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Contemporary Art

James Rosenquist Painting as Immersion

Diederich Stephan, Dziewior Yilmaz

ISBN: HB: 9783791357249, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
336 pp., 29x25.3 cm, illus.

A monograph on the great Pop Art master, James Rosenquist, this book shows how the artist's large-scale works and their source materials remain powerful and relevant as cultural and political commentary. With a background in advertising and painting...

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Jil Sander Present Tense

Wagner Matthias K.

ISBN: HB: 9783791357515, Prestel Publishing, November 2017
264 pp., 32x25 cm, 124 colour illus., 56 black&white illus.

Published in a book for the first time: Jil Sander, one of the most influential fashion designers of her generation. Jil Sander is known for designing well sculptured, high quality clothes in subdued colors. This comprehensive book presents her work...

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Colomer Jordi

ISBN: HB: 9788417048235, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, September 2017
312 pp., 26.7x19 cm, illus.

The Venice Biennale is one of the most important contemporary art events in the world, with the participation of dozens of countries through their national pavilions and its open-mindedness towards avant-garde approaches. This catalogue presents the...

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Julia Jacquette Unrequited and Acts of Play

Adler Tracy L.

ISBN: HB: 9783791356723, Prestel Publishing, September 2017
120 pp., 35.6x27 cm, 93 colour illus.

Through her richly detailed paintings featuring imagery drawn from advertisements, New York–based artist Julia Jacquette addresses the challenges of navigating the contemporary media landscape that so directly influences our sense of personal identit...

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Photography

Joan Fontcuberta PHotoBolsillo

ISBN: PB: 9788416248988, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, July 2017
96 pp., 18x13 cm, black&white photos

Joan Fontcuberta s work conveys a critic to conceiving photography as evidence of reality. He aims to question the veracity attributed to photographs, by means of image and story manipulation as well as intense interaction with viewers. La Fabrica pr...

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John Graham Maverick Modernist

Longwell Alicia G.

ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791356082, Prestel Publishing, May 2017
176 pp., 29x24 cm, 130 colour illus., 40 black&white illus.

This monograph explores how John Graham became an influential figure in American painting and discusses the development of his distinctly American approach to art-making. John Graham was an American Modernist and figurative painter. He was a mentor...

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Architecture

Japanese Contemporary House Small Anthology of Floating Spaces

Sordelli Alice, Zanoni Elena

ISBN: PB: 9788862421591, Prestel Publishing, Lettera Ventidue, February 2017
144 pp., 22x16.7 cm, colour illus., language: English / Italian

Five essays about the contemporary Japanese house illustrated by a selection of designs by young architects. The domestic space becomes a symbol of the ability to adapt to new cultural and technological patterns. The designers provide brilliant medit...

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John McLaughlin Paintings Total Abstraction

Barron Stephanie, Bergman Lauren

ISBN: HB: 9783791355603, Prestel Publishing, November 2016
144 pp., 27x21.6 cm, 92 colour illus.

For decades before his death in 1976, John McLaughlin steadily produced some of the most fascinating paintings coming out of Southern California. Minimal geometric abstractions characterized by clean lines, bold colors, and flat, intersecting forms,...

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Jo Ractliffe The Borderlands

ISBN: HB: 9788416282067, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, July 2016
176 pp., 30.5x24 cm, black&white photos

Since 2007 Ractliffe s photography has focused on the aftermath of the war in Angola. Ractliffe writes: For most South Africans, Angola was perceived as a distant elsewhere the border where brothers and boyfriends were sent as part of their military...

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James Turrell A Retrospective

Govan Michael, Kim Christine Y.

ISBN: HB: 9783791352633, Prestel Publishing, March 2013
304 pp., 30x24.5 cm, 250 colour illus.

Published in conjunction with a major retrospective, this comprehensive volume illuminates the origins and motivations of James Turrell's incredibly diverse and exciting body of work – from his Mendota studio days to his monumental work-in-progress R...

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