The Arts Books
JRP Ringier Nicolas Bourriaud: Formes et trajets - Tome 1
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£15.20
JRP Ringier Nicolas Bourriaud: Formes et trajets - Tome 2
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£14.40
JRP Ringier Shirana Shahbazi: Tehran North
Book SynopsisIn this publication, Iranian-born artist Shirana Shahbazi (born 1974) captures the city of Tehran by night through the window of a moving car. Shahbazi is known for using her photographs as source material for other artistic forms, such as paintings, billboards and handmade carpets.
£18.05
JRP Ringier Spacescapes: Danse et Dessin
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£15.20
Jrp Ringier Leon Ferrari The World of Others The Literary
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£30.00
JRP Ringier Guillermo Kuitca: Collected Drawings (1971 -
Book SynopsisThis extensive volume surveys the drawings of Argentinian artist Guillermo Kuitca (born 1961) from 1971 to 2017. Gathering together for the first time more than 650 works on paper selected from a body of more than 3,000 produced over the course of 40 years, the book lies somewhere between a catalogue raisonné and an artist's book. While not exhaustive, the book, in its pacing, is somewhat chronological; the works selected suggest the successive aesthetic, visual, and iconographic codes, worlds and concerns the artist has engaged in his puzzling artistic production. Realized with watercolor, ink, colored pencils, pastel, acrylic, chalk and ink-jet prints, Kuitca's drawingsblack and white or coloreddisplay his manifold thematic obsessions: faces and hands, portraits and intimate scenes, insects and beds, and architectural and topographic renderings.
£63.75
JRP Ringier Sigismond de Vajay: Unreachable Empires
Book SynopsisThis artist's book, conceived of by the artist, curator and publisher Sigismond de Vajay (born 1972), combines 70 of his drawings with commissioned essays by Mexican novelist Mario Bellatín, French biologist and glaciology researcher Bruno Jourdain and geography and biotechnology expert Elizabeth R. Johnson.
£35.00
JRP Ringier Rasheed Araeen
Book SynopsisSpanning 60 years, this publication surveys the art, editing and curating activities of London-based, Pakistani-born artist Rasheed Araeen (born 1935) for the first time, presenting an expansive artistic practice that has had a profound influence on generations of artists, writers and thinkers. Whether as a pioneer of Minimalist sculpture, a publisher of magazines at the forefront of postcolonial thinking like Third Text (founded 1987) or as an abstract painter drawing inspiration from the art of the Abbasid period, Araeen has consistently sought to realign the understanding of Modernism imposed by the hegemonic discourses of the West. Bringing together newly commissioned essays by leading art critics and historians, documentation from the artist's archive as well as an extensive survey of Araeen's work, this publication offers the opportunitylong overdueto assess Araeen's impact as an artist and thinker.
£26.10
JRP Ringier Tomáš Pospiszyl: An Associative Art History
Book SynopsisAn Associative Art History searches for the place of Czech, Slovak and Eastern European postwar art in global history. Resisting the mere repetition of Western canonization, the publication aims not to fruitlessly compare East and West, but rather to decipher the circumstances under which artworks are created, theorized and compared to each other. How do Knížák, Kolar, Koller and Kovanda relate to Situationism, Minimalism and Fluxus? What does Jindrich Chalupecký have to do with Clement Greenberg? Czech art historian and curator Tomáš Pospiszyl recounts a history of contemporary Eastern European art by highlighting emblematic stories of the art scene's protagonists, mixing personal anecdotes with artistic agendas. This collection of nine essays, on topics spanning from 1939 to 2013, proposes a new reading of the visual arts during the Iron Curtain era and after.
£15.20
JRP Ringier Art Basel Year 48
Book SynopsisArt Basel''s official annual publication captures and documents the exhibitions in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong, and goes beyond them, featuring interviews, portfolios, essays about contemporary art, and personal highlights from artists, curators, collectors and museum directors. With its AZ format, this year''s publication maps the world of Art Basel alongside profiles spotlighting each of the 500-plus galleries that participated across the three fairs in 2017. Interviewees and contributors include Cecilia Alemani, Harry Bellet, Tobia Bezzola, Claudia Comte, Rhana Devenport, David Gryn, Hou Hanru, Reem Fadda, Niels Borch Jenssen, Philipp Kaiser, Mami Kataoka, Kimsooja, Venus Lau, Lesley Ma, Claire McAndrews, Zanele Muholi, Kingsley Ng, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Aaron Seeto, Fabrice Stroun, Keiichi Tanaami, Andrea Viliani, Michael Werner, Qiao Zhibing and many others whose work contributed this year to the fairs on all three continents.
£39.60
JRP Ringier Art & Crisis
Book SynopsisArt & Crisis is a theoretical publication on educational processes and what it means to teach and learn fine arts in a city such as Zurich. It brings together contributions from 2017 MFA students, their professors at Zurich University of the Arts and guest writers.
£25.23
JRP Ringier Teresa Burga: Aleatory Structures
Book SynopsisEncompassing paintings and environments in the vein of pop art, as well as conceptual drawings and cybernetic installations, the oeuvre of Peruvian artist Teresa Burga (born 1935) highlights the individual''s ability to influence social conditions. Her early attraction to conceptual art led her to become a founding member of the Peruvian avant-garde movement Grupo Arte Nuevo (196668). In 1968, as a Fulbright scholar, Burga left Peru to study at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she developed her mature pop-conceptual practice, moving away from painting to produce installations, research-based projects and happenings. This volume provides an overview of her work from the 1960s to the present, reflecting on Burga''s strategies and themes.
£33.30
JRP Ringier The Kunsthalle Bern Model: Localizing the
Book SynopsisThis publication gathers together 18 essays about the Kunsthalle Bern as a role model and a place for artistic intervention and production, elaborating the examinations to which numerous international artists have subjected the building itself.
£19.80
Jrp Ringier Jef Cornelis Curating in the 1980s
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£16.32
JRP Ringier Koki Tanaka
Book SynopsisSince the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese artist Koki Tanaka (born 1975) has documented staged participatory actions through photography and video. Presented in this book, Tanaka's latest project explores pressing issues from his native country to plead for vigilance when it comes to immigration, racism and xenophobia.
£23.40
JRP Ringier Andro Wekua
Book SynopsisGeorgian artist Andro Wekua (born 1977) uses painting, collage, drawing, installation, sculpture and film to reflect on childhood, memory and political history in his depictions of fictional and dream-like realities, documented in this first comprehensive publication.
£41.40
JRP Ringier Fredrik Værslev: As I Imagine Him
Book SynopsisEchoing the visual character of abstract expressionism and modernist geometric painting, the work of Norwegian painter Fredrik V?rslev (born 1979) is characterized by an insistent focus on the painting process. This publication offers an overview of the artist''s oeuvre from the past decade.
£18.05
JRP Ringier Gustav Metzger: Writings 1953-2016
Book SynopsisManifestos and texts on auto-destructive art and beyond from countercultural artist and activist Gustav MetzgerBringing together more than 350 texts written between 1953 and 2016, this comprehensive volume establishes artist and activist Gustav Metzger (19262017) as one of the towering figures of the 20th century, a long-overdue recognition of Metzger''s influential vision.Renowned for his use of unstable materials and chemical reactions to create artworks that embody processes of change, destruction and renewal, Metzger was also a prolific writer, theoretician and satirist. His interest in technology and science and his anti-nuclear activism influenced his development of the concepts of auto-destructive and auto-creative art, terms he coined with his manifestos on Auto-Destructive Art in 1959 and Auto-Creative Art in 1961. He put these ideas into action with artworks made to decay, disintegrate or change following natural processes.Edited by Metzger''s long-time friend, curator Mathieu Copeland, this anthology of writings makes Metzger''s essential thinking from the 1950s onward available to a wide audience. It includes seminal writings such as Metzger''s manifestoes of auto-destructive and auto-creative art, his essays about architecture, and an interview with R. Buckminster Fuller from 1970 and a retrospective manifesto on his own legacy, Remember Nature, from 2013. Also included are examples of Metzger''s art criticism, political lampoons and lectures. Altogether Gustav Metzger: Writings presents a challenging reading of our artistic, political and technological moment as analyzed by one of our most pioneering, discerning thinkers.
£18.00
JRP Ringier Charles Atlas
Book SynopsisFor almost 50 years, New Yorkbased artist Charles Atlas (born 1949) has been a leading figure in film and video art, creating seminal works documenting dance and performance art, involving choreographers such as Merce Cunningham and Michael Clark, as well as the fashion designer and performance artist Leigh Bowery. His network of collaborators and associates largely coincides with his circle of friends: many of his works from the 1980s and 1990s are portraits of fellow protagonists of the New York underground scene and the contemporary milieu, employing a sub- and pop-cultural idiom to scrutinize aspects of bio-power and the politics of bodies and identity. The publication features commissioned essays by art historians and curators, reflecting on Atlas' strategies and the themes that have shaped his oeuvre over the years.
£27.00
JRP Ringier Katja Novitskova: Ringier 2017
Book SynopsisBerlin-based installation artist Katja Novitskova (born 1984) searches for areas where humans, machines and the environment intersect. In this artist's book, conceived with PWR Studio as the 2017 Ringier annual report, she opens her ongoing archive of digital images.
£22.50
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.
£25.20
JRP Ringier Sylvain Croci-Torti
Book SynopsisInformed by the Swiss tradition of geometric abstraction and monochrome, Swiss painter Sylvain Croci-Torti (born 1984) is building a cogent body of works dealing with architecture and renewing the eternal parameters of painting. This publication encompasses his last six years of work.
£18.05
JRP Ringier The Syz Collection
Book SynopsisEric and Suzanne Syz began collecting art in New York in the ''80s. Their collection includes works by Basquiat, Clemente, Condo, Schnabel and Warhol, as well as Fischli/Weiss, Sherman, Tilmans and more. This publication focuses on the spectacular way their collection is displayed at the SYZ bank in Genevaan art collection taking the pulse of art as it evolves.
£22.50
JRP Ringier Minor Cinema: Experimental Film in Switzerland
Book SynopsisMinor Cinema is the first study of experimental cinema in Switzerland, addressing the relationships between contemporary art and underground movies, formal and amateur films, expanded cinema and performances and focusing on the role of the art schools and the festivals. The publication includes essays on Robert Beavers and Gregory Markopoulos, Peter Liechti, cinema at the Kunsthalle Bern during Harald Szeemann's curatorship, Annette Michelson, Tony Morgan and Kurt Blum.
£15.20
JRP Ringier Art Basel: Year 49
Book SynopsisArt Basel''s official annual publication captures and documents the exhibitions in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong, and goes beyond them, featuring interviews, portfolios, essays about contemporary art, and personal highlights from artists, curators, collectors and museum directors. With its AZ format, this year''s publication, designed by Gavillet & Cie (Geneva), maps the world of Art Basel alongside profiles spotlighting each of the 500-plus galleries that participated across the three fairs in 2018. Interviewees and contributors include Lara Almarcegui, Rasheed Araeen, Andrea Bellini, Diana Campbell Betancourt, Ryan Gander, Ingvild Goetz, Valérie Knoll, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Lubaina Himid, Kathy Noble, Irene Panagopoulos, François Quintin, Michael Rakowitz, Agustin Perez Rubio, Semiconductor, Suhanya Raffel, Xiaoyu Weng, Haegue Yang, Nina Zimmer and many others whose work contributed this year to the fairs on all three continents. Art Basel Year 49 is the sixth volume of an innovative series of publications started in 2014, which constitutes a valuable archive of the current state and evolution of the art world in the 2010s.
£39.60
JRP Ringier Producing Futures: A Book on Post-Cyber-Feminisms
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£27.00
JRP Editions Olivier Mosset: Retrospective
Book SynopsisSwiss artist Olivier Mosset's conceptual abstractions are embodied in the production of this specially designed volumePublished on the occasion of Olivier Mosset's (born 1944) retrospective at MAMCO Geneva, this publication offers an extensive overview of the artist's six-decade transatlantic practice. Stylishly designed, it features details of Mosset''s paintings reproduced actual size and a silver-silkscreened cover.
£32.40
JRP Editions Art contemporain africain: Histoires d’une notion
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£16.15
JRP Editions Kenny Scharf: MOODZ
Book SynopsisVariations on the face: downtown legend Kenny Scharf's permutational exploration of characterThis new book by cult artist Kenny Scharf (born 1958) debuts his latest body of work, MOODZ. Comprising more than 330 circular paintings of faceseach one differentthis ensemble gives form to a population of moods, feelings, expressions and colors. Scharf explains that the characters reflect aspects of his own personality: some days he needs to release his aggressive energy and they may reflect his anger; other faces reflect his exuberance and love of painting. Organized chromatically, the publication gathers the entire series of MOODZ, as well as exhibition views and documentation related to the project. It features an essay by American gallerist and cultural figure Jeffrey Deitch. A poster (28 x 21.5 inches)on which all the faces are reproduced together as if to form a color chartaccompanies the publication.
£49.50
JRP Editions Jim Shaw: The Paperback Covers
Book SynopsisDream-inspired book covers for imaginary pulp novels by Americana connoisseur-bricoleur Jim Shaw Since the 1970s, American artist Jim Shaw (born 1952) has used his multimedia artistic practice as a means of exploring and exploiting pop-culture iconography. This publication focuses on one of the key series in Shaw's corpus, in which he draws inspiration from the Anglo-American graphic design and illustrative tradition of cheap paperback books. Inspired by the artist''s intense dreaming life, the Paperback Covers series (19962013) recreates the lurid imagery associated with pulp novels, with vertical canvases that depict fantastical and irreverent imagery: in one, a werewolf in suspenders is struck by an oncoming 18-wheeler; in another, a line of chorus girls dance in front of a vampire and a woman in red as the couple is in engulfed by flames. Though these books bear no text, Shaw's paintings evoke exciting narratives within a single image. All the inventoried Paperback Covers are collected in this softcover volume along with a text by Charlie Fox.
£23.40
JRP Editions Marie Cool Fabio Balducci
Book SynopsisSubtle interventions with humble materials: 25 years of performance art from the European duoThis volume provides insight into the collaborations of French artist Marie Cool (born 1961) and Italian artist Fabio Balducci (born 1964), offering the first comprehensive overview of the performance duo's action-oriented works since 1995.
£25.20
Lars Muller Publishers Good Life
Book SynopsisJust what is it that catches the eye, and why? What's the significance of a broken flowerpot, a pair of identical tables side by side, a garden hose wrapped around an old car wheel? In this collection of photo essays, the famous designer Jasper Morrison examines and imagines the life behind a series of seemingly ordinary situations. AUTHOR: Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959, and graduated in Design at Kingston Polytechnic Design School and the Royal College of Art in London, with a year at Berlin's HdK. In 1986 he set up an Office for Design in London. 1994, began a consultancy with Ustra, the Hanover transport authority, designing a bus shelter, and in 1995 the new Hanover tram. In 2001 elected as a Royal Designer for Industry. In 2003 a branch office was opened in Paris. Jasper Morrison Ltd. design for a wide-ranging customers base including: Alessi (Italy), Cappellini (Italy) Flos (Italy), Magis (Italy), Rowenta (France), Vitra, (Switzerland). 2004, began consultancies with Samsung (Korea), Muji (Japan), Ideal Standard (UK) and Olivetti (Italy). 2005, founding of Super Normal with Naoto Fukasawa. In June 2006, first Super Normal exhibition in Tokyo. 2009 opening of the Jasper Morrison Limited Shop in London. 37 illustrations
£17.10
PRESTEL Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919 1923
Book SynopsisGerman Edition with Commentary (16 pages)
£54.00
Kohlhammer Cristian Korn: The True Color of Things
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£18.00
Nicholas Treadwell Books Kiss My Art
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£36.00
Bohlau Verlag Mauthausen und die nationalsozialistische
Book SynopsisEuropa in Mauthausen stellt erstmals umfassend die Geschichte der Überlebenden eines nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslagers dar. Diese beruht auf einer einmaligen Sammlung von über 850 lebensgeschichtlichen Interviews mit Überlebenden aus ganz Europa, Israel, Nord- und Südamerika.Der erste Band präsentiert einen Überblick über das Lager und die Mauthausen-Forschung; er konzentriert sich einleitend auf methodologische Überlegungen und makropolitische Zusammenhänge. Die Beiträge zeigen, dass dem nationalsozialistischen Lagersystem in hohem Maße eine Funktion in den Besatzungs- und Verfolgungspolitiken des NS-Regimes (und der kollaborierenden Länder) zukam.
£51.50
Bohlau Verlag Musik im Blick: Visuelle Perspektiven auf
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£43.49
Bohlau Verlag Plan B: Intra-Active Becoming in Art and Beyond
Book SynopsisPlan B explores the potential of adopting alternative perspectives and engaging in creative "intra-actions" to transcend established conventions and adapt flexibly to unforeseen circumstances.
£28.49
BÃhlau Verlag Wien Touch Nature
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£22.50
Bohlau Verlag Museum Der Vermittlung: Kulturvermittlung in
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£27.00
Springer International Publishing AG Teaching Postdramatic Theatre: Anxieties, Aporias
Book SynopsisThis book explores the concept and vocabulary of postdramatic theatre from a pedagogical perspective. It identifies some of the major anxieties and paradoxes generated by teaching postdramatic theatre through practice, with reference to the aesthetic, cultural and institutional pressures that shape teaching practices. It also presents a series of case studies that identify the pedagogical fault lines that expose the power-relations inherent in teaching (with a focus on the higher education sector as opposed to actor training institutions). It uses auto-ethnography, performance analysis and critical theory to assist university teachers involved in directing theatre productions to deepen their understanding of the concept of postdramatic theatre.Trade Review“Anyone engaged in the teaching or making of postdramatic work will find a great deal to chew on here. While I did wrestle with the disconnect between theory and practice, the musing on teaching, particularly teaching complex material through practice, was engaging and ultimately a powerful contribution to the ongoing conversation about the postdramatic.” (Dean Wilcox, Theatre Topics, Vol. 30 (3), November, 2020)“These engaging texts are a rich learning ground for postdramatic theatre teachers.” (Prue Wales, Theatre Research International, Vol. 45 (1), 2020)“Glenn D’Cruz’s book engages with Hans-Thies Lehmann’s concept of postdramatic theatre, or one of the ‘most widely used (and abused) terms in the fields of theatre, drama and performance studies in recent times’, to cite the author. … D’Cruz’s book makes a significant contribution to debate concerning the propensity of postdramatic theatre to ‘reinforce the hegemony of a narrow, Eurocentric account of modern drama’.” (Australasian Drama Studies, Vol. 73, October, 2019)Table of ContentsPedagogy, Politics and the Personal.- 1. John Laws/Sade: Postmodern or Postdramatic?.- 2. From Drama to Theatre to Performance Studies.- 3. Ganesh Versus the Third Reich as Pedagogical Parable.- 4. Attempts On Her Life: A Postdramatic Learning Play?.- 5. Teaching History and (Gender) Politics: The Hamletmachine and The Princess Plays.- 6. Devising Postdramatic Theatre in the Academy.- 7. An Enemy of Postdramatic Theatre? Or What I think about when I think about teaching Postdramatic Theatre.
£80.99
Springer International Publishing AG Embodying Language in Action: The Artistry of
Book SynopsisThis book explores embodiment in second language education, sociocultural theory and research. It focuses on process drama, an embodied approach that engages learners’ imagination, body and voice to create a felt-experience of the second language and culture. Divided into three parts, it begins by examining the aesthetic and intercultural dimension of performative language teaching, the elements of drama and knowing-in-action. The central part of the book examines issues related to play, emotions, classroom discourse and assessment when learning a language through process drama, in a sociocultural perspective. The third part is an analysis of the author’s qualitative research, which informs a subtle discussion on reflective practitioner methodology, learner engagement and teacher artistry. Each chapter includes a drama workshop, illustrating in practice what embodying language in action can look like when working with asylum seekers, adult learners with intellectual disabilities, pre-service teachers, international students and children involved in a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programme. A unique combination of theory, research and reflective practice, this book provides valuable insights for teacher/artists, teacher educators and researchers in the fields of performative and sociocultural language learning.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: What is ‘Artistry’ and Why Do we Need it in Second Language Education?.- PART I.- Chapter 2: Drama as Process in L2 Education.- Chapter 3: Aesthetic and Intercultural Engagement.- Chapter 4: The Elements of Drama: An Intercultural Perspective.- Chapter 5: Knowing-in-Action.- PART II.- Chapter 6: Play as Mediation in L2/Process Drama.- Chapter 7: Classroom Discourse in L2/Process Drama.- Chapter 8: Language Assessment and L2/Process Drama.- PART III.- Chapter 9: Performative Research: Methodology and Methods.- Chapter 10: Learner Engagement in L2/process drama.- Chapter 11: Teacher Artistry.- Chapter 12: Conclusion.
£89.99
Harrassowitz Verlag Reading Slowly: a Festschrift for Jens E.
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£139.95
Harrassowitz Athiopien: Geschichte, Kultur, Herausforderungen
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£31.32
Karl-Alber-Verlag Zur Psychodynamik Kreativen Gestaltens:
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£26.10
Brill Schoningh War and Art: The Portrayal of Destruction and
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£171.95
Peter Lang AG Illusion and Realism – The Game with the
Book SynopsisThe book is a study on Dutch painting, drawing and printmaking of the 17th century, focused on interlocking its descriptive realism with the visual strategy of illusion. The author analyzes this relationship as a conjunction rather than an opposition. Illusionistic compositional devices were current not only in mythological, biblical and allegorical images but also in proper realistic representations of the world. At the same time, many visual inventions, which included illusionistic concepts, were presented with persuasive realism of the forms. Thus, different seventeenth-century Dutch artists – such as Hendrick Goltzius, Hendrick Vroom, Rembrandt, Vermeer – attempted to produce «open images» and to conduct a visual game with their beholders.Table of ContentsArt history – Dutch art of the seventeenth century – Rembrandt – Vermeer – Hendrick Goltzius – Hendrick Vroom – Illusion – Realism
£108.22
Peter Lang AG Born in a Shtetl: An Essay on Sonia Delaunay and
Book SynopsisSonia Delaunay is one of the most important artists of the early twentieth century, whose contribution to European Modernism was fundamental, if not always fully acknowledged in its own right. She is known for translating her experiments via painting into the realm of fashion, interior design and crafts and, thus, consciously transcending the boundaries between fine and applied art. The focus within mainstream art history has been her relationship with her husband Robert Delaunay. Tom Sandqvist shifts this focus on her Jewish roots and sheds a light on the influence of growing up in the typical Eastern European shtetl, which has not attracted any special attention in the analysis of Delaunay’s art. Tom Sandqvist reflects on the impact of Judaism on Sonia Delaunay’s œuvre, with a special focus on her early contributions to Simultanism and Orphism within the interwar Parisian Avant-Garde.Table of ContentsSonia Delaunay – European Modernism – Simultanism – Avant-Garde Art in Paris – Eastern European – Jewish Culture – Shtetl
£37.12
