Installation art Books
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Julian Rosefeldt
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£46.40
Hatje Cantz Fujiko Nakaya (Bilingual edition)
Book SynopsisFujiko Nakaya is one of Japan’s most important contemporary artists. Participating in the 1960s performances of the New York-based collective Experiments in Arts and Technology (E.A.T.), she became internationally renowned for her immersive fog artworks. First created for the Pepsi Pavilion at Expo ’70 in Osaka they defy traditional conventions of sculpture by generating temporary, atmospheric transformations that physically engage with the public. Driven by early ecological concerns, Nakaya’s ground-breaking work is based purely on water and air—elements that have particular significance in light of the climate crisis. From the artist’s early paintings to her fog sculptures, single-channel videos, installations and documentation that reveal Nakaya’s cultural and social references, this in-depth survey offers a comprehensive overview of the distinguished artist’s work.
£40.50
Hatje Cantz Eric Hattan (Bilingual edition): Five O'Clock
Book SynopsisEric Hattan is known for his canny interventions in public places and causing surprise by thwarting the familiar order. This is also the case at the Museum Langmatt, which invited the Swiss artist to playfully intervene on its premises. The historic villa with its mahogany parquet flooring, fine carpets, chandeliers, and manicured garden provides a contrasting foil for Hattan’s installations, composed of worn clothing, metal parts, and other less exquisite materials. Five o’clock Shadow documents the ensuing dialogue that spans from the rich contrast between the present and the Belle Epoque, and shows how the venerable building is being tangibly enlivened.
£25.20
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.
£999.99
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
DruckVerlag Kettler Matheus Rocha Pitta: For the Winners the Potatoes
Book SynopsisThe KfW Foundation and the cultural centre Künstlerhaus Bethanien are collaborating on a studio programme offering a twelve month residency in Berlin to young artists from Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. Verlag Kettler presents the artistic work of the grant holders in an on-going book series. Matheus Rocha Pitta (born 1980 in Tiradentes, Brazil, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro) has created a new group of works entitled For the Winners the Potatoes. At the time of publication, this work an be found at the exhibition room of Künstlerhaus Bethanien, as well as in two of Berlin's underground stations, Hermannplatz and Gesundbrunnen, and in a showcase at SOX in Berlin's Oranienstraße. Rocha Pitta's performative installations at Künstlerhaus Bethanien and in the underground stations allow him to interact with the public. He presents trophies that are made of plastic bags or concrete instead of gold, silver or bronze, and invites visitors to take along potatoes as victory trophies. His work deconstructs the concept of victory and the hierarchy of winners and losers, creating a dense network of historical references going back to Ancient Greece and asking fundamental questions about the meaning of gestures, the community and its value. Rocha Pitta portrays his trophies with a mocking sense of humour. By connecting glory with mundane, everyday objects, he aims to subvert the hierarchy of winners and losers and invites the spectator to rethink the meaning of victory and defeat.
£18.00
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Don Dudley: Early Work
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£65.09
Arnoldsche Art Publishers Richard Kriesche
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Steidl Publishers Joseph Beuys: Das Wirtschaftswertprinzip (2002)
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£27.20
Spector Books Lena Henke: My Fetish Years
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£30.00
Museu D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Theory of justice
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£999.99
Ediciones Trea La insurreccin expositiva cuando el montaje de
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£26.29
Skira Brad Howe: A Dance of Atoms
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£40.00
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"
£89.12
Yale University Press Paul McCarthy Central Symmetrical Rotation
Book SynopsisExplores the role of mirrors, spinning, and neurotic architecture - a feeling of psychological breakdown - in the work of one of America's contemporary artists, Paul McCarthy.
£10.99
Yale University Press Dan Graham
Book SynopsisThe artist Dan Graham (b 1942) has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses writing, performance art, installation, video, photography and architecture. This title includes an interview with the artist and focuses not only on Graham's latest commission but also on his previous landscape-oriented installations.Trade ReviewThe Metropolitan Museum of Art (04/28/14–11/02/14) * The Metropolitan Museum of Art *
£999.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd DIRECT METAL SCULPTURE Schiffer Art Books
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd CENTURY OF AMERICAN SCULPTURE The Roman Bronze
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£65.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd GEORGE RICKEY Schiffer Book The Early Works
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Bronze Sculpture Casting Patination
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Decorating with Concrete Outdoors Driveways Paths
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd DECORATING WITH CONCRETE Indoors Fireplaces
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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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£25.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Casting Concrete Countertops
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£20.69
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.
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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
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Mosaic Art Today
Book SynopsisThe artwork of over 50 contemporary mosaic artists reveals the diversity of materials used and forms created in this ever-growing field. From small pieces of glass, stone, pebbles, ceramics, found objects, and other materials known as tesserae, these artists paint images of great intricacy and stunning beauty. In skilled hands, these small angular bits of material form works of art that are filled with fluid motion and life. Presented here in hundreds of vibrant color images, they include public and private installations, sculptures, wall murals and hangings, windows, plaques, medallions, floors, triptychs, furniture, and more. Visual texture, mixes of opaque and transparent tesserae, and the visual flow throughout an image keep viewers riveted to these ever eye-catching works of art. This book will be a source of inspiration for all who appreciate this ancient yet ever-evolving art form.
£41.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Contemporary Sculptors 84 International Artists
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Robert Engman
Book SynopsisRobert Engman''s distinctive sculptures developed from his training and fellowship with some of the mid-twentieth century''s most renowned art teachers and famous sculptors. As shown here in over 600 color photos, his beautiful curved, minimal surfaces and clean abstract designs evolved as he sought his own voice with bronze, steel, aluminum, and plastics. Engman''s commissions stand in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, and Jerusalem. They are also found in the Hirshhorn, MOMA, Whitney, and numerous college museums. He was a professor at Yale and Penn, significantly influencing today''s American sculptors. Engman continues to explore the relationships of planes and produces dynamic sculptures in series, with warped surfaces of curvilinear shapes. This book''s insightful text, organized chronologically, exposes the influences, opportunities, experiences, and challenges he met. Major chapters cover his training, teaching, and sculpture, with a timeline, resume, b
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Pedro S de Movelln Complete Works 19902012
Book SynopsisPedro S. de Movellán is considered one of the world's most well known kinetic sculptors alive today; this is a complete survey of his works from 1990 to 2012. The son of an abstract painter and an architect, de Movellán perfectly balances both of their influences in his own work. Each piece is unique, precisely constructed to be refined and detailed, yet unpredictable in its motion. From the rich mahogany, maple inlays, and leaf-shaped fans of Swiss Movement to the artist's first outdoor sculpture, the eight-foot-tall Lily in polished aluminum and gold leaf to the most recent carbon fiber works weighing mere ounces, included here is every sculpture de Movellán has made throughout his career. The book also features text on de Movellán's various styles and techniques and offers insights on his use of size, shape, material, color, and range of motion. Also included are detailed conceptual sketches and schematics for selected works as well as ephemera marking milestones in his career. For the collector, curator, and fan of kinetic sculpture and contemporary art, this volume serves as a must-have first part to de Movellán's catalogue raisonné.
£36.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Ironwork Today 4
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£41.39
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Life and Work of Harry Bertoia
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£46.74
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Experience of Modern Sculpture
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£34.84
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Robert Engman Sculpture
Book SynopsisRobert Engman's work over the last fifty years has ranged in size from monumental to miniature. Large pieces he has created for major cities and museums in decades past have common attributes but he had never formally attempted to make a series of related works.In the last ten years, he has cast a group of 52 distinctive small sculptures,whose modest scale has allowed him to realize his vast number of sculptural ideas more efficiently. This collection clearly demonstrates how Engman's work expands and alters three-dimensional structural concepts.Divided into nine families, the sculptures'' forms are based on different combinations of circles and squares in flat and warped planes. Each piece is shown from several angles, revealing strikingly different perspectives.
£13.29
Museum of Modern Art Paul Sietsema Figure 3
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Carverâs Handbook III
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£7.47
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Birds of Prey Blue Ribbon Techniques
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£39.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Songbird Carving
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Santa Carving
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Songbird Carving II
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Art Bronzes
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Country Carving Pig Pickinâ
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