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Marcos Kurtycz An Art of Total Action Against the State of War
ISBN: HB: 9788417047900, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, March 2021
376 pp., 28x22 cm, 635 colour and black&white illus.
This publication reproduces images of the posters, mail art, letters and artists' books that Polish-born artist Marcos Kurtycz (1934-96) made in defiance of the commodification of art Mexico, where he moved in the late 1960s.
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£42,00
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Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss: History of the Site Exhibition Guide
ISBN: PB: 9783791358352, Prestel Publishing, March 2021
192 pp., 22x12 cm, 175 colour and black&white illus.
Monastery, royal palace, museum, parade ground, Palace of the Republic, archeological site, and cultural building – a lot has happened on this spot, in the middle of Berlin, on which the Humboldt Forum is located today. Where initially only a civil b...
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£11,99
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El Anatsui Art and Life (Revised and Expanded)
ISBN: HB: 9783791358253, Prestel Publishing, March 2021
320 pp., 30x25 cm, 190 colour illus.
An African artist who has garnered worldwide recognition while based permanently in Nigeria and whose work is in the permanent collections of many of the world's great museums, El Anatsui is best known for sumptuous tapestries made from used bottle t...
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£45,00
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Haegue Yang
ISBN: HB: 9783791359656, Prestel Publishing, March 2021
160 pp., 26x26 cm, 100 colour illus.
Haegue Yang is renowned for her multifaceted works that vary in form from collage to kinetic sculpture, perceptively evoking historical and contemporary narratives of migration, displacement, and cross-cultural translation. Using a language of abstra...
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£29,99
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Look for Me All Around You Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber
ISBN: PB: 9783791358512, Prestel Publishing, December 2020
270 pp., 24x17 cm, 100 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.
Accompanying "Look for Me All Around You", one of the three sections of Sharjah Biennial 14, this book charts a non-chronological time-space (dis-)continuum between the Americas and the Emirates, building unexpected trans-oceanic and multi-diasporic...
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£19,99
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Impressionism in Russia Dawn of the Avant-Garde
ISBN: HB: 9783791359830, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
264 pp., 30x24 cm, 200 colour illus.
In the late 19th century, numerous Russian artists found inspiration in the style of French Impressionist painters. Often, a journey to Paris acted as a catalyst for their burgeoning interest in the movement. They developed a preference for working e...
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£39,99
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In the Limelight The Visual Ecstasy of NYC Club Culture in the 90s
ISBN: HB: 9783791386812, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
224 pp., 28x23.5 cm, 200 colour illus.
Eichner was a fixture of 1990s New York City nightlife and served as both its official and unofficial photographer in an era before cellphones and selfies. In this book, readers go beyond the velvet ropes and into the spaces that witnessed some of th...
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£35,00
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Kuniyoshi
ISBN: HB: 9783791385099, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
288 pp., 36.4x30 cm, 247 colour illus., 34 black&white illus.
Best known for his depictions of fierce samurai warriors in battle, Utagawa Kuniyoshi also produced landscapes, portraits of Kabuki actors, and images of mythical animals. His dynamic action scenes and fantastic creatures are recognized today as prec...
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£99,00
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Masters of Art Modigliani
ISBN: PB: 9783791386591, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Amedeo Modigliani experimented with sculpture and drawing, but is primarily known for his paintings of nudes and portraits characterized by elongated figures, faces, and necks. He began painting in his youth in Italy before moving to Paris in 1906, d...
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£9,99
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Masters of Art Kahlo
ISBN: PB: 9783791386577, Prestel Publishing, November 2020
112 pp., 21x17 cm, 55 colour illus.
Although her body of work is relatively small, Frida Kahlo has inspired adoration and admiration that few other artists have attained. This accessible and elegant book offers full page reproductions of a selection of her works, allowing for a broad a...
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£9,99
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