Sculpture Books
September Publishing Concrete Poetry: Post-War Modernist Public Art
Book SynopsisConcrete Poetry is the first photographic survey of Modernist sculpture within the Brutalist context.Trade Review'Gems of British Brutalism and Modernism are under threat from time and tide, as much as the wrecking ball – luckily, photographer Simon Phipps has been documenting these harsh beauties for his book, Concrete Poetry . . . From the Denys Wilkinson Building to the Blackwall Tunnel's ventilation shafts, the UK is studded with post-war concrete odes to a better tomorrow. For those of us who don't have the time to trot around the country, ticking these pioneering structures off their list, Phipps' book is an essential coffee-table tour.' Wired magazine
£17.00
National Galleries of Scotland Nathan Coley
Book SynopsisThis richly illustrated publication explores the work of contemporary artist Nathan Coley. It offers a detailed look at three of his most significant sculptural works: The Lamp of Sacrifice, 286 Places of Worship, Edinburgh 2004, 2004; Paul, 2015; and Tate Modern on Fire, 2017, which is reproduced and discussed here for the first time. In a newly commissioned text, award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director Ewan Morrison focuses on these three sculptures to explore the complexity and ambiguity of Coley's artistic practice. Morrison brings into play different narrative forms and voices to draw attention to the realms of history, art history and politics that Coley's work inhabits, as well as the deeply personal responses that Coley's work can generate. This book accompanies the exhibition NOW at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (25 March to 24 October 2017).
£9.45
D Giles Ltd Looking Up: The Skyviewing Sculptures of Isamu
Book SynopsisIsamu Noguchi's Skyviewing Sculpture was created by invitation for Western Washington University, north of Seattle, in 1969. The 14-foot high sculpture, which sits in the university's central quad, acts as an observatory, encouraging viewers to enter and turn their gaze to the sky. 'Skyviewing' was a leitmotif in Noguchi's art throughout his long career as an artist and landscape architect, from his early work alongside Constantin Brancusi in Paris in 1928 to his death in 1988. Some sculptures act as reflecting telescopes with polished stone that mirror the firmament while others trace the path of the sun with cast shadows or lead the eye up towards the sky. The work at Western invites the viewer in, and guides the eye upwards to observe the sky in all of its variety. Looking Up explores Noguchi's work on the themes of space, and our place in the universe; examines the changing artistic climate during his long career; and places Noguchi in context with a younger generation of artists, including Robert Smithson, Nancy Holt, James Turrell, and Charles Ross. The book includes essays by leading specialists, as well as a plate section and contemporary photos of the creation, transportation and installation of Skyviewing Sculpture .Table of ContentsAcknowledgments; Looking Up by Hafthor Yngvason; Noguchi and the Jantar Mantars of Northern India by Matthew Kirsch; Plates by Kate Wiener with Matthew Kirsch; Sculpture in Progress; Bibliography; Picture Credits; Index
£29.71
Spink & Son Ltd Mary Gillick: Sculptor and Medallist
Book SynopsisMary Gillick, née Tutin (1881-1965), is probably best remembered for the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II that appeared on UK coins from the beginning of her reign until decimalisation in 1971. This book focuses on her career as a sculptor and medallist - a career that had begun at Nottingham School of Art and the Royal College of Art and had already spanned more than fifty years when she experienced the sudden burst of national fame that came with the royal commission. Gillick’s work combines the influence of early Italian Renaissance medals with an appreciation of modernism and shows a readiness to adapt as she responded to changes in the art market. Her experience also adds to the debate on the impact on women of marriages between artists (she was married to sculptor Ernest Gillick from 1905, until his death in 1951) and the choices open to women sculptors of her time. This is the very first study of such an iconic British artist to be published, and is sure to attract the attention of both numismatists and anyone interested in the history of British art alike.
£23.75
Orion Publishing Co From the Sculptor's Studio: Conversations with 20
Book SynopsisFiona Banner, Phyllida Barlow, Anthony Caro, Richard Deacon, Laura Ford, Antony Gormley, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller, Anish Kapoor, Tania Kovats, Richard Long, David Nash, Cornelia Parker, Marc Quinn, Peter Randall-Page, Eva Rothschild, Richard Wentworth, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Wilson and Bill Woodrow - these are the sculptors who have helped define sculpture, and here they are in their own words. From the Sculptor's Studio is a unique collection of personal conversations with 20 seminal artists, each of whom have created iconic work, exhibited worldwide, and pushed past the boundaries of sculpting in their own way.From the Sculptor's Studio contains 165 colour images of the artists' work, as well as portraits of each of the sculptors.
£36.00
Dancing Foxes Press Erika Verzutti: New Moons
Book SynopsisLeaving fingerprints and tool marks behind, a São Paulo artist evokes the cycles of the cosmos This volume takes an expansive view of the bold and influential practice of Brazilian artist Erika Verzutti (born 1971), surveying more than 60 pieces made over the past 15 years. In Verzutti’s art, moons recur as symbols of renewal and the multiple phases that a person or entity can pass through. Her work presents novel modes of perception by orbiting outside set systems of being—zooming out, in a telescopic sense, to the point where the relations we take so seriously here on Earth can be rethought. Vibrant illustrations of individual works and installation views of New Moons, the artist’s first US museum survey, highlight how her approaches to display and presentation reveal such relationships. Presenting original scholarship on the art historical and theoretical aspects of Verzutti’s practice as well as the artist’s own writing, this book offers insights on the inspiration and multifaceted ideas at play across her work.
£28.90
Editions Flammarion Picasso-Giacometti
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£16.98
Galerie Mingei Toshimasa Kikuchi: Mathematical Objects
Book SynopsisThe work of the Japanese sculptor Toshimasa Kikuchi (born in 1979) is somehow bewilderingly obvious. Trained in the restoration of Buddhist statues, mastering to perfection the techniques of classical Japanese statuary, he carves pure forms in wood - geometric, hydrodynamic or figurative. His scientific repertory is of all time (mathematics, engineering, natural history), but his preferred materials and techniques are firmly grounded in tradition (Japanese hinoki cypress, urushi lacquer, kinpaku gold leaf). The installation he presents for his Carte Blanche at the musee Guimet in Paris, brings together a series of slender sculptures in lacquered wood of mathematical objects, in the tradition of the celebrated photographs that Man Ray took of them. These abstract forms, hanging from the ceiling like mobiles or laid on the floor like devotional objects, take shape through a virtuosity and craftsmanship seldom found in contemporary art. The book is lavishly illustrated by the Japanese photographer Tadayuki Minamoto, who was able to capture the magnificence of the mathematical abstraction of the works of Kikuchi; by photographs and paintings by Man Ray; and with fascinating mathematical objects from the Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, photographed by the French photographer Bertrand Michau. It is essential reading for lovers of surrealism and of the early years of twentieth-century abstraction as well as for all who are intrigued by the close relationship between art and mathematics.Table of ContentsForeword by Sophie Makariou; Lustrous Abstractions: The Sculpture of Kikuchi Toshimasa by Kei Osawa; Needles : Works by Kikuchi Toshimasa, photographs by Minamoto Tadayuki; Human Equations: Man Ray's Photographs of Mathematical Models, by Edouard Sebline; Mathematical Objects - Works by Man Ray; The Collection of Mathematical Objects at the Institut Henri Poincare (IHP), by Sylvie Benzoni-Gavage; The Music of Surfaces, by Sylvie Benzoni-Gavage; Mathematical Models from the Collection of the Institut Henri Poincare, photographs by Bertrand Michau; Acknowledgements; Picture Credits
£27.00
Hirmer Verlag Henry Moore: A European Impulse
Book SynopsisHenry Moore has influenced the history of twentieth - century sculpture more decisively than anyone else. He was one of the first contemporary sculptors to realise his ideas in the public space throughout the world. His oeuvre was a lasting source of inspiration for an entire generation of artists – from Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso to the younger generation of German sculptors. Henry Moore (1898 – 1 986), known as the “Picasso of Sculpture”, is regarded as one of the most important sculptors of the twentieth century and the epitome of the modern artist. Typical of his work is the interrelationship between nature and abstraction. He discovered the “voi ds“, so - called openings and holes which heighten the sculptural, three - dimensional effect of his works. With this new approach Moore exercised a strong influence on younger sculptors, who gained decisive impulses from his sculptures. This volume presents M oore as the dominant personality of modern sculpture in collaboration with the members of the younger generation of artists.
£30.40
Hirmer Verlag Heinz Mack: A 21st century artist
Book SynopsisHeinz Mack (*1931) has been working as a sculptor and painter for more than sixty years. From the ZERO period in around 1960 to the present day he has created a wide-ranging work whose essential aspects, such as the significance of light, structure and colour are portrayed with often surprising perspectives. The authors accompany Mack in his constant search for a new concept of art, thereby discovering little-known connections to Minimal Art, Land Art, Yves Klein and Constantin Brancusi. The journey through Mack’s rich oeuvre culminates finally in his passionate plea for the “idea of beauty in the 21st century”.Heinz Mack is an artist who has left his mark on our times. He has made a pioneering contribution to the question of a new concept of art, which has been of fundamental importance since the post-war period. This volume offers for the first time a monograph with an overview of Mack’s philosophy of art as well as his multi-faceted oeuvre: from ZERO and the legendary Sahara Project to light art and his most recent paintings.
£16.96
Hirmer Verlag Georg Baselitz. 100 Drawings: From the Beginning
Book SynopsisOn the occasion of his 85th birthday the famous international German artist Georg Baselitz (*1938) has donated a collection of works on paper to both the Albertina Museum in Vienna and the Morgan Library in New York. The publication combines the 100 sheets to create a representative retrospective, providing by virtue of its concentration an important contribution to the understanding of his entire oeuvre. The two extensive sets of drawings and watercolours date from different creative phases from the early 1960s to the present day. Through this direct medium the works provide an intimate insight into the artist’s creative process across the past five decades. An interview with Georg Baselitz conducted to mark this publication provides information about the significance of the works on paper in the genesis of his works and within his oeuvre.
£25.60
Hirmer Verlag Tamara Kostianovsky: Rapacious Beauty
Book SynopsisLatinx artist Tamara Kostianovsky began using her discarded clothes as artistic material shortly after immigrating to the United States, addressing cultural and physical displacement, assimilation and identity, and the brutal history of Latin America. Today, these emotionally charged materials coalesce in a post-colonial vision for an ecological future. Tamara Kostianovsky creates sculptures from textiles that address the relationship between landscapes, the body, and violence. This volume highlights distinct bodies of her work including sculptures of butchered carcasses, slayed birds, and severed trees. Built with layers of texture, colour, and emotion, these works dive head-first into the tension between beauty and horror, confronting histories of systemic violence and transforming them into utopian environments.
£23.96
Hartmann Books Kathrin Linkerdorff Works
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£40.00
Turner Publicaciones, S.L. Arnaldo Coen
Book SynopsisArnaldo Coen (1940) is one of the most prominent Mexican artists. As a result of his restless, transgressive and irreverent creativity, his work has never ceased to be fresh. He has made important individual exhibits in the Museum of Modern Art and in the National Hall of the Palace of Fine Arts. His work has been exhibited in Asia, Europe, Africa, and Latin America, featuring in important collections and exhibitions in different cultural venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, Tlatelolco Cultural Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Isidro Fabela Cultural Center, Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago and the Bank of Mexico, to name a few. This award winning artist has also been the focus of several recognised art critics such as Octavio Paz, Raquel Tibol, Carlos Monsivais, Juan Garcia Ponce, Salvador Elizondo, Teresa del Conde, Sigrunn Paas, Josephine Siller. Arnaldo Coen is the first monograph covering the artist's pictorial and sculptural works from the 1960s to date, with some 300 images complementing this contemporary, provocative and irreverent compendium of Coen's legacy.
£27.00
Skira Iran do Espiríto Santo
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£36.00
Skira Pablo Atchugarry: The Life of Matter
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£32.30
Skira A Picture of Poetry: The Artist's Books of Dia
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£44.00
Skira Editore Zhang Ruyi
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£24.00
Skira Editore Hans Josephsohn
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£45.00
Skira Jaume Plensa
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£45.00
Skira Editore Chris Soal
£28.00
Five Continents Editions Matteo Pugliese
Book SynopsisThis book offers a review of Matteo Pugliese’s art over the past 20 years. The figures the Milanese sculptor creates are distinguished by their great power, revealing an inner torment that can no longer be disguised. The men depicted in his sculptures are all trying to break free of the wall that holds them, to throw off their limitations and assert their value as individuals in the hopes of escaping from dull uniformity and social and family expectations. These are people who are attempting to achieve a painful rebirth by struggling against materialised restraint — a wall — that seeks to prevent them expressing themselves, growing and therefore existing. The artist chooses to portray the moment of greatest effort, of supreme tension, the instant when a man regains control of his life and struggles against what is holding him trapped so as to restore a sense of purpose in his life. The carefully studied poses of his figures recall ancient models, in the same way as the material from which they are fashioned is also ancient. Luigi Spina’s lens knowingly lingers on these figures’ troubled birth and enables the reader, admirer, and art historian to acquire an intimate understanding of the sculpture and even to feel a part of the travails and manifest vulnerability that grip all of humanity. Text in English and Italian. Table of Contents2 | 13 CONTEMPORARY, THEREFORE ANCIENT CONTEMPORANEO, QUINDI ANTICO GABRIELLA BELLI 16 | 17 EXTRA MOENIA – OUTSIDE THE WALLS EXTRAMOENIA – FUORI DALLE MURA MATTEO PUGLIESE 166 | 167 THE HANDS OF THE SCULPTOR LE MANI DELLO SCULTORE LUIGI SPINA 168 | 168 WORKS OPERE 172 | 173 BIOGRAPHY BIOGRAFIA ELISA DEL MESE 175 | 175 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS MOSTRE PERSONALI SELEZIONA
£37.50
Five Continents Editions Passage de témoins pour Luciano Fabro
Book SynopsisThis book, designed and edited by the Italian-Swiss artist Vivianne van Singer, is an ode to Italian sculptor Luciano Fabro (1936-2007), a well-known Informalist artist and one of the founders of the Arte Povera movement. Having been long acquainted with his work and then having met the artist in person, Van Singer reflects upon his untimely death and pays homage to his career in a collection of texts, images, and works. The starting point of the project is a letter Van Singer sent artists, critics, and prominent figures of the art world in which she invited them to submit a work of art or a text exemplifying what Luciano Fabro had represented for them. Among the contributors to this collection: Giovanni Anselmo, Izzo Arcangelo, Gianni Caravaggio, Rudi Fuchs, Von Fürstenberg, Giovanni Lista, Alessandra Lukinovic, Massimo Minini, Giulio Paolini, Margit Rowell, Sarkis, and Ettore Spalletti. Text in English, German, French, and Italian. Table of Contents6 Luciano Fabro. Passages de témoins Vivianne van Singer 8 Introduzione Antonella Trotta 9 Préface Vivianne van Singer AUTORI 15 Luciano Fabro 18 Giovanni Anselmo 20 Hidetoshi Nagasawa 22 Giulio Paolini 24 Ettore Spalletti 30 Maria Nordman 34 Werner OEchslin 38 Alessandra Lukinovich 44 Adelina von Fürstenberg 48 Sarkis 52 Arcangelo Izzo 56 Arianna Giorgi 60 Margit Rowell 64 Luciano Fabro 66 Luciano Fabro 70 Saskia Bos | Luciano Fabro 74 Rudi Fuchs 78 Jacinto Lageira 86 Didier Semin 94 Martin Schwander, Theodora Vischer | Luciano Fabro 100 Daniel Soutif 104 Marcello Maloberti 108 Luciano Fabro 109 Pascal Schwaighofer 112 Liliana Moro 114 Luciana Trombetta 118 Bernhard Rüdiger 132 Gianni Caravaggio 138 Luciano Fabro 142 Dieter Schwarz 148 Davide De Francesco 151 Luciano Fabro 152 Jan Hoet 156 Massimo Minini 161 Luciano Fabro 169 Luciano Fabro 170 Véronique Goudinoux 180 Jan Braet | Luciano Fabro 188 Thierry de Duve 204 Thérèse Legierse 210 Marie-Laure Bernadac 216 Franca Falletti 222 Giovanni Lista 226 Giovanni Lista | Luciano Fabro 234 Denys Zacharopoulos 244 Niele Toroni 248 Stefano Boccalini 250 Micheline Szwajcer-Tob 257 Biographie de Vivianne van Singer 259 English translations
£35.25
National Gallery Singapore Teo Eng Seng
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£17.10
Hong Kong University Press Written in Stone
£50.40
British Museum Press The Discobolus Objects in Focus
Book SynopsisFocusing on the Townley Discobolus, this illustrated introduction explores the history and significance of the statue in both classical and modern times in light of ancient discus throwing, Myron's other works, and the artistic, intellectual and philosophical context of the Greek world.
£6.00
The Monacelli Press Where Art Meets Nature
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£39.96
V & A Publishing The Culture of Bronze: Making and Meaning in
Book SynopsisThe Italian Renaissance was a golden age for bronze sculpture, both on a grand scale-such as Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise, or Cellini's Perseus-and more intimate statuettes and small-scale functional objects. Bronze, being both costly and luxurious, embodied power, authority, and eternity and emulated the classical past. Yet it was one of the easiest materials to recycle, especially at a time when the need for artillery was ever-present. Drawing on the latest research, and including some 200 superb images, The Culture of Bronze explores the material and making of bronzes and the interrelationships and collaboration between sculptor, foundry, and owner. Encompassing works made for domestic, religious, and civic environments, the book studies the symbolism of bronze, and the bronzes themselves, within their broader societal context. Features works from sculptors including Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacoisi (Antico), Benvenuto Cellini, Donatello, Adriano Fiorentino, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Giambologna, Bertoldo di Giovanni, Leone Leoni, Barthelemy Prieur, Benedetto da Rovezzano, Adriaen de Vries and Agostino ZoppoTrade Review"Everything you need to know about Renaissance bronzes' might be an alternative title for this carefully cogitated and well-written volume." -- Charles Avery, Burlington Magazine, 162, February 2020Table of ContentsForeword -- Introduction -- Author's notes -- Map of Italy -- Chapter 1, The Metal and Its Magic -- Chapter 2, Modelling, Moulding and Manufacture -- Chapter 3, Forging Identity -- Chapter 4, Sculptors and Founders -- Chapter 5, The Small Bronze and Its Context -- Chapter 6, An International Taste -- Chapter 7, Connections and Conclusions -- Appendix -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Picture credits -- Index
£29.75
V & A Publishing Creating Sculpture: Renaissance Drawings and
Book SynopsisIt was during the Renaissance period that sculptors’ models, together with drawings, were first assembled by avid collectors fascinated by the tangible evidence of the creative process of the artist. This fully illustrated collection of essays, by distinguished scholars and experts in the field, focuses on the process of sculptural design in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe. The publication arises from a 2017 conference, and is the third and final Robert H. Smith Renaissance Sculpture volume.
£33.25
D Giles Ltd Imperial Colors: The Roman Portrait Busts of
Book SynopsisImperial Colors focuses on the paired busts of Emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193-211) and his wife, Empress Julia Domna in the Eskenazi Museum of Art, two of the finest known examples of later Roman portrait sculpture. This book presents innovative multidisciplinary research that is accessible both to specialists and generalists. In addition to contextualizing these portraits in the visual art and culture of the wider Roman empire, this publication will provide the first detailed and secure evidence for their original appearances. Highlights of this include the recently discovered vestiges of colorful paint, fresh insights into masterful marble polishes, and fascinating possibilities regarding their production and display in antiquity. These sculptures are also carefully constructed images, designed to promote political ideas. They represent continuity with older Imperial models but were updated to create a distinctive visual language for the new Imperial house.Table of ContentsDirector's Foreword: David Brenneman, Wilma E. Kelley Director, Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University Preface: Juliet Graver Istrabadi, Curator of Ancient Art, IU Eskenazi Museum of Art Chapter 1: Introduction General background Origins and development of the project Acknowledgements Chapter 2: The Eskenazi Portraits Introduction The portrait bust of Septimius Severus The portrait bust of Julia Domna Portrait typology, chronology, and self-presentation Why busts? Chapter 3: Bringing Marble to Life Introduction Marble-carving techniques and the Eskenazi Museum workshop Polish and paint The origin of the marble and its implications Chapter 4: Portraits, Power, and the Visualization of Dynasty Introduction Alliances and images: Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus Visualizing power: Septimius Severus as sole emperor and the consolidation of dynasty The "African Emperor"Maternal messages in the portraits of Julia Domna The afterlife of Julia Domna Chapter 5: Modern Histories and Ancient Displays Introduction The acquisition and provenance of the Eskenazi Museum Busts The commission and display of Imperial portrait busts in the High Imperial period Archaeological evidence for bust display contexts in the Imperial Period /p> Portrait busts in Late Antique houses Appendix 1: Marble Analysis (Scott Pike, Professor of Environmental Science and Archaeology, Willamette University) Appendix 2: Pigment Analysis (Gregory Smith, Senior Conservation Scientist, Indianapolis;Museum of Art/Newfields) Bibliography Index
£40.00
Actes Sud Machines de ville
Book SynopsisFor many years now the company La Machine has been creating shows featuring fascinating giant machines which delight huge audiences of young and old alike in the cities of France and around the world. Gradually, these performing machines have become permanent installations in cities around France, an integral and integrated feature of urban development. Through four emblematic projects in Nantes, La Roche-sur-Yon, Toulouse and Calais, François Delarozière demonstrates how the elegant dynamics of this mechanical bestiary relates to space and to human performers. He speaks of the machines’ creation and charts the daily lives of the company, its members, artists, technicians and artisans and how they undertake such visionary projects of mechanical urban architecture working in tandem with local authorities. After the book La Machine spectacle, here is Machines de ville, highlighting the machines which have slipped into people’s daily lives, churning out dreams, sparking discussion, stirring emotions and reflecting us back to our own humanity by their mere presence in the city.
£22.49
Yale University Press Abstract Bodies
Book SynopsisAn innovative analysis of 1960s abstract sculpture that draws on transgender studies and queer theoryTrade Review“Abstract Bodies is an extraordinarily imaginative book. It makes unexpected yet absolutely compelling links between artworks and transgender logics or ways of thinking that are easily overlooked or misperceived from traditional disciplinary approaches.”—Ramzi Fawaz, Transgender Studies Quarterly“David Getsy is a key voice among a new generation of art historians.”—Art in America“Highly recommended.”—Choice“In bringing to light a grossly neglected approach to the topic and action of gendering in art production and interpretation, Getsy’s book demonstrates that we are still processing the profound event that was 1960s abstraction, still reconciling ourselves to its categorical refusals, semiotic disruptions, and relational revisions.”—Art Journal “Getsy produces a daring and fascinating project” —Jenni Sorkin, Oxford Art Journal“This meticulously researched book, combining expert archival research, close analysis of less-researched artworks by canonical figures of American abstract sculpture in the 1960s, and a deliberate interdisciplinary analysis, catapults art-historical research [and] engages the rapidly growing scholarship on transgender studies into the twenty-first century.”—Natasha Adamou, Sculpture Journal“The contribution made by this book to both art history and to gender studies is incontrovertible.”—Gender ResearchRecommended by Elmgreen & Dragset as their pick for 2021 “The Best Art Books to Dive into This Summer—As Recommended by Artists” in the Art Newspaper“Abstract Bodies makes a remarkable intervention into art history, combining a rigorous attention to the history of sculpture with surprising and elaborate readings of the art of the 1960s. As a result of his disciplined attention to abstract forms rather than figural representations of the body, David Getsy has opened a new chapter in art history. This is a brilliant and original book and will change the way we think about the dynamics between art, embodiment, plasticity, and queer form.”—Jack Halberstam, University of Southern California“David Getsy’s Abstract Bodies represents a welcome convergence of the long established academic discipline of art history with the more recent interdisciplinary field of transgender studies. This book is not a history of transgender artists or transgender themes in art, but rather a path-breaking application of transgender studies as a heuristic lens. His deft coupling of subject matter and critical framework enables readers to grasp the profound extent to which the plasticity of shape and transformation of substance in reference to human being is a central feature of recent Western history.”—Susan Stryker, University of Arizona“Abstract Bodies more than bridges art history and gender studies—David Getsy demonstrates that these fields need each other. This book shows us how to see gender’s capacities in texture, light and form—loosened from the discourse of sex, gender becomes a material possibility. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to know how to write about sculpture, or who wants to know how queer art history can be.”—Jennifer Doyle, University of California at Riverside“The insights that emerge from David Getsy’s analyses of sculpture, reception, anecdote, historiography, and of the particular languages – and voices – of artists, are provocative and profound. In the process of locating transformational energies in these artists’ works, Getsy not only connects us more intimately to each artist but also redirects the field of postwar abstract sculpture.”—Michael Brenson, Bard College
£33.25
Rizzoli International Publications Venice and the Doges
Book SynopsisWhile Venice is better known for soft light and atmospheric painters, this elegant new volume transforms our understanding of Venetian sculpture and its place in the city’s artistic tradition.A feast for the eyes and an entertaining, erudite read, this book opens with an illustrated survey of the 120 doges who led the Venetian Republic before continuing with a detailed survey of the incredible array of sculptures and monuments that memorialize them.Although celebrated for painting and music, Venice has a sculptural tradition that was overshadowed by Florence and Rome. Based on new scholarship, this volume reveals the true magnificence of six centuries of Venetian sculpture. With the oldest works dating to the thirteenth century, these masterpieces fill the city’s churches and include pieces by great masters from the Lombardo family to Antonio Rizzo, Jacopo Sansovino, Alessandro Vittoria, and Baldassare Longhena.The sculptural marvels of VeniceTrade Review"If you want to understand the great serenity of La Serenissima, look no further than its succession of doges. Through its stable leadership, Venice’s ducal republic endured for over a thousand years, even influencing America’s founding, until its destruction by Napoleon in 1797. Venice and the Doges: Six Hundred Years of Architecture, Monuments, and Sculpture, a lavish new book from Rizzoli Electa, looks to the history of the 120 doges through their surviving funerary monuments. Written by Toto Bergamo Rossi, the director of the Venetian Heritage Foundation, with photographs by Matteo de Fina, the book reveals such highlights as Pietro Mocenigo’s monument in the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (1476) and the Contarini tomb in the Church of San Francesco della Vigna (1624/84). Taken together, the book’s elegant memorials speak to the life, and lives, of the Venetian Republic." —The New Criterion"Embark on a visually captivating journey through this remarkable book, delving into Venetian history and its remarkable sculptural heritage. From the illustrious doges who guided the Venetian Republic to the breathtaking sculptures and monuments that immortalize them, this volume unveils six centuries of magnificence. Discover hidden masterpieces by esteemed artists like the Lombardo family, Antonio Rizzo, and Jacopo Sansovino. With engaging text and stunning photography, this book reveals the grandeur and cultural significance of Venetian sculpture. Experience the adventures, triumphs, and lives of legendary figures in this concise exploration of Venice’s sculptural marvels." ~Indulge
£75.00
Skira Editore Choi Jongtae
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3DTotal Publishing Ltd Clay Sculpting with the Shiflett Brothers
Book SynopsisClay-sculpting royalty ‘The Shiflett Brothers’ offer unique insight into their practices and the techniques used to create their stunning fantasy characters.Learning from the biggest and best creators in any industry is a rare and sought after opportunity. In this book, clay-sculpting royalty “The Shiflett Brothers” guide us through their creative journey as well as sharing in-depth insight into the processes they use to create their dynamic and captivating fantasy sculpts. Joined by fellow esteemed sculptors Simon Lee, Aris Kolokontes, and Forest Rogers, the Shifletts bring together a collection of visually led step-by-step tutorials that are sure to broaden your creative horizons and add an expansive set of practical skills to your sculpting arsenal. With studio-quality photography and a how-to section on creating the Shiflett’s very own tools, this book is a prize possession for any member of the brothers’ huge and loyal fan base and as an exhilarating follow-on from the popular Beginner’s Guide to Sculpting Characters in Clay.
£26.99
Princeton University Press The Thief Who Stole My Heart
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The Thief Who Stole My Heart offers an expansive and complete immersion in a community still accessible to us through its exquisite sacred art." * Desi News *
£63.00
De Gruyter human error: Louisa Clement
Book SynopsisGerman-english edition The question of identity has always preoccupied artists. Louisa Clement is no different, her central theme is the human being and the human in the digital. In her art, she starts out from herself, but ventures much further, asking how identity will be shaped in the future and examining forms of transformation. In the series of works Repräsentantinnen (Representatives), she creates AI-equipped, adaptive images of herself, with which visitors can converse. In photographic works, the master pupil of Andreas Gursky continues this examination of the body and its possible optimisations and deals with military legacies under the aspect of transformation. This publication is appearing for an exhibition at the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum - both artists are united in their search for self-expression, as Paula Modersohn-Becker's Self-portrait on 6th wedding anniversary from 1906 demonstrates in a succinct manner. Look inside https://issuu.com/deutscher_kunstverlag/docs/blick_ins_buch_human_error_louisa_clement?fr=xKAE9_zU1NQ Louisa Clement (born 1987 in Bonn) completed her studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2015 as a master pupil of Andreas Gursky. She has already exhibited in various institutions and museums, including e.g.: Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2022); Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art contemporain (2022); Ludwig Forum Aachen (2019); Sprengel Museum Hanover (2019) One of today’s most popular young artists Current social issues such as AI, questions about body and self-image, and possibilities of digital storage Exhibition, 2 September 2023 to 21 January 2024, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen
£21.00
Arnoldsche Majapahit: Sculptures from a Forgotten Kingdom
Book SynopsisFlourishing in East Java, Indonesia, between the late 13th and the early 16th centuries, art from Majapahit had a decisive influence on the development of Southeast Asian culture: its highly distinctive style was characterised by the subtle balance between form and decoration and by a rich iconography strongly influenced by Sivaism and Buddhism. Today, these Majapahit artworks still constitute a highly interesting field of research, but they have been surprisingly far too little studied or published worldwide. This volume presents an exceptional selection of 86 Majapahit terracotta sculptures covering a wide range of sophisticated iconography - animals, images of motherhood, divinities - all drawn from popular legends of the period and part of a broader narrative series waiting to be discovered.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Penguin
Book SynopsisBenvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal court. Inn-keepers and prostitutes, kings and cardinals, artists and soldiers rub shoulders in the pages of his notorious autobiography: a vivid portrait of the manners and morals of both the rulers of the day and of their subjects. Written with supreme powers of invective and an irrepressible sense of humour, this is an unrivalled glimpse into the palaces and prisons of the Italy of Michelangelo and the Medici.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represeTable of ContentsAutobiographyIntroductionA Chronology of CelliniAutobiographyNotes Select BibliographyIndex
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Ruth Asawa Citizen of the Universe
Book SynopsisA unique look at the visionary artist, educator and activist Ruth Asawa (1926â2013). âI state, without hesitation or reserve, that I consider Ruth Asawa to be the most gifted, productive, and originally inspired artist that I have ever known personallyâ R. Buckminster Fuller, 1971 Although less known outside North America, Japanese-American artist Ruth Asawa is an artist of vital importance to modern art. Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe, which accompanies the first exhibition of Asawaâs work to be staged in public galleries in Europe, introduces European audiences to both Asawaâs powerful art - including her signature hanging sculptures in looped and tied wire - and her pioneering education practice. It positions her expansive ethos â her self-identification as âa citizen of the universeâ and belief that art education can be life enriching for everyone - as a catalyst for creative forward-thinking in the 21st century. Focusing on a dynamic and formative period in her lTable of ContentsDirector's Foreword Introduction A Citizen of the Universe EMMA RIDGWAY Art as an approach to living SIGRUN ÅSEBØ AND VIBECE SALTHE Camouflaging Asawa JOHN R. BLAKINGER Asawa as a Life Long Learner EMILY PRINGLE Interviews FRIENDS AND FAMILY OF RUTH ASAWA (ALVARADO WORKSHOPS AND ASAWA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS) TIMELINE EXHIBITION CHECKLIST
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Damson Tree Publishing Tea With Douglas Conversations on Art and Life
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LIGHTNING SOURCE UK LTD Special Catalogue of Tombstones Monuments Tablets
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£22.75
LEGARE STREET PR A Handbook Of Greek Sculpture Volume 2
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence
Book SynopsisThis book investigates how British contemporary artists who work with clay have managed, in the space of a single generation, to take ceramics from niche-interest craft to the pristine territories of the contemporary art gallery. This development has been accompanied (and perhaps propelled) by the kind of critical discussion usually reserved for the ''higher'' discipline of sculpture. Ceramics is now encountering and colliding with sculpture, both formally and intellectually. Laura Gray examines what this means for the old hierarchies between art and craft, the identity of the potter, and the character of a discipline tied to a specific material but wanting to participate in critical discussions that extend far beyond clay.Trade Review'This is an essential read for the student of contemporary ceramics, providing a fresh perspective on "post-studio" ceramic practice.' Stephen Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter OneBecoming Partners?Creative Tension: Defining ceramicsSculpture: A category in danger of collapseThe Art and Craft DivideAn Overview of the BookChapter TwoMonumental MattersMonuments and the Collective MemoryTwo Approaches: The logical and the abstracted monument Ceramics in Civic SpaceWheel of Fortune: Monumentalizing Stoke-on-Trent Making it Big: The monumental styleChapter ThreeThe Numbers Game: Multi-part compositionsDo Numbers Matter?Plane Thinking: Horizonal groupsHigh Rise: Stack, build, repeatThe Expressive Possibility of Repetition Clare Twomey: Master assemblerChapter FourThe Art of Destruction: Ceramics, Sculpture and IconoclasmWhat is Iconoclasm?Iconoclasm and ArtVases and VandalismOut of the Ordinary: Destroying domestic wareClay in CommonPast Imperfect: The art of transformative repairDestruction as Cultural CritiquePlease Do Not Touch: Destruction in the vitrineBiting the hand that feeds? Iconoclasm as institutional critiqueChapter FiveEncounters: Ceramics on ShowThinking About ExhibitionsClay as an Authentic Material for Sculpture: The Raw and the CookedCeramics and Minimalism: The New WhiteCeramics Under Threat: A Secret History of ClayPost-Studio Practice: Possibilities and LossesCeramics for the HomeThe Separation of Art and the HomeHome Coming: Contemporary ceramics in domestic spaceDomesticating the White CubeConclusionRadical PlasticityA Single MaterialWorkmanshipThe VesselThe Current of InfluenceThe Future
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Taylor & Francis Contemporary British Ceramics and the Influence of Sculpture
Book SynopsisThis book investigates how British contemporary artists who work with clay have managed, in the space of a single generation, to take ceramics from niche-interest craft to the pristine territories of the contemporary art gallery. This development has been accompanied (and perhaps propelled) by the kind of critical discussion usually reserved for the 'higher' discipline of sculpture. Ceramics is now encountering and colliding with sculpture, both formally and intellectually. Laura Gray examines what this means for the old hierarchies between art and craft, the identity of the potter, and the character of a discipline tied to a specific material but wanting to participate in critical discussions that extend far beyond clay.Trade Review'This is an essential read for the student of contemporary ceramics, providing a fresh perspective on "post-studio" ceramic practice.' Stephen Dixon, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter OneBecoming Partners?Creative Tension: Defining ceramicsSculpture: A category in danger of collapseThe Art and Craft DivideAn Overview of the BookChapter TwoMonumental MattersMonuments and the Collective MemoryTwo Approaches: The logical and the abstracted monument Ceramics in Civic SpaceWheel of Fortune: Monumentalizing Stoke-on-Trent Making it Big: The monumental styleChapter ThreeThe Numbers Game: Multi-part compositionsDo Numbers Matter?Plane Thinking: Horizonal groupsHigh Rise: Stack, build, repeatThe Expressive Possibility of Repetition Clare Twomey: Master assemblerChapter FourThe Art of Destruction: Ceramics, Sculpture and IconoclasmWhat is Iconoclasm?Iconoclasm and ArtVases and VandalismOut of the Ordinary: Destroying domestic wareClay in CommonPast Imperfect: The art of transformative repairDestruction as Cultural CritiquePlease Do Not Touch: Destruction in the vitrineBiting the hand that feeds? Iconoclasm as institutional critiqueChapter FiveEncounters: Ceramics on ShowThinking About ExhibitionsClay as an Authentic Material for Sculpture: The Raw and the CookedCeramics and Minimalism: The New WhiteCeramics Under Threat: A Secret History of ClayPost-Studio Practice: Possibilities and LossesCeramics for the HomeThe Separation of Art and the HomeHome Coming: Contemporary ceramics in domestic spaceDomesticating the White CubeConclusionRadical PlasticityA Single MaterialWorkmanshipThe VesselThe Current of InfluenceThe Future
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Texas A & M University Press The Art of David Everett Volume 25: Another World
Book SynopsisAustin artist David Everett was born and raised in Texas, and his work reflects an organic and wholly original Lone Star State ethos. His stunning vision and exquisite craftsmanship evoke nature’s essential grace and harmony in beautiful sculptures, bas-relief carvings, woodcuts, and drawings. Steve Davis, former president of the Texas Institute of Letters, writes of Everett, “David has never been one of those artists-as-marketers who relentlessly hype themselves. Instead, he has let the quality of his work speak for itself. And it does more than speak—it sings.” Everett’s creations inspire a passionate devotion among his many fans and collectors. He appears in high-profile exhibitions across Texas and the Southwest and his work is found in many public, corporate, and private collections.An introduction by prominent novelist Stephen Harrigan sets the perfect tone for an absorbing consideration of Everett’s oeuvre in The Art of David Everett: Another World. Author and editor Becky Duval Reese, respected art curator, writer, and retired director of the El Paso Museum of Art, contributes an insightful essay on Everett and his place in Texas art, followed by an absorbing interview with curator, author, and teacher Richard Holland, both offering revealing and satisfying insights into the shaping and development of the artist’s unique viewpoint and methods.The heart of the book is the abundant collection of breathtaking, full-color reproductions of Everett’s work. Here, the reader gains a vivid view of how Everett’s artistic instincts have been nurtured by life experiences and a maturing aesthetic rooted in tradition.
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Distributed Art Publishers Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors
Book SynopsisThe first and only comprehensive volume exploring the artist’s best-known and most spectacular series This book presents world-renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s most famous series, the Infinity Mirror Rooms, and charts its influence on the course of contemporary art for over 50 years. Kusama’s rooms are filled with multicolored lights that reflect endlessly. Ranging from peep-show-like chambers to multimedia installations, each of Kusama’s kaleidoscopic environments offers the chance to step into an illusion of infinite space. This definitive publication traces these installations and reveals how, over the years, the works have come to symbolize different modalities, from Kusama’s “self-obliteration” in the Vietnam War era to her more harmonious aspirations in the present. By examining her early unsettling installations alongside her more recent atmospheres, this publication historicizes her pioneering work amid today’s renewed interest in experiential practices. Generously illustrated, this book invites readers to examine the series’ impact over the course of the artist’s career. Yayoi Kusama (born 1929) has worked not only in sculpture and installation but also painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction and other arts. In her early career in Japan, she produced mostly works on paper. With her late-1950s move to New York City, she joined the ranks of the avant-garde, working in soft sculpture and influencing the likes of Warhol and Oldenburg. At this time, she was also involved with happenings and other performance-oriented works and began to deploy her signature dots. Her work fell into relative obscurity after her return to Japan in 1973, but a subsequent revival of interest in the 1980s elevated her work to the canonical status that it still enjoys today.
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Eye of Newt Books I can be myself when everyone I know is dead . .
Book SynopsisKamila is a cornucopia of dreadfulness. Her works at once beautiful and terrible, each piece like being tickled by Death’s cold little fingers, every bewitching creation a world I want to know more about. — Brom Welcome to the mind of Canadian horror-art sensation Kamila Mlynarczyk (better known as @WoodedWoods). Featuring art created between 2017–2019 this art book charts her progression from teaching herself how to draw to creating one-panel illustration art. It also features a chapter on her famous art dolls. Her artist notes and narrative describe her fascinating creative process and many of the inspirations behind her countless creepy, unsettling, yet poignant (and often hilarious) sketches. While the rhyme and reason behind why everyone needs a little snail friend, why cute poops make this world a better place, and why werewolves always hesitate before devouring the sacrificial girl-child can at times simply be chalked-up to mischief, Kamila is truly funny and relatable. To Kamila, nothing fictional can ever be as frightening as reality, and so much of her inspiration comes from the right here and now. She strives to depict the most terrible things in a sympathetic light, and in that way they become more beautiful than reality, more light-hearted than realistically possible, and through their relatability they become cheeky and charming—they become cathartic.Trade ReviewKamila is a cornucopia of dreadfulness. Her works at once beautiful and terrible, each piece like being tickled by Death’s cold little fingers, every bewitching creation a world I want to know more about. — BromTable of ContentsIntroduction by James O'Barr Introduction by Neil Christopher Art school sucked 1 Part 1: Re-learning to draw 7 Part 2: Stuff from my Brain 17 Little poops 17 Snails 22 Hair curtains 27 The horrors of motherhood 31 Sentimental ghosts 38 Garbage kids: A.K.A. Unfortunate little kids in danger 47 Babcias, Baba yagas, and happy little babies being eaten 55 Part 3: Sympathetic monstergirls 60 Part 4: Audri 75 Part 5: It’s a personal problem 88 Part 6: Scenes: Everyone but the monster is monstrous... 104
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