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Hirmer Verlag The Candy Store: Funk, Nut, and Other Art with a
Book SynopsisAdeliza McHugh helped put the whimsical, funky, and irreverent aesthetic of California’s Central Valley on the art-historical map at her legendary Candy Store Gallery. Published on what would be the 60th anniversary of the gallery’s founding, this catalogue is the most significant to-date on the Candy Store and celebrates, as McHugh liked to say, art with a “kick.” In 1962, Adeliza McHugh opened the Candy Store Gallery in Folsom, California. The business began as a candy store, but when that closed, McHugh converted it into an art gallery. There, she featured ceramists and painters who would become nationally and even internationally significant, including Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, David Gilhooly, Irving Marcus, Gladys Nilsson, Jim Nutt, Jack Ogden, Sandra Shannonhouse, Peter VandenBerge, and Maija Peeples-Bright. Their work, along with that of many other artists, delighted visitors to the gallery for 30 years.
£23.96
Hirmer Flowers German edition
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£35.91
Prestel Kandinskys Universe
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£32.00
Logos Verlag Berlin Dispositiv-Erkundungen / Exploring Dispositifs
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£56.05
Taschen GmbH Giger
Book SynopsisSwiss artist HR Giger (1940-2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott's 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger's biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia. The visions drew on demons of the past, harking back as far as Giger's earliest childhood fears as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom, of pollution and wasted resources, and of a future in which our bodies depend on machines for survival. From surrealist dream landscapes created with a spray gun and stencils to album cover designs, from guillotine-like sculptures to self-designed bars, Giger personally guides us through his multi-faceted universe in this definitive introduction to a master of horror. Detailed reproductions and designs and a foreword by Timothy Leary complement Giger's intimate autobiographical texts.Trade ReviewA magnificent volume, a lovingly designed homage that does justice to the significance of this artist... One thing is certain: most celebrated contemporary artists quickly fall back into obscurity, but HR Giger will remain. * Weltwoche *A disturbingly beautiful tribute to H.R. Giger's nightmarish work. * Wired.com *
£14.25
Transcript Verlag The Invention of ›Outsider Art‹: Experiencing
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be called an "outsider"? Marion Scherr investigates structural inequalities and the myth of the Other in Western art history, examining the role of "Outsider Art" in contemporary art worlds in the UK. By shifting the focus from art world professionals to those labelled "Outsider Artists", she counteracts one-sided representations of them being otherworldly, raw, and uninfluenced. Instead, the artists are introduced as multi-faceted individuals in constant exchange with their social environment and as employing diverse strategies in dealing with their exclusion. The book reframes their voices and artworks as complex, serious and meaningful cultural contributions, and challenges their attested Otherness in favour for a more inclusive, all-encompassing understanding of art.
£42.50
ibidem A Cry of Despair
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£20.90
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag Genesis Dada
Book SynopsisDada began on February 5, 1916, when Hugo Ball, Emmy Hennings, and others launched the Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich. Cabaret Voltaire would eventually become the stuff of legend, joined by the short-lived but no less less significant Gallery Dada. Even as Dada spread throughout Europe and the world, its heart was always in Zurich. This German language book honors the centennial of Dada by telling for the first time the full story of its genesis and the role played by Zurich and its vibrant community of artists in its creation and flourishing. It sets the early years of Dada firmly in the city''s historical and cultural context and reveals the intellectual and social background that were crucial to the fermenting artistic ideas that culminated in Dada. It goes on to trace the explosion of Dada into a worldwide phenomenon that took in such artists and intellectuals as Joan MirÃ, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Cocteau, and Man Ray. Richly illustrated, this book will stand as the definitive account
£25.60
DruckVerlag Kettler Black Mountain College as Multiverse
Book SynopsisThe Black Mountain College (BMC) in North Carolina was the leading institution for interdisciplinary arts education in the late 1940s. The curriculum included not only the fine arts, architecture and theatre, but also economics, physics and history. Many of America’s foremost artists, poets and designers of the time, as well as numerous emigrants from Germany who came to the Black Mountain College from the Bauhaus after it was closed by the Nazis, were among the teaching staff. The goal of the BMC was to establish a democratic and – in accordance with John Dewey’s principles of progressive education – experience-based, interdisciplinary teaching institute. This publication is the first to examine the BMC’s educational model, its philosophical approaches and John Dewey’s philosophy of art, with the aim of comprehensively understanding and reviving the BMC’s legacy in order to renew it in a participatory sense. A major focus of this volume is the art project PERFORMING the Black Mountain ARCHIVE by Arnold Dreyblatt, in which students from European art academies were invited to translate an archive on the Black Mountain College created by Dreyblatt into the present time through performative interaction. Text in English and German.
£50.25
Synema Gesellschaft Fur Film u. Medien Maria Lassnig – Das filmische Werk
Book SynopsisMaria Lassnig (1919–2014) is internationally recognized as one of the most important painters of the 20th and 21st centuries. The leitmotif of her painting, the act of rendering her “body awareness” visible found additional expression in film in the early 1970s. During her time in New York, Lassnig studied animation at the School of Visual Arts and began to film in 8mm and 16mm. While several of these New York films have long since been part of her canonical works (e.g. Selfportrait, Iris, Couples, Shapes), many remained unfinished. These "films in progress" can be regarded as autobiographical notes as well as an artistic experiment featuring many of Lassnig’s recognizable sujets and methods. In 2018, this filmic legacy was restored and in many cases completed according to Lassnig’s original concept and instructions by two close collaborators, artists Hans Werner Poschauko and Mara Mattuschka, and presented to great international acclaim.This German-language publication provides the first comprehensive index of Lassnig’s film works, offering insight into the filmmaker’s world of ideas through a wide selection of Lassnig’s own previously unpublished notes. It also includes a selection of Lassnig's "films in progress" on DVD. Two essays by James Boaden and Stefanie Proksch-Weilguni place Lassnig’s work in the context of the US-American film avant-garde of the 1970s, while conversations with Mara Mattuschka, Hans Werner Poschauko and the restoration team shed a light on the rediscovery of Lassnig’s fascinating films.
£25.50
Moderne Kunst, Verlag Fur Remember Public Art Lower Austria
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£31.50
Moderne Kunst, Verlag Fur Public Art 20162017
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£35.96
Verlag fur moderne Kunst GmbH Aesthetics of Globalization
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£28.00
Edition Patrick Frey Bad Bonn Song Book : With Love Since 1991: 2016
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£47.50
Nieves Paris Ceramique
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Argobooks PARTY
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Spector Books Displayed Spaces: New Means of Architecture
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£24.70
Spector Books Memories of the Moon Age
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£17.60
Gestalten The Incomplete Vol. 2
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£36.00
Dr. Cantz'sche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG David Hockney - Insights
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£28.45
Steidl Publishers STEIDL–WERK No.30: KUNSTHAUS GÖTTINGEN
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£71.25
Errant Bodies The Listening Biennial Reader, Vol. 1: Waves of
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£18.40
Dirimart Peter Zimmermann: Next of Kin and Chrome
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£17.10
Dirimart Herman Nitsch
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£17.10
Dirimart Ozcan Kaplan: Chats With Mouth Shut...
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£17.10
Dirimart Mirror
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Dirimart Come On!: Franz Ackermann
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Dirimart Abidin Elderoglu in the Adventure of Turkish
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Dirimart Bernard Frize: Togetherless
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Orient BlackSwan Elections Parties and Coalitions in India
Book SynopsisThis book on India's recent experience with elections, parties, and coalitions consists of ten papers that cover two broad areas elections and voting behaviour, and political parties and coalition politics. It presents the evolution of key elections and shifts in voting patterns in the post-Congress-dominance period since 1989, showing how these have led to the rise or decline of parties; to a reshaped party system; and to particular patterns of coalition politics and types of coalition and/or minority governments. The book also shows how coalition politics has enabled the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party and regional parties, enabled a revival of the Congress from 2004 to 2014, and affected elections and the party system in reverse.All the papers in this book undertake empirical analysis of elections and the party system including origins, key elections, party behaviour, coalition patterns, and political finance and are situated within the relevant theoretical and comparative literature.
£51.19
Tulika Books Kasauli Art Centre 19761991
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Munch Museum Like a Ghost I Leave You: Quotes by Edvard Munch
Book SynopsisA gem of a book that stays with you long after you have finished it. Edvard Munch wrote continuously; letters, diaries, literary texts and other notes. In Like a Ghost I Leave You you will find striking statements about art versus nature, enemies, money, death and much more. - "Had I been in Possession of the as yet undiscovered little Remote telephone which one carries around in one’s Pocket You would have long ago received Communications from me"- Undated draft of a letter to Jens Willumsen.Table of ContentsArt and Nature Friends and Foes Norway Health Munch on Himself Love Vigeland and Other Artists Worldviews Money Death
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Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Zofia Kulik – Methodology, My Love
Book SynopsisZofia Kulik’s rich artistic career has a dual nature. Between 1970 and 1987, she worked alongside Przemysław Kwiek as a member of the duo KwieKulik, after which she began to develop a successful individual career. While KwieKulik’s work has been well established as central to the East European neo-avant-garde art lexicon of the 1970’s and ’80s, Kulik’s solo work has yet to be examined in depth. The first publication devoted solely to her work, this monograph analyzes the themes of her rich and complex oeuvre, addressing the (post)communist condition, artistic labor, intermediality, and the conditions of working as a female artist. The book forms a portrait of Kulik as an artist whose work is both deeply focused and rich in variations that reflect the socio-political shifts in her native Poland. With contributions from leading art historians, including Edit András, Angela Dimitrakaki, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Suzana Milevska, and Tomasz Załuski.
£26.60
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Women′s Club
Book SynopsisFor some time now, women have been fighting for their rightful place in different disciplines, making their voices heard and posting inspiring messages on social media. The bold illustrations in this book feature women as central characters, combining manual and digital techniques to create their own universe full of girls in everyday situations.
£14.39
Blume Mujeres Artistas
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Ediciones Poligrafa Domino Canibal
Book SynopsisThis is a lavishly illustrated overview of the groundbreaking Domino Canibal project in Spain. This superbly illustrated volume provides readers with an engaging and insightful overview of the groundbreaking Domino Canibal project. Held at a single venue over a 12-month period (Jan-Dec 2010), Domino Canibal allowed successive artists - including Jimmie Durham, Cristina Lucas, Tania Bruguera, and Francis Alys - to create new and original works by reinterpreting, demolishing, appropriating, and canibalising the work of preceding artists, creating a dynamic artistic process not normally found among other, more established forms of exhibition.
£23.74
Et in Terra Pax
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£27.41
Museu D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Modernologies
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£36.51
Museu D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Macba Collection: A Selection
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£33.15
Museu D'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) Miralda: USA Projects
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£31.45
Promopress Geometrix
Book SynopsisThis title enforces in a showcase of examples with a retro-inspired flavour updated to the latest trends in the world of twenty-first century design. This book features a series of geometric elements. It explains the relationship and language between geometry and graphics using real life successful case study examples such as packaging, street signs, logos or stationery, used in a wide variety of multimedia projects. Colour throughout
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Arctic
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£25.50
Officina Libraria The Proto-Industrial Architecture of the Veneto:
Book SynopsisThe remarkable career of the architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) is largely due to an extraordinary moment of prosperity in the Veneto mainland, both in the city and in the countryside: a boom due in large measure to a little-studied revolution in manufacturing. This book brings to light for the first time the architecture of these early industries, especially the production of textiles (wool, silk), mining and metalworking, paper manufacture, ceramics, sawmilling and leather-tanning. The huge surge in patent applications to the Venetian Senate in the period highlights the parallel technological improvements in both efficiency and quality. Former proto-industrial buildings across the Veneto, studied at first-hand, reveal the efficiency of hydraulic power and smooth-running mechanical processes. Water-power, a clean, renewable energy source, and structures made of natural, traditional materials, have much to teach today’s civilisation.Table of ContentsIntroduction Guido Beltramini, Howard Burns Preface Deborah Howard 1. Manufacturing and proto-industrial activity in the medieval Veneto by Francesco Bianchi 2. The proto-industrial architecture of the Veneto by Deborah Howard 3. The role of water: A multi-purpose resource by Simone Rauch 4. The typology of water-wheels in the Venetoby Walter Panciera 5. Invention and reality: Patent applications presented to the Venetian Senate by Deborah Howard 6. The Veneto: crossroads between Germany and Italy by Davide Martino 7. Merchants, businessmen and noble “industrialists” of the Venetian Terraferma in the Renaissance by Edoardo Demo 8. Hydraulic Installations and Water Resources in the Venetian Republic: Reflections on the archive of the Provveditori sopra i Beni Inculti by Rachele Scuro 9. The value of oral history byAnna Massignani Case studies A. Urban context B. Water systems C. Flour-mills D. Rice mill E. Forges F. Sawmills G. Wool manufacture H. Silk manufacture J. Paper manufacture K. Ceramics L. Leather tanneries M. Mines and quarries N. Furnaces Film stills by Fausto Caliari Indexes
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Silvana Rivista La Biennale Di Venezia 124
Book SynopsisThe historic magazine published by La Biennale di Venezia is coming back to life 53 years after its last publication. Issue number 1/24 is titled Diluvi prossimi venturi / The Coming Floods.Conceived and produced as a printed edition, and featuring a significant iconographic apparatus that draws largely from the Historical Archive of La Biennale and from national and international photographic research, the magazine will be published quarterly. Each issue will have a monographic focus, establishing a dialogue between the disciplines characteristic of La Biennale di Venezia visual arts, architecture, dance, music, theatre, cinema as well as the sciences and literature. Like the original magazine, fashion is also included among its areas of interest, by reason of the relation of its creative processes with art, archives, experimentation.Each issue will contain original and exclusive articles, testimonies, interviews, dialogues and contribution by artists, scholars, leading Italian and international figures in the world of culture and civil society. There will be a range of expressive modes, giving space to graphic design and the cross-fertilisation between languages.The contributions in issue n. 1/24 are by Manal Al- Dowayan, Engin Akyurek, Carlo Barbante, Davide Brullo, Carolyn Carlson, Aziza Chaouni, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Giulia Foscari, Chiara Ianeselli, John Kinsella, Piersandro Pallavicini, Francesco Palmieri, Gilda Palusci, Orhan Pamuk, Mariagrazia Pontorno, Elena Pettinelli, Andrea Rinaldo, Emanuele Rosa, Stenio Solinas, José Tolentino de Mendonça, Lorenzo Toso, Luciano Violante, Peter Weir, Kongjian Yu. The cover is illustrated with a photograph of Yuri Ancarani taken during the shooting of his film Atlantide. The volume is illustrated with photographic images from the Biennale Archive and with photographs by Chiara Arturo, Alessandro Cinque, Antonio Martinelli, Paolo Pellegrin, Italo Rondinella, Paolo Verzone, Federico Vespignani, Francesco Zizola.The editor-in-chief of the magazine is Debora Rossi. The director is journalist and author Luigi Mascheroni. The Editorial team consists of the Office of Editorial Activities, the Press Offices and a team of professionals from the arious Departments of La Biennale. The graphic design is by Tomo Tomo, a communication design firm founded in Milan by Davide Di Gennaro and Luca Pitoni.Text in English and Italian.
£20.00
Skira Burri: Material Poetry
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£23.80
Mousse Publishing Libretto Vol. II
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£16.15
Mousse Publishing Blade Memory
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£26.96
L'Erma Di Bretschneider Gladiatori a Pompei
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£31.00
