Theory of art Books
Actes Sud Native Land: Stop Eject
Book SynopsisNative Land explores people’s attachment to their countries, and the planet’s role in forming one’s identity, as well as the paths and consequences of human migrations. The book features photographs and movie stills by Raymond Depardon, multi-screen installations and press articles, while the subjects discussed range fromTuvaluans forced to leave their Pacific island, to a human cannonball who catapults himself over the US-Mexico border.
£9.75
Dis Voir Adventures of Percival
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£19.80
Dis Voir You Know Where I'm At And I Know Where You're At:
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£19.76
Dis Voir Have you ever seen a nomad in a Hurry ?:
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£19.76
Dis Voir Raul Ruiz: A Nine Year Old Aviator
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£17.34
Merian, Christoph Verlag Real Intelligence and Other Flows and Fictions.
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£21.94
Merian, Christoph Verlag Andere Intelligenzen Other Intelligences
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£24.65
De Gruyter Vermeer und Epikur: Lebenslust in der Kunst der
Book SynopsisVermeer van Delft gilt als der bedeutendste Schilderer holländischen Lebens im sog. Goldenen Zeitalter. Viele Studien zu seinen Gemälden haben sich mit der Entschlüsselung verborgener Zusammenhänge und symbolischer Bezüge beschäftigt. Bisher ging die Forschung dabei davon aus, dass die Philosophie Spinozas und Descartes' den Maler beeinflusst haben könnte. Andeas Prater zeigt hingegen, dass und wie bestimmte Maximen und Sentenzen Epikurs und seines lateinischen Herolds Lukrez in Vermeers Malerei Eingang gefunden haben. Epikur wurde im 17. Jahrhundert wiederentdeckt und hinsichtlich seiner lange in Verruf geratenen Lehre von Freude und Lust rehabilitiert. Die bisher völlig unbeachteten und unbekannten Aspekte lassen das Werk des großen holländischen Malers in einem ganz neuen Licht erscheinen.
£34.67
De Gruyter Probelauf
Book SynopsisDas Parlament in Szene gesetzt Anlässlich des Wiedereinzugs des parlamentarischen Betriebs in das sanierte österreichische Parlamentsgebäude wagt dieses Buch eine künstlerische und fotografische Auseinandersetzung mit parlamentarischen Prozessen, mit dem Parlament als Bühne und als zentrale Institution des demokratischen Systems. Sensible Gebäude werden nach einem Neu- oder Umbau vor der Inbetriebnahme in einem Testbetrieb auf Funktionalität, Sicherheit etc. überprüft. Mitarbeiter:innen der Parlamentsdirektion, der Ministerien und weitere Personen erprobten die verschiedenen Abläufe nach einem Drehbuch. Im Zuge dieses Kooperationsprojekts realisierten Studierende der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien in dem Gebäude zahlreiche künstlerische Arbeiten mit dem Ziel, gesellschaftliche Ordnungen performativ zu befragen und neu auszuloten. Kooperationsprojekt der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien und der Parlamentsdirektion zum
£36.90
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Das Sichtbare Und Das Unsichtbare: Zur
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£55.79
De Gruyter Die Freiheit der Linie: Callot, Della Bella,
Book SynopsisEtching, the origins of which as an intaglio technique can be traced back to the beginning of the 16th century, unfolded its full glory in the 17th century. Famous engravers such as Albrecht Dürer had rejected etching as an inferior technique to copperplate engraving, but a century later it experienced its Baroque heyday. The etching technique owes its albeit late success to the freedom of its lines. Unlike the laborious method of copperplate engraving, the artist’s hand can playfully transpose the drawing onto the etching plate with ease. This catalogue provides fascinating insights into the working processes and aesthetics of Baroque printmaking. The focus is on works by three artists who excelled in the etching technique: Jacques Callot, Stefano della Bella and Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. Exhibition: 8. September to 3. December 2023, Landesmuseum Mainz New state of research on Baroque etching Look inside https://issuu.com/deutscher_kunstverlag/docs/blick_ins_buch_die_freiheit_der_linie
£36.00
De Gruyter BildRaumWissenschaft
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£50.58
De Gruyter Rudolf Levy: Magier der Farbe
Book SynopsisDer Maler Rudolf Levy (1875–1944) war eine zentrale Figur der Münchner und Pariser Avantgarde und feierte mit seinen farbkräftigen Bildnissen, Landschaften und Stillleben auch im Berlin der 1920er-Jahre große Erfolge, unter anderem in der legendären Flechtheim-Galerie. Die Machtergreifung der Nationalsozialisten führte zu einem jähen Karriereende. Nach einer Flucht-Odyssee konnte Levy sich schließlich in Florenz niederlassen, wo sein Schaffen bis zur Deportation und Ermordung im Konzentrationslager Auschwitz einen letzten eindrucksvollen Höhepunkt erlebte. Als erstes deutsches Ausstellungshaus widmet sich das Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern in einer Retrospektive nun Werk und Leben von Rudolf Levy. Der Katalog öffnet den Blick auf einen Künstler europäischen Ranges, dessen reiche Bildwelt immer wieder neu zu entdecken ist. Beiträge namhafter Autorinnen und Autoren beleuchten Levys Schicksal als verfolgter Künstler und als verfolgter Jude, das künstlerische Kaleidoskop seiner Zeit, die Jahre im Florentiner Exil sowie die Rezeption und Re-Kanonisierung seiner Kunst in der jungen Bundesrepublik. Wiederentdeckung eines großen Klassikers der Moderne anlässlich einer ersten Retrospektive in Deutschland – Internationales Kooperationsprojekt mit den Uffizien in Florenz Standardwerk zu Rudolf Levy in deutscher Sprache Mit einem zeitgenössischen Kunst- und Wortbeitrag von Edmund de Waal Ausstellung, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 28. Oktober 2023 bis 11. Februar 2024 (Schirmherrschaft Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier) Blick ins Buch
£34.65
De Gruyter Walter Kaesbach und die Kunstakademie Dusseldorf
Book SynopsisWalter Kaesbach gehört zu den engagierten Persönlichkeiten des deutschen Kulturlebens der zwanziger und dreißiger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts. Er war Kunsthistoriker, Museumsdirektor, Akademiedirektor, Kunstsammler und Förderer des Expressionismus und der Moderne. Das Buch versammelt in einem spannungsvollen Dialog Beiträge und bisher unbekannte Dokumente, Bilder und seltene historische Abbildungen zu den kulturpolitischen Überlegungen und Konzeptionen von Walter Kaesbach, die bis heute eine ungebrochene Aktualität haben. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf seiner Zeit als Direktor der Kunstakademie von 1924 bis 1933, die durch die Umstrukturierung der traditionellen Düsseldorfer Akademie und die Neuberufungen unter anderen von Heinrich Campendonk, Paul Klee, Ewald Mataré, Oskar Moll und Walter von Wecus geprägt war. Blick ins Buch
£34.65
De Gruyter Zeitfenster. Stephan Balkenhol trifft Alte
Book SynopsisDer international renommierte Bildhauer Stephan Balkenhol öffnet uns ein Zeitfenster der besonderen Art. Ein Teil seiner von ihm geschaffenen Kunstfamilie versammelt sich zu einem Museumsbesuch und beehrt im Museum Wiesbaden die Sammlung der Alten Meister. Wie bei einer wichtigen Familienfeier finden sich generationsübergreifend der engste Kreis und dessen erweitertes Umfeld samt tierischer Begleitung ein, um sich beim gemeinsamen Besuch wiederzusehen und über das Gesehene austauschen. Dabei entsteht ein ungezwungener Dialog zwischen aktueller Gegenwartskunst und deren künstlerischen Vorläufern. Das Künstlerbuch lässt uns teilhaben an diesem Zwiegespräch und bietet neben großformatigen Abbildungen auch ein Interview mit Stephan Balkenhol. Balkenhols Skulpturen im Gespräch mit den Werken Alter Meister Ausstellung: Museum Wiesbaden, 10. November 2023 bis 2. Juni 2024
£28.35
De Gruyter Heilende Kunst
Book SynopsisDer Erfolg der Alternativmedizin, das weitverbreitete Ziel der gesunden Ernährung und Sport, die Tendenz aus der Stadt aufs Land zu fliehen, nicht zuletzt die aktuelle Klimabewegung und deren Ziel, durch einen individuell nachhaltigen Lebensstil ein gesellschaftliches Umdenken zu bewirken, sind heute aktueller denn je zuvor. Doch woher stammt diese Sehnsucht nach einem heilsameren Leben? Der Begleitband zur Ausstellung untersucht verschiedene Formen der Heilssuche in Kunst und Gesellschaft seit dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert. Expert/-innen für Lebensreformbewegungen, Psychologie, Kunsttherapie und Kunstgeschichte betrachten Facetten eines Strebens nach Heilung und geben einen Ausblick auf die Aktualität des Themas. Ausstellung: Museum LA8. Museum für Kunst und Technik des 19. Jahrhunderts, Baden-Baden, 4. Mai 2024 12. Januar 2025 Blick ins Buch
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Deutscher Kunstverlag Antisemitismus und Kunst vor 1933
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De Gruyter Der Schmerz des Vaters?: Die trinitarische Pietà
Book SynopsisDer Katalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung widmet sich erstmals dem im Spätmittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit verbreiteten Trinitätsbild mit dem Schmerzensmann, der trinitarischen Pietà. Es zeigt Gottvater, der seinen geopferten Sohn präsentiert; ebenso gehört die Taube des Heiligen Geistes zur Ikonografie. In diesem um 1400 entstandenen Bildmotiv wird das abstrakte Dogma der Trinität emotionalisiert und in ein lebendiges Andachtsbild gewandelt. Es findet sich in allen Medien – Malerei, Skulptur, Grafik, Angewandter Kunst – und ist nicht nur in Kirchenausstattungen, sondern auch im Bereich der privaten Frömmigkeit anzutreffen. Es zeigt sich, dass die Darstellungsform der Trinität auch im Zeitalter der Reformation bestehen bleibt, was die Aktualität dieses Themas von der Gotik bis zum Barock verdeutlicht. Erste umfassende Darstellung der trinitarischen Pietà aus dem Mittelalter und der Frühen Neuzeit, die die Zeit der größten Verbreitung um 1500 einschließt Ausschließliche Widmung des Bildes der Trinität mit dem Schmerzensmann Ausstellung: LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen, 2021/2022
£36.00
De Gruyter Dekoloniale Kunstgeschichte: Eine methodische
Book SynopsisThis book is a long overdue study of art history from a decolonial perspective. It first presents decoloniality as a new definition of the modern era, in which the conquering of the Americas and the Atlantic are central. The study of art of the last 2,500 years is shown to be part of the European colonial-capitalistic project of the subalternizing and making-dependent of a supposed other, and provides detailed presentations of the methodologies and discourses, with all their coloniality. Indigenous, Afro-diasporic, Latin American, and African artists and scholars provide unfamiliar perspectives and a universal concept of art that is able to counteract the asymmetrical power relationships in the European study of art.
£25.20
De Gruyter Franz Lenk: Der entwirklichte Blick
Book SynopsisFranz Lenk (1898–1968) war einer der bekanntesten Maler der Neuen Sachlichkeit. Die Publikation bietet eine aktuelle Betrachtung zu seinem Werk und künstlerischen Werdegang. Dabei werden Fragen nicht nur zu seinen künstlerischen Vorbildern gestellt, sondern auch zu seinem Weltbild und dessen Manifestation in seiner Malerei. Analysiert wird unter anderem die ambivalente Haltung Lenks in den Jahren 1933 bis 1945 und im Kontext der Zeitereignisse bewertet. Biografische und kunsthistorische Erkenntnisse, unter anderem zur Gruppe „Die Sieben" und zu seiner Teilnahme an den Ausstellungen des Carnegie Instituts in Pittsburgh in den 1930er-Jahren, werden in die Darstellung einbezogen. Ausstellung und Katalog stellen zahlreiche Werke aus 24 privaten und öffentlichen Sammlungen in Deutschland und der Schweiz vor.
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De Gruyter École de Paris global
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£50.58
De Gruyter Instruktive Bilder
Book SynopsisWhether in cookery books, on planes, in factories or laboratories - instructive images are omnipresent. They explain, pass on and store knowledge about bodies, materials and processes: Schematically, they visualise positioning in space, movement, temporal sequences, or operating methods, encouraging us to imitate them. This volume examines their primary function as conveyors of practical knowledge, and describes their development in the context of social, technological and media transformation processes. A historical cross-section is provided by interdisciplinary contributions discussing aesthetic, communicative and political aspects of this visual cultural field, which is extremely diverse but has been little acknowledged to date.
£26.12
Benteli Verlag From Kirchner's Morphine to a Passion for
Book SynopsisIn this volume Renato Bergamin talks about a very personal approach to the two great artists Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Alberto Giacometti. By chance, he met the art patron and gallery owner Eberhard W. Kornfeld in 1984, and twelve years later he got to know the photographer and publisher Ernst Scheidegger. Both gave him a very unique and personal insight into the art of the 20th century. In many conversations and during his “unforgettable encounters” with both of them, the author was given unparalleled impressions about the dimensions and atmosphere of a thrilling bygone art scene. Born 1923, Eberhard W. Kornfeld was in direct contact with key artists of the 20th century and befriended many of them, becoming friends with Giacometti in 1948. To this day he also has a very special relationship to the works of Kirchner, which constitute an important focal area of his private collection. Ernst Scheidegger, who passed away in February 2016, already met Giacometti in 1943. This resulted in a lifelong friendship and the most comprehensive photographic documentation of his life and work.
£13.46
König, Walther Cover me softly
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£21.00
König, Walther Willilam Firebrace. Scaletales
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Hatje Cantz Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan
Book SynopsisIn Drifting Studio Practice, artists Lonnie van Brummelen and Siebren de Haan discuss their participatory documentaries Episode of the Sea (2014) and Stones Have Laws (2018), which they made in collaboration with the Dutch fishing community of Urk and with the Saamaka and Okanisi maroons of Suriname, a former Dutch colony in the Amazon. The artists outline how they experimented with collective script writing and performative storytelling, including both human and other-than-human actors. Starting from their earlier artwork Monument of Sugar (2007), the account develops into a practice-driven exploration of co-authorship and (non)human rights as strategies to cope with the plantationocene. Languages: Dutch and English
£32.00
Hatje Cantz Unlimited: Art Basel Unlimited 2021
Book SynopsisUnlimited, Art Basel's pioneering exhibition platform for projects that transcend the classical art-show booth, has been a vital part of the most important art fair since 2000. Every year, more than 70 artists are invited to contribute to this exceptional platform. The concept of this large exhibition is unique and popular with both collectors and visitors, showing oversized works to their best effect in a gigantic, 17,000 square-meter hall, including massive sculptures and paintings, video projections, large-scaled installations, and live performances. Like its predecessors, the 2019 edition of Unlimited promises to attract considerable attention. All contributing artists and their works shown are presented in the Unlimited catalog. “Anyone who missed the big special show Unlimited at Art Basel can get an impression of it through this illustrated volume. This large, museum-quality exhibition has been expanding the boundaries of art since the year 2000.”– Bücher Magazin.
£45.00
Hatje Cantz Esch2022: PURE EUROPE
Book SynopsisEurope is often defined in either strictly political terms or rather vague cultural notions. But where do these definitions come from? Were they ever true? And do they make sense in today’s globalized world? Exploring Europe through various perspectives, this exhibition catalog offers a view of what constitutes Europe and Europeans. It is structured around six clichés about Europe, which – like all clichés—contain a grain of truth, but also express a bias.
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Hatje Cantz documenta fifteen Guide (German edition)
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Hatje Cantz Walking, Finding, Sharing: A graphic Companion to
Book SynopsisWalking, Finding, Sharing offers visitors of the world’s largest art exhibition a novel approach to experiencing art. Inspired by travel guides and museum tours, this richly illustrated book invites children and families, comic lovers, and seasoned exhibition visitors alike to see documenta fifteen with new eyes. Four international illustrators and four authors bring the universe of ruangrupa’s documenta fifteen to life through graphic storytelling, stimulating readers’ imaginations with their vivid imagery. Each of the five tours — Humor, Local Anchor, Independence, Generosity, and Transparency — is based on the value system of the Indonesian curatorial team and offers ideas and perspectives that complement the exhibition. Walking, Finding, Sharing encourages visitors to find their own ways of approaching documenta fifteen: each path is a suggestion and can be explored spontaneously, in full or only in parts. This entertaining book serves as a reference, a joyful companion, and an innovative guide that will inspire both children and adults to engage with the exhibition.
£10.00
Hatje Cantz CyberArts 2022: Prix Ars Electronica 2022
Book SynopsisThe Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most prestigious prizes in media art, since 1987. The jury of experts includes Computer/Film/VFX, Digital Musics & Sound Art or Artificial Intelligence & Life Art.
£27.20
Hatje Cantz steirischer herbst '21: The Way Out of...
Book SynopsisContemporary art, as well as our society in general, is - according to the diagnosis of the interdisciplinary art festival steirischer herbst ’21 - in a dead end. The Way Out of... features texts by international contributors to the festival’s discussion program that outlines ways out of the white cube, failed political art, and an unrestrained digital capitalism, and shows new paths for climate justice, a more critical race theory, and new activists. Accessible and pointedly written, this reader offers rich food for thought on the multiple crises of our times.
£20.40
Hatje Cantz Khalil Rabah: Falling Forward / Works (1995–2025)
Book SynopsisHow do cultural institutions and art practices respond to long-standing states of national and international emergency? It is with these questions in mind that Khalil Rabah’s artistic practice investigates the future of visual arts production under such conditions. Exploring the relationships between historically sanctioned and experimental exhibition settings, fictional and documentative narratives, and the histories of displacement, his methods not only propose but produce speculative institutions. As the artist’s first major monograph, Falling Forward / Works (1997–2025) presents a comprehensive selection of exhibition materials, previously unseen archival documents, and detailed background notes on how Rabah’s methods relate to broader themes in his work. The volume also introduces new critical writing from curators, authors, and researchers on the interrelated subjects of anticipatory aesthetics, subterfuge and fugitive acts, mimicry and performativity, knowledge production, archival technologies and, crucially, the politics of humor.
£38.40
Hatje Cantz Josef Albers: Homage to the Square 1950–1976
Book SynopsisJosef Albers' groundbreaking series Homage to the Square comprises roughly two thousand oil paintings. His continuous reflections and refinements for more than 25 years inspired numerous young minimal and conceptual artists in their search for a reduced formal language. This outstanding catalogue explores the secret of Albers' subtle aesthetic and unearths its preconditions: What is the significance of the square? How does his impression of color and its use as a material change during this period? Featuring studies on paper, archival materials, as well as essays by internationally leading Albers experts, Margit Rowell and Donal Judd, this richly illustrated publication sheds light on the various inspirations that influenced Albers early on in Europe and later in America, and illustrates the lasting impact of his art and thinking.
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Hatje Cantz Daniel Richter: Bilder von früh bis heute
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Hatje Cantz Clegg & Guttmann: Rejected
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Hatje Cantz steirischer herbst '22 A War in the Distance
Book SynopsisThe full-fledged Russian invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call. There is no way to ignore the deep seismic waves it has spread beyond the region and throughout the world; its impact will be epoch-making and global. 'A War in the Distance', the 2022 edition of steirischer herbst, looked at what Russia’s war of aggression might mean in a postfascist, postimperial, neoliberal Europe. Combining essays and shorter literary texts, the festival’s reader delves into the histories it activates, and the futures it might decide.
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Hatje Cantz May Muzaffar: Story of Water and Fire
Book SynopsisThe Arab art scene from the 1960s to the 1990s. Story of Water and Fire is a captivating account of the joint life of two prominent figures in the Iraqi art scene, poet and art critic May Muzaffar and artist Rafa Nasiri. This book offers a glimpse into the social and artistic milieu of Baghdad from the 1960s to the 1990s, as well as the couple’s travels during this period and their years of exile in Amman and Manama. Through vivid descriptions and rarely seen photographs, May Muzaffar provides insights into their position in the Arab and international art scenes. The book serves as a guide to the archival material that al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art at NYU Abu Dhabi has digitized and made available for researchers, creating an expanded space for exploration and understanding of the remarkable work of this generation.
£23.80
Hatje Cantz Beyond Matter – Within Space: Curatorial and Art
Book SynopsisCurating the Virtual Space Exhibition spaces are physical places of knowledge production and exchange. Their spatial properties play an important role in contextualizing information. Virtual stagings of exhibitions should therefore retain these properties. The Beyond Matter research project (2019-23) aims to unravel the intertwining of physical and virtual structures and their impact on spatial aspects in art production, curating, and art education, and thus to identify ways to preserve cultural heritage in the digital age. This publication offers a comprehensive overview of the diverse research activities, exhibition and book projects, and symposia that have taken place or emerged in the course of the international Beyond Matter project at the various partner institutions.
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Hirmer Verlag New Museums: Intentions, Expectations, Challenges
Book SynopsisThe past decade of both economic crises in Europe and North America as well as an extraordinary museum boom in many Asian countries has led to new questions and concepts for future museum buildings. New Museums: Intentions, Expectations, Challenges investi gates this paradigm change by presenting 20 recent and future museum projects on all continents. Among the projects discussed are the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C. by Adjaye Associates, the Guggenh eim Helsinki by Moreau Kusonoki Architects , China’s Comic and Animation Museum in Hangzhou by MVRDV, the Munchmuseet in Oslo by estudio Herreros, the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town by Heatherwick Studio, the Long Museum West Bund in Shanghai by Atelier Deshaus and the extension of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney by SANAA. Critical texts by leading museum and architecture writers Suzanne MacLeod, Chris Dercon, Karen van den Berg, Wolfgang Ullrich, Kali Tzortzi and Anke Gröner shed light on the relation of new museum trends and state of the art architecture
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Hirmer Verlag IS THAT BIEDERMEIER?: Amerling, Waldmüller, and
Book SynopsisThis volume illustrates the development of art in Central Europe from 1830 – 1860 – a period which begins in the age of Biedermeier but extends well beyond it. It shows by means of a selection of representative works how art at this time developed independently and was not restricted to the historical Biedermeier era. DESCRIPTION “Is that Biedermeier?”, we often ask of pictures which date from the same period but do not look typically Biedermeier. The publication concentrates on these works in particular by showi ng the wide range of painting in the years between 1830 – 1860 through portraits, landscapes and genre pictures. The main focus lies on Austrian painters like Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Rudolf von Alt and Friedrich von Amerling, together with artists from N orthern Italy, Hungary, Bohemia and Slovenia including Giuseppe Tominz, József Borsos, Bedřich Havránek and Francesco Hayez. There are also references to the changes in style in furniture production at that time, which also demonstrated a remarkable divers ity.
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Hirmer Verlag Katharina Sieverding: Art and Capital
Book SynopsisThe German photographer Katharina Sieverding is one of the celebrated international artists who made use of unusual pictorial invention and innovative media - based artistic praxis from an early stage in order to revive the artistic potential of photography. This volume, designed to a large extent by the artist herself, presents 42 groups of works from the years 1967 – 2017 . Sieverding became famous for the unparalleled consistency with which she h as applied her greatlyenlarged portraits in film and photographs since the 1960 s by manipulating them in a variety of ways. Since the 1970 s she has developed large - format montages on the state of the world whichwere presented to the public for the first ti me at documenta 6 in 1977 . In doing so she challenges the accelerated picture processes of the present day in a critical manner and in the light of responsibility, also towards herself. Her oeuvre is spotlighted from all angles in illustrations of herworks , details and installation photos as well as texts on the use of media, the self - portrait and analogue and digital photography
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Hirmer Verlag The KiCo Collection
Book SynopsisOver the past 20 years the KiCo Collection has become one of the most important collections of contemporary art. Having started with Colour Painting, today it includes the entire spectrum of picture-related contemporary art, from panel paintings to installations. The catalogue shows central blocks of works from the collection, including masterpieces by Marcia Hafif, Maria Lassnig, Katharina Grosse, Wolfgang Tillmans and Olafur Eliasson. The KiCo Collection has been growing continuously since the 1990s. It originally directed its focus towards Colour Painting but later moved beyond the limitations set by the picture and also integrated expansive installations into the collection. The spectrum ranges from Eliasson’s light installations to Tillman’s photographic investigations which link visual found objects with a systematic media reflexion. It is precisely these forms of boundary crossing which make the KiCo Collection so topical. It shows impressively that the arts no longer allow us to confine them to the ghetto of individual genres, but that they draw their strength from interconnections and fusions of content and media.
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Hirmer Verlag Mexico Modern: Art, Commerce and Cultural
Book SynopsisRivera, Kahlo, Tamayo, Covarrubias, Weston, Modotti, Bravo, Spratling – names which are closely linked with the internationally celebrated art, photography and design scene of the 1920s and 1930s in the United States and Mexico. This lavishly illustrated publication traces the dynamic cultural exchange which left its mark on both sides of the border. At the beginning of the 20th century a lively and profitable exchange developed between artists in the United States and Mexico. The Americans were full of enthusiasm for the Mexican synthesis of history and modernity and their social commitment, which contrasted strongly with the consumer culture in the U.S. The Mexican artists in turn found important financiers across the border. The volume shows through paintings, drawings, photographs and graphical works from the Harry Ransom Center in Austin and other important museums how this intercultural network brought forth a large number of world-famous artists.
£28.90
Hirmer Verlag Making Van Gogh
Book SynopsisMaking van Gogh focuses on the œuvre of Vincent van Gogh in the context of its reception. The publication examines the particular role which German gallerists, collectors, critics and museums played in the story of his success. At the same time it sheds light on the importance of van Gogh as a role model for the avant-garde generation of artists.“Van Gogh is dead, but the van Gogh-chaps are alive! And how alive they are! It is van Goghing everywhere”, was how Ferdinand Avenarius described it in 1910 in the magazine Der Kunstwart. Vincent van Gogh’s paintings exerted a particular fascination on young artists in Germany at the beginning of the twentieth century. Barely fifteen years after his death the Dutch artist was seen as one of the most important forerunners of modern painting. A selection of key works from all van Gogh’s creative phases are juxtaposed with works by Max Beckmann, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Münter, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and others.
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Hirmer Verlag Thought Experiments: The Art of Jonathon Keats
Book SynopsisJonathon Keats’ work as an artist and thinker is compelling for our time. Keats poses critical questions, asks us to fundamentally reconsider our assumptions, and proposes radical methods of response. In a time when the environment and human lifeways are experiencing unprecedented change, thought leaders like Keats are needed to encourage us to consider possibilities –from the absurd to the profound.Since the turn of the millennium, Keats has comprehensively extended his academic training in philosophy by prolifically presenting conceptual art projects that he refers to as “thought experiments.”These include installations and performances in museums and galleries around the globe. His motivations are to make space for exploring ideas, offering provocations, and confronting systems we generally take for granted. By prototyping alternative realities –systematically asking what if...? –these projects probe the world in which we live, exploring the potential for societal change.Trade Review“Introduces a contemporary artist, Jonathan Keats, who embraces absurdity as a means to explore relationships between humans and nature.” * ARLIS/NA Reviews *
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Hirmer Verlag Tell Me About Yesterday Tomorrow: About the
Book SynopsisHistorical events and our knowledge of them mould our understanding of today’s world. The interdisciplinary authorship of this volume focuses on the connection between past and future. A bold and unusual publication whose approaches and themes extend from biographical experiences via intergenerational exchange to the discussion of current social phenomena.To what extent does (lack of) knowledge of the past influence our view of the present and our tales of the future? Authors from the realms of history, art, philosophy, journalism, poetry, cartoons and film investigate complex everyday reality in history and the present and direct their attention towards the shifts in political hegemonies which lead to ostracism, denigration and destruction. They have explicitly chosen an international perspective which shows that social polarisation and radicalisation are not phenomena limited by national boundaries, but are universal social manifestations in a globally interlinked world.
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Hirmer Verlag Tense Conditions (Bilingual edition): A
Book SynopsisIn its new presentation of the collection, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart establishes a dialogue between works from the private Scharpff-Striebich collection and works from its own stocks. Contemporary positions and works since the 1960s which gain a new topicality through the retrospective view, make clear the complexity and contradictory nature of our society. For some time now tense situations have characterised our everyday lives. From curfews and violence to the search for our own identity, we are constantly in the process of seeking re-orientation. Art symbolises the uncertainty and the instability which we experience on a daily basis. In addition to numerous illustrations of the works, the catalogue also includes short statements by the artists in which they comment on their works, thereby complementing their artistic oeuvre.
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