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Anish Kapoor: Past, Present, Future by Nicholas Baume
RRP: $17.53$13.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262026598Author Nicholas BaumeFormat HardbackPage Count 143Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 241mm * 165mm * 13mm -
Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art by Olav Velthuis
RRP: $58.50$45.42How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking Prices is the first book to examine this question from a sociological perspective. On the basis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, including... -
Haring-isms by Keith Haring
RRP: $27.28$22.27Essential quotations from renowned artist and pop icon Keith Haring Keith Haring remains one of the most important and celebrated artists of his generation and beyond. Through his signature bold graphic line drawings of figures and forms dancing and... -
The Pottery of John Ward by Emma Crichton-Miller
RRP: $77.98$59.14John Ward (b.1938) has a longstanding reputation as one of Britain's foremost potters, and yet very little has been written about his manifold achievements. Authoritative and enlightening, this will be the first account of Ward's life and work, tracing... -
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser 9780061451843
RRP: $21.43$14.14Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and committed the largest art heist in history. They stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. But after... -
Rana Begum: Space Light Colour by Lisa le Feuvre
RRP: $97.48$75.37Rana Begum RA (b.1977) is an artist known for her wide ranging works, from the intimate to the monumental. Using a variety of materials and exploring the use of light, she blurs the boundaries between sculpture, architecture, design and painting to... -
Louise Bourgeois: The Fabric Works Germano Celant 9788857206547
RRP: $126.75$85.90A groundbreaking work edited by Germano Celant in collaboration with the artist and her New York studio that enriches our knowledge of Louise Bourgeois Louise Bourgeois, who has produced art since the 1930s, began in the 1990s to use her clothes and the... -
The Diver and The Lover: A novel of love and the unbreakable bond between sisters Jeremy Vine 9781529308433
RRP: $39.00$22.72'The lives of the characters get entangled in this powerful read' WOMAN'S OWN'A pacy, gripping tale of secrets, love and betrayal in 1950s Catalonia, written with skill and colour. It gave me enormous pleasure to read such a satisfying novel.' SANTA... -
Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective by Michelle White
RRP: $78.00$68.62As the focal point of numerous high-profile exhibitions, the sculpture of Richard Serra (b. 1939) has drawn international acclaim. Yet even those who have marveled at Serra's intellectually rigorous and large works of sculpture may not be familiar with... -
The American Dream: pop to the present by Stephen Coppel
RRP: $48.75$35.06The American Dream: From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960, paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. The 1960s was a period of change in... -
Fluxus Forms: Scores, Multiples, and the Eternal Network by Natilee Harren 9780226354927
RRP: $85.80$72.56"PURGE the world of dead art, imitation, artificial art. . . . Promote living art, anti-art, promote NON ART REALITY to be grasped by all peoples," writes artist George Maciunas in his Fluxus manifesto of 1963. Reacting against an elitist art world... -
Alex Katz by Carter Ratcliff
RRP: $224.25$162.69Alex Katz has found his audience. It s not the first time. Over seven decades, the artist has developed his vision with determination as the tides of avant-garde and academic fashion ebbed and flowed. His first audience was other painters (including de... -
Protest Art by Jessica Lack 9780500296684
RRP: $29.23$19.11An essential guide to how the power of art has been harnessed to effect political change across the modern world, from the struggle for universal suffrage to Black Lives Matter. Here is a well-researched, concise guide to protest art, exploring what... -
Neo Rauch by Michael Glover 9781848222939
RRP: $97.48$75.37This comprehensive monograph offers a detailed examination of the paintings of the acclaimed German painter Neo Rauch (b.1960). Rauch's paintings deftly blend the iconography of Socialist Realism from his upbringing and art-school training in GDR-era... -
Lichtenstein Posters by Jurgen Doring
RRP: $35.08$29.54Lichtenstein's art is most recognizable for its trademark benday dots and two-dimensional planes, cartoonlike qualities that placed him at the forefront of the American Pop Art scene. With its emphasis on consumer culture, Lichtenstein's style lent... -
Fray: Art and Textile Politics, 1970s-1990s by Julia Bryan-Wilson
RRP: $99.45$84.73In 1974, women in a feminist consciousness-raising group in Eugene, Oregon, formed a mock organization called the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society. Emblazoning its logo onto t-shirts, the group wryly envisioned female collective textile making... -
Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain by David A. Bailey 9780822334200
RRP: $46.78$42.59In the 1980s-at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities-the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British... -
Mapping Paradigms in Modern and Contemporary Art: Poetic Cartography by Simonetta Moro 9781032052045
RRP: $74.08$65.09Mapping Paradigms in Modern and Contemporary Art defines a new cartographic aesthetic, or what Simonetta Moro calls carto-aesthetics, as a key to interpreting specific phenomena in modern and contemporary art, through the concept of poetic cartography. ... -
Painting Now by Suzanne Hudson
RRP: $58.40$40.91Painting is a continually expanding and evolving form of creative expression whose ongoing relevance is here convincingly asserted by renowned critic and art historian Suzanne Hudson. Her book offers an original survey of contemporary work - a critical... -
The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art by Gregory Sholette
RRP: $58.48$43.62Since the global financial crash of 2008, artists have become increasingly engaged in a wide range of cultural activism targeted against capitalism, political authoritarianism, colonial legacies, gentrification, but also in opposition to their own... -
Harald Szeemann - Museum of Obsessions Glenn Phillips 9781606065594
RRP: $117.00$101.61Harald Szeemann is associated with some of the most important artistic developments of the postwar era. A passionate advocate of avant-garde movements like conceptualism and post minimalism, he collaborated with artists such as Joseph Beuys, Bruce... -
Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism by Anka Muhlstein 9781635421705
RRP: $56.53$36.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635421705Author Anka MuhlsteinFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Other Press LLCPublisher Other Press LLC -
Others: Polimoda Marco Bartolucci 9788857245379
RRP: $48.75$31.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857245379Author Marco BartolucciFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 490g -
What We Do Is Secret: Contemporary Art and the Antinomies of Conspiracy by Larne Abse Gogarty
$37.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956795626Author Larne Abse GogartyFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 269gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure (c) by Lisane Basquiat
RRP: $77.90$74.26Organised by the family of Basquiat, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue feature over 200 never before and rarely seen paintings, drawings, ephemera, and artifacts. The artist s contributions to the history of art and his exploration into our... -
Iggy Pop Life Class by Anne Pasternak
RRP: $38.98$27.40Twenty-one artists, from all walks of life, gathered at the New York Academy of Art on Sunday, February 21, 2016, for a special life drawing class with a guest model: American rock legend Iggy Pop. The class was organised by the Brooklyn Museum and... -
Painting in the 1980s: Reimagining the Medium Rosemary Cohane Erpf 9781789385571
RRP: $57.53$47.76This book is the first to explore, in depth, major painters of the period and the factors that shaped their art. Accessible to both art novice and specialist, it is written in jargon-free, readable language, blending vignettes about the soaring art... -
Twentieth-Century Boy: Notebooks of the Seventies by Duncan Hannah
RRP: $31.20$19.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524711221Author Duncan HannahFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint VintagePublisher VintageWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 26mm -
Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art since Pollock by Kirk Varnedoe 9780691126784
RRP: $107.25$86.79"What is abstract art good for? What's the use--for us as individuals, or for any society--of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves?" In this invigorating account of... -
Hundertwasser: Complete Graphic Work 1951-1976 by Walter Koschatzky
RRP: $33.13$23.95Explore the graphic work of Hundertwasser with this lavishly produced introduction to the artist.Friedensreich Hundertwasser was a painter. He created original graphic works--lithographs, silkscreens, mixed media, etchings, and aquatint as well as... -
John Salminen - Master of the Urban Landscape: From realism to abstractions in watercolor John Salminen 9781440348228
RRP: $78.00$54.11John Salminen is one of the most accomplished watercolor artists working today, earning awards and recognition all over the world. Whether depicting the trees of Central Park, the architecture of San Francisco or the busy streets of Beijing, John... -
On Jewellery Liesbe den Besten 9783897903494
RRP: $62.40$40.97Reprint of this bestselling title on contemporary jewelry. An introduction into art jewelry in light of current trends in contemporary fine art and society On Jewellery offers a comprehensive overview of the trends and role of contemporary international... -
The Hidden Mod in Modern Art: London, 1957-1969 Thomas Crow 9781913107130
RRP: $48.75$41.57An investigation of the outsized influence of the Mod subculture on key figures of the 1960s London art scene Bonding over matters of taste and style, the 'Mods' of late 1950s London recognised in one another shared affinities for Italian-style suits,... -
Up Your Ass: Or From the Cradle to the Boat Or The Big Suck Or Up from the Slime Valerie Solanas 9783956796050
$23.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956796050Author Valerie SolanasFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 85gDimensions(mm) 180mm *... -
Gillian Carnegie by Barry Schwabsky 9781848222694
RRP: $97.48$34.63The singular paintings of British artist Gillian Carnegie (b.1971) have been exhibited and discussed extensively for nearly two decades but this is the first substantial publication on her work.Carnegie's work is explicitly analytical, systematic yet... -
More Disruption: Representational Art in Flux by John Seed 9780764366819
RRP: $107.23$70.61Reveals the contemporary art phenomenon of disrupted realism through the paintings of 43 artists at its core. Profoundly shaped by the events, forces, and overflow of today's disjointed, social-media-heavy life, these artists' paintings are "disrupted"... -
Robert Rauschenberg Carolyn Lanchner 9780870707674
RRP: $13.55$9.71Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns each made a tremendous impact on modern art in the 20th century. As pioneers of revolutionary movements such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop art, they are key figures in the... -
John Bellany Keith Hartley 9781906270520
RRP: $29.15$19.85First retrospective of this artist's work in many years. John Bellany accompanies an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh from 17 November 2012 - 27 January 2013. John Bellany, born 1942, helped change the course of painting in... -
Spirituality In Contemporary Art: The Idea of the Numinous by Jungu Yoon 9780956267832
RRP: $17.53$12.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956267832Author Jungu YoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Zidane PressPublisher Zidane PressWeight(grams) 284g -
The Visitors' Book: In Francis Bacon's Shadow: The Lives of Richard Chopping and Denis Wirth-Miller Jon Lys-Turner 9781472121677
RRP: $25.33$16.77Denis Wirth-Miller and Dicky Chopping were a couple at the heart of the mid-twentieth century art world, with the visitors' book of the Essex townhouse they shared from 1945 until 2008 painting them as Zeligs of British society. The names recorded inside...