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Russian Criminal Tattoo Police Files: Volume I - Hardcover

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by Damon Murray (Editor), Stephen Sorrell (Editor), Arkady Bronnikov (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Continuing Fuel's exploration of Soviet culture, unforgettable photographs of extraordinary tattoosRussian Criminal Tattoo Police Files Volume I features more than 180 photographs of Russian criminal tattoos and official police papers from the collection of Arkady Bronnikov, regarded as Russia's foremost authority on criminal tattoo iconography. From the mid-1960s to the late 1980s, Bronnikov worke...

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Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole: Walker Art Center Collections - Hardcover

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by Peter Fischli (Artist), David Weiss (Photographer), Katharina Fritsch (Artist)One of the premier institutions of contemporary art in the country, the Walker Art Center also holds an important collection of over 11,000 objects from the early twentieth century to the present. These holdings reflect the Center's renowned multidisciplinary program, and include paintings, sculpture, prints, photography, film, video, installations and digital arts that range in date from classic early Modernist ...

American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture - Hardcover

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by Margaret Jarman Hagood (Author), Jefferson C. Harrison (Author), Chrysler Museum (Prepared by)Connoisseurs and casual visitors alike have long admired the American paintings, sculpture, and drawings on display at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia. Now for the first time, the collection's scope and detail are illuminated in print form. Rich in works by major artists, American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings is also impressive for its dept...

Shibari Suspensions: A Step by Step Guide - Paperback

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by Gestalta (Author)The art of Japanese-style rope bondage has become increasingly popular in recent years both for its beautiful visual aspect, and for the intimacy it creates between tying partners. This detailed reference book of fundamental suspension techniques will help you understand both the ties and the body that is tied. Its easy-to- use structure encourages you to think creatively and adapt everything to your own needs. It emphasises learning for both riggers and models by explaini...

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Bridget Riley: Paintings and Drawings, 1961-2004 - Paperback

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by Bridget Riley (Artist)Published to accompany a major retrospective, this lavishly produced volume surveys Bridget Riley's innovative approach to painting and drawing. Bridget Riley is one of the leading abstract painters of her generation. She first attracted critical attention with the dazzling black and white paintings made during the 1960s, and has continued to develop new styles in her work through a considered approach to colour, shape and perception. This volume is a comprehensive su...

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Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art No. 2 - Paperback

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by Juan Maidagan (Artist), Juan Munoz (Artist), Alighiero E. Boetti (Artist)Finally Available Since 1992, Dia has presented the Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art. Like the Foundation's "Discussions in Contemporary Culture" symposia series, the Lehman lectures are an example of Dia's ongoing commitment to cross-disciplinary critical and intellectual discourse. The long-term, often site-specific, exhibitions at Dia offer a fertile space for discussion. Edited by Lynne Cooke and Karen K...

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by Richard Aldrich (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Jeanne Dunning (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Guillermo Faivovich (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Artists on Walter De Maria is the second installment in a series culled from Dia Art Foundation's Artists on Artists lectures, focused on the work of artist Walter De Maria (1935-2013).Established in 2001, the lecture series highlights the work of modern and contemporary artists from the perspective of their colleagues and peers.This Artists on Artists tit...

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by Hanne Darboven (Artist), Gregg Bordowitz (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Sam Lewitt (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Artists on Hanne Darboven is the first installment in a series culled from Dia Art Foundation's Artists on Artists lectures, focused on German conceptual artist Hanne Darboven (1941-2009). Established in 2001, the lecture series highlights the work of modern and contemporary artists from the perspective of their colleagues and peers. The inaugural Artists on Artists title is publishe...

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by Andy Warhol (Artist), Katherine Atkins (Editor), Kelly Kivland (Editor)Artists on Andy Warhol is the third installment in a series culled from Dia's Artists on Artists lectures, focused on the work of artist Andy Warhol (1928-87). This small-format paperback book delves into Warhol's oft-quoted phrase: If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface: of my paintings and films and me, and there I am. There's nothing behind it. Artists on Andy Warhol breaks down this icon...

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by Bruce Nauman (Artist), Katherine Atkins (Editor), Stephen Hoban (Editor)In the late 1960s, while still a recent graduate with scant means, artist Bruce Nauman (born 1941) explored a trio of interwoven subjects: the studio, the daily practice of making art and the role of the artist. He outlined the latter, for example, in a memorable neon sign, alongside more commercial counterparts affixed to the exterior of his building. The work's cool spiral letters traced the claim, at once ironic and...

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Damien Hirst: Romance in the Age of Uncertainty - Paperback

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by Damien Hirst (Artist)This catalogue was produced to accompany Damien Hirst's 2003 exhibition at White Cube gallery, London. The show dissected and recast the story of Jesus and his disciples through paintings and sculptural work while revealing the uncertainty at the heart of human experience. The exhibited works included The Apostles, a series of 13 clinical steel and glass cabinets filled with medical instruments, weapons, ornaments, blood, and life's detrius: a dozen canvases encrusted ...

Adaptation. Redesigning the Everyday. - Paperback

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by Giles Bailey (Author), Brian Ross (Author), Monika Vykoukal (Editor)ADAPTATION is a project about the impact of design in people's daily lives and the 'redesign' of public spaces by the people who use them. We have invited artists who approach design and everyday life in various ways: Adams, APA (Akay, Kidpele and Made), Brett Bloom and Bonnie Fortune, Marjolijn Dijkman, Brad Downey, Ulrika Erdes, Dominic Hislop and Leopold Kessler. Their work ranges from examinations of the human use and ...

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Drawings for Tattoos Volume 4: Kahlil Rintye - Hardcover

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by Kahlil Rintye (Author), Don Ed Hardy (Editor)This latest addition to Hardy Marks' series features the amazing artwork of San Francisco's Kahlil Rintye, one of the most sophisticated practitioners advancing the possibilities of the medium. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.5 x 15.1 x 11.1 IN Publication Date: June 01, 2019

All Things Wild and Wonderful - Paperback

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by Jill M. Lucas (Author)Wildlife Imagery in Churches Have you ever wondered why holly, ivy and mistletoe feature particularly at Christmas? Why vine, grapes and wheat are the most common plants portrayed and why is yew planted in many churchyards? Do you know where to find a green mole, a six-legged spider and a blue frog with white patterns on its body? In which church can you see moths and butterflies and where might you find a Jewel Beetle? What are the reasons for carving a preaching fox...

How to Get Into and Survive Film, Advertising and TV Post-Production - The Alternative Guide - Paperback

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by Klaudija Cermak (Author)This book is an alternative guide to the skills required to get into and have a successful career in the post-production industry. It is filled with tips on how to choose the segment of the industry you wish to work in, key roles: how to get them and what they entail. The 'Rules for Survival' are packed with little secrets on how to interact with clients and colleagues and how to get out of awkward situations with dignity. This is the essential guide to working succ...

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by Sabine Moritz (Artist), Adam Zagajewski (Contribution by), William Blake (Contribution by)This publication presents 37 charcoal, pastel and oil pastel drawings of roses created by Cologne-based artist Sabine Moritz (born 1969) between 2004 and 2009. The drawings are accompanied by poems by Adam Zagajewski and William Blake.With a regularity that approaches an everyday activity, Moritz makes studies of flowers in her home and studio: in part as a discipline to practice and explore observati...

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by Oliver Herring (Artist), Kendra Paitz (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Ian Berry (Text by (Art/Photo Books))TASK documents a burgeoning phenomenon begun in 2002 by artist Oliver Herring. Herring developed TASK as a self-generating, improvisational gathering in which a community engages in a collaborative art-making event. Using cardboard, tape, aluminum foil, pipe cleaners, markers and other materials, participants follow a simple set of rules: write a task for someone to perform, then randoml...

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Gerhard Richter: Night Sketches - Hardcover

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by Gerhard Richter (Artist)This artist's book presents 84 reproductions of sketches taken from a notebook made by Gerhard Richter between 2004 and 2009. Some sketches feature figurative motifs, human forms and faces, while others appear as purely abstract shapes, configurations and patterns.Author BiographyGerhard Richter, who was born in Dresden in 1932, is widely considered to be one of the most influential and significant artists of modern times. Having officially begun painting in 1962, h...

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Sabine Moritz: Lilies and Objects - Paperback

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by Sabine Moritz (Artist)Following her 2010 publication dedicated to roses, Cologne-based artist Sabine Moritz (born 1969) here turns her attention to lilies, which she first began depicting in the mid 1990s. Working on paper to produce fifty-nine charcoal, pastel and oil pastel drawings, similiarly she often approaches works as studies or exercises in observation and representation.During the development of this publication, which was originally conceived as a collection of Moritz's drawings...

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by Ingrid Beazley (Author)In this book, curator Ingrid Beazley draws parallels between classic and contemporary styles, showcasing how works from the Dulwich Picture Gallery's permanent collection by painters such as Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Rubens, Van Dyck and Murillo have influenced works by street artists working in the local area such as Stik, Conor Harrington, Thierry Noir, Phlegm and RUN. Featuring pieces by 21 internationally renowned street artists, the book is illustrated with speci...

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Souls Grown Deep Vol. 1: African American Vernacular Art - Hardcover

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by William Arnett (Editor), William S. Arnett (Editor)The first comprehensive overview of an important genre of American art, Souls Grown Deep explores the visual-arts genius of the black South. This first work in a multivolume study introduces 40 African-American self-taught artists, who, without significant formal training, often employ the most unpretentious and unlikely materials. Like blues and jazz artists, they create powerful statements amplifying the call for freedom and vision. Numb...

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Drawing from the Book of Nature - Paperback

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by Dennis Klocek (Author)When students are given fixed and finalized abstractions from the beginning, they do not have to use their own inner forces to overcome the resistance of the world to arrive at truth or to create beauty. The result is that their inner pictures are devoid of life.To arrive at a truth or to create beauty that reflects the order and harmony of the Creator, we must always begin humbly, in ignorance and ugliness. By striving out of ignorance and ugliness toward the true an...

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Souls Grown Deep Vol. 2: African American Vernacular Art - Hardcover

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by William S. Arnett (Author), William Arnett (Author), Lowery Sims (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Completing the two-volume set, Souls Grown Deep, Vol. 2 takes the visual and historical presentation of the first volume to a richer level, offering an even broader array of artistic styles and media. Published in 2000, the first volume explored the diverse historical roots of the genre and introduced artists whose work recalled the South of the pre-civil rights era. This sequel brings the movement ...

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In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Hardcover

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by Nikki Giovanni (Introduction by), Gary Miles Chassman (Editor), Walter Leonard (Commentaries by)In the Spirit of Martin is the companion book to the first museum exhibition -- opening in January 2002 at the Smithsonian Institution -- to demonstrate the compelling outpouring of responses to Dr. King's life. This richly illustrated, large-format book features the work of more than 150 important African American artists as well as other prominent traditional and visionary artists. Original es...

Unbroken Poetry: The Work of Enrique Martínez Celaya - Hardcover

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by Anne Trueblood Brodzky (Author)Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Whale and Star Press With rare clarity and restraint, Mart nez Celaya explores loss, alienation, foreignness and beauty as well as new ways to think about the art object and the problems it raises. What emerges is a body of work radically concerned with meaning. Loss and its transcendence through consciousness is the pervasive theme in Unbroken Poetry: The Work of Enrique Mart nez Celaya. Mart nez Celaya's w...

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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia, Volume II - Hardcover

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by Danzig Baldaev (Artist), Sergey Vasiliev (Photographer), Anne Applebaum (Contribution by)An essential second installment of the bestselling Russian Criminal Tattoo EncyclopediaDanzig Baldaev's father was an academic, an ethnologist who found himself imprisoned under Soviet rule as an enemy of the people. In fact much of Baldaev's family moved through the Soviet prison system, while he became a guard. At his father's suggestion, Danzig used his access to document and study the tattoos that ...

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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia, Volume III - Hardcover

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by Danzig Baldaev (Artist), Alexander Sidorov (Introduction by), Sergei Vasiliev (Photographer)"A fantastic, mind-blowing photo and graphics book documenting the subculture of tattooing in Russian prisons." -David CronenbergThis volume of drawings and photographs completes the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia trilogy. Danzig Baldaev's unparallelled ethnographic achievement, documenting more than 3,000 tattoo drawings, was made during a lifetime working as a prison guard. His recording of...

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Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy - Paperback

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by Dave Hickey (Text by (Art/Photo Books))The 23 essays (or love songs) that make up the now classic volume Air Guitar trawl a vast, invisible underground empire of pleasure, through record stores, honky-tonks, art galleries, jazz clubs, cocktail lounges, surf shops and hot-rod stores, as restlessly on the move as the America they depict. Air Guitar pioneered a kind of plain-talking in cultural criticism, willingly subjective and always candid and direct. A valuable reading tool for art lover...

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Wonder: The Art and Practice of Beatrice Blue - Hardcover

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by Beatrice Blue (Author), 3dtotal Publishing (Editor)Wander into the immersive illustrated universe of Beatrice Blue. Filled with playful characters, enchanting natural scenery, and captivating narratives, Beatrice's designs will appeal to everyone's inner child. Her fantastic use of vibrant color and luminous finishes give her imaginative scenes life and vigor, while her expressive texturing techniques embellish her already intricately detailed works further, to create designs with depth an...

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Whistler and the World: The Lunder Collection of James McNeill Whistler - Hardcover

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by Justin McCann (Editor), Sharon Corwin (Foreword by), Magdalen Abe (Text by (Art/Photo Books))In his "Ten O'Clock Lecture" in 1885, American James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) presented himself as an artist set apart from the public, bearing no relation to the historical moment in which he lived. However, the myth of artistic independence that Whistler developed was but one part of a complex and highly significant relationship he had with the world around him. As a painter, printmaker, desi...

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Mangia Bene: Traditional Recipes of Italy - Paperback

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by Pasqualina Rio Gregory (Author)What Pasqualina Gregory did not inherit from her family's rich tradition of Italian cooking she learned from living and traveling in Italy, sampling foods, conversing with cooks, and collecting recipes. Her favorites perfected over many years are collected here. They represent, within the Italian context, an eclectic combination of both northern and southern cuisine. The book, lavishly illustrated with over sixty color photographs of Italy, is a guide to heal...

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Creative Authenticity: 16 Principles to Clarify and Deepen Your Artistic Vision - Paperback

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by Ian Roberts (Author)Serious working artists are the intended audience of this collection of short essays that clarify common expressive and personal problems that many artists encounter, including the fear of being clich d, the desire to convey truth in art, and the frustration behind trying to find an authentic voice. These crippling fears are laid to rest through insightful discussions of personal experiences, the struggles of famous artists, and the rewards of producing art that comes f...