Place and Life is the first major volume to be published on the work of Jack Chambers, one of Canada''s most recognized and broadly influential artists. Featuring a selection of some 100 works including paintings, drawings, prints, and films, and materials from the artist''s extensive papers, the book focuses on Chambers''s own unique brand of perceptive realism, his use of light, place, time, and spirit, all of which were central to his work. A brilliant draughtsman and remarkable painter, Chambers spend his early adulthood travelling and studying in Europe, where he met Pablo Picasso. When he returned to his hometown of London, Ontario, in 1961, he found himself at the centre of a vibrant art scene that would become the backdrop for his films and the surrealist-influenced works based on his dream-like evocations of memory. This book draws on the la
£29.74
Goose Lane Editions Iain Baxter
Book SynopsisWinner, Canadian Museums Association Outstanding Achievement in Publication and Melva J. Dwyer AwardIain Baxter legally changed his name to IAIN BAXTER& in 2005. He appended an ampersand to his name to underscore that art is about connectivity — about contingency and collaboration with a viewer. He also effected the name change to perpetuate a strategy of self re-definition that is central to his creative project. BAXTER& began making art in the late-1950s under his birth name but quickly realized that the name itself was creative material, to be deployed, manipulated, and shared. In 1965, he formed a collaborative art-making entity which evolved into N.E. Thing Company, a corporate-styled entity whose co-presidents were BAXTER& and his wife Ingrid. Producing a diverse array of projects that encompassed conceptually based photography, pioneering works of appropriation art, and gallery transforming installations, the N.E. Thing Company offered a new model of art
£29.74
Goose Lane Editions David Askevold Once Upon a Time in the East
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£31.19
Goose Lane Editions Jacques Hurtubise
Book SynopsisShowcasing the major career highlights and some of the most recent work of abstract painter Jacques Hurtubise, this lavishly illustrated bilingual volume captures the key works of Hurtubise's formidable fifty-plus year career, many of which have never been brought together in a major exhibition or publication.This exceptional collection offers new insight into the development of Hurtubise's paintings — from the early graphic abstract paintings in the 1960s and 1970s to the mask to the brushy and stencil work of his blackout paintings. His latest map-based work, which brings together the passion of his "sun" series and the exotic and hypnotic lines of his "masks" and "splash" paintings, brings his mastery of the medium to the fore.An abstract painter who followed a generation of plasticiens, Hurtubise's bright, geometric patterning have often prompted comparisons to peers Claude Tousignant, Guido Moinari, and Yves Gaucher.This book includes five major, groundbreaking essays on his work by Québec curator Bernard Lamarche,; artist, writer, and critic Jeffrey Spalding; art critic René Viau; Sarah Fillmore, the editor of the book and curator of the exhibition that accompanies this major publication; and art historian Nathalie Miglioni.Cette monographie abondamment illustrée présente les principaux jalons de plus de cinquante ans de carrière de l'artiste Jacques Hurtubise. On y recense sa production actuelle ainsi que ses œuvres phares, dont un grand nombre n'avaient jamais éunies auparavant.La compilation exceptionnelle permet de mieux comprendre l'évolution d'Hurtubise, depuis ses premiers travaux graphiques des années 1960 et 1970 jusqu'à ses masques, ses tableaux aux traits ardents et le recours au stencil dans sa série Blackout. Ses œuvres plus récentes réalisées à partir de cartes routières — qui allient la passion qui habite ses soleils et les lignes exotiques et hypnotiques de ses masques et de ses éclaboussures témoignent de sa pleine maîtrise des techniques les plus variées.Les formes géométriques abstraites aux couleurs vives de cet artiste qui a succédé à la génération des plasticiens ont souvent suscité des comparaisons avec Claude Tousignant, Guido Molinari et Yves Gaucher.L'ouvrage Jacques Hurtubise propose des textes des conservateurs d'exposition Sarah Fillmore et Bernard Lamarche, des auteurs et critiques Jeffrey Spalding et René Viau, et de l'historienne de l'art Nathalie Miglioni. Sarah Fillmore est conservatrice en chef du Musée des beaux-arts de la Nouvelle-Écosse.
£39.94
Goose Lane Editions Stephen Andrews Pov
Book SynopsisThe work of Stephen Andrews has long mediated the successive crises of the contemporary world, exploring conflict, social change, and identity. For more than a decade, Andrews confronted the AIDS epidemic personally and artistically. Later, his work registered the impact of the attacks of September 11, 2001, the subsequent War on Terror, the financial crash of 2008, and a new wave of global protests, from those surrounding the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto to those associated with the Occupy movement and the Arab Spring. Embedding, layering, and erasing meaning, Andrews''s work creates a triangle, where meaning resides between the process of painting (magical and sensuous), the represented image (a chronicle of fragility and resilence), and the invitation to the viewer (to look carefuly and engage). Published to coincide with a major exhibition opening at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Stephen Andrews POV provides a comprehensive overview of the last fifteen years of
£27.89
Goose Lane Editions Vers de nouveaux sommets Lawren Harris et ses
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£33.14
Goose Lane Editions Marlene Creates Places Paths and Pauses
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is the sort of book that will repay repeat reading and most especially repeat viewing of the unique images that comprise its bulk." -- Ray Cronin * Atlantic Books Today *"As a whole the images, commentary and essays of Marlene Creates: Places, Paths, and Pauses create a richly woven tapestry that enable the reader to gain insight and understanding into Creates’ ‘discreet’ oeuvre; an oeuvre that I am pleased to have encountered and feel deserves greater recognition." -- Sarah Gittins * Eco Art Scotland *
£999.99
Goose Lane Editions Marlene Creates Lieux sentiers et pauses
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£33.14
S Q Publications,US Fastner Larson
Book SynopsisFor over 20 years, the team of Steve Fastner and Rich Larson have created some of the most imaginative and fantastic images in the realm of fantasy art. Their unique style and formidable arsenal of airbrush techniques have made them two of the most sought-after artists working today. From rough pencil sketches up to the final finished art, you''ll see how fantasy becomes reality!
£999.99
Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Wild Roses Memories of a Homesteaders Daughter
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£17.09
Museum of New Mexico Press Luis Tapia Ay Que Vida
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£18.89
Museum of New Mexico Press Cady Wells Southwestern Modernism
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£36.89
Printed Matter, Incorporated Dark Prospects
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£8.93
Beaverbrook Art Gallery Anthony Flower
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£17.99
Beaverbrook Art Gallery Glitter and GloomÉclat Et Obscurité
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£24.29
Ariadne Press Verbal Visual Art of Alfred Kubin
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£999.99
McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, US No Green Berries or Leaves
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of autobiographical essays by Paul J Stankard, recognised widely as one of the world''s master glass artists. Stankard is particularly renowned and respected for his flame-worked floral motifs expressed in crystal paperweights, rectangular columns, and orbs. Paul was trained in scientific glassblowing and worked in industrial scientific glass during most of the 1960s. Challenged by an inner sense of creativity and the need to establish his creative independence, he started making paperweights in the early 1970s. Attracted to the emerging studio glass movement, recognised as a maker of fine paperweights, and driven by an intense and incessant pursuit of excellence, Paul was -- by the 1980s -- recognised as a highly accomplished glass artist, a member of the pioneering generation of glass artists in America. As the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of his art matured, and as he continued to develop new techniques for expressing his art, he also assume
£26.34
Clear Light Publishers Douglas Johnson A Painters Odyssey
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£32.79
The Shelagh Cluett Trust Le Cabinet de Curiosites
Book SynopsisLe Cabinet de Curiosites de Mademoiselle Clouette is an exhibition of Shelagh Cluett''s collection and work. This publication guides the viewer through the artefacts and ephemera collected on her epic travels over 25 years in Asia. Taking an ethnographic turn, the aim is to illustrate, through ''things'' rather than ideas, how displacement and documentation influence art practice. Juxtaposed with a selection of Cluett''s own smaller sculptures to evoke both formal and conceptual affinities, these objects act as agents of partial connections within an ideal contact zone for transcultural exchange: a library.
£10.00
August Editions Tertium Quid
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£34.00
Massey University Press Gretchen Albrecht
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£52.69
Massey University Press High Wire
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£31.49
Te Papa Press Nga Kaihanga Uku
Book SynopsisThe rise of an impressive ceramics movement is one of the more striking developments in contemporary Maori art. This book is the first comprehensive overview of Maori claywork, its origins, loss and revival. It introduces readers to the practices of the five founders of Nga Kaihanga Uku and also surveys the work of the next generation.
£43.19
Massey University Press The Sun Is a Star
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£31.49
Capricious LLC Iâm Still Coming COMING TO POWER 2016 1996
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£35.10
Sacred Bones Cavegirl Monologue
Book SynopsisCavegirl Monologue is artist Heather Benjamin’s most substantial collection to date and displays her art on paper and on canvas, the latter of which is a first for her.The subjects of her recent art are a logical continuation of the larger narrative of Benjamin’s body of work: She works to excavate the female human experience as she knows it. Benjamin muses on intimacy, sexuality, self-perception, body dysmorphia, and trauma through her avatars. Her work is diaristic, approaching her subjects through the lens of her own personal experience; each piece can easily feel like a self-portrait. Her women are simultaneously self-assured and crumbled, standing defiantly on their own two hairy legs, yet seeking the shoulder of an empathetic viewer to cry on. Benjamin uses her art to sort through her own trauma and self-analysis, and seeks to give faces, bodies, and narratives to the different facets of her own womanhood.
£30.00
Cambridge University Press Michelangelos Art of Devotion in the Age of
Book SynopsisThis offers an in-depth investigation of the religious motivations behind Michelangelo's sculpture and graphic works in his late period. Emily Fenichel argues that much of Michelangelo's late oeuvre was engaged in solving the religious and artistic problems presented by the Counter-Reformation.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Public: criticism, penance, and the portrait medal; 2. Public: collaboration and religious art in Rome; 3. Private: Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna, and meditation; 4. Private: the Jesuits, the body, and meditation; 5. Conclusion.
£999.99
RVB Books The House That Burns Everyday
Book SynopsisMarina Gadonneix's work weaves a complex link between documentary and fiction through photographs of places given over to temporary neglect. The House That Burns Everyday recalls a fable whose story, in ashes, would no longer reach us. Marina Gadonneix has chosen to haunt a dummy house used by firemen to become familiar with fire and fighting it. In short, a room of fiction. Fire has raged, soon it will flare up again. In this interstice, Gadonneix collects these artificial ruins. From a distance, the spectator can cope with the worst. The worst, in this work, is always yet to come.
£11.00
Cambridge University Press The Young Leonardo Art and Life in FifteenthCentury Florence
Book SynopsisLeonardo da Vinci is often presented as the 'transcendent genius', removed from or ahead of his time. This book, however, attempts to understand him in the context of Renaissance Florence. Larry J. Feinberg explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist. While celebrating his many artistic achievements, the book illuminates his debt to other artists' works and his struggles to gain and retain patronage, as well as his career and personal difficulties. Feinberg examines the range of Leonardo's interests, including aerodynamics, anatomy, astronomy, botany, geology, hydraulics, optics, and warfare technology, to clarify how the artist's broad intellectual curiosity informed his art. Situating the artist within the political, social, cultural, and artistic context of mid- and late-fifteenth-century Florence, Feinberg shows how this environment influenced Leonardo's artistic output and laid the groundwork for the achievements of his mature works.Trade Review'Feinberg's work offers a nuanced, intelligent account of varied themes within the artist's early period. The text is insightful and thought provoking.' Choice'At last, we have a completely fresh and compelling look at the artist's early years. The Young Leonardo brilliantly places the artist in the context of contemporary Florentine culture and society while giving us fascinating new insights into his thought processes and observations on the subjects and meanings of even his most enigmatic works. A complex, demythologized appreciation of the man and his genius emerges from this wonderfully written book.' Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, authors of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jackson Pollock and Van Gogh: A Life'Feinberg nicely interweaves biography, the implacable social milieu in fifteenth-century Italy and analysis of Leonardo's rapidly evolving paintings and drawings. Among the book's best features is its keen avoidance of idealizing puffery, which makes Leonardo's accomplishments under often difficult daily circumstances all that much more impressive.' Los Angeles TimesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Childhood; 2. Florence and Cosimo the Elder; 3. The cultural climate of Florence; 4. First years in Florence and the Verrocchio workshop; 5. First works in Florence and the artistic milieu; 6. Early pursuits in engineering – hydraulics and the movement of water; 7. The Bust of a Warrior and Leonardo's creative method; 8. Early participation in the Medici court; 9. Leonardo's personality and place in Florentine society; 10. Important productions and collaborations in the Verroccio shop; 11. Leonardo's colleagues in the workshop; 12. Leonardo's Madonna of the Carnation and the exploration of optics; 13. The Benois Madonna and continued meditations on the theme of sight; 14. The Madonna of the Cat; 15. Leonardo, the Medici, and public executions; 16. Leonardo and Ginevra de'Benci; 17. Leonardo as portraitist and master of the visual pun; 18. The young sculptor; 19. The Madonna Litta; 20. The Adoration of the Magi and invention of the High Renaissance style; 21. The Adoration and Leonardo's military interests; 22. Leonardo and allegorical conceits for the Medici court; 23. Early ideas for the Last Supper; 24. Leonardo and the Saint Sebastian; 25. Saint Jerome; 26. First thoughts for the Virgin of the Rocks and the invention of the Mary Magdelene-courtesan genre; 27. Milan; 28. Leonardo and the Sforza court.
£65.70
Cambridge University Press Michelangelos David
Book SynopsisThis book takes a new look at the interpretations of, and the historical information surrounding, Michelangelo''s David. New documentary materials discovered by Rolf Bagemihl add to the early history of the stone block that became the David and provide an identity for the painted terracotta colossus that stood on the cathedral buttresses for which Michelangelo''s statue was to be a companion. The David, with its placement at the Palazzo della Signoria, was deeply implicated in the civic history of Florence, where public nakedness played a ritual role in the military and in the political lives of its people. This book, then, places the David not only within the artistic history of Florence and its monuments but also within the popular culture of the period as well.Trade Review'Michelangelo's David is a valuable link in an ongoing chain of Michelangelo studies, and a detailed study of the extended history and ambiguity of the statue's historical, civic, political, and Christian connotations …' Joost Joustra, Oxford Art JournalTable of Contents1. The commission and history of the David; 2. David, narrative ambiguity, and the competition with antiquity; 3. The David and sculpture at the cathedral; 4. David and the symbols of the state at the Palazzo della Signoria; 5. Naked men in piazza; Appendix I: documents for Michelangelo's David and its predecessors; Appendix II: report of the commission to advise on the placement of the David.
£99.75
Abrams Becoming Andy Warhol Graphic Novel
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£999.99
Abrams Brave Birds
Book SynopsisFrom celebrated paper artist Maude White, a spectacular collection of 65 cut-paper birds paired with inspirational reflections
£18.99
Abrams A Taste of London
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£16.49
Abrams How to Paint Without a Brush
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£999.99
Hachette Books Ireland Taking Heaven Lightly
Book SynopsisAn Irish bestseller'A remarkable book that is unique in the annals of its kind ... sublime' Dr Bruce Greyson, co-editor of The Handbook of Near Death ExperiencesTrade ReviewRoisin Fitzpatrick has written a remarkable book that is unique in the annals of near-death experiences ... As a guide to enhancing your own spirituality, Taking Heaven Lightly is a love story in the most sublime sense * Dr Bruce Greyson, co-editor of The Handbook of Near Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation *A book of wise words that will introduce some people to the light, will draw others back to the light, and will itself long shine light in all sorts of unforeseeable and beautiful ways. Every reader can undoubtedly expect to have their own personal epiphany. A brilliant book with an unforgettable message * Dr Christine Ranck, author of 'Ignite the Genius Within' *Taking Heaven Lightly's clear, sincere, even humorous style attracted me and I was drawn in ... Ms Fitzpatrick's rehabilitation of pre-Christian Irish spirituality of light is excellent * Dr Tadhg O'Dushlaine, Head of Dept for the Centre for Irish Cultural Heritage, National University of Ireland, Maynooth *An inspirational guide for those who are interested in spirituality * Irish Examiner *Nothing short of a riveting read ... [the] author takes the reader on a remarkable journey * Southside People *[Taking Heaven Lightly] is both a biography and a mission statement * RTE Guide *Taking Heaven Lightly shows people that they don't need to have any fear of death and by understanding the meaning of this light we can transform our lives from ordinary to extraordinary in ways we can't imagine * RSVP magazine *A very important and poignant personal account of her near-death experience * Anthony Murphy, author of Newgrange: Monument to Immortality *An authentic, moving and motivating book ... Read it and be enlightened! * Dr Martin Curley, author of Knowledge Driven Entrepreneurship *Taking Heaven Lightly is ... reminiscent of John O'Donohue's Anam Cara in that it explores ancient Celtic mysticism and I imagine it will find a similar following * Irish Independent *An insightful and in-depth look into what lies beyond our physical realm. A must read * Sean Mahon, actor (Philomena, The 39 Steps) *
£8.99
McMichael Canadian Art Collection Passion over Reason la passion avant la raison
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£27.89
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Collected Fantasy Art Paintings of Mike
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£49.91
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Graeme Patterson: Secret Citadel
Book SynopsisSecret Citadel showcases Graeme Patterson''s spectacular and intricate multimedia installation, exploring the trials and tribulations of male friendship through a four-part sculptural/video installation and an experimental stop-motion animated narrative. Here, guided by subtle gestures and intense interactions, an anthropomorphic bison and cougar create a bond that spans all stages of maturity, playful creativity bringing them together and violent awkwardness tearing them apart.Secret Citadel prÃsente l''installation multimÃdia spectaculaire bien connue de Graeme Patterson. L''oeuvre explore les vicissitudes d''une amitià masculine, en quatre tableaux vidÃosculpturaux appuyÃs par une narration expÃrimentale sous forme d''animation image par image. Alternant gestes subtils et interactions intenses, un bison et un cougar anthropomorphes, rapprochÃs par une espiÃglerie crÃative, se lient d''une amitià qui rÃsiste jusqu''à la maturitÃ, avant d''Ãtre sÃparÃs par une brusque maladresse.
£33.14
Purdue University Press Cybernethisms: Aldo Giorgini’s Computer Art Legacy
Book SynopsisWorking extensively as both artist and scientist, Aldo Giorgini (1934–1994) was one of the first computer artists to combine software writing with early printing technologies. His innovative process involved producing pen-plotted drawings that were embellished by painting, drawing, photography, and screen printing. This biography is the first to uncover the remarkable work and life of an underappreciated artist, providing insights into the innovative methods and computerized techniques he used to weave creations that seamlessly combined technological sophistication with artistic sensibility.Buried manuscripts, documentation, and art taken directly from Giorgini’s former studio in Indiana have been used to tell the story of this digital pioneer. The book explores the artist’s life as a professor of civil engineering at Purdue University as well as providing a catalog of his artistic contributions. Placing his work in the context of the wider development of computer art, the book also presents a valuable contribution to the history of the field. Giorgini’s papers have been recently transferred to Purdue University’s Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, where they will be preserved and made accessible for future researchers of digital media art history. While complete in itself, this book also plays an important role in contextualizing and providing an access point for that collection.
£22.61
powerHouse Books,U.S. Runes And Chords
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£999.99
