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Contemporary Art

Jeff Koons A Retrospective

Rothkopf Scott, Damasio Antonio, Deitch Jeffrey, Graw Isabelle, Hochdorfer Achim, Kuo Michelle, Kushner Rachel, Lee Pamela M., Nagel Alexander, Surowiecki James

ISBN: HB: 9780300195873, Yale University Press, July 2014
288 pp., 33x27.9 cm, 200 colour images, 25 black&white illus.

Examining the breadth and depth of thirty-five years of work by Jeff Koons (b. 1955), one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this highly anticipated volume features all of his most famous pieces. In an engaging ove...

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History of Art

Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism 34 Drawings (1920)

Railing Patricia

ISBN: PB: 9780946311033, Casemate, Artists Bookworks, July 2014
64 pp., 21.6x16.8 cm, 2 illus., 34 plates

A facsimile edition of Kazimir Malevich, "SUPREMATISM: 34 Drawings", was published in 1990 by Artists Bookworks accompanied by an introduction to the drawings by Patricia Railing; it is now out-of-print. This 2014 reprint of Malevich's little book co...

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History of Art

Carl Andre Sculpture as Place

Raymond Yasmil, Cherix Christophe, Holmes Brooke, Katz Vincent, Perloff Marjorie, Pierre Arnauld, Rorimer Anne, Tuchman Phyllis, Vergne Philippe

ISBN: HB: 9780300191714, Yale University Press, March 2014
400 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 150 colour images, 250 black&white illus.

Carl Andre (b. 1935) redefined the parameters of abstract sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s. He was a highly influential voice in the American minimalist movement, recognized for his ordered linear and grid formats. In the early 1960s, Andre's creativ...

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Contemporary Art

Literary Criticism

Decision Between Us Art and Ethics in the Time of Scenes

Ricco John Paul

ISBN: HB: 9780226717777, University of Chicago Press, March 2014
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 6 colour plates, 9 halftones

"The Decision Between Us" combines an inventive reading of Jean-Luc Nancy with queer theoretical concerns to argue that while scenes of intimacy are spaces of sharing, they are also spaces of separation. John Paul Ricco shows that this tension inform...

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History of Art

Contemporary Art

Antonio Berni Juanito and Ramona

Ramirez Mari Carmen, Pacheco Marcelo E.

ISBN: HB: 9780300196481, Yale University Press, December 2013
464 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 270 colour illus.

Argentinian figurative artist Antonio Berni (1905-1981) is known for his aesthetic originality and for art steeped in social commentary. In the 1950s, he inaugurated a series of works that documented the lives of two fictional characters, Juanito Lag...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Contemporary Art

Way of the Shovel On the Archaeological Imaginary in Art

Roelstraete Dieter

ISBN: HB: 9780226094120, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
328 pp., 22.8x16.5 cm, 80 colour plates, 40 halftones

Contemporary art is often obsessed with the new, but it has recently begun to turn to projects centering on research and delving into archives, all in the name of seeking and questioning historical truth. From filmmakers to sculptors to conceptualist...

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History of Art

Van Gogh Repetitions

Rathbone Eliza E., Robinson William H., Steele Elizabeth, Steele Marcia

ISBN: HB: 9780300190823, Yale University Press, November 2013
208 pp., 24.1x24.1 cm, 125 colour illus.

Popular perceptions of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) frequently envision the painter working before nature in an emotional frenzy, yet the artist's method was more often controlled and deliberate. "Van Gogh Repetitions" is the first book to focus on t...

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Film Studies

Photography

Ingrid Bergman: A Life in Pictures, 1915-1982 Stockholm, Berlin, Hollywood, Rome, New York, Paris, London

Rossellini Isabella, Schirmer Lothar

ISBN: HB: 9783829606608, Schirmer-Mosel, September 2013
528 pp., 31x24 cm, 385 colour and duotone plates

Ingrid Bergman is arguably the greatest film actress of the 20th century. In conjunction with her upcoming 100th birthday, which will be celebrated on 29 August 2015, her four children—Pia Lindstrِm, Isabella, Ingrid and Roberto Rossellini—have given...

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Decorative Arts

History of Art

Stained Glass Radiant Art

Raguin Virginia Chieffo

ISBN: PB: 9781606061534, Getty Publications, September 2013
112 pp., 23x15.4 cm, 80 colour illus.

This is a beautifully illustrated discussion on the making of stained glass and its enduring iconography. Stained glass is a monumental art, a corporate enterprise dependent on collaboration between patron and artist. Combining the fields now known a...

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History of Art

Malevich Paints The Seeing Eye

Railing Patricia

ISBN: HB: 9780946311217, Casemate, Artists Bookworks, September 2013
352 pp., 21.6x16.8 cm, 138 colour illus., 80 black&white illus.

This is the first study to investigate the sources of the creative processes in the painting of Kazimir Malevich, from Neo-Primitivism to Suprematism, 1911-1920. These sources are found in 19th century scientific investigations into optics, especiall...

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