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Work / Travail / Arbeid Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
ISBN: PB: 9780300220087, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, July 2016
288 pp., 24.1x15.2 cm, 50 colour illus., 65 black&white illus.
This publication accompanies a newly commissioned project by the legendary Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (b. 1960), which reimagines her stage piece Vortex Temporum for the exhibition space as a nine-week-long endeavor in technical...
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£35,00
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Willem de Kooning Nonstop Cherchez la femme
ISBN: HB: 9780226267449, University of Chicago Press, March 2016
176 pp., 24x17 cm, 65 colour plates, 8 halftones
In the early 1950s, Willem de Kooning's "Woman I" and subsequent paintings established him as a leading member of the abstract expressionist movement. His wildly impacted brushstrokes and heavily encrusted surfaces baffled most critics, who saw de Ko...
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£22,50
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Wolfe von Lenkiewicz
ISBN: HB: 9781910221099, Casemate, Anomie Publishing, January 2016
236 pp., 32x26.8 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.
This is the first major monograph on the work of one of Britain's most dynamic artists, Wolfe von Lenkiewicz. His striking paintings and drawings mine the hallowed halls of art history and popular culture in search of visual languages, imagery, theme...
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£45,00
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Wyeth Andrew and Jamie in the Studio
ISBN: HB: 9780300214215, Yale University Press, November 2015
224 pp., 24.8x29.2 cm, 200 colour illus.
Father and son artists Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) and Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946) are among the most celebrated American realist painters of the 20th century. Despite their similar habits of mind, studio practice, and rural Pennsylvania upbringing, the two a...
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£35,00
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Whitney Museum of American Art Handbook
ISBN: PB: 9780300211832, Yale University Press, September 2015
425 pp., 22.9x16.5 cm, 500 colour illus.
This all-new handbook, a fresh look at the "Whitney Museum of American Art's" collection, highlights the museum's extraordinary holdings and its fascinating history. Featuring iconic pieces by artists such as Calder, Hopper, Johns, O'Keeffe, and Warh...
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£25,00
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Walking Sculpture 1967-2015
ISBN: HB: 9780300212433, Yale University Press, July 2015
88 pp., 28x22.9 cm, 50 colour illus.
Artists have utilized walking as an autonomous form of art, a subject in their work, and as social practice since the early 20th century. Today walking continues to offer a salient means for artists to challenge social, political, and economic orders...
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£15,00
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Way of the Shovel On the Archaeological Imaginary in Art
ISBN: HB: 9780226094120, University of Chicago Press, December 2013
328 pp., 22.8x16.5 cm, 80 colour plates, 40 halftones
Contemporary art is often obsessed with the new, but it has recently begun to turn to projects centering on research and delving into archives, all in the name of seeking and questioning historical truth. From filmmakers to sculptors to conceptualist...
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£34,00
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Wim Delvoye Introspective
ISBN: HB: 9780300188677, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, July 2012
384 pp., 29.2x24.8 cm, 317 colour and black&white illus.
Wim Delvoye (b. 1965) is known for his inventive and often controversial projects, and his work has been exhibited around the world. One of a generation of Belgian artists who have revolutionized contemporary art, Delvoye explores the body and its fu...
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£65,00
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Walter De Maria Trilogies
ISBN: HB: 9780300175783, Yale University Press, March 2012
104 pp., 25.4x24.8 cm, 61 colour illus.
Walter De Maria (b. 1935) is known for the expansive and perfectly ordered land art and installations he created in the 1970s. From constructing minimalist spare wooden boxes to using the earth itself as a site for, and element of, his sculpture, his...
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Where Do We Migrate To?
ISBN: HB: 9781890761141, DAP, Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, UMBC, September 2011
44 pp., 25.4x17.1 cm, 21 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! "Where Do We Migrate To?" explores displacement and exile through the work of 19 artists and collectives, including Acconci Studio, Svetlana Boym, Blane De St. Croix, Lara Dhondt, Brendan Fernandes, Claire Fontaine, Nicole...
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£40,00
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