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This volume compiles superb colour photography of one of the most outstanding collections of bonsai in Europe, assembled by collector and author Luis Vallejo, founder of the Luis Vallejo Bonsai Museum in Alcobendas, Spain. This internationally celebrated collection boasts native specimens designed by Vallejo, as well as specimens by Japanese masters such as Masahiko Kimura, Saburo Kato, Hiroshi Takeyama and Shinji Suzuki. Photographs by Fernando Maquieira taken over several years are interspersed with short texts and quotations evoking personal experiences and literary associations. Three series of sketches enhance the volume, providing the most direct expression of the author’s enduring connection with his trees. Housed in a slipcase, The Wind Among the Leaves is a collectable and gorgeous celebration of this ancient and evocative form of horticulture.

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Wolfgang H Scholz (b. 1958) is a visual artist and film director. His work spans more than three decades and encompasses apart from painting many forms of expression, ranging from theatrical and documentary films, sculpture, photography, and installations to multimedia stage pieces. His central theme is the vision of an imaginary arrival, and his work method is a form of decoding. Other essential concepts that recur in Scholz's work include the labyrinth, time, memories or localization and the questioning of reality. The title The Void is taken from a Buddhist term for the Fifth Element: The Void. Since 2010 Scholz has worked with Japanese Butoh masters, creating several multimedia stage pieces and series of photographic works on this theme. This volume includes a conversation with Prof. Dr. Boris Groys of New York University, one of the most important scholars of the arts and humanities of the twentieth century. This dialogue is an essential text for understanding the creative processes, references, and influences of Wolfgang H Scholz concerning the philosophical and programmatic themes of The Void. This book will be published to coincide with exhibitions by the MACO - Museum of Contemporary Art Oaxaca (2019), Mexico, the Museum Ex Teresa Arte Actual (2019), the gallery Casa Galván - UAM - Universidad Autónoma metropolitana (2020) and in collaboration with the presentations of the performance THE VOID at the Butoh Festival Kyoto, Japan (July 2019) and at the Theatre CC Los Talleres, Mexico City in 2019. Text in English with a Spanish and German insert.

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En esta recopilación de ensayos se encuentra una defensa de las mujeres sureñas, desde Scarlett O?Hara a Ava Gardner. Un alegato por a favor de la educación sexual diferenciada para niños y niñas, ya que viven su sexualidad de manera diferente. Una charla animando a las mujeres a no vivir como víctimas, sino a asumir que el mundo es peligroso y que deben adaptarse a él. Y, sobre todo, una defensa apasionada de la libertad de la mujer, con todas sus consecuencias. Nadie como Camille Paglia para hacer preguntas incómodas. Pocas veces un libro tan breve como este habrá dado pie a tanta polémica, tantas ideas encontradas y tantos motivos para reflexionar.

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We are living through years of great importance, marked by the unstoppable evolution of technology, science and the information society. This book brings together twenty-two essays written by prestigious researchers from the world's leading universities on areas as diverse as crucial to our future: climate change, artificial intelligence, economics, cyber-security and geopolitics, democracy, anthropology, new media, astrophysics and cosmology, nanotechnology, biomedicine, globalisation, gender theory and the cities of the future. Text by Michelle Baddeley, Virginia Burkett, Manuel Castells, Nancy Chau, Barry Eichengreen, Amos N. Guiora, Ravi Kanbur, Ramón López de Mántaras, Maria Martinon-Torres, José M. Mato, Diana Owen, Alex Pentland, Carlo Ratti, Martin Rees, Victoria Robinson, Daniela Rus, José Manuel Sánchez-Ron, Vivien A. Schmidt, Samuel H. Sternberg, Sandip Tiwari, Ernesto Zedillo, Yang Xu.

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This project focuses on the diversity and the dignity of the Cuban youth. The photographs are borne from the photographer's journeys to Cuba over the last twenty-five years. Jonathan Moller's photographs illustrate the vitality, intelligence and creativity of Cuba's younger generation, along with their great aspirations and complex challenges. The book offers an extensive tour of the streets of Havana and Holguín; the lands and the sugar cane fields of Matanzas and Mayabeque; the Pride March and the May Day parade; the foyers and classrooms of the University of Lausanne; the hospitals, the churches, and factories; and, for the first time in history, the popular neighborhoods, the beach and the homes of young Cubans.

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Written by the man behind the Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, gunpowder artist Cai Guo-Quiang, who draws attention to the innovations brought to contemporary art by Chinese artists.

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Las plantas pueden ayudarnos a comprender las contradicciones humanas y sirven de inspiración en ?la ardua ciencia de saber vivir bien?, de la que hablaba Montaigne.'Verdolatría' se articula en torno a cuatro preguntas esenciales de la filosofía: qué puedo saber, cómo debo actuar, qué me cabe esperar y qué significa ser humano. Se nutre del pensamiento ecológico, las lecciones del arte del jardín y la ciencia botánica para cambiar nuestra forma de entender la vida en el planeta y nuestro lugar en ella.

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Antes de que Orwell nos contara que los cerdos pueden gobernar, Freddy "el cerdito renacentista" ya existía. Crado en la década de 1920 por Walter R. Brooks, que le dedicó una serie de casi treinta títulos, Freddy encarna en este volumen, y nunca mejor dicho, al animal político. Así escribe poemas y promete imposibles, se disfraza y nos resulta entrañable. Y la granja donde vive, más humana y animal que la de Orwell, es un lugar para reírse a carcajadas y ponerse a pensar. Por ejemplo, en cómo esto de la nueva política se parece mucho a los cuentos de toda la vida: los banqueros siempre querrán ser dueños de una nueva granja, los ratones se quejarán por principio y algunos cerditos, sabios y vitalistas, seguirán escribiendo poesía.

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"New Territories "examines creative practices in today's globalized world, in which disciplines overlap more than ever before. Looking in particular at countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Panama, Columbia, Mexico, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Chile, this volume discusses the ways in which craft, art and design have transcended their former identities. Today, artists in these fields may address issues of not only commodification and mass production, but also social concerns of urbanization, displacement, housing and sustainability. Including the work of more than 100 artists, designers/design studios and artisans, "New Territories" sets out to explore the present state of design--much of which has emerged from interfaces between manufacturers, folk artisans, indigenous artists and designers--and its future.

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A study of Emilia Azcárate's recent art work focused on her vital relationship with geometric abstractionism and her spiritual practices. These series of work adds on to the aesthetic and conceptual themes recurrent in the artist's work, and are linked to abstraction as a way to manifest her spirituality. The catalogue includes three bodies of work: the Practicables, Postcards and the Gohonzon series which incorporate processes, ideas and aesthetics related to her life and spiritual practice, Nichiren Buddhism. Text in English and Spanish.

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This volume offers a survey of the last 20 years of work from Brazilian multimedia artist Cinthia Marcelle (born 1974), who is known for her collaborative and action-based projects aimed at disrupting existing social and political systems. Text in English and Spanish.

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Latest production of Cuban artist, Adrián Fernández, concerned with the impact of material culture, history and memory on contemporary man. Interested in the symbols that represent ideologies and that construct collective identities, he searches in his photography for the memory of the historical past and its impact on his cultural present. His work is organised in series that sometimes interconnect and complement each other. Each new series is a consequence of the previous one, with similar concerns and interests, from black and white photography with a documentary perspective, to studio photography, to the use of digital media and colour photography. His sculptural work is developed in installations, in which he uses assemblage and welding of metal and carbon steel. Text in English and Spanish.

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Is there such a thing as Latin American Art? Does it need this label in a global art world? It is, of course, clear that there is no such thing, just as there is no African nor European art. It would be interesting though to include Caribbean art (which of course doesn't exist either) and talk about specific forms of creolization in the way that Edouard Glissant means it from a global perspective that is not just Western. If we look at different artistic expressions in different local contexts within a geographic and linguistic area called Latin America, the insights we get are very interesting. It might remind us of a kaleidoscope, an ever changing, glittering flux of perspectives on a fluid carrier medium. Through extensive field research involving travel in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico and Peru, I have been seeking to answer these questions and go into the Looking Glass. Those journeys have included connecting as much as possible with locals and investigating the subject of visual culture through them. In order to learn about local traditions, I have explored a small portion of the Amazonas on the border of Tres Fronteras, and stayed with an indigenous family on one of the Islands of Lake Titicaca. Additionally, in Peru I visited the art school in Cusco which is famous for the Cuzco School paintings. Whether in rural settings or the urban landscapes of Latin America, my approach has always been to be humble, to listen and learn, aware that my perspective is that of a Western woman. The discovery of immense cultural diversity intensely broadened my horizons. In order to develop an understanding of Latin American art, I have realized that attempting to describe it requires an open mind that stretches beyond any pre-conceived Eurocentric notions. Only then it is possible to appreciate the enormous variety of artistic expressions and contexts throughout multiple Latin American regions. The projects described here reflect fifteen collaborations that were carried out, over a period of six years involving thirty-four artists. In some cases, the exchanges included galleries in various Latin American countries. The themes explored were diverse and varied. They ranged from the abstract and highly conceptual to the more tangible and material. Together, the culminating exhibitions have each contributed to exploring essential questions about Latin American Art. The answers, however, are far from simple or complete. Beyond the collection gathered here, the process of discovery continues. So far, I have only witnessed the seedlings of my understanding beginning to emerge. During the process of trying to better understand Latin American Art and through producing exhibitions in Switzerland, as well as curating content in Mexico City and Brazil, it has become clear that cultural bridges can be built through the universal interests that inform artistic expression. These successful projects have demonstrated enormous potential for future artistic collaborations of all sorts. The possibilities are endless. - Andrea Hinteregger De Mayo, 2018. Text in English and Spanish.

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A partir de fuentes diplomáticas y periodísticas de la época, en gran parte inéditas, México y la Guerra Civil española examina un episodio prácticamente desconocido de la historia del siglo XX, como son las relaciones entre México y la Segunda República española y analiza las razones de la decisión del gobierno de Lázaro Cárdenas de proporcionar apoyo militar, diplomático y moral a la República durante la Guerra Civil . México envió armas y municiones a España cuando otras naciones se negaron a hacerlo frenadas por el pacto de No-Intervención. Además, diplomáticos mexicanos organizaron una red secreta para comprar armas en terceros países y desde allí enviarlas a España.

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George Floyd's death at the hands of a police officer on 25 May 2020 marked a turning point in the Black Lives Matter movement. Emerging in 2013, this black community rights movement gained national and international recognition and support to the point of leading demonstrations at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. During those weeks, the visual artist and social activist Jonathan Moller walked the streets of Denver, Boston, Washington and New York following the trail of protests and took hundreds of photographs of the posters, graffiti, banners and murals left behind. The selected photographs and accompanying texts attest to their depth, ensure the permanence of their messages and invite the reader to reflect on their personal contribution to systemic racism that has existed for centuries around the world.

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This book was produced on the occasion of the first solo exhibition of Obregón's work in a North American public institution and includes essays by the curators Jesús Fuenmayor and Kaira M. Cabañas, in which the work is approached from the artist's own methodology and from its relevance in the current cultural context. In addition, it contains an extensive section in which all the works presented are exhaustively recorded in accordance with the curatorial structure, derived from years of work in the classification of the Archivo Obregón by Israel Ortega and Leonor Solá, and thanks to which it has been possible to open this window to investigate the intimacy and the interstices of Obregón's work. Since 2011, the Obregón Archive has formed part of the Carolina and Fernando Eseverri Collection.

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A monograph on the visual artist known as Jazzamoart, who has a rhythmic expressionist language, closely related to music, all his own whilst remaining aligned with the 1950s Mexican painting generation. He has worked on several books featuring his illustrations, and CDs and LPs based on his work as a drummer. His visual improvisations and scenes have led him to accompany leading exponents of Mexican and American Jazz on stage. Having accrued dozens of national and international awards for his works, Jazzamoart is considered a prolific and versatile artist who has presented work into around 500 exhibitions in Mexico, the USA, Canada, Latin America, Europe, South Korea and Japan. He is also a member of the National system of Art Creators. Text in English and Spanish. Contents: Jazzamoart or Intelligence - Julio Patán; On Art, Jazz, Modernity, and Random Encounters - Kim Levin; Absence Portrait; His Trilogy: Music, Painting, Body - Graciela Kartofel; Painting Jam; Jam: Image and Hieroglyph in Jazzamoart's Painting - Evodio Escalante; Nights and Clubs of Jazzamoart; Jazzamoart, the Line of Conjured Space - Manuel Marín; Amusements and Toys; The Perspiration of Color - Jorge F. Hernández; List of Works; Chronology; Authors; Jazzamoart's Creative Freedom - Rafael Pérez y Pérez.

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Es posible que quede muy poco por descubrir sobre el pasado, pero queda por hacer gran uso de él. Si dejamos al lado algunos prejuicios podremos interpretar el mundo de formas que sugieran diversos futuros posibles. Nubla escribe sobre moluscos de quinientos años, el primer fonógrafo de la Antigüedad, la educación musical de los niños y el hallazgo de la penicilina con el mismo espíritu iluminador con el que propone franquear ciertos límites espacio-temporales, al menos en nuestra imaginación. Algo que permita escribir el texto más bello y misterioso de nuestra propia existencia.

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En 1933, el gran intelectual marxista György Lukács escribió un artículo titulado ?Grand Hotel ?Abgrund?? [Gran Hotel Abismo], refiriéndose con este nombre al establecimiento imaginario donde vivían los pensadores de la escuela de Frankfurt: aparentemente al borde del precipicio, pero siempre rodeados de comodidades.

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? Un análisis profundo y apasionante sobre las causas, las decisiones y los complejos entramados de alianzas y odios internacionales que llevaron a Europa a la guerra.? Con extraordinaria capacidad narrativa y notable perspicacia para los perfiles psicológicos de los dirigentes, las naciones y las opiniones públicas, MacMillan firma su obra maestra hasta el momento, un libro fundamental para entender la Europa de hoy conociendo a fondo la de hace un siglo.? Un excepcional adelanto ensayístico al primer centenario de la Gran Guerra del próximo año 2014.

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Spain attended the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale with the artist Ignasi Aballí, with a solid and long career, and with a proposal curated by Bea Espejo, a great connoisseur of the artist’s work. In Corrección / Correction, Ignasi Aballí dialogues with the architectural space of the Spanish pavilion, making his project an opportunity to investigate the places that surround us. With his intervention he modifies the space of the Pavilion itself and, by extension, its location in the Biennial and its relationship with the city. The book includes texts by curator Bea Espejo, writer Ruth Estévez, publisher Moritz Küng, artist Alejandro Cesarco and a conversation between Aballí and Manuel Borja-Villel, director of the MNCARS. In co-edition with AECID. Text in English and Spanish.

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In its 85th year of existence, the architectural practice founded in 1937 by a very young Juan Sordo Madaleno, has decided to publish this unconventional monograph which compiles the most ambitious projects built (and not built) within the context of the transformation, and which at the same time reflect and determine the evolution urban and rural landscapes of post-revolutionary Mexico. From the very first constructions, the firm has been a pioneer not only in the erection of modern buildings, but also in inherently urban architectural designs, fundamental components of overlapping urban scales. This book includes contributions from some of the leading thinkers in urban architecture today, highlighting the commitment that has guided a unique family of architects for three generations.

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Shortly after the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown, Iran do Espírito Santo, in São Paulo, contacted Enrique Juncosa, in Mallorca, proposing to collaborate on a book. It so happened that Juncosa had started some poems in prose related to travels based on personal memories and imagination, and which referred to a way of life that was suddenly suspended. He wrote 40 poems, suggesting the idea of quarantine, encompassing quarantine, encompassed under the title Pangolin, an animal pointed out as the initial propagator of the virus. Do Espírito Santo made 40 watercolours, one per poem, related to the text, although not always in an evident way, suggesting an inner journey. Floating images in a white space, abstract and geometric in origin, with the delicacy of oriental miniatures. Text in English and Spanish.

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