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CRC Press Demystifying Game Studies
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Decolonizing the Theatre Space
Book Synopsis2020 was a year in which global politics radically shifted, catalyzed by the Covid-19 pandemic and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. This book is a response to that year, asking: was it a moment or is it a movement, and what fundamental changes within the arts industry need to come out of this time? The book includes over 20 interviews with some of the most pioneering Black cultural leaders from a wide range of senior executive positions in the arts within the UK, Europe, US and Africa. It documents the sea of change in arts leadership at the height of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the pressure on organizations to confront and change their racial and ethnic make-up, and shines a light on the guiding ambitions, strategic plans and visions for the future to support the ongoing decolonization of arts organizations across the world. Learn from those who have walked the walk to support your vision for the future.Trade ReviewA resounding testimony of best practices for staying grounded in spaces that cross the color line. * Kamilah Forbes, Director and Executive Producer, Apollo Theater, USA *Table of ContentsThe Act of Decolonisation is this book, THIS Conversation Olivia Poglio-Nwabali interviews Simeilia Hodge-Dallaway and Kwame Kwei-Armah Chapter One: We’ve Been Leading! LEADERSHIP IN OUR DNA Quotes: Sade Lynthcott, Robert Barry Fleming -Always Willing to Leave - Timothy Bond -It’s the Board’s Responsibility to Find the Plenty of Overqualified Black Candidates - Patrick Bradford Chapter Two: Becoming the First Quotes: Timothy Bond, Lydia Idakula-Sobogun-Sobogun, Yvonne Hepburn-Foster, Julia Wissert, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Deborah Sawyerr, Samora Bergtop, James Ngcobo, Stella Kanu, Hana Sharif -If I Can’t Do The Job, I Don’t Want the Title - Hana Sharif -I Can’t Not Apply, I Can Do The Job! - Nataki Garrett -Are You Going To Be An Nostalgic Leader Or One That Challenges and Upgrades? - James Ngcobo -They Said, “WE DIDN’T HIRE YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE BLACK’ I was like, “That’s the BONUS. That’s the BONUS” - Marc Bamuthi Joseph -Leadership is Making Mistakes and Getting Back Up Again - Julia Wissert -A Lonely Road But A Position of Authority And Trust - Yvonne Hepburn-Foster Chapter Three: First 100 Days Quotes: Jonathan McCrory, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Robert Barry Fleming, Deborah Sawyerr, Nike Jonah, Roy Alexander Weise, Patrick Bradford, David Bryan, Stella Kanu Interviews -An Unapologetic Maverick in the Workplace - Nike Jonah -Every Board Needs New Energy And Voice To Shift The Focus And Direction Of The Organisation - David Bryan -I Bring My Own Structure for Safety and Survival - Stella Kanu -Asking the Hard Questions - Robert Barry Fleming Chapter Four: Inheriting a Challenging Staff and Board Quotes: Robert Barry Fleming, Stella Kanu, Hana Sharif, Suzann McLean -Leaning In When They Lean Out - Stella Kanu -Money Talks - Hana Sharif -Board Support Matters - Patrick Bradford Chapter Five: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome Quotes: Maria Oshodi, Lydia Idakula-Sobogun, Deborah Sawyerr, Suzann McLean, Jonathan McCrory Interviews -Allies Are The Greatest Vaccination - David Bryan -I Doubt The Work Environment NOT My Abilities! - Stella Kanu -I Am A Warrior But I Am Human Too! - Hana Sharif -Be The Best Servant Leader For Nobody But Yourself - Robert Barry Fleming Chapter Six: Leading in a Pandemic at the Height of The Black Lives Matter Movement Quotes: Marc Joseph Bamuthi, Timothy Bond, Roy Alexander Weise -Artistic Director Role Turned Into A Crisis Manager Role Overnight - Julia Wissert -Whose Fight is Racism - Yvonne Hepburn-Foster -We Took Care Of Our People First - A Mass Redundancy Was Never An Option - Hana Sharif -STAND On A New Foundation - Gregory Maqoma -Letting Go, Making Cuts & Evolving Into a Transmedia Leader - Robert Barry Fleming -A Perspective On Tokenism - Taiwo Afolabi Chapter Seven: Leading From the Front and The Power of Intuition Quotes: Marc Bathumi Joseph, Gregory Maqoma, Timothy Bond, Asiimwe Deborah Kawe, James Ngcobo, Patrick Bradford, David Bryan -Our North Star is Black Liberation - Sade Lythcott -The Juggling Act: Leading From The Front AND The Back - David Bryan Chapter Eight: Transforming the Culture and The Art of Negotiation Quotes: Timothy Bond, Gregory Maqoma, Samora Bergtop, Taiwo Afolabi -Funders Cannot Dictate Our Artistic Programming - Asiimwe Deborah Kawe -To Make Art That Matters, You Must Be A Rebel - Lydia Idakula-Sobogun -We See You White America, In Action! - Timothy Bond -A world Stage in Africa: Centering Diverse Voices and Indigenous Languages - James Ngcobo Chapter Nine: Recovering from a Setback Quote: Robert Barry Fleming, Deborah Sawyerr -No More Appeasing The White Gaze - Samora Bergtop -Knowing When It’s Time to Let Go - David Bryan -The Impossible Rubik’s Cube - Hana Sharif Chapter Ten: The Importance of Wellbeing Quotes: Lydia Idakula-Sobogun, Natasha Bucknor, Robert Barry Fleming, Jonathan McCrory, Sade Lythcott -Learning To Speak To Myself With Kindness - Asiimwe Deborah Kawe -Leaders Are Readers - David Bryan -Setting Healthy Boundaries - Stella Kanu -Solo Vacations - Hana Sharif Chapter Eleven: Succession & Legacy Quotes: Nataki Garrett, James Ngcobo, Nike Jonah -Mentorship Is Legacy - Asiimwe Deborah Kawe -Building Something That Survives Long After You - Patrick Bradford -The Legacy Is The Village and Building Institutions For The Future - David Bryan -Succession of Skills - Stella Kanu -Opening Doors and Holding Space - Hana Sharif -A Model of Anti-Racist Multicultural Theatre - Timothy Bond
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Lungs
Book SynopsisI could fly to New York and back every day for seven years and still not leave a carbon footprint as big as if I have a child. Ten thousand tonnes of CO2. That's the weight of the Eiffel Tower. I'd be giving birth to the Eiffel Tower.'In a time of global anxiety, terrorism, erratic weather and political unrest, a young couple want a child but are running out of time. If they over think it, they'll never do it. But if they rush, it could be a disaster.They want to have a child for the right reasons. Except, what exactly are the right reasons? And what will be the first to destruct the planet or the relationship?Trade Review“Duncan Macmillan’s distinctive, off-kilter love story is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current. It gives voice to a generation for whom uncertainty is a way of life… bravely written, startlingly structured” * Guardian *Macmillan’s play is at once harrowing and blisteringly funny, bleak and redemptive...It combines hyper-real dialogue with a quirky form that expands and contracts time before our eyes, creating the almost physical sensation of being hurtled towards an uncertain future. The piece’s furious pace lives up to its title, leaving audience, and no doubt actors, feeling the need to pause for breath in a world that does not allow it. * What's On Stage *“Both uproariously funny … and unbearably poignant… an engaging and poignant piece" * Exeunt Magazine *Duncan Macmillan’s distinctive, off-kilter love story is brutally honest, funny, edgy and current. It gives voice to a generation for whom uncertainty is a way of life… bravely written, startlingly structured” -- Lyn Gardner * Guardian *
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Little, Brown Book Group The Visitors Book
Book SynopsisDenis Wirth-Miller and Dicky Chopping were a couple at the heart of the mid-twentieth century art world, with the visitors'' book of the Essex townhouse they shared from 1945 until 2008 painting them as Zeligs of British society. The names recorded inside make up an astonishing supporting cast - from Francis Bacon to Lucian Freud to Randolph Churchill to John Minton. Successful artists, although not household names themselves, writing Dicky and Denis off as just footnotes in history would be a mistake. After Denis''s death in 2010, Jon Lys-Turner, one of two executors of the couple''s estate, came into possession of an extraordinary archive of letters, works of art and symbolically loaded ephemera the two had collected since they met in the 1930s. It is no exaggeration to state that this archive represents a missing link in British art history - the wealth of new biographical information disclosed about Francis Bacon, for example, is truly staggering. The Visitors'' BTrade ReviewAn absolute goldmine for Bacon biographers ... But it would be unfair if The Visitors' Book was read only as a footnote to Bacon ... it is full of memorable vignettes, delicious anecdotes and many moving letters from Chopping to Wirth-Miller and vice versa ... haunting biography -- Lynn Barber * Sunday Times *Perceptive ... an excellent social history of gay life in the 20th century ... a lively commentary on modern British art and culture ... entertaining yarns -- Andrew Lycett * The Spectator *This handsome book is a stimulating and absorbing description of intertwined bohemian and artists' lives but also an important slice of social and cultural history from original sources. It not only describes the ferment of post-war Britain and the collapsing norms of class and convention, but also offers an example for all of us of a few brave souls doggedly pursuing their artistic vocations and world views against all the odds -- Eamon Delaney * independent.ie *This panoramic portrait ... is immensely entertaining ... the disputed works in the plate section are the best Bacons I have seen -- Roger Lewis * The Times *Anecdotes abound in this highly entertaining memoir * Sunday Times *An excellent read ... an essential reference source for Bacon researchers ... The Visitors' Book is a fascinating and informative study of two unjustly overlooked figures in the British post-war art scene -- Alexander Adams * Jackdaw *A moving study of hero worship ... as entertaining as it is poignant -- Michael Peppiatt * The Guardian *This lively, gossipy, indiscreet book brings the couple vividly to life, showing us their loving and destructive relationship in all its complexity. It sheds light on Bacon's professional and private life, and is essential reading for Bacon fans and scholars * Art Newspaper *A worthy memorial to this troubled pair * The Week *A compelling account of Fifties artistic bohemia from the fringes -- Sebastian Shakespeare * Tatler *Jon Lys Turner's marvellous book was obliged to carry its explanatory subtitle . . . but this is to diminish its scope and achievement . . . astounding vignettes of Bacon . . . The author tells his outrageous tales in a deadpan manner and has a knack for the concise character sketch . . . an alternative cultural history of the British scene -- James Norton * Burlington Magazine *
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Octopus Publishing Group Hollywood Blackout
Book SynopsisAre the Oscars (still) so white? Is it even possible to decolonise the film industry? Why is Hollywood''s race problem everyone''s problem?Ignoring the systemic racial inequalities in film is losing the industry $10 billion a year. Yet, parity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental issues that the Oscar Awards are only just beginning to address.In this book, award-winning writer, broadcaster, model, and fashion designer, Ben Arogundade, provides a manual for deconstructing everything you thought you knew about Hollywood - documenting the stories and struggles of black artists within the movie industry that have so far been left out of the canon.The chapters are structured chronologically around different Oscar winners, from Hattie McDaniel to Halle Berry. Each section is rich with exhaustive research, to demonstrate sociological and historical influences on black artists, highlight positive progress, and make you realise that certain injustices still remain.Hollywood Blackout is a much-needed provocation to look more critically at the accepted narratives within film, and examine how the industry both reflects and influences societal views on race.
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Film and Video Umbrella Michael Curran Minigraph 5
Book SynopsisMichael Curran has established a growing reputation with a series of video works whose stark visual style belies a deft and sophisticated handling of complex, often unsettling material. In their skilful melding of everyday elements, Curran's tapes touch a raw emotional nerve and achieve a powerful, iconic resonance. This detailed book features essays by Trish Lyons and Jon Mooney, and includes a special edition DVD with six key works by the artist.Minigraphs is a series of publications developed by Film and Video Umbrella devoted to contemporary artists working with film and video. Fully illustrated, and with specially commissioned essays and an extensive lists of works, this series provides an attractive and indispensable introduction to some of Britain's most exciting contemporary artists.
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Persephone Books Ltd A Well Full of Leaves
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Unicorn Publishing Group Mausoleum of Imperfection: The Art of Slavko
Book SynopsisMausoleum of Imperfection is a collection of picturesque and satirical portraits made by Slavko Krunić that refute the idea of separation between the observer and the work of art. Th us, it creates a certain intimacy; we feel we are the portraits’ companions and they are our fellow travellers in an imaginary life. Th e comical fantasy of these melancholy characters, who are watching us from the images, allows us to listen to their life stories whilst observing them in their immobility. Bill Gould wrote a short biography of an imaginary witness inspired by Krunic’s work. From this symbiosis arose an unusual combination of different artistic expressions, which was then shaped into Mausoleum of Imperfection.
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Unicorn Publishing Group Lion
Book SynopsisLion follows internationally collected artist Mark Adlington's three-year mission to find lions in six very different habitats across East and Southern Africa. The resulting body of stunning paintings, drawings and sketchbooks represent the countless months of patient waiting, observation and interaction which have given the artist a unique insight into this most beautiful of big cats. With written contributions from frontline lion conservationists, without whose help and support the project would have been impossible, this is a book which will delight and inform art and nature lovers alike. Since the appearance of the Hohlenstein-Stadel Lion Man, the first ever human artwork, some 40,000 years ago, lions in art have surrounded us as symbols of royalty, power, evangelists, constellations and even the sun. Where lions are increasingly not, is living on this earth in the wild. While it may seem ambitious to take on such iconic subject matter, Adlington wanted to go back to source and create work that reflected the reality of the charismatic duality of this rapidly disappearing apex predator.Trade Review"This beautiful book brings these majestic creatures to life—you feel them stretch, hunt and fight as you turn every page." * Daily Mail (UK) *
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Unicorn Publishing Group Along the River During the Qingming Festival
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Smith Street Books The Ultimate Guidebook for Cat Owners from a
Book SynopsisA veterinarian's guide to raising happy cats!With friendly, down-to-earth advice straight from veterinarian Dr. Marlena Lopez, The Ultimate Guidebook for Cat Owners is your companion to navigating life with your new furry friend. With tips like choosing the right breed, preparing your house, selecting the right food, dealing with issues like separation anxiety and rough play, and knowing when to take your pet to the vet (or when the issue isn't that serious), this is the book for all the new paw parents who need to hear that it's alright. Rooted in science and shaped by years of real-world experience, Dr. Lopez offers guidance that cuts through the noise and misinformation, giving you the tools you need to make sound decisions for your pet's well-being.
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Thorntree Press Psyche
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JRP Ringier New Zurich North / Neuer Norden Zürich
Book SynopsisPresenting contributions by artists such as Jean-Marie Appriou, Isabelle Cornaro, Olafur Eliasson, Fischli/Weiss, HR Giger, John Giorno, Nic Hess, Matt Mullican and Alex Sadkowsky, the festival and book New North Zurich explores the condition of 21st-century cities, and the way contemporary art could inhabit them.
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Hirmer Verlag From Dawn Till Dusk
Book SynopsisIt is always with us: our shadow. But when it comes to art, what role does this constant companion play? Richly illustrated and vividly narrated, this publication reveals the wide range of approaches and levels of meaning that shadow has in contemporary painting and photography, and in video art and installations. How did shadow arrive in art? A visual journey at play with light and darkness
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Hirmer Verlag GmbH Janaina Tschäpe
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Hirmer Verlag GmbH Hello Image
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Floating Opera Press Queer Formalism: The Return
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APE The Situation As It Is
Book SynopsisAnd then, as if out of nowhere, everything built be-came HERITAGE. The regulation would be confirmed in writing shortly, but on the telephone the office clerk left no room for doubt. Every brick, every beam and pipe, every tile, faucet and roofline had to be preserved. THE SITUATION AS IT IS, WILL BE THE SITUATION AS IT IS. The administration chose a new approach: a radical shift from ambiguousat times obscuredecisions, procedures and decrees to an era of HYPER-REGULATION. Startled, THE ARCHITECT hung up. He looked at the list of construction sites he planned on visiting that day, grabbed his car keys and camera, and left. He wondered if, later on, his wife and kids would still be in the living room where he heard them playing now. THE SITUATION AS IT IS** is the story of an architect's ring binders, an archive filled with negatives and scattered subjects. THE PHOTOGRAPHS try to tell a story of an existing condition*: this is the state things are in. Within these binders buildings are perpetually unfinished. The dog keeps barking. It's our third birthday, again. Decades after they were exposed, these photographs appear to reveal the first traces of THE IMPASSE. **** Documenting the existing condition (de bestaande toestand) is a legally required aspect of a building application within the context of architecture and urban development: photographs describe a building, a landscape, infrastructure. in order for it to be demolished, adjusted, built. The existence of the image, the document that presents THE SITUATION AS IT IS, usually implies and initiates change. ** THE SITUATION AS IT IS unfolded in 15 episodes of three frames that revolved rhythmically on a billboard mounted onto 019's facade. *** Part of the research project Documenting Objects, conducted by Arnout and Michiel De Cleene at KASK, the school of arts of HOGENT and Howest.
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Paizo Publishing, LLC Starfinder FlipTiles City Alien Quarter Expansion
Book SynopsisSometimes adventure takes you to the alien side of town. Next time your players are looking for a taste of off-world cuisine and culture while in the big city, they won''t have to wait while you draw every doorway and room. Starfinder Flip-Tiles: City Alien Quarter Expansion provides beautifully illustrated 6 × 6 map tiles that can be used to expand your city with a neighborhood fit for extraterrestrial habitation! Inside, you''ll find 24 richly crafted, double-sided map tiles. This expansion set, along with Starfinder Flip-Tiles: City Starter Set, allows you to create futuristic urban locales with endless variety! So stop your sketching and start your flipping today!Suitable for experienced GMs and novices alike, this product fits perfectly into any Game Master''s arsenal. Wet, dry, and permanent markers erase from the tiles! These double-sided city tiles come in convenient packaging for easy storage.
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EI Publishing Co., Ltd Vintage Store
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Smith Street Gift Noodle Box
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Stuffed Monkey Publications Incidental Contact
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JRP Editions Alice Rawsthorn: Design as an Attitude: New
Book SynopsisAcclaimed author Alice Rawsthorn revises her bestselling field guide to design in the wake of a pandemic, technological change and the escalating climate emergencyAcclaimed author Alice Rawsthorn revises her bestselling field guide to design in the wake of a pandemic, technological change and the escalating climate emergency. Four years after its initial release, Alice Rawsthorn''s bestselling book is republished in an expanded edition, updated in response to recent social, political, and ecological challenges worldwide. Fully revised by the author, the book is enriched by a new chapter on design''s response to the climate emergency, while also exploring the impact of COVID-19, rising inequality and new developments in identity politics on design.Design as an Attitude describes the resourcefulness and ingenuity with which designers are responding to complex and intersectional global challenges at an extraordinarily turbulent time. Public interest in design is soaring as a new generation of designers uses advanced technologies to pursue their humanitarian and ecological objectives in increasingly ambitious projects, as well as to reinvent the objects and spaces we use daily.One of the world's leading design commentators, Rawsthorn demystifies the field in an authoritative and engaging voice, by exploring the most dynamic developments in contemporary design and assessing their impact on our lives now and in the future. From artificial intelligence to the craft revival, from gender politics to the refugee crisis, Design as an Attitude offers a comprehensive survey of design today. Its appendix comprises more than 50 biographies of relevant living designers and role models for contemporary design.Based in London, Alice Rawsthorn (born 1958) is an award-winning design critic and the author of several books on design, including the critically acclaimed Hello World: Where Design Meets Life (2013). Her weekly design column for the New York Times was syndicated worldwide for over a decade. She is a cofounder, with MoMA's Paola Antonelli of Design Emergency, a research platform that investigates design's role in building a better future. They are publishing a book on Design Emergency in May 2022. Rawsthorn speaks on design at important global events, including TED and the annual meetings of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to design and the arts.
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Sadie Coles HQ Michele Abeles Zebra
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Egyptian Art
Book SynopsisNew in the World of Art series, a survey of the art produced in Egypt during the age of the pharaohs.Trade Review'A masterful exploration of not only “what", but also “why" – what ancient Egyptian art was for. An excellent introduction to a vast subject' - Dr Aidan Dodson, University of Bristol'Fantastic … definitely one for your bookshelf' - Timeless Travels'Insightful … a tour-de-force' - Ancient Egypt Magazine'Aided by abundant illustrations … it is a handy introduction to the diverse and beautiful art of the Egyptians' - Current World ArchaeologyTable of ContentsKing-list & Dynasties • Part I: Art & Creation • Part II: Art & the Artsts • Part III: Artworks in Context
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Hato Press Holidays - Jean Jullien
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Unicorn Publishing Group Roger Bamber: Out of the Ordinary
Book SynopsisRoger Bamber, for fifty years one of Britain’s leading photojournalists, has poured his life’s work into this unique reflection of a career that encompassed not only riots and bombings and the crazy world of rock and pop in the twentieth century but recorded with a sympathetic eye the demise of traditional British industries and the old steam railways. His graphic photographs are well known for their distinctive, often wryly humorous, style and strong visual impact and have been widely published worldwide. He was British Press Photographer of the Year, twice British News Photographer of the Year and won many awards for his features on the arts. Towards the end of his career he worked mainly for the Guardian and was happiest finding creative people with a story to tell. He preferred working outdoors, ideally within sight of the sea, and showcasing ordinary people – celebrating just how extraordinary all of us can be.Trade Review“A true pictorialist, he captures the beauty of shape and form, always with a wry sense of humour and even a twist of anarchy.” – Eamonn McCabe "A wonderful showcase of a photographer who captured the music, politics and social changes of the latter half of the 20th century like no one else." – I News "A picture editor's dream, whose distinctive eye created engaging and striking images that captured an ordinary moment in an extraordinary way." – Sussex Life "An IRA bomb victim, a miniature railway obsessive and Thatcher with a handful of cow dung – these superb images tell a vivid tale of Britain" – The Guardian
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Otto Dix and the Memorialization of World War I
Book SynopsisThis book examines the confrontational war pictures of Otto Dix (18911969) and explores their role in shaping the memory of World War I in Germany from 1914 to 1936.Dix's thirty-eight months on the World War I battlefields profoundly influenced his post-war artistic career, saw him produce some of the most enduring images of the conflict and establish himself as one of Europe's leading modernists.Offering substantial new research and presenting numerous primary sources to an English readership for the first time, the book examines Dix's war pictures within the broader visual culture of war in order to assess how they functioned alternatively as cutting-edge modernist art and transgressive war commemoration. Each chapter provides a case study of the first public display of one or more of Dix's war pictures at key exhibitions and explores how their reception was subjected to changing socio-political and cultural conditions as well as divergent attitudes to the lost war
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Contemporary African Art Second Edition 1 World
Book SynopsisContemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by one particular style, technique, or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude toward art making, incorporating and building upon the structures from which older, pre- colonial and colonial genres were made.Contemporary African ArtContemporary African ArtTrade Review'‘An engaging, cogent, and thought-provoking book’' - African ArtsTable of Contents1. New Genres: Inventing African Popular Culture • 2. From Africans Photographed to African Photographers • 3. Transforming the Workshop • 4. Patrons and Mediators 5. Art and Commodity • 6. The African Artist: Shifting Identities in the Postcolonial World • 7. The Idea of a National Culture: Decolonizing African Art • 8. Migration and Displacement • 9. The Global Contemporary Art World and Africa
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Thames and Hudson Ltd The Glasshouse
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Thames and Hudson Ltd The Incredible 3D Bug Hunt
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Film & Video Umbrella Carey Young Incorporated
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Dundee Contemporary Arts Startle Torsten Lauschmann
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Redstone Press BLACK LIVES 1900 W E B Du Bois at the Paris
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Animation in Austria
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive account of Austrian animation history, as well as an analysis of the current state of the industry in competition with American and cheaper international products in the face of dwindling budgets.
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CRC Press Foundational Techniques for Mastering Environment and Character Concept Art
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CRC Press The Pocket Mentor for Game Artists
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£30.39
Taylor & Francis Thinking Through Communication
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Cambridge University Press Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
Book SynopsisReveals the rewards of exploring the relationship between art and religion in the first millennium, and the problems of comparing the visual cultures of emergent and established religions of the period in Eurasia - Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the pagan religions of the Roman world.Table of Contents1. Introduction Jaś Elsner; Part I. The Imperial Context: 2. The Gandharan problem Robert Bracey; 3. Writing the art, archaeology and religion of the Roman Mediterranean Philippa Adrych and Dominic Dalglish; 4. Mystery cult and material culture in the Graeco-Roman world Philippa Adrych and Dominic Dalglish; 5. The Viennese invention of late antiquity: between politics and religion in the forms of late Roman art Jaś Elsner; 6. The rise of Byzantine art and archaeology in late Imperial Russia Maria Lidova; 7. Ferdinand Piper's Monumentale Theologie (1867) and Schleiermacher's legacy: the attempted foundation of a Protestant theology of art Stefanie Lenk; Part II. After Imperialism: Orientalism and its Resistances; 8. The road from decadence: agendas and personal histories in the rise of early Islamic art Nadia Ali; 9. Connecting art and Zoroastrianism in Sasanian studies Rachel Wood; 10. 'Hindu' art and the primordial Śiva Robert Bracey; Part III. Post-colonialist, Old Colonialist and Nationalist Fantasies: 11. Jewish art: before and after the Jewish state (1948) Jesse Lockard and Jaś Elsner; 12. Whose history is it anyway? Contests for India's past in the twentieth century Robert Bracey; 13. Acculturated natives who rebel: revivalist, Ottomanist and Pan-Arabist engagements with early Islamic art (1876–1930s) Nadia Ali; 14. Barbarians at the British Museum: Anglo-Saxon art, race and religion Katherine Cross.
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Conversations on Humanity and Creativity
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Bellissima Publishing Your Moment --- This Is The Time For Goodness!
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Paizo Publishing, LLC Pathfinder Bestiary 2 Special Edition P2
Book SynopsisWith more than 350 classic and brand new monsters, this 320-page hardcover rulebook greatly expands on the foes found in the Pathfinder Bestiary. From classic creatures like serpentfolk and jabberwock, returning favorites like the primal dragons or the Sandpoint devil, to brand new menaces sure to test even the bravest of heroes, this must-have tome of monsters designed to challenge characters of any level is an essential companion to your Pathfinder game!This deluxe special edition is bound in faux leather with metallic deboss cover elements and a bound-in ribbon bookmark. The perfect way to commemorate Pathfinder''s new edition! (Cover color and design subject to change.)Pathfinder Bestiary 2 includes: More than 350 monsters drawn from mythology, genre classics, and more than a decade of Pathfinder, with plenty of new monsters too! Gorgeous full-color illustrations on nearly every page! Detailed monster lists sorted by level, type, and rarity to help you
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Paizo Publishing, LLC Starfinder FlipMat Lava World
Book SynopsisWhether the heroes are surveying a moon dotted with erupting volcanoes or fighting on unstable islands in the middle of an active lava flow, no Game Master wants to spend time drawing every volcanic rock outcropping and lava fountain. Fortunately, with Paizo's latest Starfinder Flip-Mat, you don't have to! This line of gaming maps provides ready-to-use science-fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. This double-sided map features a river of lava cascading down a cliff face on one side and a bubbling lava lake filling a crater on the other. Don't waste time sketching when you could be playing. With Starfinder Flip-Mat: Lava World, you'll be ready the next time your players discover that the ground is lava! A special coating on each Flip-Mat allows you to use wet erase, dry erase, AND permanent markers with ease! Removing permanent ink is easysimply trace over any permanent mark with a dry erase marker, wait 10 seconds, then wipe off both marks with a dry cloth or paper towe
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David Zwirner Gordon MattaClark Pope L. Impossible Failures
Book SynopsisA joining of two artists, exploring their shared fixation on the problematics of architecture, language, institutions, scale, and value '[The exhibition is] powerful and unhinged and overbuilta monument to the entropy of the postindustrial city, and the tenuous dance of its inhabitants.' The New York Times Gordon Matta-Clark and Pope.L are esteemed for their respective interdisciplinary practices that examine the value and paradoxes of urban life as well as the risk inherent in art making. Utilizing performance, film, drawing, and various multimedia projects, the two artists often open up interstitial spaces by realizing sweeping gestures that take into account shifting, decentralized zones. Grounded in the concept of failure, the sixth exhibition at 52 Walker and its accompanying catalogue reconsider societal, artistic, and structural failureand in its expression a consideration of hope. With an introduction by the curator and director of 52 Walker Ebony L. Haynes, this publicati
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David Zwirner At Home Alice Neel in the Queer World
Book SynopsisAlice Neel''s unstinting, visionary engagement with the lives of those around her resulted in an inclusive oeuvre. This aspect of queer representation in her work is explored for the first time in this new catalogue.Curated by Hilton Als and organized in collaboration with the Estate of Alice Neel, At Home: Alice Neel in the Queer World highlights the artist’s vibrant involvement with the human condition. Within a lifetime of work, Neel painted many people from many walks of life--this catalogue is the first to focus on queer communities, those who were part of their circle, as well as allies and others with whom the artist was in broader conversation—together forming a collective portrait that both embodies and complicates an understanding of the queer world of Neel’s moment and the artist’s place within it. This collection of paintings includes rarely seen works depicting individuals including Frank O’Hara, Allen Ginsberg,
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Intellect Product Design Technology and Social Change
Book SynopsisExamines the relationshipbetween products, consumption, sustainability,politics and social movements. This 'pockethistory' surveys product design from theagricultural revolution and the birth of cities,through industrialisation, and a digital designrevolution. 58 b&w illus.
£28.45
Unicorn Publishing Group Homage to Bangladesh: A Memoir of a Time and a
Book SynopsisBangladesh has been shunned by tourists from the moment it was created in 1971. Henry Kissinger described it as a basketcase. Poverty and humanitarian disasters defined Bangladesh in the ensuing decades. When Rupert Grey arrived in Dhaka in 1992, a sign announced that arrivals were ‘Welcome to Bangladesh before the tourists get here’. They still haven’t. Grey first came to Bangladesh as a London lawyer armed with three FM2 cameras. Many journeys and 30 years later he is a photographer armed with a useful legal background. The catalysts were Chobi Mela, the festival of photography, and its founder Shahidul Alam, an acclaimed photographer, human rights activist and Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2018. This book charts Grey’s love affair with Bangladesh, including an epic transcontinental journey through India to Chobi Mela in a vintage Rolls-Royce, later portrayed in the award-winning, Sharon Stone produced film Romantic Road. His photographs, mostly taken on film, speak powerfully of the cultural vitality and energy which Kissinger missed, and which inspired Grey’s Homage to Bangladesh. As a libel and copyright lawyer Rupert has represented national papers, politicians, bankers, celebrities and explorers. He serves on the board of a number of front-line charities in the arts, education, photography and marine exploration. He has travelled on foot and horseback, by dug-out canoe, dog sledge, camel, elephant, bush-plane and Land Rover to the wild places of the earth. His photographs have been exhibited in several countries including Bangladesh, and his articles have been widely published. He lives with his wife Jan in a remote thatched cottage in Sussex, England, with their three daughters nearby.Trade Review"an extraordinary book ... about his dazzling photography, revealing how that medium can open our eyes to the reality of a crowded, diverse and profoundly interesting country." Geographical
£28.50
Unicorn Publishing Group A Journey Painted in Clay
Book SynopsisOf all the ceramic processes, Maiolica truly requires a painter’s touch. Combining a confident sensitivity of brushwork and a vision of what might be once the subtle blends of oxides fuse with the tin glaze in the firing, it is both a rewarding and unforgiving art form. A Journey Painted in Clay celebrates the ceramic work of Agalis Manessi through its various forms of expression over a career spanning fifty years. Inspired by many historical and contemporary sources, her work is a fusion of her Mediterranean heritage and annual travels across Europe between Greece and London. Ideas are drawn from the experience of viewing subjects in churches, museums and galleries and observations directly from life. Animated vessels express a gentle humour that is offset by the suggestive poise of their condensed forms, camouflaged within the painted surface. Following in the tradition of English Delft, portrait dishes are softly coiled, with painted images built up of composite features worked up from notebook sketches. Modelled animals and figures take on a more enigmatic nature, communicating a silent yet eloquent poise. With a foreword from Jenni Lomax, curator and former director of Camden Arts Centre, and contributions from Megan Brooks, Tanya Harrod, Mina Holland, Marina Papasotiriou, Michael Petry and Liz Rideal.
£21.25
