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NAGA Awe-Inspiring Beauty
ISBN: HB: 9780300233254, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, April 2018
432 pp., 33x25.4 cm, 320 colour illus., 260 black&white illus.
Taking an approach that is equal parts anthropological and art historical, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a rare look at the art, artifacts, and culture of the Naga people, an ethnic group spanning several tribes native to northeastern India...
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£75,00
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Other Transatlantic Kinetic and Op Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America
ISBN: PB: 9788364177422, University of Chicago Press, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, February 2018
250 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, 20 colour plates, 50 halftones
Not for sale in Poland! "The Other Transatlantic" is attuned to the brief but historically significant moment in the postwar period between 1950 and 1970 when the trajectories of the Eastern European art scenes on the one hand, and their Latin Amer...
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£22,00
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Truth 24 Frames Per Second
ISBN: PB: 9780300233056, Yale University Press, January 2018
208 pp., 20x15.9 cm, 86 colour illus., 36 black&white illus.
Offering historical, social, and artistic context for some of the most influential artists and filmmakers from the 1960s to the present day, this timely book looks at three filmic techniques – appropriation, documentary film, and montage – and how th...
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£20,00
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Handbook of Tyranny
ISBN: HB: 9783037785348, Lars Muller Publishers, November 2017
160 pp., 29.5x21 cm, 987 illus.
"Handbook of Tyranny" portrays the routine cruelties of the twenty-first century through a series of detailed non-fictional graphic illustrations. None of these cruelties represent extraordinary violence – they reflect day-to-day implementation of la...
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£25,00
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James Rosenquist Painting as Immersion
ISBN: HB: 9783791357249, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
336 pp., 29x25.3 cm, illus.
A monograph on the great Pop Art master, James Rosenquist, this book shows how the artist's large-scale works and their source materials remain powerful and relevant as cultural and political commentary. With a background in advertising and painting...
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£45,00
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Jasper Johns Catalogue Raisonne of the Monotypes
ISBN: HB: 9780300229370, Yale University Press, October 2017
332 pp., 31.8x24.1 cm, 242 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.
Jasper Johns (b. 1930) is arguably the most important living American artist, and his work is central to any history of postwar art. With extensive new scholarship based on original research and interviews with the artist, "Jasper Johns: Catalogue Ra...
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£120,00
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Ten Principles for Good Design Dieter Rams
ISBN: HB: 9783791383668, Prestel Publishing, October 2017
416 pp., 29.7x21 cm, 400 colour illus.
For decades, anyone who cared about product design looked to the Braun label when choosing their appliances, radios, and other consumer items. Now Dieter Rams, the guiding force behind the Braun look, breaks down his design principles and processes i...
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£45,00
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Hidden Nature Coloring Poster
ISBN: PB: 9788416851126, Hoaki, August 2017
1 pp., 30.2x21.3 cm
This extra big coloring poster is an illustration inspired by the delightful universe of our first coloring bestseller, "Hidden Nature". Toc de Groc, a design studio created by a team of three women designers, drafts artwork and beautiful patterns fo...
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£5,83
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Mexico 1986-2016
ISBN: HB: 9788417047177, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, July 2017
220 pp., 33x22.9 cm, photos
Over the past 30 years, French photographer Antoine d'Agata (born 1961) has undertaken various journeys in Mexico. As a photographer, d'Agata tends to focus on societal taboos like addiction and prostitution, and embroil himself directly in these dar...
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£50,00
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Nothing and Everything Seven Artists, 1947-1962
ISBN: PB: 9783952446171, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, July 2017
104 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 3 black&white illus., 96 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! "Nothing and Everything" examines the synergistic relationship between artists and composers living in New York City between the end of World War II and the early 1960s. It features seven artists and composers – Louise Bour...
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£27,00
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