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Guadalajara: A Particular Geography Groups and Spaces in Mexico, Contemporary Art of the 90s
ISBN: HB: 9788417047597, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, July 2018
480 pp., 27.2x19.3 cm, colour photos
A particular geography examines the art scene in Guadalajara, capital of the state of Jalisco. A vibrant and vigorous contemporary art scene developed here during the same period covered by the previous publication in this series, Licenciado Verdad....
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£40,00
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Nicolas Combarro Interventions
ISBN: HB: 9788417047573, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, July 2018
127 pp., 24.8x17.1 cm
This book explores a process of research and creation carried out through the interaction between art and architecture. Interventions reflect on constructed space by the observation and analysis of its various forms and expressions, its patterns and...
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£30,00
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Vivan Sundaram Disjunctures
ISBN: HB: 9783791357751, Prestel Publishing, July 2018
200 pp., 28x21.5 cm, 115 colour illus.
This generously illustrated survey of the acclaimed Indian artist Vivan Sundaram offers a comprehensive and wide ranging examination of his multi-media practice extending over a period of five decades. Vivan Sundaram's eclecticism is a distinctive f...
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£45,00
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Blind Faith Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art
ISBN: PB: 9783791357782, Prestel Publishing, July 2018
208 pp., 28.5x21.5 cm, 169 colour illus.
Engaging the visceral and the cognitive, this timely book assembles 28 international artists who deploy a variety of media in order to interrogate logics of truth, authenticity, opinion, and faith. At a time when society seems to have given up belie...
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£39,99
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Keith Sonnier Until Today
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791357324, Prestel Publishing, June 2018
160 pp., 30.5x25.5 cm, 33 colour illus.
A monograph on Keith Sonnier, the revolutionary pioneer of the Process Art movement, this book documents five decades of the artist's prolific and ever-evolving exploration of three-dimensional art. One of the first artists to use light, specificall...
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£29,99
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Ambitious Alignments New Histories in Southeast Asian Art, 1945-1990
ISBN: PB: 9780909952921, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, June 2018
400 pp., 24.4x17.3 cm, illustrations throughout
Ten essays by emerging scholars draw upon unexplored archives and works of art, bearing witness to rich local histories and uncovering complex artistic exchanges across Southeast Asia and beyond. This volume sheds new light on the significance of arc...
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£26,00
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Made in L.A. 2018
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791357416, Prestel Publishing, June 2018
208 pp., 24x14.5 cm, 200 colour illus.
This book presents work featured in the 2018 edition of Made in L.A., the Hammer Museum's biennial exhibition. Since its inception in 2012, Made in L.A. has been bringing together regional artists from every discipline and has been curated by some o...
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£22,50
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Electra 2 Stupidity
ISBN: PB: 9789728909611, Prestel Publishing, Monade, June 2018
181 pp., 27x20 cm, illus.
"There is stupidity in every era, but each era has its own kind of stupidity" – Flaubert. This subject is approached in this edition by Yves Michaud, Philosophy professor and art critic, with an essay about the impact of mass and surplus of informati...
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£14,00
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In the Fields of Empty Days The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art
ISBN: HB: 9783791357386, Prestel Publishing, May 2018
208 pp., 30x22 cm, 180 colour illus.
Filled with vibrant examples of painting, photography, sculpture, video, and other media, this book reveals how Iran's leading artists weave the country's past into the fabric of its contemporary art. The past is a continuous and inescapable part of...
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£45,00
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Jeffrey Gibson Like a Hammer
ISBN: HB: 9783791357331, Prestel Publishing, May 2018
144 pp., 28x23 cm, 85 colour illus.
Featuring work from the past decade by Jeffrey Gibson, one of America's most prominent contemporary artists, this monograph shows how he blends American Indian and Western cultural influences and explores issues of identity, alternative sub-cultures,...
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£29,99
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