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This is Dali by Catherine Ingram
RRP: €11.84€4.89Salvador Dali is one of the most popular artists in the world, known for his lavish lifestyle, gravity-defying moustache and bizarre art. This book tells the story of Dali's life and explores the meaning of his Surrealist paintings. It goes beyond his... -
Murakami: EGO by Massimiliano Gioni
RRP: €65.45€59.55A comprehensive volume-overseen by the artist himself-on one of the most renowned living artists today, Takashi Murakami. Takashi Murakami is celebrated the world over for his deft blurring of high and low art. In this volume, accompanying a major... -
Queer Behavior: Scott Burton and Performance Art by David J. Getsy
RRP: €42.84€36.14The first book to chart Scott Burton's performance art and sculpture of the 1970s. Scott Burton (1939-89) created performance art and sculpture that drew on queer experience and the sexual cultures that flourished in New York City in the 1970s. David J... -
Basquiat-isms by Jean-Michel Basquiat
RRP: €13.08€10.53A collection of essential quotations and other writings from artist and icon Jean-Michel BasquiatOne of the most important artists of the late twentieth century, Jean-Michel Basquiat explored the interplay of words and images throughout his career as a... -
Jacqueline Humphries by Frances Guerin
RRP: €53.55€41.65Over the last three decades, Jacqueline Humphries (b.1960) has, through an innovative painterly process, challenged the limits of abstraction. She has produced a body of work that reaches beyond modernism, Abstract Expressionism, and abstraction as we... -
Unrealism: New Figurative Painting by Jeffrey Deitch
RRP: €89.25€56.13Figuration is one of the oldest art forms, but it continually evolves, along with our changing understanding of human identity. The artists featured here often source imagery from the Internet, and draw on aesthetics developed in Internet-first channels... -
Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art by Robert Cozzolino
RRP: €52.36€46.66America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history-the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars-are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor... -
Pop Art: A Colourful History by Alastair Sooke
RRP: €20.22€14.61Pop Art by the BBC's Alastair Sooke - an essential but snappy new guide to our favourite art movementPop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. It brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with coke cans and comics. Today, in... -
The Ends of Art Criticism by Patricia Bickers
RRP: €23.79€18.12At a time where there are repeated claims of the impending demise of art criticism, The Ends of Art Criticism seeks to dispel these myths by arguing that the lack of a single dominant voice in criticism is not, as some believe, a weakness, but a... -
The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now by Rudolf Frieling
RRP: €35.70€24.28This new survey covers the rich and varied history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to current practices that demand audience interaction. As the internet mindset - browsing, sharing, collecting, producing - increasingly... -
Wayne Thiebaud: Updated Edition by Kenneth Baker
RRP: €53.55€41.26As he turns 100, the definitive monograph of Wayne Thiebaud's work is now available in a reformatted, accessibly priced edition, and including his most recent paintings. This is the most comprehensive monograph to date on Wayne Thiebaud, with new works... -
The British Mandate in Palestine: A Centenary Volume, 1920-2020 Michael J Cohen 9781032174860
RRP: €47.59€41.72The British Mandate over Palestine began just 100 years ago, in July 1920, when Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner to Palestine, took his seat at Government House, Jerusalem. The chapters here analyse a wide cross-section of the... -
Art in the Age of Machine Learning by Sofian Audry
RRP: €51.17€38.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046183Author Sofian AudryFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Almost Nothing: Observations on Precarious Practices in Contemporary Art by Anna Dezeuze
RRP: €29.75€26.69What does an assemblage made out of crumpled newspaper have in common with an empty room in which the lights go on and off every five seconds? This book argues that they are both examples of a 'precarious' art that flourished from the late 1950s to the... -
Encountering the Spiritual in Contemporary Art by Leesa Fanning
RRP: €65.45€57.23An in-depth and current investigation of how the spiritual is manifestly present in contemporary art The spiritual is everywhere evident in contemporary art, and this publication fulfills a long-awaited need. Encountering the Spiritual in Contemporary... -
Minor Histories: Statements, Conversations, Proposals by Mike Kelley 9780262611985
€45.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262611985Author Mike KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 458Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 998g -
Sol LeWitt: 100 Views by Susan Cross 9780300152821
RRP: €47.60€41.16Published to accompany MASS MoCA's landmark installation of LeWitt's innovative wall drawings, this book celebrates the artist and his illustrious 50-year career.Published in association with Mass MoCAExhibition Schedule:Mass MoCA, North Adams,... -
Visual Activism in the 21st Century: Art, Protest and Resistance in an Uncertain World by Stephanie Hartle 9781350265110
€38.44The world is in crisis, bringing activists and protesters onto the streets and into the public eye. More than ever, activism relies on spectacle and visibility in order to be noticed in the era of globalized capitalism and networked media. At the same... -
Georg Baselitz:The Heroes by Max Hollein
RRP: €38.08€25.72In 1965/66 Georg Baselitz created the monumental series "The Heroes" and "New Types", which he presented in wild colour and with defiant style. By turning his attention towards the tradition of representational painting his work formed a striking... -
Splendid Life by Scott Campbell 9781785657382
RRP: €23.79€11.82Celebrated pop artist Scott C. continues to captivate audiences around the world with his deceptively simple watercolor paintings and illustrations. Now fans can once again submerge themselves in his fanciful world of dancing skeletons, smiling... -
In Between Subjects: A Critical Genealogy of Queer Performance by Amelia Jones 9780367533762
RRP: €38.07€34.19This volume is a study of the connected ideas of "queer" and "gender performance" or "performativity" over the past several decades, providing an ambitious history and crucial examination of these concepts while questioning their very bases.Addressing... -
Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art by Gwen Allen 9780262528412
€56.14How artists' magazines, in all their ephemerality, materiality, and temporary intensity, challenged mainstream art criticism and the gallery system. During the 1960s and 1970s, magazines became an important new site of artistic practice, functioning as... -
Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy Valerie Hedquist 9781032401317
RRP: €47.59€41.72The reception of Thomas Gainsborough's Blue Boy from its origins to its appearances in contemporary visual culture reveals how its popularity was achieved and maintained by diverse audiences and in varied venues. Performative manifestations resulted in... -
The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art by Martha Buskirk 9780262524421
€42.89An exploration of transformations in the nature of the art object and artistic authorship in the last four decades. In this book, Martha Buskirk addresses the interesting fact that since the early 1960s, almost anything can and has been called art. Among... -
Speaking Out of Turn: Lorraine O'Grady and the Art of Language by Stephanie Sparling Williams
RRP: €49.98€39.79Speaking Out of Turn is the first monograph dedicated to the forty-year oeuvre of feminist conceptual artist Lorraine O'Grady. Examining O'Grady's use of language, both written and spoken, Stephanie Sparling Williams charts the artist's strategic use of... -
Hanging Fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan by Salima Hashmi 9780300154184
RRP: €47.60€41.16Accompanying the first U.S. museum exhibition devoted to contemporary art from Pakistan, this dynamic catalogue provides a groundbreaking look at recent and current trends in Pakistani art. Hanging Fire covers a fascinating range of subjects and media,... -
Radical Virtuosity: Ana Mendieta and the Black Atlantic by Genevieve Hyacinthe
RRP: €42.84€27.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262042703Author Genevieve HyacintheFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Paper Revolutions: An Invisible Avant-Garde by Sarah E. James
RRP: €38.08€25.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046565Author Sarah E. JamesFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Takashi Murakami by Madeleine Grynsztejn
RRP: €59.50€59.12Takashi Murakami (b. 1962), one of contemporary art s most widely recognized exponents, receives a long-awaited critical consideration in this important volume. Accompanying the first retrospective exhibition devoted solely to Murakami s paintings, this... -
The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans by Jaune Quick-to-See Smith
RRP: €45.22€32.70A groundbreaking survey of contemporary Indigenous art and its enduring connections to the landThe Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans brings together works by many of today's most boldly innovative Native American artists... -
Reflection on Color by Carlos Cruz-Diez 9780300272123
RRP: €29.75€24.89The seminal writing of Carlos Cruz-Diez, best known for his experiential works exploring color and its properties Trained as a painter, Carlos Cruz-Diez (1923-2019) developed a conceptual platform for his work based on optical and chromatic phenomena,... -
THE Art of Andy Goldsworthy by William Malpas
RRP: €23.79€20.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781861714398Author William MalpasFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Crescent Moon PublishingPublisher Crescent Moon PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Library of Light: Encounters With Artists And Designers: 2018 by Jo Joelson 9781848222533
RRP: €65.45€50.36Library of Light brings together established and emerging practitioners who work with light, as material or subject, from theatre, music, performance, fine art, photography, film, public art, holography, digital media, architecture, and the built... -
Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s by Eddie Chambers
€28.18Black artists have been making major contributions to the British art scene for decades, since at least the mid-twentieth century. Sometimes these artists were regarded and embraced as practitioners of note. At other times they faced challenges of... -
Hannah Wilke: Art for Life's Sake by Tamara Schenkenberg
RRP: €59.50€48.14A richly illustrated exploration of Hannah Wilke's provocative art and trailblazing feminismOne of the most groundbreaking artists to emerge in American art in the 1960s, Hannah Wilke consistently challenged the prevailing narratives of women's bodies... -
Weaving at Black Mountain College: Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students by Michael Beggs 9780300273564
RRP: €35.70€30.76A detailed study of the role and legacy of weaving at the legendary Black Mountain College In the mid-twentieth century, Black Mountain College attracted a remarkable roster of artists, architects, and musicians. Yet the weaving classes taught by Anni... -
Western Art of the Twenty-First Century: Cowboys by E. Ashley Rooney 9780764356193
RRP: €38.07€24.28The first in a two-volume survey, readers are invited to reexamine the history of the West and its art through a multifaceted modern lens. More than 40 artists are included who reflect the tremendous diversity, depth, and breadth of a field steeped in... -
The New Urban Aesthetic: Digital Experiences of Urban Change by Dr Mónica Montserrat Degen 9781350283510
€28.69Shortlisted for the Jane Jacobs Urban Communication Book Award 2023 Cities are key sites for the reproduction of global capitalism, and urban branding is central to this transformative dynamic. In the 21st century, cities are also being profoundly... -
The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly: Portraits and Sketches, 1942-2011 by Edith Schloss
RRP: €20.22€13.73The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly; Portraits and Sketches, 1942-2011 is an invaluable account by an artist at the center of a landmark era in American art. Edith Schloss writes about the painters, poets, and musicians who were part of... -
When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art by Eva Respini
RRP: €50.58€44.28Insightful and interdisciplinary, this book considers the movement of people around the world and how contemporary artists contribute to our understanding of it In this timely volume, artists and thinkers join in conversation around the topic of global...