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Contemporary Art

Sounds

Kandinsky Wassily, Napier Elizabeth R.

ISBN: PB: 9780300238495, Yale University Press, September 2019
152 pp., 21x18.7 cm, 12 colour illus., 44 black&white illus.

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian pioneer of abstract painting whose work has influenced generations of artists. His "Sounds" ("Klنnge") of 1912 is one of the earliest, most beautiful examples of a 20th-century artist's book. Its "sound poe...

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Contemporary Art

Something Greater 40 Years

Zuckerman Heidi

ISBN: PB: 9780934324908, DAP, Aspen Art Press, September 2019
154 pp., 29.7x22.9 cm, 100 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Published for the Aspen Art Museum's 40th anniversary, "Something Greater" covers the museum's exhibitions and highlights its recent Pritzker-prize winning Shigeru Ban-designed building. This book is the ultimate guide for...

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Cartoon Art

Painting and Drawing Manuals

Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics Master Class From the Legendary Co-Creator of Spider-Man, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and Iron Man

Lee Stan

ISBN: PB: 9780823098439, GMC Group, Watson-Guptill, September 2019
224 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, colour illus., black&white illus.

Not for sale in selected countries! In Stan Lee's "How to Draw Comics Master Class", comics icon Lee provides aspiring comics artists with the modern tools they need to succeed in the comic book creating world. Focusing on topics like anatomy and c...

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Painting and Drawing Manuals

Scripted Custom Lettering in Graphic Design

Shaoqiang Wang

ISBN: HB: 9788417084028, Hoaki, August 2019
240 pp., 29.3x21.8 cm, fully illustrated in colour

After decades of using software as their exclusive work tool, graphic designers today are re-discovering the creative and expressive power of handmade letters: lettering has a distinctive visual and physical effect, and provides endless possibilities...

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Contemporary Art

Same River Twice Contemporary Art in Athens

Norton Margot, Bell Natalie

ISBN: PB: 9786185039356, DAP, DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, August 2019
248 pp., 26.4x21.1 cm, 132 colour illus., 12 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Published on the occasion of the 2019 exhibition "The Same River Twice", organized by the DESTE Foundation and the New Museum in collaboration with the Benaki Museum in Athens, this catalog features the work of over 30 Athe...

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Contemporary Art

Soto Vibrations 1950-1960

Ameline Jean-Paul

ISBN: PB: 9783906915425, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, July 2019
120 pp., 31x22.9 cm, 69 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Renowned as a founder of kinetic art, Soto (1923-2005) explored the disintegration of the art object, breaking new ground while anticipating conceptual strategies to come. "Soto: Vibrations 1950-1960", the first publication...

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Contemporary Art

Suffering from Realness

Markonish Denise

ISBN: HB: 9783791358192, Prestel Publishing, June 2019
224 pp., 24x18 cm, 172 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.

In an age of national divisiveness, artists are creating moments of political resistance while also trying to forge paths towards reconciliation. This exciting and provocative collection shows how fifteen US-based multi-disciplinary artists are addre...

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History of Art

Shinto Discovery of the Divine in Japanese Art

Vilbar Sinead, Carr Kevin, Andrei Talia J., Chusid Miriam, Tomoji Iwai, Shigeki Iwata, Kazuki Morishima, Enishi Naomi, Kosei Taniguchi, Ken Shimizu, Ryusuke Yamaguchi

ISBN: HB: 9780300237016, Yale University Press, May 2019
400 pp., 25.4x30.2 cm, 195 colour illus.

A central feature of Japanese culture for many centuries, the veneration of kami deities – a practice often referred to as Shinto – has been a driving force behind a broad swath of visual art. Focusing on the Heian period (795-1185) through the Edo p...

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Contemporary Art

Sophie Whettnall (at) Work

Abramovic Marina, Battista Emiliano, Fol Carine, Samuelson Scott, Whettnall Sophie

ISBN: PB: 9780300233278, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, May 2019
208 pp., 31.8x22.9 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.

This unconventional publication explores the process of making art through the work and studio practice of Sophie Whettnall (b. 1973), a contemporary Belgian artist whose works range from video art, installation, and performance to sculpture and draw...

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Contemporary Art

Sea Star Sean Scully at the National Gallery

Herrmann Daniel, Wiggins Colin, McBride Eimear, Capildeo Vahni, Grovier Kelly

ISBN: PB: 9781857096453, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, April 2019
128 pp., 30.5x24.4 cm, 50 colour illus.

Sean Scully (b.1945) is an Irish-born, American-based painter and printmaker, best known for his monumental oil paintings which draw on the traditions of Abstract Expressionism. This beautiful catalogue showcases a new body of work inspired by the...

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