Sunday, April 3, 2011

Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection



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A renowned gallerist and collector, the late Ileana Sonnabend acquired an impressive collection of seminal work directly from the Warhol studio at the time of its making. Sonnabend was an early and fervent supporter of Warhol, and held three important exhibitions of his work at her Paris gallery, including the series Death and Disasters (1964), Flowers (1965), and Thirteen Most Wanted Men (1967). This beautifully illustrated book includes essays by Picasso biograph... More >>

Warhol from the Sonnabend Collection

Goddess: The Classical Mode



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: From the emblematic designs of Madame Grès to Isadora Duncan’s dance costumes and the avant-garde gowns of Yves Saint Laurent, the Greco-Roman classical tradition of dress has clearly inspired and influenced the worlds of art and fashion. This beautifully illustrated book explores the continually evolving influence of classical dress through the ages, presenting a historical survey of this fascinating theme. Featured works include paintings, photographs, sculpt... More >>

Goddess: The Classical Mode

Visualizing Research: A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design



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Visualizing Research guides postgraduate students in art and design through the development and implementation of a research project, using the metaphor of a 'journey of exploration'. For use with a formal programme of study, from masters to doctoral level, the book derives from the creative relationship between research, practice and teaching in art and design. It extends generic research processes into practice-based approaches more relevant to artists and designe... More >>

Visualizing Research: A Guide To The Research Process In Art And Design

Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects



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For two centuries, Americans have made stunning, utilitarian objects by hand. Each tells a story—about the person who laid his or her hands to the work; about the historical moment in which it was created; and about the political mood, community, and cultural forces that gave rise to that design.

The only book of its kind and the companion book to the PBS series of the same name, Craft in America highlights the work of America’s most interesting craft a... More >>

Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects

Childe Hassam, American Impressionist



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Childe Hassam (1859-1935) created an immense body of work in the Impressionist style, comprising oil paintings, watercolours, pastels, and prints. His distinctive and enchanting images, with their focus on effects of colour and light, are widely admired and are included in the collections of every major museum in the United States. In this handsomely illustrated book, the authors, all experts in the field, take a fresh look at Hassam's responses to his vibrant and c... More >>

Childe Hassam, American Impressionist

Order in Space: A Design Source Book


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Offering imaginative insight into the area where mathematics and the arts meet, this classic book can be used as a practical tool by architects, designers, or scientists who have to deal with problems such as space defining, distribution patterns, space-filling properties, packing and stacking, economy grids, and communication linkages. The author provides a systematic analysis of the space-defining geometries that are relevant to solving design problems. Through cl... More >>

Order in Space: A Design Source Book

The Prado Museum



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Renowned as the largest art gallery in the world, the Prado houses sculptures, drawings, coins, and other works of art--but it is its incomparable collection of paintings which has drawn fame worldwide. Included in its store of more than 8,600 paintings are works by members of the Italian, Flemish, Spanish, French, Dutch, and German schools. Albrecht Dürer, Anton van Dyck, Correggio, El Greco, Goya, Hieronymous Bosch, José de Ribera, Lucas Cranach, Nicolas Poussin... More >>

The Prado Museum

Luis Ortega's Rawhide Artistry: Braiding in the California Tradition



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An acclaimed rawhide braider of horse gear, Luis Ortega elevated his craft to collectible art and influenced a generation of gear makers. This book is the most comprehensive overview of his life, art, and career and the first book-length work on rawhide braiding in North America, charting changes in horse gear over five decades.
Chuck Stormes and Don Reeves introduce readers to an itinerant cowboy who strove for a level of craftsmanship and artistry above wha... More >>

Luis Ortega's Rawhide Artistry: Braiding in the California Tradition

Art Now, Volume 3


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Want a head start on the things you ll be seeing in art institutions a decade down the road? It s all in here, the very latest of the very best and so fresh you can feel its pulse. A to Z magazine-style entries include short biographies, exhibition history and bibliographical information, and images of important recent work. The illustrated appendix features names and contact information for the galleries representing the artists featured as well as primary market p... More >>

Art Now, Volume 3

Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, the Studio of the Street


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In 1981 Jean-Michel Basquiat made the momentous transition from the street to the studio. He had attracted considerable attention with his Times Square Show the summer before, and reinforced that nascent notoriety with a wall of phenomenal works in Diego Cortez's New York/New Wave at P.S. 1, which opened the following winter. A few months later, the dealer Annina Nosei offered Basquiat an independent space in which to prepare work for her September group show, Publi... More >>

Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, the Studio of the Street

Odd Man In: Norton Simon and the Pursuit of Culture



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In 1931, at age 24, Norton Simon invested $7,000 in a bankrupt juice bottling plant. This investment grew into Hunt Foods, which soon ruled California's canned tomatoes empire. With a rare ability to transform laggard companies into highly profitable enterprises, Simon went on to amass a huge fortune. Then, in his late forties, he turned to art collecting and built one of the greatest private collections since World War II. Suzanne Muchnic has ... More >>

Odd Man In: Norton Simon and the Pursuit of Culture

Boring Postcards USA



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Boring Postcards goes Stateside - 160 exquisitely dull postcards from America. In the original Boring Postcards Magnum photographer and postcard enthusiast Martin Parr brought together 160 of the dullest postcards of 50s, 60s and 70s Britain to make a book that was, paradoxically, both fascinating and extremely funny. It was one of those ideas that seemed so obvious that no one could believe it hadn't been done before, and it caught the public imagination in a big w... More >>

Boring Postcards USA

Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art



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Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes chronicles the blossoming of Asian American art and anticipates the growing democratization of American art and culture. Pairing work by twenty-four contemporary Asian American visual artists with responses provocatively drawn from cultural critics, other artists, activists, and intellectuals, this book explores themes of geographical movement, the sexuality of Asian bodies, colonization, miscegenation, hybrid forms of immigrant cultures, the... More >>

Fresh Talk/Daring Gazes: Conversations on Asian American Art

Arcimboldo: 1526-1593


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Famous all over the world for his portraits—an illustrated composite of plants, fruit, and animals combined to create the illusion of a human form— Arcimboldo still remains, paradoxically, a painter shrouded in mystery. This important monograph reveals the eclecticism of one of the most fertile and lively minds of the Mannerist period, placing him in the cultural context in which he lived and worked. Admired during his life, Arcimboldo fell into oblivion after h... More >>

Arcimboldo: 1526-1593

Women Before 10 A.M.



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Following her highly praised bestseller "Men Before Ten", celebrity photographer Veronique Vial completes her revealing portrait of the sexes with this captivating collection of favorite pop culture beauties--our idealized selves--caught in their unadorned morning glory, before 10:00 a.m. 96 photos.... More >>

Women Before 10 A.M.

A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft



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Millipede Press is pleased to announce A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft. This huge tome is four hundred pages long and features the work of over forty artists, including J.K. Potter, H.R. Giger, Raymond Bayless, Ian Miller, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, Rowena Morrill, Bob Eggleton, Allen Koszowski, Mike Mignola, Michael Whelan, John Coulthart, Harry O. Morris, John Jude Palencar, and dozens of others, as well as twenty thousand words o... More >>

A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft

Art Theory For Beginners


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From Paleolithic cave-painting to postmodernism, Art Theory For Beginners is a concise and entertaining survey of the major historical and current debates on art. Painters, theorists and philosophers are all included to show how the idea of art has developed over the last 5,000 years.
Art is a visual representation of a range of concepts, stories and emotions, including curiosity, humanity, political statements, and the Self. Art Theory For Beginners examines an... More >>

Art Theory For Beginners

Beyond Isabella: Secular Women Patrons of Art in Renaissance Italy



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Beyond Isabella d'Este, who were the secular female patrons of art and architecture in Renaissance Italy? This volume brings together fourteen essays that examine the important and often unrecognised roles secular women -- both aristocratic and bourgeois -- played in the patronage of visual culture during the Italian renaissance.... More >>

Beyond Isabella: Secular Women Patrons of Art in Renaissance Italy

Made and Sold: Toys, T-Shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff


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Indie artists, designers and illustrators are doing it for themselves! Tough times often lead to greater creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Where once designers might have produced a set of postcards to promote themselves or simply for fun, demand for individual design has led to an explosion of quirky and covetable products for sale via the Internet. Self-initiated projects, such as T-shirts or button designs, are fast becoming businesses in themselves.
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Made and Sold: Toys, T-Shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff

American Folk



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Folk art has been part of the American idiom for nearly as long as America has been a nation. Today it remains one of the best-loved and most fervently collected forms of American art, a diverse and authentic vernacular expression. American Folk presents over 60 remarkable objects from one of the country's most prominent collections of folk art, many of them never before published. Included are paintings, carvings, textiles, prints, "frakturs", furniture, and utilit... More >>

American Folk

Tim Biskup's 100 Paintings


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Reproducing Tim Biskup's "100 Paintings" series in a compact, hardcover book, is this 5" x 5" volume of one hundred crisp, colorful paintings. The hardcover volume presents Biskup's work in its actual size, with an introduction by critically acclaimed illustrator and Emmy winner, Gary Baseman. Inspired by his Italian sketchbook, Biskup tied his illustrations together with numbers and set a goal of completing one hundred detailed paintings. The ensuing book, "100 Pai... More >>

Tim Biskup's 100 Paintings

Faberge's Animals: A Royal Farm in Miniature


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In 1907 King Edward VII and his consort, Queen Alexandra, commissioned Peter Carl Fabergé to create miniature hardstone carvings of all the animals on their sprawling country estate at Sandringham in Norfolk. Domestic or wild, each creature was to be rendered in hardstone adorned with rose diamonds, emeralds, and rubies by the celebrated Russian goldsmith and jeweler, whose name was already synonymous the world over with opulence and grandeur.   Fabergé’s A... More >>

Faberge's Animals: A Royal Farm in Miniature

Hundertwasser: The Painter-King with the 5 Skins: The Power of Art



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"The rigid, straight line is fundamentally alien to humanity, life and the whole of creation". Hundertwasser applied this philosophy not only to the famous Viennese buildings for which he was renowned, but all the media and art-forms he has experimented with during his wild career. Whether it be painting, sculpture, performance art or designing a kindergarten, Hundertwasser's works are multi-coloured, organic, and shot through with a sense of the magical or fantasti... More >>

Hundertwasser: The Painter-King with the 5 Skins: The Power of Art

Picasso Graphic Magician: Prints from the Norton Simon Museun



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One hundred and twenty prints by Picasso from the collection of the Simon Norton Museum are presented in this highly readable, fully illustrated, and scholarly catalogue which accompanies the exhibition at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, at the Toledo Museum of Art, and at the Simon Norton Museum.
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Pablo Picasso is indisputably one of the great artists of the 20th century. This handsome volume... More >>

Picasso Graphic Magician: Prints from the Norton Simon Museun

Living the Artist's Life



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Written in a conversational tone that resonates with energy and wisdom, Living The Artist’s Life is a unique work. Drawing on a lifetime of experience, Paul Dorrell touches on virtually every aspect of what it is like to be an artist—which is to embark on a journey without maps. He has made that journey, and has drawn many maps. Relying on passion, sage advice, and a host of enlightening anecdotes, Dorrell keeps you engaged through each chapter. Whether inst... More >>

Living the Artist's Life

The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950



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As the century draws to a close, America has become recognized as one of the most, if not the most, powerful artistic and cultural forces in the world. Why and how this came about, and the astonishing parade of artistic achievement that resulted, is the subject of this extraordinarily rich volume.
The American Century is the subject of a year-long exhibition at the Whitney Museum — the most comprehensive display of twentieth-century Americ... More >>

The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950

The Rublev Trinity: The Icon of the Trinity by the Monk-painter Andrei Rublev



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Many art historians and scholars have described the sublime icon of the Holy Trinity by St Andrei Rublev, but nothing equals this detailed and comprehensive theological explanation by Benedectine monk Gabriel Bunge. In this inspired and utterly sober work, Fr Gabriel aims to make the icon's timeless message accessible to the contemporary praying believer. The author understands precisely that Russian iconographic art, much more than the Romanesque and Gothic sacred ... More >>

The Rublev Trinity: The Icon of the Trinity by the Monk-painter Andrei Rublev

The A-Z of Modern Design



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This encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide available to international product design of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It includes 350 entries on influential designers and studios and the most important design-led manufacturers worldwide, both past and present, from Frank Lloyd Wright, Raymond Loewy and Philippe Starck to Apple, Ikea and BMW. The products featured range from classic cars, furniture and ceramics to the latest MP3 players. Each entry... More >>

The A-Z of Modern Design

Edward Steichen : The Early Years



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One of the most influential figures in the history of photography, Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was also one of the most precocious. Born in Luxembourg, raised in Wisconsin, and trained as a lithographer's apprentice, Steichen took up photography in his teens and by age twenty-three had created brooding tonalist landscapes and brilliant psychological studies that won the praise of Alfred Stieglitz in New York and Auguste Rodin in Paris, among others. Over the next de... More >>

Edward Steichen : The Early Years

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery



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From the foremost collection of the artist's work, a remarkable portrait of Native American life. In 1832, George Catlin—showman, entrepreneur, and artist—made the first of four trips into Indian country, painting as he went, in a wonderfully spontaneous, if somewhat naive style. His ambition was to paint every tribe. He fell short. But what he did achieve, and the subject of this splendid volume, is a remarkable look into the faces and... More >>

George Catlin and His Indian Gallery

This is Tomorrow



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This Is Tomorrow was a seminal exhibition of art, architecture, music and graphic design that took place at London's Whitechapel Gallery in August 1956. At its core was a room given over to the Independent Group, the proto-Pop collective comprised of (at various stages) the theorists Reyner Banham and Lawrence Alloway, photographer Nigel Henderson and the artists Eduardo Paolozzi, Richard Hamilton, William Turnbull and John McHale. The Independent Group's room premi... More >>

This is Tomorrow

Artists Communities: A Directory of Residencies that Offer time and Space for Creativity



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Introduction by Robert MacNeil



The bible of creative residency programs returns, with fresh information and new features for artists of all disciplines. More than 300 programs worldwide are described, with 95 leading communities featured in two-page spreads with photographs. The user-friendly layout allows for quick scans of facility descriptions, deadlines, fees, selection processes, odds of acceptance, special programs, and more. For artists seeking... More >>

Artists Communities: A Directory of Residencies that Offer time and Space for Creativity

Romare Bearden



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Here is a warm and intimate visual biography of artist Romare Bearden (1911–1988). The photographs in this book were culled from Frank Stewart’s thousands of images taken from 1975 until the artist’s death. Stewart worked closely with Bearden, photographing him working in his studio, attending exhibitions and events, and relaxing with family and friends. These pictures reveal a warm and generous man, and offer insight into the genius evident in his art. Amo... More >>

Romare Bearden

Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum


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The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum draws more visitors than any other museum in the world—90,000 a day in the summertime—and the highlight of summer 2007 at the NASM will be "Fly Now," the exhibit of air travel posters featured in this unique companion volume which combines arresting, colorful art, rare archival material, and a unique approach to aeronautical history.

The posters—most of them never before published—feature barnstormers, gli... More >>

Fly Now!: The Poster Collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

The Annotated Mona Lisa



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A layman's guide to art history free from bogged down, convoluted theories provides the reader with a basic working knowledge of art and its influence on society, from ancient times to today. Simultaneous.... More >>

The Annotated Mona Lisa

Treasures of Britain: The Architectural, Cultural, Historical and Natural History of Britain



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A beautiful, comprehensive guide to the architectural, cultural, historical, and natural heritage of Britain.The most comprehensive illustrated guide to the art, architecture, and history of Britain ever produced. Written by a prestigious team of expert authors, Treasures of Britain includes over 2,000 alphabetical entries that describe England's heritage and landscape, from medieval churches and cathedrals to historic castles and stunning gardens.... More >>

Treasures of Britain: The Architectural, Cultural, Historical and Natural History of Britain

Acrylic school



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A complete guide to the perfect medium for first-time painters and for artists looking for a new medium. Step-by-step sequences show you how to master the techniques and develop your own style. 9 demonstration projects.... More >>

Acrylic school

Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age



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More then those of any other living photographer, Sebastião Salgado's images of the world's poor stand in tribute to the human condition. Salgado defines his work as "militant photography" dedicated to "the best comprehension of man"; over the decades he has bestowed great dignity on the most isolated and neglected among us-- from famine-stricken refugees in the Sahel to the indigenous peoples of South America.

With Workers, Salgado brings us a global epic t... More >>

Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age

Entering Cultural Communities: Diversity and Change in the Nonprofit Arts



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"A magnificent and timely account of how cultural institutions grapple with engaging their audience. Brimming with ideas and data and beautifully written, this book is perfect for students, practitioners, and researchers."-David Halle, professor of sociology, University of California, Los Angeles "Diane Grams and Betty Farrell present an impressive set of essays that candidly explore the successes and pitfalls commonly experienced by nonprofit arts organizations ... More >>

Entering Cultural Communities: Diversity and Change in the Nonprofit Arts

Creating Desired Futures: Solving complex business problems with Design Thinking



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Today s society is making great leaps in its effort to obtain ever more and ever more specific know-how in various specialties, with the consequence that the structures of today s companies are become increasingly complex. This in turn leads to problems at the points of interface, which calls for a comprehensive approach to solutions. Creating Desired Futures defines design a creative, analytical method to develop and explore alternative solutions to complex problem... More >>

Creating Desired Futures: Solving complex business problems with Design Thinking

Sumi


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Sumi presents Inoue's magnificent pen and brush work in black and white. It also includes a behind the scenes look at Vagabond with rough sketches and photos of Inoue's studio. In a recent interview, Takehiko Inoue claimed that in his first major follow-up to Slam Dunk, he wanted to delve as deeply as possible into visual artistry. The result was the incredibly realized world of Vagabond, the Sistine Chapel of manga. This artbook captures the very best of Inoue's w... More >>

Sumi

Masterpieces of Western Art



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Masterpieces of Western Art traces the history of painting from medieval times to the present day. But unlike conventional publications, that merely illustrate a few essentials, this work places 900 paintings taken from every era squarely in the foreground. The ten chapters each feature an introductory essay profiling the age and the achievements of the major artists, and then present selected works accompanied by searching commentaries. The reader is guided thro... More >>

Masterpieces of Western Art

Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes



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Between 1981 and 1995 Michelangelo's paintings in the Sistine Chapel were restored. This work catalogues these frescoes. Each New and Old Testament scene is identified and explained in detail, with investigations into the evolution of their designs.Amazon.com Review
The restoration of Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel stirred up much controversy and debate among scholars, art historians, and art lovers alike. Originally ... More >>

Michelangelo: The Vatican Frescoes

Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968



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Pop Art was one of the most important artistic movements of the late twentieth century. Its adaptation of mediated, popular-culture imagery continues to influence artists, but until now, little attention has been paid to the important contributions that women made to the movement. Pop Art by women dealt less with direct consumerist critiques, instead subversively combating the stereotypical perceptions of women via advertising and film clichés. Work by women Pop ar... More >>

Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists 1958-1968

Autumn's Come Undone



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Shag is an internationally acclaimed modern artist whose expertly rendered paintings are visual celebrations of life's pleasures and indulgences. His work is instantly recognizable for its trademark combination of sly humor and vibrant colors. Until now... Something's come undone. The intimate moments that have made Shag famous have been replaced by epic tableaus. Richly hued designer environments have given way to subtly desaturated expanses. Characters who were on... More >>

Autumn's Come Undone

David Lynch: Dark Splendor



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Parallel to the film career for which he is justly admired, David Lynch (born 1946) has always worked as an artist, having trained in painting at the Corcoran School of Art and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in the mid-1960s. Lynch's photographs, paintings, prints, drawings, and more recently, musical compositions, are an indispensable part of his oeuvre and frequently a source of inspiration for his films. Fans of such classics as Blue Velvet, Wild... More >>

David Lynch: Dark Splendor

Lisbeth Zwerger: The World of Imagination



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Features an introduction by Eric Carle, "The World of Imagination: A Voyage with Lisbeth Zwerger" by Willy Puchner and "How to become an Illustrator" by Lisbeth Zwerger. 128 pages of color illustrations and photographs. Includes a complete bibliography of books illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger and lists past, current and upcoming exhibitions of her artwork around the world.... More >>

Lisbeth Zwerger: The World of Imagination

Guggenheim Museum Collection: A to Z



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Revised, expanded and completely redesigned, this latest edition of the Guggenheim Museum's popular guide to its New York collection is a beautifully produced volume, not only a handy overview of the museum's holdings but a concise, engaging primer on 20th-century art. Organized alphabetically, the book consists of entries on more than 250 of the most important paintings, sculptures and other artworks in the collection by artists from Marina Abramovic to Gilberto Zo... More >>

Guggenheim Museum Collection: A to Z

Mark Schultz: Various Drawings



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Mark Schultz s Various Drawings series returns with this fourth dazzling collection. His best work over the last two years features continued experimentation with graphite, charcoal, brush and ink, and color-tinted images exemplifying his continued growth as an artist. Highlighting this compilation is Schultz s new Pulpette personal works. These four plates combine Mark s love for pulp magazine imagery combined with classic pin-up style art. Development sketches sho... More >>

Mark Schultz: Various Drawings

By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art


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Available now in a paperback edition, our critically acclaimed By Hand features the work of thirty-two artists whose innovative and unexpected uses of handicraft techniques such as embroidery, sewing, knitting, and crocheting are making the age-old craft versus art debate obsolete. From Kiki Smith's lovingly etched birds, to Barb Hunt's knitted land mines to dynamo-ville's one-of-a-kind puppets, to Evil Twin's handstitched publications, the artworks in By Hand revel... More >>

By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art