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Lilith
ISBN: PB: 9788417048044, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, June 2017
64 pp., 21.8x16 cm, photos
The work of Magnum photographer Antoine d'Agata is centred in the main themes of addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution and other taboo subject matters. In "Lilith" the first title of La Fabrica s new collection, 64P, d'Agata sor...
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£17,00
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Philip Guston and the Poets
ISBN: HB: 9783906915005, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, June 2017
182 pp., 30.5x24.9 cm, 82 colour illus., 12 black&white illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! The book draws parallels between humanist themes reflected in both Guston's paintings and drawings as well as in the language and prose discerned in five of the 20th century's most prominent literary figures: D. H. Lawrence...
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£50,00
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Woven Splendour The Tapestries at St John's Conventual Church, Valletta Malta
ISBN: HB: 9789993276036, Casemate, Midsea Books, April 2017
144 pp., 26.5x22 cm, colour illus.
In 1697, as the Spanish Grand Master Ramon Perellos y Roccaful sat in his palace, contemplating on the gift which he should give to the conventual church of the Hospitaller Order of the Knights of St John the Baptist in order to immortalise his mages...
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£37,00
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Points of Convergence Alternative Views on Performance
ISBN: PB: 9788364177385, University of Chicago Press, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, March 2017
240 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, 40 colour plates, 20 halftones
Not for sale in Poland! Thanks to its very nature, performance enters into natural dialogue with art, new media, politics, and the social sphere as a whole. Always happening in the here and now, and with a unique freedom and openness to the unknown...
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£22,00
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Willem de Kooning / Zao Wou-Ki
ISBN: HB: 9781944379124, DAP, Dominique Levy, March 2017
192 pp., 33.7x25.3 cm, 30 colour illus., 15 duotones
Not for sale in Estonia! This volume explores the parallel careers of two celebrated postwar painters: Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) and Zao Wou-Ki (1921-2013). Published in conjunction with Dominique Levy's exhibition pairing the artists' abstract...
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£53,00
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Reservoir of Ideas Essays in Honour of Paul Williamson
ISBN: HB: 9781911300168, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, February 2017
292 pp., 28.7x24.7 cm, 130 illus.
This rich collection of over twenty fully illustrated essays covers an array of medieval topics, with a particular emphasis on sculpture. The contributors, all friends and colleagues of the dedicatee, are prominent experts in their different fields,...
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£50,00
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Mastering: Street Photography The Definitive Guide for Photographers
ISBN: PB: 9781781452691, GMC Group, Ammonite Press, December 2016
176 pp., 24.8x24.8 cm, colour illus.
Street photography has a tradition dating back over a century, and embracing such artists as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Vivian Maier and Lee Friedlander. In today's digital world, where every event seems to be documented and shared, this vibrant art form...
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£19,99
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Vincent van Gogh Atlas
ISBN: HB: 9780300222845, Yale University Press, November 2016
180 pp., 24.5x18.7 cm, 400 colour illus., 70 black&white illus.
A fascinating guide to Van Gogh's itinerant life, with vibrant images and stories about the many places where he lived and worked. This exciting publication familiarizes readers of all ages with the many fascinating facets of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1...
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£16,99
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Street Art Anthology From Graffiti to Contextual Art
ISBN: PB: 9788416504459, Hoaki, October 2016
239 pp., 23.1x17 cm, richly illustrated
What is behind the tidal wave of street art that is sweeping through the cultural scene today? What are its artistic features? What are its codes and its language? How has its production, which was originally almost exclusively centered in the urban...
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£19,99
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Art of the Blues A Visual Treasury of Black Music's Golden Age
ISBN: HB: 9780226396699, University of Chicago Press, October 2016
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 350 colour plates
This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but diverse ele...
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£26,50
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