Installation art Books
Hatje Cantz Filip Markiewicz: Ultrasocial Pop
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£27.20
Hatje Cantz Christiane Löhr: Symmetries of the Smooth
Book SynopsisA Meticulously Constructed Cosmos of Vegetative Architectures Christiane Löhr creates a unique cosmos of sculptures and installations with materials from nature. Employing airborne seeds, plant stems, burrs, tree blossoms, horse and dog hair for her organic-abstract repertoire of forms, she transforms these ephemeral materials with an element of surprise into precisely constructed sculptures that are both delicate and expansive. In keeping with the comprehensive retrospective, this catalogue is comprised as an anthology: In addition to new texts by Julia Wallner, Jutta Mattern, Astrid von Asten, and Tiziano Scarpa, it brings together insightful essays on the artist’s work from the past decades. The texts are complemented by installation shots of Löhr’s intricate sculptures that create permeable spaces in the light-flooded building of the arp museum Bahnhof Rolandseck designed by Richard Meier.
£38.40
Hirmer Verlag Markus Heinsdorff: static + dynamic (second
Book SynopsisThe book presents the installation artist Markus Heinsdorff’s continuing study of the topics of space, the forces of nature and upcycling by means of over 40 works. The overview is completed by text contributions by famous authors who interpret Heinsdorff’s international creative works from a variety of perspectives. Anyone wishing to understand the comprehensive work of Markus Heinsdorff will have to embark on a voyage around the world: from the depths of the Amazon to the vast cities of India and the small villages of Africa. The projects presented here are subject to a wide range of influences which the artist approaches with imagination and engineering precision. The volume introduces an impressive oeuvre through sketches and photos of models and realisations which hover at the interface between architecture and sustainable art.
£36.00
Hirmer Verlag Wolfgang Laib in Florence: Without Time, Without
Book SynopsisIn 2019, Wolfgang Laib entered into a dialogue with masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi and Benozzo Gozzoli in his philosophical and poetic installations of pollen and beeswax. The publication documents impressively this unique and spectacular art event. Following an invitation from the Museo Novecento in Florence, Wolfgang Laib – one of the outstanding artists of the present day – created five works in four of the city’s main sights, including the convent of San Marco and the Pazzi Chapel. In their juxtaposition with the historic masterpieces, the delicate pollen sculptures and the imposing beeswax ziggurat cause the contrast between present and past, physical place and endless space, and real and spiritual life to become blurred and lead us towards the central questions of life.
£31.96
Hirmer Verlag Wiebke Siem (Bilingual edition): The Maximal
Book SynopsisWiebke Siem (1954 Kiel, DE – Berlin, DE) became known in the 1990s for extensive installations in which she alienated everyday objects, such as pieces of clothing, shoes, bags, or toys, or transformed them into oversized objects. Wiebke Siems uses pieces of furniture, objects, and materials with domestic connotations and whimsical, often puppet-like figures to create psychologically charged installations that are as oppressive as they are humorous and that raise questions about societal role models. Siem’s art repeatedly employs a formal language and a mode of presentation that refer to ethnological objects and collections. This enables her to comment on Modernism’s problematic appropriation strategies toward non-European art. In addition to borrowing motifs from art and cultural history, Siem critically engages the mechanisms of the male-dominated art business – a central theme in her oeuvre.
£28.00
Hirmer Verlag STOA169: The Artist Columned Hall
Book SynopsisA hall of art surrounded by nature, supported by 121 individually designed pillars created by famous artists from all over the world: Bernd Zimmer has been pursuing this idea and its realization for over 30 years. The volume is lavishly illustrated and documents its creation, showing all the artists’ pillars in detailed individual photos. It was back in 1990 on a journey through South India that, inspired by the pillared porticoes of the Hindu temples, the painter Bernd Zimmer had the idea of a project which has now been realised as STOA169, a permanent art installation in Polling, Bavaria. Artists from all continents were invited to design pillars which together support a roof. Together the pillars forms an art universe which stands for solidarity, international understanding and respect for nature.
£36.00
Kehrer Verlag The Saints
Book SynopsisDocuments the Artangel supported video installation which was presented for the opening of the new Wembley Stadium.
£28.79
Arnoldsche Art Publishers Richard Kriesche
£25.20
Anagram Books Tönend hallt die Jugend
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£44.10
Steidl Publishers Joseph Beuys: Intuition!: Dimensions of the Early
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£36.00
Steidl Publishers Joseph Beuys: Das Wirtschaftswertprinzip (2002)
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£27.20
Spector Books Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques: Sub Rosa
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£26.60
Spector Books Hito Steyerl
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£30.60
Skira Kesang Lamdark
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£46.40
Skira Giorgio Andreotta Calò: “CITTÀDIMILANO”
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£21.25
Skira Davide Quayola: re-coding
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£33.60
Skira Tony Tasset
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£33.60
Skira Ugo Rondinone (Bilingual edition): burn shine fly
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£25.50
Skira Brendan Fernandes Inaction
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£30.40
Rizzoli Electa The Torlonia Marbles: Collecting Masterpieces
Book SynopsisLast published in a nineteenth-century catalogue, the distinguished Torlonia Collection of more than 600 priceless Greek and Roman works marbles and bronzes, reliefs and sarcophagi, depictions of gods, and portraits of emperors is one of the most important assemblages of classical sculptures still in private hands anywhere in the world. This eagerly awaited volume presents a selection of nearly 100 sculptures, which have been chosen for their quality and historic significance and which will be featured in an unprecedented exhibition designed by David Chipperfield and held in the Villa Caffarelli, near the Musei Capitolini in Rome, before touring globally. The legendary aura surrounding this, Rome s last princely collection, is due not only to its extraordinary scope and the high quality of the works, but also to the fact that the collection has not been available to the public for decades. This revelatory book features multiple essays by leading experts on the history of the collection and scholarly entries for the works detailing important discoveries made through archaeological research as well as the cleaning and conservation of the sculptures.Trade Review"Inaccessibility fueled its mystique, and the Torlonia Collection became the stuff of legend. After decades of negotiations and false starts, the public will be able to decide whether reality lives up to the myth when 96 statues go on display at the Palazzo Caffarelli, part of the Capitoline Museums here, in March. The exhibition, “The Torlonia Marbles. Collecting Masterpieces,” will be open for a nine-month stint, a prelude to a grand tour." — NEW YORK TIMES "The Torlonia Collection is one of the most important collections of classical sculpture still in private hands. Only a few people have ever glimpsed the 620 works in storage." —ARTNET.COM
£27.20
MER Paper Kunsthalle Frank Depoorter & Lore Rabaut: Book, a Room
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£27.55
MER Paper Kunsthalle Anouk Declercq: Oops Wrong Planet
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£19.00
John Wiley & Sons Place Matters Critical Topographies in Word and
Book SynopsisBordo and Fitzpatrick coin the term critical topography to describe how thought and symbolic forms invent place through text and image. International in scope, Canadian in spirit, and grounded in singular sites, Place Matters presents critical topography as an approach to analyze, interpret, and reflect on place.Trade Review“No other volume offers such a resonant dialogue of media, academic inquiry, and artwork. Productively framed by the notion of critical topography, Place Matters is both creative and analytical, wide-ranging but focused. It presents the state of the art in spatial studies and speaks urgently to current political concerns.” Ina Habermann, University of Basel and author of Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow: Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness
£105.40
McGill-Queen's University Press Place Matters
Book SynopsisBordo and Fitzpatrick coin the term critical topography to describe how thought and symbolic forms invent place through text and image. International in scope, Canadian in spirit, and grounded in singular sites, Place Matters presents critical topography as an approach to analyze, interpret, and reflect on place.Trade Review“No other volume offers such a resonant dialogue of media, academic inquiry, and artwork. Productively framed by the notion of critical topography, Place Matters is both creative and analytical, wide-ranging but focused. It presents the state of the art in spatial studies and speaks urgently to current political concerns.” Ina Habermann, University of Basel and author of Myth, Memory and the Middlebrow: Priestley, du Maurier and the Symbolic Form of Englishness
£40.50
Yale University Press Jitish Kallat
Book SynopsisThe Swami Vivekananda's speech to the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 is the centrepiece of Indian artist. The installation went on view at the Art Institute of Chicago exactly 108 years after Vivekananda delivered his address calling for an end to 'bigotry and fanaticism'. This title documents the installation.
£17.10
Yale University Press Walter De Maria
Book SynopsisWalter De Maria (b 1935) is known for the expansive and perfectly ordered land art and installations he created in the 1970s. This book introduces the work, "The Bel Air Trilogy" (2000-11), in which the artist combines exacting geometry with the unexpected element of three 1955 "gypsy-red" Chevrolet Bel Airs.
£33.25
Princeton University Press Edgar Degas Sculpture
Book SynopsisAs an artist, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) defies easy description. Including essays on Degas' life and work, his sculptural technique and materials, and the story of the sculptures after his death, this title features art-historical and technical discussions of various works in the collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington.Trade Review"Edgar Degas Sculpture is the sumptuously illustrated, richly documented catalogue of the important collection of Degas sculpture in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C... [A] penetrating, eye-opening presentation of Degas' work in this other medium, which too often is relegated to the sideline of his work as a painter."--Choice
£85.50
University of Minnesota Press Space Site Intervention
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£19.79
The University of North Carolina Press Subcritical Third Culture Field Notes
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£17.00
Getty Trust Publications Ephemeral Monuments – History and Conservation of
Book SynopsisThis is an indispensible volume for creators, curators, and conservators of installation art. Installation art is an evolving, often ephemeral medium that defies rigid categorization. It has also radically transformed the concepts of space, time, and the experience of art. The conservation field is faced with unique challenges over how best to manage and preserve the essence of these works. How detailed can documentation get? When does the replacement of original components become acceptable? How does the field cope with the obsolescence of certain technologies? By exploring the questions and dilemmas facing those who care for art installations, this book intends to raise awareness and promote discussion about the various conservation approaches for these works.
£42.75
Liverpool University Press Cities in Dialogue
Book SynopsisThis book is a retrospective volume on Latin American new media arts, arising from the Cities in Dialogue exhibition that was held in in FACT in conjunction with the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool Independents Biennial in 2014. There is also plenty of detail about the other events that were held during 2014 and into 2015, including workshops, artist talks, Twitter galleries and the Artist in Residence and his activities. One chapter is dedicated to each artist and the works they presented at the exhibition: Brian Mackern from Uruguay, Bárbara Palomino from Chile, Marina Zerbarini from Argentina, and Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga from the US. There is also an extensive chapter about the exciting new residence artwork created by Artist in Residence Brian Mackern. Entitled This Too Shall Pass// Affective Cartographies, this work is based on footage obtained through a series of unplanned journeys along Liverpool’s urbanscape. The gathering of information and recording of sound and visual material during these journeys is then remixed in this artwork by different parameters (volume levels, transparencies, zooms, fragmentations, crossfadings, speeds of timelines, etc.) controlled by Liverpool’s “socio economic historic curve” of the last century. In this book you can find out about all of these works, and other pieces by these artists. The book includes full colour images throughout, including exclusive images of works in progress, as well as excerpts of interviews with the artists. At the back of the book you can find links to online resources, including the art works themselves, audio interviews with the artists, image galleries, and more.Table of ContentsForeword by Ana Botella, Programme Producer at FACT Introduction: Cities in Dialogue by Claire Taylor and Jordana Blejmar Chapter One. On Brian Mackern: his Art Practice and his Works Chapter Two. On Bárbara Palomino: her art Practice and her Works Chapter Three. Ricardo Miranda Zuniga: his Art Practice and his Works Chapter Four. On Marina Zerbarini: Her art Practice and Her Works Chapter Five. Brian Mackern: Residency Art Work Concluding Observations: Ludic Memories of the City by Jordana Blejmar Afterword by Simon Yorke, Chairman of Independents LiverpoolBiennial Links to Artists’ Works Further Reading
£17.58
Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture
Book SynopsisRichly-illustrated consideration of the meaning of the carvings of non-human beings, from centaurs to eagles, found in ecclesiastical settings. Representations of monsters and the monstrous are common in medieval art and architecture, from the grotesques in the borders of illuminated manuscripts to the symbol of the "green man", widespread in churches and cathedrals. These mysterious depictions are frequently interpreted as embodying or mitigating the fears symptomatic of a "dark age". This book, however, considers an alternative scenario: in what ways did monsters in twelfth-century sculpture help audiences envision, perhaps even achieve, various ambitions? Using examples of Romanesque sculpture from across Europe, with a focus on France and northern Portugal, the author suggests that medieval representations of monsterscould service ideals, whether intellectual, political, religious, and social, even as they could simultaneously articulate fears; he argues that their material presence energizes works of art in paradoxical, even contradictory ways. In this way, Romanesque monsters resist containment within modern interpretive categories and offer testimony to the density and nuance of the medieval imagination. KIRK AMBROSE is Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder.Trade ReviewAn insightful and overdue study that will pave the way for future research. * SPECULUM *[An] excellent work. ... Ambrose's scholarly contribution is fundamental to the progression of the study of Romanesque sculpture. * MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Profound and intellectually wide-ranging. ... A book that offers both a fresh and profound perspective on monsters and a superb, original, perspective on the current state of the field and some of its central questions. * BURLINGTON MAGAZINE *Fascinating. To the wonderful sculptures on which the author focuses, he brings knowledge and sound judgment. -- Christopher Howse * DAILY TELEGRAPH *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Approaching Monsters Past Present Ideal Bodies (Il)Legibility Creating Monsters Imagining Cosmos Epilogue
£66.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Digital Interface and New Media Art
Book SynopsisThis book is about the digital interface and its use in interactive new media art installations. It examines the aesthetic aspects of the interface through a theoretical exploration of new media artists, who create, and tactically deploy, digital interfaces in their work in order to question the socio-cultural stakes of a technology that shapes and reshapes relationships between humans and non-humans. In this way, it shows how use of the digital interface provides us with a critical framework for understanding our relationship with technology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Art at the Interface; Chapter 1: The Aesthetic Interface; Chapter 2: The Embodied Interface; Chapter 3; Chapter 4: The Cybernetic Interface; Chapter 5: The Ubiquitous Interface I; Chapter 6: The Ubiquitous Interface II; Chapter 7: The Implanted Interface; Conclusion
£128.25
The University of Chicago Press Of What One Cannot Speak Doris Salcedos
Book SynopsisDoris Salcedo, a Colombian-born artist, addresses the politics of memory and forgetting in work that embraces fraught situations in dangerous places. This title leads us into intimate encounters with Salcedo's art, encouraging us to consider each work as a 'theoretical object' that invites certain kinds of considerations about history and grief.Trade Review"Of What One Cannot Speak is the next innovative and brilliant book that will once again push the field of visual studies into unexplored areas.... Bal does not simply take Doris Salcedo's work as her starting point, and neither does she argue that the violence of the political is somehow merely 'reflected' in it. Instead, she embarks on a much more ambitious and original project - initiating a discourse by allowing a work of art to take the lead." - Hanneke Grootenboer, University of Oxford"
£78.76
Schiffer Publishing Ltd DIRECT METAL SCULPTURE Schiffer Art Books
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Bronze Sculpture Casting Patination
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£85.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Decorating with Concrete Outdoors Driveways Paths
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd DECORATING WITH CONCRETE Indoors Fireplaces
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd African Sculpture
Book SynopsisA comprehensive introduction to the vast range of tribal sculpture from Africa is presented in this photographic survey. Ashanti fertility dolls, Bambara dance headpieces, Bachokwe staff heads, and Bakuba boxes are included in 347 works from Senegal to the Congo regions, Mali to Sierra Leone. This book provides a tremendous opportunity to view the diversity, expressive quality, and sheer evocative power of African art, and to gain a better understanding of one of the great heritages of mankind. Author Warren Robbins, founder and former director of the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C., presents these pieces from the perspective of two civilizations -- Africa and the West. Believing that the works are classical rather than primitive art, his sensitive analysis of the stylistic refinements of the various tribes past and present emphasizes the importance of preserving this art for posterity. The text and captions are presented in both English and French.
£41.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The âœBird Girlâ
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£11.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Making Concrete Sculpture Schiffer Books
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Casting Concrete Countertops
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£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Creating Concrete Art Furniture
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£23.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Sculpting Concrete Garden Ornaments
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£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd CastinPlace Concrete Countertops A Guide for
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£33.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Art Jewelry Today 2
Book SynopsisHundreds of stunning color photos display the wearable artwork produced by today''s top art jewelers, including one-of-a-kind necklaces, brooches, bracelets, rings, and earrings in gold, silver, mixed metals, glass, enamel work, found objects, and more. Here is sculpture made small and designed to adorn the body and draw the eye, created by artists who have committed their lives to their work. The text introduces artists from around the globe. This book is the second in a series pioneered by the late Dona Meilach and provides readers familiar with her work with a new look at some of the artists they have come to know as well as an introduction to artists not previously known. This is a valuable guide to today''s art jewelry, for buyers and artists alike.
£41.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd From Fire to Form Sculpture from the Modern
Book SynopsisOver 500 striking color photos display artworks produced by today''s leading blacksmiths and metalsmiths. Revealed here are beautiful sculptures, created by long-established and new artists, and destined for individual homes, public parks, and other outdoor venues. Includes works by John Medwedeff, Nathan Blank, Tony Higdon, Erika Strecker, and Zachary Noble. Ornamental vases, bowls, plates, and containers as well as functional gates, rails, furniture, and lighting are also included. Both images and text showcase work that may be traditional or groundbreaking in technique, but always in an artistic context. Artists, collectors, gallery owners, museum curators, and those with a burning passion for metal arts, will discover magnificent sculptures by today''s blacksmiths and metalsmiths.
£41.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A Universe of Metal Sculpture
Book SynopsisHenry Harvey''s delightful and scintillating writing style presents his universe of sculpting and divulges secrets and tips on everything from metalworking tools, the creative process, and life as an artists. Join Harvey as he deconstructs and teaches how he created sculptures including abstract fountains, coffee tables, benches, and organic abstracts. This colorful journey through Harvey''s 30-years of sculpting features galleries of commissions for presidents, Fortune 500 companies, and private collectors, as well as jewelry and outdoor sculptures.
£36.89
