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Alex Da Corte Free Roses

Cross Susan, Da Corte Alex

ISBN: HB: 9783791355337, Prestel Publishing, August 2016
112 pp., 27x24 cm, 75 colour illus.

A generously illustrated book on the dynamic work of neo-pop artist Alex Da Corte, whose immersive installations and provocative objects seamlessly blend high and low culture as they explore themes of love, sex, family, death, and desire. For his la...

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Alexander Calder Multum in Parvo

Goldberger Paul, Perl Jed, Shapiro Karl, Updike John

ISBN: HB: 9780986060656, DAP, Dominique Levy, July 2016
164 pp., 34.2x25.4 cm, 62 colour illus., 18 duotone

Not for sale in Estonia! "Multum in Parvo" highlights the complex relationship between scale and size in the oeuvre of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) over a period of more than 30 years. As its title – translating to "much in little" – implies, the v...

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Astro Noise A Survival Guide to Living Under Total Surveillance

Poitras Laura, Sanders Jay, Boumediene Lakhdar, Crawford Kate, Doctorow Cory, Eggers Dave, Magid Jill, Paglen Trevor, Snowden Edward, Steyerl Hito

ISBN: PB: 9780300217650, Yale University Press, May 2016
224 pp., 23.5x15.2 cm, 100 colour illus.

The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of mass surveillance, "war on terror", drone program, Guantanamo, and torture in her work for more than ten years. In 2013, Poitras was contacted by Edward Snowden, a former...

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Aspects of Post-War Abstraction 1952-2002

Garlake Margaret

ISBN: HB: 9781901192438, Casemate, Piano Nobile, May 2016
80 pp., 28x24 cm, 40 illus.

First published to accompany a group exhibition at Piano Nobile, Aspects of Post-War Abstraction 1952-2002, this fully colour illustrated catalogue showcases seminal works of abstract art produced in Britain over the course of five decades. The publi...

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History of Art

Art History and Emergency Crises in the Visual Arts and Humanities

English Darby, Breslin David

ISBN: PB: 9780300218756, Yale University Press, April 2016
200 pp., 24.1x17.8 cm, 36 black&white illus.

"Art History and Emergency" assesses art history's role and responsibilities in what has been described as the "humanities crisis" – the perceived decline in the practical applications of the humanities in modern times. This timely collection of crit...

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Art Deco New Edition

Wolf Norbert

ISBN: HB: 9783791382418, Prestel Publishing, April 2016
288 pp., 32x22.2 cm, 220 colour illus.

Now available in a new format, this lavishly illustrated volume explores Art Deco art and design from its origin to its present day influences. The Art Deco style is so recognizable and widespread that its original impact on the culture in which it...

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Artist and His Critic Stripped Bare The Correspondence of Marcel Duchamp and Robert Lebel

Franklin Paul B.

ISBN: HB: 9781606064436, Getty Publications, March 2016
384 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.

Robert Lebel, French art critic and collector, was instrumental in rendering Marcel Duchamp'soften hermetic life, art, and ideas accessible to a wider public across Europe and the United States, principally with his 1959 publication "Sur Marcel Ducha...

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Alejandro Marote A: 2008 / 2013

Marote Alejandro, Domingo Inaki

ISBN: HB: 9788416282340, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, March 2016
216 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, illus.

This evolution is articulated in four complementary blocks: the man, the city, the collapse of the straight line, and the return to nature. The man, uniformed in dark suits, possesses the creative power but remains subject to the very surroundings he...

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Artist's Notebook of Matador R.

Usle Juan

ISBN: PB: 9788416248445, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2016
24 pp., 40x30 cm, illus.

It is a sketched work which, just like life itself, does not stop and is constantly under construction; the solitude of the traveller, of explorers, within the solitude of the universe. The oeuvre of Usle, one of the most prestigious artists on the i...

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Arthur Dove Always Connect

DeLue Rachael Z.

ISBN: HB: 9780226142197, University of Chicago Press, March 2016
384 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 58 colour plates, 87 halftones

Arthur Dove, often credited as America's first abstract painter, created dynamic and evocative images inspired by his surroundings, from the farmland of upstate New York to the north shore of Long Island. But his interests did not stop with nature. C...

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