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Art Brut Cuba - Paperback
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by Derbis Campos (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Andrea Dal Lago (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Edward M. Gomez (Text by (Art/Photo Books))- Published to accompany an exhibition organised by Collection de l'Art Brut, Lausanne, 5 December 2024 - 27 April 2025This volume accompanies the Art Brut CUBA exhibition organized by Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne and features essays by Cuban authors and other experts, reproductions of works and previously unpublished letters from the collection's archi...
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Ludovic Nkoth: What If - Hardcover
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by Ludovic Nkoth (Artist), Elliot Barnes (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Aindrea Emelife (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Nkoth's affectionate and dynamic portraits of Black subjects reclaim the legacy of the African diaspora in a French exhibition hall"It's important to acknowledge the conversation you're participating in...and also remembering that this conversation wasn't always open to everyone," says painter Ludovic Nkoth (born 1994) of his artistic practice. "Paint isn't neutral." Based in New Y...
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Lin May Saeed: Fables - Paperback
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by Lin May Saeed (Artist), Valentina Gervasoni (Editor), Lorenzo Giusti (Editor)Charmingly illustrated, Saeed's pocket-sized book of fables presages her love of animals and the natural worldThis volume collects six fables by the German Iraqi artist Lin May Saeed (1973-2023). Written in the early 2000s, they anticipate the predominant themes of her paintings and sculptures depicting animals and advocating for interspecies coexistence.
Number of Pages: 64
Dimensions: 0.3 x 6.2 x 4.2 IN
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Gülsün Karamustafa: Hollow and Broken. a State of the World: Türkiye Pavilion: 60th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale Di Venezia - Paperback
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by Gulsun Karamustafa (Artist), Melis Cankara (Editor), Ezgi Alkan (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Using film and installation, Karamustafa bridges the geographical gap between manmade and natural disasters in Venice and IstanbulThis two-volume publication captures both the process and product of the Türkiye Pavilion as envisioned by Gülsün Karamustafa (born 1946). The first book chronicles the artist's installation, while the second features her responses to questions posed by the book's designer...
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Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific - Hardcover
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by Akanksha Tiwary (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Rana X. Adhikari (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Lawrence English (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Artists meditate on the earthly phenomenon of vibrational fields in the Pacific regionThis catalog is produced to accompany the exhibition Energy Fields: Vibrations of the Pacific, co-organized by Fulcrum Arts and Chapman University. The project invites artists, scientists, composers and cultural historians to explore vibration as a scientific phenomenon as...
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How to Not Fuck Up Your Art-World Happiness Vol. 2: 60 More Tips and Tricks on How to Stay Relaxed and Mentally Sane in the Art Industry - Paperback
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by Christoph Noe (Author)
Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.5 x 7.1 x 4.7 IN
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
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Wafaa Bilal: Indulge Me - Paperback
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by Wafaa Bilal (Artist), Bana Kattan (Editor), Madeleine Grynsztejn (Foreword by)
Number of Pages: 136
Dimensions: 0.5 x 10.7 x 7.3 IN
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
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Pioneers: Photography by Women - Hardcover
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by Elwin Hendrikse (Editor), Saskia Asser (Editor)
Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 1.1 x 10.94 x 9.13 IN
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
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Andy Warhol: Vanitas - Hardcover
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by Andy Warhol (Artist), Patricia Van Den Ende (Editor), Fabian de Kloe (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.71 x 8.82 x 6.38 IN
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
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Asian Bronze: 4,000 Years of Beauty - Paperback
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by Sara Creange (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Anna A. Slaczka (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), William Southworth (Text by (Art/Photo Books))
Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.79 x 10.31 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: February 11, 2025
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Advice for the Soul: Vincent Van Gogh - Paperback
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by Vincent Van Gogh (Author)A stylish gift and inspirational self-purchase that distills Van Gogh's extraordinary writings, artistic talent, creative insight and ambition.With a flexibound cover and gold foiling, this beautiful book features more than 100 artworks from the Van Gogh Museum collection and quotes that bring affirmation, solace and spiritual guidance.Well placed to share advice for the soul, Van Gogh worked in the face of extreme mental health problems for more than a decade and ...
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Walking Sticks - Paperback
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by Keji Takeuchi (Editor), Marco Sammicheli (Editor)
Number of Pages: 64
Dimensions: 0.4 x 9.8 x 4.81 IN
Publication Date: January 07, 2025
Creative Design in Furniture, Wood, Metal, Glass and Plastics - Hardcover
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by William H. Varnum (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Number of Pages: 164
Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN
Publication Date: November 04, 2008
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Korean Ceramics: The Beauty of Natural Forms - Paperback
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by Robert Koehler (Author)The most well-known Korean ceramics are the celadon of the Goryeo Dynasty (918-1392) and the white porcelain of the ensuing Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The celadons of Goryeo, their grace and color tinged with feminine beauty, symbolize an artistocratic Buddhist culture, while the white porcelains from the Joseon are thought to typify a bureaucratic and scholarly Confucian society and are essentially masculine in tone, vigorous and orderly. Korea's traditional cerami...
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Indenture Aesthetics: Afro-Indian Femininities and the Queer Limits of South African Blackness - Paperback
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by Jordache A. Ellapen (Author)In Indenture Aesthetics, Jordache A. Ellapen examines the visual and performance art practices of feminist, queer, femme, and gender-nonconforming Afro-Indian and South African black artists to understand the paradoxes of freedom in contemporary South Africa. Tracing the afterlife of apartheid-era racial categories and revisiting Bantu Stephen Biko's Black Consciousness, Ellapen theorizes South African blackness through the Indian Ocean World, showing how the de...
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Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 1940-1952 - Paperback
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by Max Bill (Author), Angela Thomas (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Fiona Elliott (Translator)Angela Thomas, art historian and Max Bill's widow, offers intimate insight into the peak years of his careerSwiss polymath Max Bill (1908-94) transformed the visual and nonvisual arts in myriad ways. He was an architect, painter, designer, sculptor, graphic artist, writer, curator, educator and politician. Outside his native Switzerland, he was feted with awards and retrospectives in Germany, the United...
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Configurations of Time: Imagining Other Temporalities in the Artist Residency - Paperback
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by Angela Serino (Author)Despite societal pressures to produce tangible results during artist residencies, Configurations of Time values process in its own rightFor artists who have done a residency, are preparing for one, or for those just interested in creative processes and how artists work within theories of time, Configurations of Time offers a way to rethink the concept of time within the setting of an artist residency. With a decade of experience in various artist residency programs, A...
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Ester Fleckner: I Navigate in Collisions - Paperback
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by Ester Fleckner (Artist), Alison Karasyk Hines (Editor), Mathias Danbolt (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Fleckner's meticulous and graphic prints serve as palimpsest for explorations of queerness Danish artist Ester Fleckner (born 1983) mostly works in woodcut printing: a slow and physical technique that allows for variation. Integrating queer and trans perspectives alongside abstraction, their geometric prints and drawings explore spheres of relation in open-ended ways.
Number of Pages: 268
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From Colour to Art - Paperback
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by Monica Rotgans (Author)The story of the discovery of the 55 most important colors in creative man's existence from prehistoric times to the present, written from the artist's perspective. The story of the discovery of the 55 most important colors in creative man's existence from prehistoric times to the present, written from the artist's perspective. Monica Rotgans describes the many dyes and pigments that humans have turned into paint and color, and how to recognize them. Learn all about ...
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Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior - Hardcover
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by Shahzia Sikander (Artist), Ainsley Cameron (Author), Emily Liebert (Author)The definitive publication on internationally acclaimed artist Shahzia Sikander, one of the most influential feminist artists working todayBorn in Pakistan and active in New York since the 1990s, Shahzia Sikander navigates the interplay of multiple identities, encompassing a range of artistic disciplines in her work and critically reinterpreting South Asian material history. Sikander's distinctly feminist iconograph...
Under the Sea: 50 Fun and Bold Sea Animal Designs for All Ages - Paperback
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by Hue Coloring (Author)Dive into a world of creativity with Under the Sea, a delightful coloring book featuring 50 bold and fun sea animal designs! Perfect for kids, beginners, and coloring enthusiasts of all ages, this book brings the wonders of the ocean to life with simple, easy-to-color illustrations.From playful seals and adorable turtles to cheerful fish and mysterious starfish, each page is packed with charming marine creatures that are sure to inspire hours of relaxing fun. Whether y...
The Adventures of Knucklehead COLORING AND ACTIVITY BOOK - Paperback
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by Aaron Dean (Created by), Kylie Brownfield (Artist)Join Knucklehead, the adventurous and fun-loving pup, in a coloring book packed with exciting escapades! From exploring the Grand Canyon to splashing through sunny beaches, each page invites kids to bring his playful world to life with their favorite colors.
Number of Pages: 44
Dimensions: 0.12 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: February 15, 2025
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Howard Smith - Hardcover
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by Howard Smith (Artist)The major monograph Howard Smith celebrates the far-reaching practice of the multifaceted African-American artist, designer, and collector who spent most of his creative life in Finland.Working with paper, pigments, wood, clay, textiles, and metal, Smith had both fine art and commercial practices. While he designed for industry--planning interior designs for corporate offices, public buildings and a ferry--he especially enjoyed recycling items like scrap metal, used ca...
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Japan Style - Hardcover
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by Gian Carlo Calza (Author)The authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan, a classic volume now back in print with a stunning new cover design'Japan style' is an aesthetic recognizable to everyone: a beautifully displayed flower, an elegant piece of calligraphy, or a simple rock garden, yet it is also difficult to define. Written by one of the world's most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, this book does just that. Illustrated with over 150 stunning ...
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Friedel Dzubas's Last Judgment: A Masterpiece of Modernist Abstraction - Hardcover
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by Patricia L. Lewy (Artist)Reconsidering a gargantuan masterwork of modernist abstractionThis publication presents a new perspective on the German American painter Friedel Dzubas' (1915-94) rendering of his 60-foot-long abstract mural originally commissioned in 1975 for the Shawmut National Bank of Boston. Beyond pure color field painting, chronicled in never-before-seen documentary photographs, Dzubas' Last Judgment is presented here as a public expression of religious conviction.
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Graciela Hasper - Hardcover
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by Graciela Hasper (Artist), Karen Marta (Editor), Gabriela Rangel (Editor)Surveying Hasper's joyously chromatic abstract paintings and works for public sitesArgentinian artist Graciela Hasper's (born 1966) brightly colored geometric abstract paintings, made over the last three decades, are a means to bring people together and to build bridges between audiences, which is precisely what she does with her large-scale public projects. This is the artist's first English-language monograph.
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Mirrormirror: The Reflective Surface in Contemporary Art - Hardcover
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by Michael Petry (Author)From the art of Cindy Sherman to Anish Kapoor, from Yayoi Kusama to Tracey Emin, MirrorMirror presents an intriguing and gloriously illustrated global survey of "reflective" work by more than 150 artists across media, nationalities, genders, and locations.A fascination with mirrors and reflective surfaces is a common theme among artists of the past. Michael Petry's thought-provoking introduction begins with Jan van Eyck's celebrated Arnolfini Portrait (1434), one of t...
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Susie Hamilton - Hardcover
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by Susie Hamilton (Author), Charlotte Mullins (Introduction by), Anneka French (Editor)Susie Hamilton's dynamic practice is concerned with a wide range of subjects but often focuses on solitary people in impersonal public spaces or natural wildernesses. From the heroic, isolated exploits of astronauts and Arctic explorers to lone shoppers in supermarkets, all subjects are equal under her gaze. Other works turn attention towards crowds on beaches and in hotel dining rooms, who, as in Hamilton'...
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The Museum Is Open: Towards a Transnational History of Museums 1750-1940 - Hardcover
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by Andrea Meyer (Editor), Benedicte Savoy (Editor)
Number of Pages: 280
Dimensions: 0.7 x 9.7 x 7 IN
Publication Date: December 19, 2013
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Joy Labinjo - Hardcover
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by Joy Labinjo (Author), Christine Checinska (Introduction by), Jareh Das (Contribution by)A powerful exploration of race, identity, and community through vibrant figurative paintings that blend personal and historical imagery with contemporary Black culture.Joy Labinjo (b.1994) is a British-Nigerian artist based in London. Bringing together paintings made between 2017 and 2024, this monograph coincides with her institutional solo exhibition We Are Briefly Gorgeous at Southwark Park Galleries...
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Japanese Bestiary: Animals in Japanese Mythology, Arts and Literature - Hardcover
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by Nelly Delay (Author), Dominique Ruspoli (Author)This book features twenty-eight real-life animals, and the myths and literature, paintings, drawings, textiles and ceramics they have inspired some of the most celebrated Japanese artists and writers to create. Since the dawn of Japanese folklore and religion, the Japanese soul has cultivated a special connection with nature and wildlife, in part due to the natural abundance of the Japanese archipelago. Every animal, from the frightening crow...
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AI and the Art Market - Hardcover
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by Jo Lawson-Tancred (Author)AI and the Art Market is the first book to offer an approachable introduction to AI for art-market professionals, considering AI's impact on and possible applications within the art world, whether as a business tool or as an artistic medium. The two primary topics of how AI is affecting the art market, and the growing market for AI art, are united under the broad theme of how art-market professionals can be better equipped to work with AI in an art-world context, ...
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