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Adrian Villar Rojas The Roof Garden Commission: The Theater of Disappearance

Galilee Beatrice, Rojas Adrian Villar

ISBN: PB: 9781588396211, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2017
64 pp., 18.4x11 cm, 68 colour illus.

Known for his ephemeral, interconnected installations and monumental sculpture, Argentinian artist Adrian Villar Rojas (b. 1980) transformed The Met Roof into an immersive banquet scene for the 2017 Roof Garden Commission. This book retraces the arti...

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Making Art Concrete Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Coleccion Patricia Phelps Cisneros

Gottschaller Pia, Learner Tom, Perchuk Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9781606065297, Getty Publications, August 2017
192 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

In the years after World War II, artists in Argentinaand Brazil experimented with geometric abstractionand engaged in lively debates about the role of theartwork in society. Some of these artists used novelsynthetic materials, creating objects that o...

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Aztlan to Magulandia The Journey of Chicano Artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan

Glicksman Hal, Cortez Constance

ISBN: HB: 9783791356884, Prestel Publishing, June 2017
176 pp., 29x23 cm, 172 colour illus.

The work of this important sculptor, spokesperson, and teacher is seen from a variety of cultural perspectives in this book, which draws upon the artist's entire oeuvre and places well-known works alongside unpublished drawings, paintings, sculptures...

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Chihuly Forms in Nature

Groarke Joanna L.

ISBN: HB: 9783791356129, Prestel Publishing, June 2017
128 pp., 27x24 cm, 85 colour illus.

Illuminated by Dale Chihuly's mesmerizing glass sculptures, this beautiful book presents the artist's most recent nature-inspired work. It's been over a decade since New York City hosted a new Dale Chihuly exhibition. Featuring the artist's latest,...

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Dianna Frid + Richard Rezac Split Complementary

Girson Matthew

ISBN: HB: 9780985096021, University of Chicago Press, March 2017
76 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 56 colour plates

Dianna Frid's sculptures, installations, artist's books, and mixed media work explore the intersection of text and textile, matter and subject matter. Richard Rezac has created thought-provoking abstract object-sculptures since the 1980s. This book,...

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Rafael Soriano The Artist as Mystic / El artista como mistico

Goizueta Elizabeth T.

ISBN: PB: 9781892850270, University of Chicago Press, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, February 2017
200 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 90 colour plates, 50 figures

Cuban painter Rafael Soriano (1920-2015) was an acclaimed master of geometric abstraction and a global figure in the twentieth-century art world – his work resonated with such international artists of Latin American origin as Roberto Matta, Rufino Ta...

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Picasso and Rivera Conversations Across Time

Govan Michael, Magaloni Diana

ISBN: HB: 9783791355559, Prestel Publishing, December 2016
304 pp., 29x24.8 cm, 268 colour illus.

"Picasso and Rivera: Conversations Across Time" explores the artistic dialogue between Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera that spanned most of their careers. The book showcases nearly 150 iconic paintings, sculptures, and prints by both artists, along wi...

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Book on the Floor Andrew Malraux and the Imaginaru Museum

Grasskamp Walter

ISBN: HB: 9781606065013, Getty Publications, November 2016
240 pp., 25x15 cm

In 1954, the French writer, politician, and publisher Andre Malraux (1901-1976) posed at home for a photographer from the magazine "Paris Match", surrounded by pages from his forthcoming book "Le musee imaginaire de la sculpture mondiale". The enchan...

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Rodin and Dance The Essence of Movement

Gerstein Alexandra, Le Normand-Romain Antoniette, Blanchetiere Francois, Bellow Juliette, Biass-Fabiani Sophie

ISBN: PB: 9781907372995, Casemate, Paul Holberton Publishing, October 2016
192 pp., 26x21.6 cm, 150 colour illus.

"Rodin and Dance: The Essence of Movement" is the first serious study of Rodin's late sculptural series known as the Dance Movements. Exploring the artist's fascination with dance and bodies in extreme acrobatic poses, the exhibition and accompanying...

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Sigmar Polke

Geuna Elena, Tosatto Guy

ISBN: PB: 9788831723794, DAP, Marsilio Editori, September 2016
266 pp., 24.8x19.8 cm, 152 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! The artist who dared put into question the parameters of ordinary vision. One of the main exponents of Capitalist Realism – a current that arose in the 1970s in opposition to both the Socialist Realism widespread in the cou...

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