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The Synthetic Proposition: Conceptualism and the Political Referent in Contemporary Art by Nizan Shaked 9781784992750
RRP: £80.00£56.69The synthetic proposition examines the impact of Civil Rights, Black Power, the student, feminist and sexual-liberty movements on conceptualism and its legacies in the United States between the late 1960s and the 1990s. It focuses on the turn to... -
Surrealist Sorcery: Objects, Theories and Practices of Magic in the Surrealist Movement by Will Atkin 9781350227484
£88.04Often regarded as an artistic movement of interwar Paris, Surrealism comprised an international community of artists, writers, and intellectuals who have aspired to change the conditions of life itself over the course of the past century. Consisting of a... -
Wanda Czelkowska: Art Is Not Rest Matylda Taszycka 9788857249957
RRP: £35.00£22.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857249957Author Matylda TaszyckaFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 600g -
Clegg & Guttmann: Rejected by Christian Mosar 9783775754590
RRP: £38.00£24.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783775754590Author Christian MosarFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Hatje CantzPublisher Hatje CantzWeight(grams) 760g -
Ruudt Peters: Source / Bron Aaron Decker 9783897904996
RRP: £49.00£31.73Ruudt Peters (b. 1950) is a pioneering conceptual jewellery artist who challenges traditional definitions of adornment by pushing the boundaries of context, wearability, material and presentation. On the occasion of his retrospective exhibition he gives... -
Apple Selection Volume 2: Autumn Various 9781926778365
RRP: £35.99£23.43The creators of the Apple anthology/artbook series are back with an all-new volume of gorgeous pin-up artwork! Apple Selection Volume 2 features dozens of Korea's top illustrators creating brand-new pin-up work of fun beach scenes, retro pin-ups, cute... -
Foundation: The Art and Making of Seasons 1 & 2 Mike Avila 9781789098730
RRP: £34.99£26.25Foundation: The Art and Making of Seasons 1 & 2 is the official companion book for Skydance and Apple's epic science fiction TV series Foundation, which is based on the novels by Isaac Asimov. Foundation: The Art and Making of Seasons 1 & 2 is the... -
The Language of Art: Studies in Interpretation by Moshe Barasch
RRP: £74.00£64.85Moshe Barasch, an authority on art theory, tackles the complex question of how art works as language. Barasch shows how, once an art work is seen and understood, a new, communicative function is effectively added to the work. In an engaging style Barasch... -
Paul Etienne Lincoln - The Glovers' Repository by Paul Etienne Lincoln
RRP: £30.00£20.09Twenty four stories of subterfuge, told through their characters' gloves The Glovers' Repository, by New York-based artist Paul Etienne Lincoln (born 1959), tells the stories of 24 characters who either practiced deception or were the unwitting... -
Devorah Sperber: Threads of Perception by Sandy Harthorn
£20.01New York artist Devorah Sperber combines commonplace materials with simple optical devices to investigate the connections between art, perception and technology. Her works address the complex relationship between the way we think we see and the way that... -
The Way of Art by Stephen Zeifman
RRP: £16.95£9.64Stephen Zeifman, artist and teacher of studio art and art history, and the founder of Mill Road Studio, discusses his unique approach to art. He talks about his life as an artist, what can be termed the ""artist's lifestyle,"" and the... -
Lastgaspism: Art and Survival in the Age of Pandemic Anthony Romero 9781940190310
RRP: £20.00£13.58At a time of ubiquitous crisis, this multidisciplinary anthology explores "breath" as an allegory and expression of the need for social transformation Collecting interviews, critical essays and artist portfolios, Lastgaspism considers matters of life... -
IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958-2011 by David Moos
RRP: £34.99£22.79Winner, Canadian Museums Association Outstanding Achievement in Publication and Melva J. Dwyer AwardIain Baxter legally changed his name to IAIN BAXTER& in 2005. He appended an ampersand to his name to underscore that art is about connectivity --... -
Perceptions of Promise: Biotechnology, Society and Art by Sean Caulfield
RRP: £26.99£21.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780969989844Author Sean CaulfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint University of Alberta. Department of Art and DesignPublisher University of Alberta... -
Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism: International Experiments in Italy by Marin R. Sullivan
RRP: £39.99£35.06Sculptural Materiality in the Age of Conceptualism is structured around four distinct but interrelated projects initially realized in Italy between 1966 and 1972: Yayoi Kusama's Narcissus Garden, Michelangelo Pistoletto's Newspaper Sphere (Sfera di... -
Speculation, Now: Essays and Artwork by Vyjayanthi Venuturupalli Rao
RRP: £89.00£77.62Interdisciplinary in design and concept, Speculation, Now illuminates unexpected convergences between images, concepts, and language. Artwork is interspersed among essays that approach speculation and progressive change from surprising perspectives. A... -
Art & Language International: Conceptual Art between Art Worlds by Robert Bailey
RRP: £85.00£73.81In Art & Language International Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of the conceptual art collective Art & Language, situating it in a geographical context to rethink its implications for the broader histories of contemporary art. Focusing on... -
In Crime's Archive: The Cultural Afterlife of Evidence by Katherine Biber
RRP: £41.99£36.75This book investigates what happens to criminal evidence after the conclusion of legal proceedings. During the criminal trial, evidentiary material is tightly regulated; it is formally regarded as part of the court record, and subject to the rules of... -
Red Tape, A New Work by Les Levine, 1970 - To Engage the University in a Useless Task Which Will Allow It to Expose a Working Model of Its Sys by Les Levine
RRP: £12.99£10.15In the summer of 1970, the artist Les Levine arrived at the University of Toronto to take part in the installation of site-specific work on the quadrangle in front of the University's Hart House. The intended piece-construction materials hung from... -
Residue: The Persistence of the Real by Grant Arnold
RRP: £19.95£16.80Realism has been held up to scorn for its perceived attachment to linguistic transparency - the sense that an image can reveal the full truth of the situation or object it depicts. This skepticism was extended in the late 20th century with the rise of... -
David Askevold: Once Upon a Time in the East by David Diviney
RRP: £38.99£25.17David Askevold broke into the art scene when his work was included in the seminal exhibition Information at New York's MOMA 1970, which cemented Conceptualism as a genre. He later became recognized as one of the most important contributors to the... -
Bioart and the Vitality of Media by Robert Edward Mitchell
RRP: £27.99£24.14Bioart -- art that uses either living materials (such as bacteria or transgenic organisms) or more traditional materials to comment on, or even transform, biotechnological practice -- now receives enormous media attention. Yet despite this attention,... -
The Agency: Readymades Belong to Everyone(r) by Philippe Thomas
RRP: £25.99£17.33Philippe Thomas' entrepreneurial experiment questions the distinction between authorship and ownership French artist Philippe Thomas (1951-95) never intended to make a name for himself; rather, he was much more invested in the artist's ability to... -
Concept Design 2: Works from Seven Los Angeles Entertainment Designers and Seventeen Guest Artists by Harald Belker
RRP: £37.99£28.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933492025Author Scott RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Design Studio PressPublisher Design Studio PressWeight(grams) 1225gDimensions(mm)... -
Space Becomes You: A Mythology Someoddpilot 9781732061866
RRP: £35.99£25.61Space Becomes You A Mythology is a nearly 300-page art book stuffed with album-cover worthy photography and an out-of-this-world narrative that reads like 2001: A Space Odyssey crossed with a UFO cult. This studio monograph evolves thematically as an... -
Art of Luke Chueh by Luke Chueh
£21.02"Like a cuddly Trojan horse, Chueh's work is pretty on the outside, but nice and macabre on the inside": so says "Entertainment Weekly" of LA-based artist Luke Chueh. Employing minimal color schemes, simple animal characters, and a seemingly endless list... -
Art in a Multipolar World Mi You 9783775758246
RRP: £24.00£20.40How do geopolitical, economical, and socio-political upheavals impact the field of art todayThis monograph takes a look at how the increasing multipolarity of our world affects art. It is a diagnosis of the socio-political contexts that surround art and... -
Oscar Murillo: Frequencies Alessandro Rabottini 9783775757225
RRP: £128.00£81.61Local communities in a global context Conceived as an archive, the book brings together the experiences of Frequencies, a global participatory project initiated by multimedia artist Oscar Murillo in 2013. Part of the artist’s multimedia practice,... -
The Thoughts In My Head Lisa Levy 9798986841380
RRP: £31.40£26.69Lisa Levy is an established New York visual artist who hosts the popular podcast "Dr. Lisa Gives a Shit" on Apple Podcasts. There are over 100 images of her 'popular' text based artwork that comprise the art book "The Thoughts In My Head". The book... -
The Lumpen Times: 30+ Years of Radical Media and Building Communities of the Future Ed Marszewski 9781955125413
RRP: £53.99£45.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955125413Author Ed MarszewskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Hat & BeardPublisher Hat & Beard -
Energy Emergency Repair Kit The E.E.R.K. Collective 9781531508425
£13.45A fictional manual to help disrupt today’s all-too-real energy and climate emergencies The Energy Emergency Repair Kit (E.E.R.K.) is a collaboratively-authored research-creation intervention that explores myriad ecological, cultural, and political... -
Surrealist Sorcery: Objects, Theories and Practices of Magic in the Surrealist Movement Will Atkin 9781350227521
RRP: £28.99£24.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781350227521Author Will AtkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bloomsbury Visual ArtsPublisher Bloomsbury Visual ArtsWeight(grams) 454g -
Traces John Singletary 9781954119338
RRP: £40.30£34.26Traces is a multidisciplinary project that evokes the joys and tragedies of life through a collage of original, historical, and animated imagery. The artist explores the way we construct internal narratives and create meaning from experience. Excerpts... -
Inherent Kevin Stebner 9781738009848
RRP: £14.99£12.74Typography broken down into its most basic (and beautiful) forms to reveal the inherent voice within each shape.Inherent is a collection of concrete poems that uses poetic tools to reduce words and letters and characters to their structural components,...