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Saints Alive Michael Landy in the National Gallery
ISBN: PB: 9781857095609, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, May 2013
72 pp., 26.7x21 cm, 80 colour illus.
British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs), was first catapulted to the world spotlight when it was featured in the notorious Sensa...
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£9,99
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Historical Perspectives on Preventative Conservation
ISBN: PB: 9781606061428, Getty Publications, May 2013
456 pp., 25.4x17.9 cm, 20 colour illus.
This title gathers together the most important texts on this critical topic, from antiquity to today. The sixth volume in the Getty's Readings in Conservation series, which gathers more than 65 texts that have been influential in the development of t...
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£55,00
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Punk Chaos to Couture
ISBN: PB: 9780300191851, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2013
224 pp., 25x15 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
Since its origins in the 1970s, punk has had an incendiary influence on fashion. With its eclectic mixing of stylistic references, punk effectively introduced the postmodern concept of bricolage not only into directional ready-to-wear but also into t...
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£19,99
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Power to the People The Graphic Design of the Radical Press and the Rise of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974
ISBN: HB: 9780226424354, University of Chicago Press, May 2013
264 pp., 30.4x25.4 cm, 700 colour illus.
Though we think of the 1960s and the early '70s as a time of radical social, cultural, and political upheaval, we tend to picture the action as happening on campuses and in the streets. Yet the rise of the underground newspaper was equally daring and...
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£36,00
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Glamour Is Theft A User's Guide to General Idea: 1969-1978
ISBN: HB: 9780921972662, DAP, Art Gallery of York University, May 2013
256 pp., 26x20.3 cm, 8 colour illus., 71 black&white illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! From its origins in the mail art movement through to its "destruction" of "The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion" in 1977, the Canadian collective General Idea constructed a comprehensive body of work as a performative ficti...
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£10,00
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Modern Cartooning Essential Techniques for Drawing Today's Popular Cartoons
ISBN: PB: 9780823007141, GMC Group, Watson-Guptill, May 2013
160 pp., 27.6x21.6 cm, 500 line drawings
Not for sale in selected countries! Aimed at beginner artists interested in cartooning and at the countless fans of cartoons, animation and comics. Not only are cartoons a form of entertainment, but they're an incredibly popular style of drawing! W...
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£18,99
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Fashion Salon Interiors
ISBN: HB: 9789881683571, Bookport, SendPoints, April 2013
320 pp., 30x23 cm, colour illus.
For sale in Balkans only! A good hair salon in a sense resembles a theatre, with an atmosphere that inspires the staff to create and helps clients relax. The interior design of salon is vital in communicating the brand value, for consumers are incl...
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£34,95
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"Great and Mighty Things" Outsider Art from the Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300191752, Yale University Press, April 2013
288 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 235 colour images, 5 black&white illus.
The contemporary art world has been challenged and invigorated by outsider art – works by self-taught practitioners who, by definition, have little to do with mainstream art production, but are nonetheless actively engaged with the visual culture of...
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Common Ground German Photographic Cultures Across the Iron Curtain
ISBN: HB: 9780300184440, Yale University Press, April 2013
320 pp., 25.6x19.2 cm, 10 colour images, 170 black&white illus.
This ambitious publication is the first book to thoroughly evaluate the photography that emerged during Germany's geopolitical division from the 1950s to the 1980s. With richly illustrated and exhaustively researched analyses of photographic projects...
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Handmade Illustration 767 Vintage Drawings
ISBN: PB + DVD: 9788492810390, Hoaki, April 2013
176 pp., 22.2x21.2 cm, richly illustrated
This book features an outstanding showcase of 767 highly graphic pen and ink illustrations of the talented visual artist Joan Escandell. Contemporary yet with a nostalgic retro flavour, this title draws on classic styles from various eras, evoking th...
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£15,95
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