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Andy Warhol Born Under a Dark Star
ISBN: HB: 9783791356150, Prestel Publishing, June 2017
300 pp., 30.5x23 cm, 296 colour illus.
From soup cans to car crashes, the early work of Andy Warhol is reconsidered in this illustrated collection of essays from a wide variety of scholars, writers, and artists. Andy Warhol embodied many of the paradoxes of postwar America. Emerging as a...
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£39,99
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Aztlan to Magulandia The Journey of Chicano Artist Gilbert "Magu" Lujan
ISBN: HB: 9783791356884, Prestel Publishing, June 2017
176 pp., 29x23 cm, 172 colour illus.
The work of this important sculptor, spokesperson, and teacher is seen from a variety of cultural perspectives in this book, which draws upon the artist's entire oeuvre and places well-known works alongside unpublished drawings, paintings, sculptures...
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£39,99
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Chihuly Forms in Nature
ISBN: HB: 9783791356129, Prestel Publishing, June 2017
128 pp., 27x24 cm, 85 colour illus.
Illuminated by Dale Chihuly's mesmerizing glass sculptures, this beautiful book presents the artist's most recent nature-inspired work. It's been over a decade since New York City hosted a new Dale Chihuly exhibition. Featuring the artist's latest,...
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£27,50
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Yayoi Kusama Life is the Heart of a Rainbow
ISBN: PB: 9789811128554, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, June 2017
116 pp., 27.8x19.6 cm
Yayoi Kusama is one of the world's most influential artists, having played a crucial role in key art movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Accompanying the first major survey of Kusama's work in Southeast Asia, this catalogue features essays by c...
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£20,00
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Frank Bowling Mappa Mundi
ISBN: HB: 9783791356587, Prestel Publishing, June 2017
256 pp., 28.9x23 cm, 110 colour illus.
When they were first exhibited in the late 1960s, Frank Bowling's immense "map paintings" were widely celebrated for their vibrant color and subtle modulation of the painted surface. These works, like many in Bowling's oeuvre, draw on the principle o...
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£45,00
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From Lens to Eye to Hand Photorealism 1969 to Today
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791356075, Prestel Publishing, June 2017
128 pp., 28x24 cm, 77 colour illus.
Photorealism reintroduced straightforward representation into an art world dominated by Pop Art, Minimalism, Land Art, and Performance Art. Often misunderstood as being overtly traditional, artists at the vanguard of this important movement were trai...
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£29,99
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John Graham Maverick Modernist
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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£29,99
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Roni Horn
ISBN: HB: 9783791356600, Prestel Publishing, May 2017
300 pp., 24.5x18.4 cm, 117 colour illus., 24 black&white illus.
A leading figure in contemporary art, Roni Horn addresses wideranging issues such as nature, ecology, identity, landscape, and language. Her sculptures, drawings, photographs, and installations intermingle material and context, aiming to complicate t...
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£55,00
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Georgia O'Keeffe Living Modern
ISBN: HB: 9783791356013, Prestel Publishing, March 2017
320 pp., 26.5x23 cm, 217 colour illus., 112 black&white illus.
This book explores how Georgia O'Keeffe lived her life steeped in modernism, bringing the same style she developed in her art to her dress, her homes, and her lifestyle. Richly illustrated with images of her art and views of the two homes she design...
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£45,00
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Terry Adkins Recital
ISBN: HB: 9783791352756, Prestel Publishing, March 2017
224 pp., 28.5x21 cm, 100 colour illus.
This first career-spanning volume of dynamic artist/musician Terry Adkins surveys three decades of multimedia installations and performances. Born in 1953 in Washington, DC, Terry Adkins grew up deeply invested in visual art, music, and language. Hi...
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£39,99
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