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Abstract America
by Saatchi Gallery Publisher Comments The Triumph of Painting was the title for an ambitious series of exhibitions organized by the Saatchi Gallery in London that began early in 2005. The collection and the extent of the exhibition have since expanded. Highlighting the best in contemporary...
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Fresh Fresher Spec Edition :Jane Simpson
by Jane Simpson Publisher Comments Fresh, Fresher is a monograph on the work of British artist Jane Simpson. It is a celebration of her career since 1992 when, while still a student, she first experimented with the use of ice and her now trademark refrigeration technique. Rather than...
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Persian Rugs and Carpets: The Fabric of Life
by Essie Sakhai Publisher Comments This book shows the vast range and quality of carpets woven in Persia from about 1850 to 1980. In addition, there is a discussion of rugs woven in countries or areas adjacent to Persia itself, particularly those rugs which either fell or fall into the...
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Guyton, Price, Smith, Walker
by Beatrix Ruf Publisher Comments Wade Guyton (b. 1972, Indiana), Seth Price (b. 1973, Jerusalem), Josh Smith (b. 1976, Tennessee) and Kelley Walker (b. 1969, Georgia) work both together and apart in New York. They are not a formal artists group but the heart of a scene, ever changing...
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Black Paintings of Goya
by Juan Jose Junquera Publisher Comments The Spanish master-painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) is revered not only for the delicate and sensitive treatment of his subjects but also for his radical political stance and modern sensibility. Towards the end of his life, embittered by the...
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Town of Mirrors: The Reassembled Imagery of Robert Pollard
by Robert Pollard Publisher Comments A collection of artandlyrics from the legendary Guided By Voices singer/songwriter. Robert Pollard is the Dayton, Ohio singer-songwriter, who was the leader and creative force behind the legendary indie rock group Guided by Voices, one of the most...
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Buffalo Heads Buffalo Heads: Media Study, Media Practice, Media Pioneers, 1973-1990 Media Study, Media Practice, Media Pioneers, 1973-1990
by Peter Weibel Publisher Comments Twentieth-century art history is not just a history of individuals, but of collectives, groups. Universities and colleges have had much to do with this through their support of artistic communities and creative interactions. In the 1920s and 1930s, the...
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Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975, Revised & Expanded Edition
by Patrick Rosenkranz Publisher Comments The only major historical work about the most influential artistic movement in america since the Beat Generation. Now available in a newly designed and affordable softcover edition! This is a provocative chronicle of the guerilla art movement that...
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Chicano Art (2009): A Showcase of Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Artists
by Bilingual Press Synopsis In coordination with Bilingual Press, Amber Lotus is proud to present the Chicano Art 2009 wall calendar, showcasing the works of contemporary Chicano and Chicana artists. These works bring into sharp focus the rich diversity of an art movement that is...
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Birds & Words (Pink): W Flamingo Print
by Charley Harper Synopsis Birds & Words is a true reflection of Charley Harper, that rare species of a man with twinkling eyes and smile, with wit as infectiously keen and light-hearted as his paintings. Harper the humorist is as captivating in the self composed stories that...
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The Ferus Gallery
by Kristine Mckenna Publisher Comments In 1950s California, and especially in Los Angeles, there existed few venues for contemporary art. To a whole generation of Californian artists, this presented a freedom, since the absence of a context for their work meant that they could coin their own,...
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Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music, and Internet Culture
by Mark James Russell Publisher Comments "For a country that traditionally received culture, especially from China but also from Japan and the United States, South Korea finds itself at a turning point in its new role as exporter."-The New York Times From kim cheeto kim chic! South Korea came...
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Latin American Graphic Design
by Julius Wiedemann Synopsis Latin America has been producing a very unique form of graphic expression for decades and this historical publication brings together the best examples from the 20th century as well as today....
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The Cone Sisters of Baltimore: Collecting at Full Tilt
by Ellen B. Hirschland Publisher Comments Over a period of thirty years, sisters Claribel and Etta Cone amassed one of the most acclaimed collections of twentieth-century art in America. Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta were two halves of an idiosyncratic team—Claribel bold and assertive and...
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Morbus Infinitus & Subkutan
by Pascale Wiedemann Publisher Comments Pascale Wiedemann is one of the most innovative Swiss artists to gain prominence in the last decade. This book documents the two-part project that served as her reemergence onto the international art scene together with Daniel Mettler, her artistic...
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Rex Ray: 2009 Calendar
by Rex Ray Publisher Comments Bursting with color and slick designs, this large-format wall calendar features the highly collectible work of acclaimed artist and designer Rex Ray. Includes a 13-by-16-inch poster....
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Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative
by Will Eisner Publisher Comments A classic drawing textbook from an American comics pioneer, revised and enhanced for a new generation. Based on Will Eisner's legendary course at New York's School of Visual Arts, this guide has inspired generations of artists, students, teachers, and...
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Balthus: Works, Interviews
by Mieke Bal Publisher Comments Widely considered one of the greatest, and certainly one of the most mysterious and erotically daring, painters of the twentieth century, Balthus, or Balthazar Klossowski, the French/Polish Count de Rola, died in his adopted Switzerland in 2001 at the...
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Archaeologies of Art: Time, Place, and Identity
by In's Domingo Sanz Publisher Comments This international volume draws together key research that examines visual arts of the past and contemporary indigenous societies. Placing each art style in its temporal and geographic context, the contributors show how depictions represent social...
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Gothic Art (Art of Century)
by Victoria Charles Synopsis Gothic art finds its roots in the powerful architecture of the cathedrals of northern France. It is a medieval art movement that developed all across Europe for more than 200 years. Leaving Roman roundish forms behind, the architects started using flying...
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