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Frida Kahlo The Story of Her Life
ISBN: HB: 9783791383880, Prestel Publishing, September 2017
160 pp., 27x21 cm
The perfect subject for a graphic novel, Frida Kahlo's brief life was dramatic and romantic, tragic and painful. In this illustrated "biography", Vanna Vinci captures the spirit of Kahlo's world in boldly colored, minutely detailed illustrations. Ble...
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£19,99
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Afterall Spring/Summer 2017, Issue 43
ISBN: PB: 9781846381812, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
144 pp., 29.8x19 cm, 80 colour plates
Issue 43 of "Afterall" reflects on artistic practices that challenge the legacies of colonialism. Looking at the work of Chimurenga, Lubaina Himid, and Duane Linklater, among others, contributions ask how artists can create self-initiated structures...
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£11,50
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Practical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting
ISBN: PB: 9781606065280, Getty Publications, July 2017
192 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 13 black&white illus.
Jusepe Martinez's "Practical Discourses on the Most Noble Art of Painting" (ca. 1673-1675), though little known today, was highly influential on art, artists, and artistic practice and theory in Spain long after its publication. This volume is the fi...
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£45,00
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No New Kind of Duck Would I Know How to Say What I Do?
ISBN: PB: 9783037349465, University of Chicago Press, Diaphanes, February 2017
384 pp., 19x13.3 cm, 90 colour plates
What do we learn by making art? What do we discover by discussing our art with other people? These are the questions at the heart of "No New Kind of Duck", which documents an exchange between Jan Verwoert and artists, critics, and other researchers a...
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£22,50
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Afterall Autumn/Winter 2016, Issue 42
ISBN: PB: 9781846381706, University of Chicago Press, February 2017
144 pp., 29.8x19 cm, 80 colour plates
Issue 42 of "Afterall" addresses the crisis of representation in contemporary art through the work of Pierre Huyghe and Tania Bruguera, reflecting on how they each intervene into biological and political systems. We also put a spotlight on the contri...
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£16,00
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Doug Aitken Electric Earth
ISBN: HB: 9783791355696, Prestel Publishing, September 2016
264 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 253 colour illus.
From photography to architecture, and from video to spoken word, Doug Aitken has delved into a variety of art forms to create a provocative body of work. This volume surveys the full scope and depth of Aitken's work: sound pieces, sculpture, architec...
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£45,00
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Art of the Multitude Jochen Gerz-Participation and the European Experience
ISBN: PB: 9783593505640, University of Chicago Press, Campus Verlag, September 2016
200 pp., 21.6x17.1 cm, 50 colour plates
Contemporary European public art often addresses the past and future of European unity, democracy, immigration, and civil rights".The Art of the Multitude" explores how participation in art works affects the formation of public memory, the commemorat...
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£30,00
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Futurist Painting Sculpture (Plastic Dynamism)
ISBN: PB: 9781606064757, Getty Publications, June 2016
112 pp., 25x15 cm, 36 black&white illus., 28 colour illus.
This fiery and influential book, available for the first time in English, presents an Italian Futurist's radical ideas about art and architecture "Futurist Painting Sculpture (Plastic Dynamism)", a truly radical book by Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916),...
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£40,00
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Georgia O'Keeffe Watercolors
ISBN: HB: 9781942185048, DAP, Radius Books, June 2016
140 pp., 33x25.4 cm, 55 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! "Georgia O'Keeffe: Watercolors" catalogues the first major exhibition of the nearly 50 watercolors created by O'Keeffe between 1916 and 1918, while she lived in Canyon, Texas. These years mark a period of radical innovation...
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£53,00
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Acrylic Painter Tools and Techniques for the Most Versatile Medium
ISBN: PB: 9780385346115, GMC Group, Watson-Guptill, June 2016
176 pp., 25.4x21.6 cm, 310 photos
Not for sale in selected countries! A complete course on acrylic painting, covering classic approaches and new innovations for a medium that's widely embraced by both beginners and experienced artists for its versatility, quick-drying properties, a...
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