The Arts Books
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
Unicorn Publishing Group Faberge: The Twilight Years: Drawings and Objects
Book SynopsisFaberge: The Twilight Years introduces an incredible album of rare drawings from Carl Faberge's leading workshop in St Petersburg that have come to light in the National Archive of Finland by pure chance. The album, stored unnoticed in the archive for almost a century, contains beautifully watercoloured drawings of objects produced by Faberge during the period 1914 - 1917, among these a whole array of elegant cigarette cases, table clocks and enchanting flower studies. Most of the drawings have a completion date, which means that the finished object exists somewhere. This has sparked a treasure hunt for these pieces. A great number of objects matching the drawings have been found and are illustrated in the book. Altogether eleven well known experts on the oeuvre of Faberge have written fascinating essays related to the drawings, their history, provenance, style and technique. These contributions make the book an important addition to our knowledge and understanding of the art of the great St Petersburg jeweller.
£36.00
Mensch Publishing Little Women: The contemporary dramatisation of
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£11.40
Unicorn Publishing Group Lifting the Day: A Lockdown Exhibition
Book SynopsisOn the first day of lockdown, Mary Collis decided to post a painting onto her Facebook page, suggesting she would ‘lift the day’ during the forecast two-week lockdown. 245 days later she was still posting daily. This Facebook lockdown exhibition became a daily source of inspiration and sanity for Mary and her followers, as they shared memories through her art and words about life in locked down Kenya and beyond.
£17.00
Unicorn Publishing Group The Art of Doris and Anna Zinkeisen
Book SynopsisThis lavishly illustrated book celebrates the life of Doris and Anna Zinkeisen, charting the rise of the sisters from a childhood in Scotland, to their emergence as amongst the most eminent artists of their day in London, to a quieter yet still highly productive life during their twilight years in rural Suffolk. During the golden age from the 1920s through to the 1950s, the Zinkeisen sisters enjoyed a huge success and won numerous accolades. Their paintings and design work, including posters, murals and luxury ocean liners, and costume designs for stage and film, are today emblematic of that period in British art.
£24.00
Filament Publishing Ltd The Scandal of Sexit
Book SynopsisThis very timely new book The Scandal of SEXIT is a unique How-to book, done with humour, honesty, and a lightness of touch, about how to recognise, survive, and ultimately thrive in the face of the cultural phenomenon called SEXIT, where women of a certain age are airbrushed from our airwaves, TV screens, movies and magazines, and the psychological impact it has on ALL women. The book also contains unique guided meditative exercises that can be listened to on audio for free by using a QR code at the end of each chapter. SEXIT is a howl of anguish, of loss, of rage, of defeat, disappointment, and rejection. A collective trauma that needs expression and healing. SEXIT is a scandal... but like all scandals when they are shown the light of day, change can happen. SEXIT is a feeling - a feelin
£14.39
Valley Press Feldman in Love
£12.60
Smith Street Books Burger Night
Book SynopsisMake every night burger night! Learn how to make over-sized all-American burgers, including the classic Cheeseburger, the eponymous Smash burger, and a triple beast burger simply called The Cowboy, all piled high with everyone's favorite toppings and condiments. Or discover the Southern-fried Chicken Waffle Breakfast Burger or Gochujang Fried Chicken Burger, coated in a finger-licking sweet-spicy glaze that is off-the-charts good. Vegetarians and vegans are also catered for with a range of plant-based offerings including the Impossible Double Smash, the Californian, and a Fried Green Tomato burger. In addition to 50 burger recipes, you'll also learn how to craft your own condiments, so you'll never have to rely on store-bought versions again; and mix and match fillings to make your own burger creations. With a bold design that nods to the series' three previous cookbooks Taco Night, Pasta Night, and Pizza Night and bright and poppy photography that oozes over-the-top deliciousness, Burger Night is the only cookbook you need to make burgers your favorite meal every night of the week.
£13.50
Smith Street Books Slurp
Book SynopsisA delicious mix-and-match book for exploring colours and patterns. Slurp! is a mix-and-match book that invites you to flip through its split pages to reassemble the popsicles by matching the patterns or create brand new ones by mixing it up. A deliciously fun and interactive way for little ones to explore colours and patterns.
£13.50
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 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
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
Niggli Verlag Guidelines and Standards for the Visual Design:
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£51.75
Hirmer Verlag Poetry of Light
Book SynopsisAlongside artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko, Richard Pousette-Dart (19161992) was one of the most important pioneers of Abstract Expressionism. Sixty outstanding works from all creative phases allow us to immerse ourselves in the colourful and multifaceted oeuvre of this remarkable artist. The American avant-garde movement of Abstract Expressionism radically changed the course of modern painting. Like many of his fellow artists, Pousette-Dart was intensely preoccupied with themes such as myth, spirituality, and the archaic. His light-flooded works often evoke ideas of transcendental force through motifs reminiscent of the firmament or the charged energy of celestial bodies. This opulent volume impressively presents Pousette-Dart's art as a poetry of light.
£36.00
Hirmer Verlag Indigenous Identities
Book SynopsisIndigenous Identities: Here, Now & Always marks the largest curatorial endeavor in artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith's curatorial career and emphasizes her pivotal role in bringing forth a living Native Art history. Indigenous Identities, featuring over 100 works, is accompanied by a full-color catalog of the same title that is fully Indigenous-led.
£36.00
Hirmer Verlag Mack Face to Face
Book SynopsisMuch has been written about Heinz Mack, but this book truly stands out. Recounting his life through the pen of Robert Fleck, the artist himself gives us deep insights into the motivations and goals of his artistic work almost as if we were sitting in conversation with this fascinating and renowned figure. A world-class artist is at once simple and very complex. On the one hand, a human being, like all of us, on the other, permeated by a web of motifs and ideas that one can scarcely guess at. Based on numerous conversations since 2020, the present volume explores this charged duality in Heinz Mack. We follow the artist closely through his eventful life, from the years of the Second World War to the present day. Like a second voice, original quotes placed in the margin accompany the narrative and lend this unusual biography its unique charm.
£36.00
Hirmer Verlag GmbH European Realities
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£39.92
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Barkley L. Hendricks
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£37.42
Hirmer Verlag GmbH Kirchner x Kirchner
£37.50
Fireflies Press Goodbye, Dragon Inn
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£999.99
Barner, Margit, und Martin Barner. sabotage L.A. publishing It is You Appeared Once
Book SynopsisAbout the bookIn the fall of 2018, Magdalena Jadwiga Hartelova became pregnant and about seven weeks later, they had an abortion surgery. This book is about the transformation that happened, and which continued. A Story about Potential Dimensions, Abortion, and the Blurry Appearing and Disappearing of Matter About the AuthorMagdalena Jadwiga Hartelova is a curator and an artist who works to create training grounds for bravery, autonomy, and liberation. This book It Is: You Appeared Once, A Story about Potential Dimensions, Abortion, and the Blurry Appearing and Disappearing of Matter is an iteration of their text previously titled Body.(x)n that appeared as a sound piece and as a participatory performance.About sabotage L.A. publishingsabotage L.A. publishing was founded in Berlin in 2021. Sabotage' lies between compliance and resistance, betweenwhat is and what could be. After our first publication Tools for Men-with-Feminist-Ambitions, this book It is: You appeared once is the second
£8.50
At Last Books Rough Version
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£27.00
PM Press Signal 09
Book SynopsisThis ongoing series is dedicated to documenting and sharing political graphics, creative projects, and cultural production of international resistance and liberation struggles. Highlights of the ninth volume of Signal include: Hell No, We Won''t Glow: Selections from the Anti-Nuclear Power Discography by Dirk Bannink and Sean P. Kilcoyne, Where Do You Draw the Line Between Art and Politics? An interview with Pietro Perotti by Davide Tidoni, Print-On-Demand America Great Again: The Aesthetics and Means of Production of the Far Right by Alex Lukas, and A Survey of Graphic Actions in Latin America by Andre Mesquita.
£13.49
Journal of Aesthetics & Protest Art Worker Doing Time in the New York Artworld
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£22.32
Label Rapace, Augustin Rebetez The Good Life
Book SynopsisMore than two hundred charcoal drawings make up this tongue-in-cheek handbook of bad life advice in broken english . These satirical phrases, sometimes funny, sometimes right, aim to make us live the good life . A basic guide, simple, elementary, terribly humorous and refreshing. This work appears on the occasion of two exhibitions at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau and at the Ferme des Tilleuls in Renens. Its design is produced by the graphic design office NORM in Zurich. Augustin Rebetez is a Swiss artist who builds a powerful and sprawling universe that can be discovered in exhibitions, shows or in books. He notably published Le Coeur entre les dents - Primitive Manifesto with Actes Sud in 2020. Label Rapace
£27.00
DISTANZ Verlag HOSPITAL
Book SynopsisI believe art re-ritualizes the everyday to reveal something fresh about our lives. This revelation is a vitality and it is a power to change the world.Pope.LPope.L (b. Newark, US, 1955; d. Chicago, US, 2023) was one of the foremost creators of political conceptual art in the United States. Among his best-known works rank his Crawl performances, for which the artistvariously wearing business attire, a dandelion in hand, or a Superman costumegot on his hands and knees to crawl through New York's streets for miles. Challenging bystanders to look down and actually see him, he used his body to expose inequalities and power differentials in society. His oeuvre also spanned the media of painting, sculpture, installation art, and photography. Devising a practice with deep roots in philosophy and the theater, Pope.L from the 1970s onward produced seminal works exploring questions of language, gender, racism, and community. Hospital documents Pope.L's 2023 exhibition at the South London Gallery, which tragically turned out to be the last in his lifetime. With an essay by Legacy Russell, an introduction by Margot Heller, and an interview with the artist.
£32.40
Kult Books The Perfect Crime Concerning the Murder of
Book SynopsisGermany is a crime fiction country. If wanted, fictional murder and manslaughter can be witnessed many times a day throughout the main television networks. There are more than 238 crime series available on Germany's six largest broadcasting channels. Based on the overrepresentation of fictional murder on German television, The Perfect Crime investigates the effect of crime series on our perception and behaviour. The work examines the use of imaging techniques within police work and its epistemic implications, as well as the question of how fictional narratives change our perception of reality. The work combines several photographic techniques and approaches: Staiger and Uchtmann have made photographs on the film sets of German crime series, overstaging scenes, leading to an abstraction of what is depicted contrasted with supposedly authentic imagery of corpses and crime scenes. In the portrait series various actors, who played victims and perpetrators in German crime series have been altered by artificial intelligence to create new possible versions of them, linked to the creation of phantom images in real police work. Furthermore, locations that have served as a movie set for a fictional crime scenes are documented as 3D reconstructions via photogrammetric methods, referring to the potential emergence of so-called 'fear spaces.
£29.70
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Variations in Christian Art
Book SynopsisThe artistic traditions of four major Christian denominations are examined and outlined in detail in this groundbreaking volume that presents the first synthesis of the artistic contributions of those traditions. Diane Apostolos-Cappadona has curated a volume that presents four single-authored contributions in one place, broadening the study of Christian art beyond Roman Catholic, Orthodox and ''protestant'' traditions to consider these more recent Christian approaches in close and expert detail. Rachel Epp Buller examines art in the Mennonite tradition, Mormon art is considered by Heather Belnap, Quaker contributions by Rowena Loverance and Swedenborgian art by Diane Apostolos-Cappadona. Each writer presents elements of the theology of their chosen tradition through the prism of the artists and artistic works that they have selected. Alongside mainstream artistic figures such as William Blake less known figures come to the fore and the volume features color illustrations that support and underline the theological and artistic themes presented in each section of the book. Together these studies of artistic presentations in these four traditions will be a much need means of filling a gap in the study of Christian art.
£42.99
The Monacelli Press Art in Nature
Book SynopsisAn exclusive invitation to explore an extraordinary private sculpture park
£47.96
Smith Street Gift Mushrooms of the Wild
Book SynopsisMarta Zafra is an illustrator and artist, based in Spain. Her work is published internationally and has won numerous awards.
£15.30
Harvard University Press Mimesis as MakeBelieve On the Foundations of the
Book SynopsisRepresentation—in visual arts and fiction—play an important part in our lives and culture. Walton presents a theory of representation which illuminates its many varieties and goes a long way toward explaining its importance. Walton’s theory also provides solutions to thorny philosophical problems concerning the existence of fictitious beings.Trade ReviewRigor, ingenuity and arresting subtlety are evident in the detailed working out of Walton’s ideas. -- Sebastian Gardner * Times Literary Supplement *This is philosophy at its best; combining the breadth of concern of the best continental philosophy (but shorn of its often wilful cloudiness) and the precision of the best analytical philosophy… A work of very great importance that will set the agenda for discussions in aesthetics for a long time to come. * Philosophy *Walton’s aim…is to explore and explain the foundations of the representational arts. His theory is one that he has stated and restated with increasing detail and sophistication over the last seventeen years, and in this book it bears all the refinement and subtlety of argument that analytic philosophy can muster. This is an engaging, insightful, and persuasive volume. * Philosophy and Literature *Kendall Walton’s book is one of the few genuinely distinguished contributions to aesthetic theory published in the last decade or two. It will be essential reading for anyone in the field and contains much that will be of great interest to scholars and critics of the arts. -- Marshall Cohen, University of Southern CaliforniaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction PART 1: REPRESENTATIONS 1. Representation and Make-Believe 1. Imagining 2. Prompters 3. Objects of Imaginings 4. Imagining about Oneself 5. Props and Fictional Truths 6. Fictionality without Props: Dreams and Daydreams 7. Representations 8. Nonfigurative Art 9. Fictional Worlds 10. The Magic of Make-Believe 2. Fiction and Nonfiction 1. Nonfiction 2. Fiction versus Reality 3. Linguistic Strategies 4. Fiction and Assertion 5. Pretended and Represented Illocutionary Actions 6. Fiction Making as an Illocutionary Action? 7. Mixtures, Intermediates, Ambiguity, Indeterminacy 8. Legends and Myths 9. A Note on Truth and Reality 10. Two Kinds of Symbols? 3. Objects of Representation 1. What Objects Are 2. Representation and Matching 3. Determinants 4. Representing and Referring 5. Uses of Objects 6. Reflexive Representation 7. The Inessentiality of Objects 8. Nonactual Objects? 4. The Mechanics of Generation 1. Principles of Generation 2. Direct and Indirect Generation 3. Principles of Implication 4. The Mechanics of Direct Generation 5. Silly Questions 6. Consequences PART 2: APPRECIATING REPRESENTATIONS 5. Puzzles and Problems 1. Rescuing Heroines 2. Fearing Fictions 3. Fictionality and Other Intentional Properties 6. Participation 1. Participation in Children's Games 2. Appreciators as Participants 3. Verbal Participation 4. Restrictions on Participation 5. Asides to the Audience 6. Seeing the Unseen 7. Psychological Participation 1. Fearing Fictionally 2. Participating Psychologically 3. Paradoxes of Tragedy 4. Suspense and Surprise 5. The Point of Participation 6. Appreciation without Participation PART 3: MODES AND MANNERS 8. Depictive Representation 1. Depiction Defined 2. Looking at Pictures and Looking at Things 3. Styles of Depiction 4. Realism 5. Cross-Modal Depiction 6. Musical Depictions 7. Points of View (in Depictions) 8. Conclusion 9. Verbal Representations 1. Verbal Depiction 2. Narration 3. Two Kinds of Reliability 4. Nonverbal Narration 5. Absent and Effaced Narrators 6. Storytelling Narrators 7. Mediation 8. Points of View in Narrated Representations PART 4: SEMANTICS AND ONTOLOGY 10. Doing without Fictitious Entities 1. The Problem 2. Speaking within and about Fictional Worlds 3. Ordinary Statements 4. Unofficial Games 5. Variations 6. Logical Form 11. Existence 1. Betrayal and Disavowal 2. Claims of Existence and Nonexistence Works Cited Index
£37.36
Unicorn Publishing Group Churchill in Punch
Book SynopsisPunch featured Winston Churchill in more than 600 cartoons between 1899 to 1988. Some were laudatory, some were critical, and others, like the man himself, usually humorous. For the first time this book catalogues all the cartoons and provides a context of the events and people being satirised and places them in historical perspective. Early on Punch often made Churchill into a caricature of himself, promoting exaggerated images of his physical characteristics such as his forward leaning gait, his prominent jutting jaw, his cigar, and his hands on hips when speaking. His hobbies were frequently caricatured such as his love of polo, painting, writing skills and brick-laying. This book is not just for fans of Churchill, but for anyone interested in history, British life over the past 120 years, media and their response to government and politicians, cartoon aficionados and general society. It is an easy and fun read for the casual reader but also the academic who wants more depth through the appendices and an analysis of major world events through the eye of Punch.
£40.00
Titan Books Ltd Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film
Book SynopsisIn 1980, the film Flash Gordon was released, becoming an instant cult favourite. One of the most quotable and beloved sci-fi films ever, it is legendary for its unique look, tone and iconic soundtrack. This beautiful, first-of-its-kind coffee table book will delve into the making of the movie and celebrate its legacy. Featuring brand new interviews with cast and creative, including stars Sam Jones and Brian Blessed and director Mike Hodges, this stunning book features never-been-seen-before concept artwork and behind-the-scenes photography that makes it a must-have for any classic sci-fi fan.Trade Review ‘Absolute perfection in both content and presentation and it should be on the shelf of every fan of the flick’ - Horror Fuel‘You will indeed have as much fun reading through this book and taking in all of the eye-popping imagery as you did with the film itself. Flash, A-ahhh!’ - Evan's Gate
£28.00
Pan Macmillan XS All Areas
Book SynopsisQuo are the most successful band in British history after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. From 1973 to the mid-80s they had a string of hits, including 'Down, Down', 'Rockin' All Over the World', 'Again and Again', 'What You're Proposing' - all classic rock anthems. When the band imploded, and the other members left, Rossi and Parfitt reinvented Quo for the 90s and kept going, touring constantly and winning new fans. The story of Status Quo is essentially the story of two people: Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt. It is the story of two outwardly very different characters - Rossi, the moody insecure one, Parfitt, the smiling, permanantly at ease golden boy - who against the odds forged an unlikely yet enduring bond that would see them through the dizzying highs and terrifying lows of a forty-year career. Rossi and Parfitt admit that in the past they've hidden some of the truth about their lives, unable to admit how out of control things were even to themselves. Now they tell it all - the drug-taking, the marriage breakdowns, Parfitt's brush with death when he was forced to undergo by-pass surgery. From their early days as a sixties 'boy band' through the massive international success of the seventies to the present day, this is an explosive no-holds-barred autobiography from two of Britain's most enduring rock stars.
£10.44
ERIS Only Too Much Is Enough: Francis Bacon in his own
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£12.34
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Queens of Burlesque
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£17.09
Nieves Punctuations
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£7.83
British Museum Press The Print Before Photography An introduction to
Book SynopsisA landmark publicationbeautifully illustrated with over 300 prints from the British Museum's renowned collectionwhich traces the history of printmaking from its earliest days until the arrival of photography.
£48.00
Dover Publications Inc. Japanese Prints 16 Art Stickers Dover Art
Book SynopsisBeautiful reproductions of Katsushika Hokusai's Kingfisher, Irises, and Pinks; Kitagawa Utamaro's The Courtesan Hinazuru at the Keizetsuro; Eisui's Somenosuke of the Matsubaya, and 13 other works of art.
£6.24
British Museum Press Hokusais Great Wave Objects in Focus
Book SynopsisTaking an intimate look at the Wave's artistic and historical significance and its influence on popular culture, this concise introduction explains why Hokusai's modern masterpiece had such an impact after its creation in 1830 and why it continues to fascinate, inspire and challenge today.
£6.00
Thames & Hudson Ltd Heaven on Earth
Book SynopsisA superbly written and tightly argued appraisal of the political and religious ramifications of one of the fundamental topics in the history of art the artistic encounter with the transcendent.Trade Review'Utopian modernism has been Clark’s lifetime study, to which this book is an imaginative, heartfelt coda … gracefully skims a tightrope between attentive looking and political thinking' - Jackie Wullschlager, Financial Times'A tour de force that happily marries art with literature … [Clark] is always lively and engaging … this is art criticism at its best' - Church Times'A more novel and compelling book about art's version of the afterlife, and how it is inflected by worldly politics and reality, can hardly be imagined' - Laura Cumming, Observer Books of the Year'The pleasure of this book lies in the quality of these observations – Clark’s relentlessly keen attention to the small details that ought not to mean a great deal but often send you reeling. He makes you want to squint close to the original, seeing it suddenly aslant' - frieze'Inspiring … it demands to be read from cover to cover, and happily the flow of [Clark’s] prose and the clarity of his argument mean that the experience is a singular delight' - Evening Standard, Art Books of the YearTable of ContentsPreface • Introduction • 1. Giotto and the Angel • 2. Bruegel in Paradise • 3. Poussin and the Unbeliever • 4. Veronese’s Higher Beings • Conclusion: Picasso and the Fall • Coda: For a Left with No Future
£21.21
University of Minnesota Press Hong Kong
Book SynopsisIn an exploration of Hong Kong's cinema, architecture, photography, and literature, this text considers what Hong Kong, with its unique relations to decolonization and disappearance, can teach us about the future of both the colonial city and the global city.Table of ContentsCulture in a space of disappearance; the new Hong Kong cinema and the D?j? Disparu; Wong Kar wai - Hong Kong film maker; building on disappearance - Hong Kong architecture and colonial space; photographing disappearance; writing Hong Kong; coda - hyphenation and postculture.
£17.99
Twisted Spoon Press Narcotics: Nicotine, Alcohol, Cocaine, Peyote,
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£16.62
Moriarty Publishing Before Frank
Book SynopsisHappy, beautiful and full of fun - this book is an intimate portrait of the real Amy Winehouse. With over 50 photographs, many seen here for the first time, this is a celebration of a young artist on the cusp of fame. The photos were taken by Charles Moriarty just before Amy released her debut album. These beautiful images give an early glimpse of the girl who would captivate the world. With a foreword by Asif Kapadia, director of Academy Award-winning documentary Amy, and an introduction by Ashleigh Kane from Dazed, Before Frank is a tribute to the enduring spirit of a truly special artist. Published by Moriarty Publishing
£27.00
Slanted Publishers UG What Should I Say—About Seoul
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£20.90
Phaidon Press Ltd Dana Schutz
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive monograph on one of today’s most innovative and successful painters – made in close collaboration with the artist Defined by bold brushstrokes, a dynamic use of color and imaginative compositions, the paintings of Dana Schutz are panoramic expanses that offer visions of humanity in all its complex facets. Her deeply subjective approach, untethered from realism, translates into images that seem to exist in a place that transcends time while celebrating the intrinsic qualities of her medium of choice with freedom and intelligence. As the artist herself stated, ‘I’m interested in painting as an affective place where the hierarchies of the world can be rearranged within the space of a painting.’ This first comprehensive monograph on her work was created in close collaboration with the artist and features a number of never-before-seen paintings and drawings.
£31.96
University of Texas Press The Florida Project
Book SynopsisIn Sean Baker's award-winning 2017 film The Florida Project, a young girl, her single mother, and her friends live in rundown motels near Disney World, the children's summer fun contrasting with the grim conditions around them. In this book, J. J. Murphy delves deep into the movie's development and filming while also examining it within the wider context of Baker's career. Using production documents, different versions of the screenplay, and interviews with principal members of the production team, Murphy traces the evolution of The Florida Project from initial idea through its various stages of production. He highlights Baker's unconventional strategies in making a film about a marginalized subculture, including alternative scripting, guerrilla-like filmmaking, improvisation, and the unorthodox casting of local and first-time actors. Murphy also explores how Baker's impromptu style sometimes rankled crew members and caused a major crisis on set, revealing the difficulties indie filmTrade Review[The Florida Project] is a marvelous guide to the making and understanding of an important film...Rarely has a recent independent success been so meticulously and entertainingly explored. * The Film Stage *Table of ContentsIntroduction Origins of the Film The Making of The Florida Project Reception Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£16.14
