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The Sublime (Documents of Contemporary Art)
The Sublime (Documents of Contemporary Art)
by Simon Morley
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In the contemporary world, where technology, spectacle, and excess seem to eclipse nature, the individual, and society, what might be the characteristics of a contemporary sublime? If there is any consensus, it is in the idea that the sublime represents... (read more)

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Art Now : Artists At the Rise of the New Millennium (05 Edition)
Art Now : Artists At the Rise of the New Millennium (05 Edition)
by Uta Grosenick
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Contemporary art in a nutshell (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) This Art Now 25th anniversary special edition brings together recent work and biographical information for over 80 of today's most influential artists, forming a broad and... (read more)

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The Devil's Advocate: The Art of Coop
The Devil's Advocate: The Art of Coop
by Chris Cooper
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This very fancy hardcover book reproduces tons of Coop's posters and stickers. A very recognisable style on a host of record covers and posters. Coop is now as famous as the psychedelic poster artists of three decades earlier.... (read more)

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Marilyn Manson & David Lynch: Genealogies of Pain
Marilyn Manson & David Lynch: Genealogies of Pain
by Marilyn Manson
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With his brutal post-industrial music, theatrical makeup and controversial lyrics about serial killers and Satanism, shock rocker Marilyn Manson has stood as an icon for a generation of dispossessed teens. It is less well known that Manson has been... (read more)

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Don't Art, Fashion, Music: Chicks on Speed
Don't Art, Fashion, Music: Chicks on Speed
by Melissa Logan
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This highly innovative and original book documents the dynamic art group Chicks on Speeds recent Objeckt Instruments project and 2010 exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts. Chicks on Speed (COS) are an ever-changing multidisciplinary art group who apply... (read more)

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The 1000 Journals Project
The 1000 Journals Project
by Someguy
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One thousand blank journals are currently circulating around the world, beckoning contributors who find the books by chance. Artist Someguy shares more than 250 of the best entries--from reflective to desperate to humorous--in a faux leather-covered book... (read more)

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Book of the Subgenius
Book of the Subgenius
by Ivan Stang
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Sometimes a book goes too far. Sometimes is... now. First, there was The Gilgamesh. Then... the Bhagavad-Gita Then... the Torah, the New Testament, the Koran Then... the Book of Mormon, Dianetics, I'm OK You're OK. And now...The Book of the Subgenius... (read more)

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From Bauhaus to Our House
From Bauhaus to Our House
by Tom Wolfe
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Tom Wolfe, "America's most skillful satirist" (The Atlantic Monthly), examines the strange saga of American architecture in this sequel to The Painted Word.... (read more)

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Artists' Postcards: A Compendium
Artists' Postcards: A Compendium
by Jeremy Cooper
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   Over the last twenty years an increasing number of artists have turned to expressing themselves through postcards. Whether by way of installation, collage, addition to, or alteration of existing postcards, or the production of postcards... (read more)

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Microworlds
Microworlds
by Margherita Dessanay
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This book reveals how all kinds of visual artists (contemporary artists, street artists, photographers and even product designers) are using miniatures and miniaturized worlds in order to create startling situations and memorable images. Miniatures and... (read more)

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Emily's Secret Book of Strange (Emily the Strange)
Emily's Secret Book of Strange (Emily the Strange)
by Rob Reger
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The secret life of Emily the Strange is quite a bit more strange than was previously understood. Uncover the truth behind her mysterious world in this recently discovered volume, Emily's Secret Book of Strange, the revealing companion to the best-selling... (read more)

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Cream 3
Cream 3
by Phaidon
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The latest book in the internationally recognized series devoted to contemporary art ("Cream" and "Fresh Cream"), architecture ("10x10"), photography ("Blink") and product design ("Spoon"), "Cream 3" offers an authoritative view on the art world of today... (read more)

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Blasted Allegories: An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists
Blasted Allegories: An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists
by Brian Wallis
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Blasted Allegories makes available the best and most representative examples of artists' writings from the past ten years, an era marked by such pluralism and eclecticism that the voice of the artist may be the clearest one to listen to. The writings... (read more)

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Pop Surrealism What a Wonderfool World
Pop Surrealism What a Wonderfool World
by Gianluca Marziani
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Pop Surrealism: What a Wonderfool World is a 96 page hard cover volume with over 75 full color images from forty of today's leading artists in the Pop Surrealism movement. This publication is the accompanying book to an exhibition of the same title at... (read more)

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Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing
Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing
by Emma Dexter
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A global, up-to-date survey of drawing today, featuring the work of 109 emerging and eminent artists. 500 images.... (read more)

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Transformed Objects
Transformed Objects
by Zdenek Felix
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The radical metamorphosis of everyday objects has emerged as an increasingly prominent theme in contemporary art, demonstrating that the legacy of the Surrealist object has only gained in significance. This volume looks at transformed objects by John... (read more)

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Growing Up: The Young British Artists at 50
Growing Up: The Young British Artists at 50
by Jeremy Cooper
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This book provides a personal, intimate account of the meteoric success of the young British artists and of the often painful realities of the contemporary art world. Arguably the most ambition artists of their generation, the yBas came to prominence in... (read more)

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Lifelike
Lifelike
by Siri Engberg
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Is it real? Lifelike invites a close examination of art since the late 1960s based on commonplace objects and situations that are startlingly realistic, often playful and sometimes surreal--works that investigate the quieter side of the quotidian. While... (read more)

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This Book Will Change Your Life: 365 Daily Instructions for Hysterical Living
This Book Will Change Your Life: 365 Daily Instructions for Hysterical Living
by Benrik
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Is the year ahead looking much the same as the last? Another 365-day grind of meetings, dinner dates, and deadlines? If so, try this book. Part instruction manual, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, This Book Will Change Your Life... (read more)

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This Is for You
This Is for You
by Rob Ryan
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Artful, eye-catching, and full of heart, renowned screen printer and artist Rob Ryan's papercuts have graced book covers, album covers, and the fashion collections of Paul Smith. In This Is for You, Ryan takes his unique vision and crafts a book-length... (read more)

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