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Painting Now by Suzanne Hudson
RRP: $51.37$35.99Painting 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... -
Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art by Eleanor Heartney 9781848225404
RRP: $60.04$45.76Offering a radical rewriting of the history of contemporary art from a feminist perspective, four distinguished authors explore the lineages of performance, abstraction, craft and ecofeminism in ways that reveal the debt these important genres owe to the... -
Zao Wou-KI: Watercolors and Ceramics by Gilles Chazal
RRP: $68.53$47.87Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013) was the first artist of the Chinese diaspora to achieve international recognition and was one of France's most important painters of the postwar era and beyond. His large abstract canvases were in step with those of New York School... -
Information: 50th Anniversary edition by Kynaston L. McShine
RRP: $48.03$31.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780870709760Author Kynaston McShineFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Museum of Modern ArtPublisher Museum of Modern ArtWeight(grams) 600g -
The Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to Twombly: Portraits and Sketches, 1942-2011 by Edith Schloss
RRP: $29.14$20.96The 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... -
Paper Revolutions: An Invisible Avant-Garde by Sarah E. James
RRP: $54.89$37.07Apologies 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 -
Joana Vasconcelos: Maximal by Achim Sommer
RRP: $54.89$37.07The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos (*1971) is famous internation-ally for her three- dimensional works, in which she explores the boundaries between tradi tion and modernism, high and everyday culture, craftsmanship and industrial production in a... -
Art Hiding in New York: An Illustrated Guide to the City's Secret Masterpieces by Lori Zimmer
RRP: $34.31$23.59There's so much to love about New York, and so much to see. The city is full of art, and architecture, and history -- and not just in museums. Hidden in plain sight, in office building lobbies, on street corners, and tucked into Soho lofts, there's a... -
Cruising the Dead River: David Wojnarowicz and New York's Ruined Waterfront by Fiona Anderson
RRP: $48.03$46.98In the 1970s, Manhattan's west side waterfront was a forgotten zone of abandoned warehouses and piers. Though many saw only blight, the derelict neighborhood was alive with queer people forging new intimacies through cruising. Alongside the piers' sexual... -
Brutal Aesthetics: Dubuffet, Bataille, Jorn, Paolozzi, Oldenburg by Hal Foster
RRP: $68.61$54.79How artists created an aesthetic of "positive barbarism" in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bombIn Brutal Aesthetics, leading art historian Hal Foster explores how postwar artists and writers searched for a new... -
David Lynch: The Unified Field by Robert Cozzolino 9780520283961
RRP: $58.32$48.11David Lynch is internationally renowned as a filmmaker, but it is less known that he began his creative life as a visual artist and has maintained a devoted studio practice, developing an extensive body of painting, prints, photography, and drawing... -
Donald Rodney: Autoicon by Richard Birkett
RRP: $30.86$23.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846382574Author Richard BirkettFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Afterall PublishingPublisher Afterall Publishing -
Sound Art: Sound as a Medium of Art by Peter Weibel 9780262029667
RRP: $101.20$70.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262029667Author Peter WeibelFormat HardbackPage Count 500Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Sol LeWitt: 100 Views by Susan Cross 9780300152821
RRP: $68.61$59.33Published 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,... -
Artrage!: The Story of the BritArt Revolution by Elizabeth Fullerton
RRP: $22.28$13.95The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988 with their attention-grabbing, ironic art, exploding art-world conventions with brazen disdain. Dismissed as trivial gimmickry and praised for its witty energy, their art... -
Alastair Gordon – Quodlibet by Alastair Gordon 9781910221488
RRP: $51.46$32.26Alastair Gordon (b.1978, Edinburgh), is an artist based in London. This, the first major monograph of the artist's career, includes over 160 paintings, drawings and documentational photographs, along with notes by Gordon himself. The book introduces this... -
The Art of Return: The Sixties and Contemporary Culture by James Meyer
RRP: $72.04$62.11More than any other decade, the Sixties captures our collective cultural imagination. And while many Americans can immediately imagine the sound of Martin Luther King, Jr. declaring, "I Have A Dream," or envision hippies placing flowers in gun barrels... -
Richard Wilson (Modern Artist) by Simon Morrissey 9781854375704
RRP: $25.71$11.75Richard Wilson was born in London in 1953. Descended on one side from a line of builders and on the other of artists, his work often comes closer to engineering or even architecture than it does to traditional sculpture. Typically he transforms the... -
Traces: Mapping a Journey in Textiles by Roger Manley 9780983121770
RRP: $34.22$33.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983121770Author Roger ManleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint NC State University Gregg Museum of Art and DesignPublisher NC State University Gregg... -
Allison Katz: Artery by Sam Thorne
RRP: $70.33$52.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545280Author Sam ThorneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
Pop Art: A Colourful History by Alastair Sooke
RRP: $29.14$21.06Pop 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... -
Tricks of the Light – Essays on Art and Spectacle by Jonathan Crary 9781942130857
RRP: $48.03$37.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942130857Author Jonathan CraryFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Zone BooksPublisher Zone BooksWeight(grams) 666gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 15mm -
De Kooning: American Master by Mark Stevens
RRP: $51.46$40.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Ambassador Book Award 2005 and L.A. Times book Prize (Biography) 2004 and National Book Critics Circle Awards 2005 and Pulitzer Prize 2005.Book InformationISBN... -
Murakami: EGO by Massimiliano Gioni
RRP: $94.34$79.38A 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... -
The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century by Asma Naeem 9781941366547
RRP: $84.05$58.92A sweeping survey of hip hop's resounding impact on contemporary art and culture across the past 20-plus years Accompanying a groundbreaking exhibition originating at the Baltimore Museum of Art, this book captures the extraordinary influence of hip... -
Fifth Quarter: Derek Jarman, Keith Collins & Dungeness by Alexander Tucker
RRP: $56.60$35.34Fifth Quarter: Derek Jarman, Keith Collins & Dungeness brings together collaborators, friends, contemporary artists, writers, musicians, and curators to respond to the influence and legacy of Jarman and his late partner Collins. Drawing inspiration... -
Unica Zurn: Art, Writing and Post-War Surrealism by Esra Plumer 9781350296954
RRP: $44.58$38.78Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, writer and artist Unica Zurn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material while in psychiatric institutions across Germany and France. While Zurn is often discussed in relation to her partner, the... -
Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars by Camille Paglia
RRP: $51.46$30.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307278029Author Camille PagliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 607gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
Return Engagements: Contemporary Art's Traumas of Modernity and History in Sai Gon and Phnom Penh by Viet Le 9781478010791
RRP: $44.58$38.58In Return Engagements artist and critic Viet Le examines contemporary art in Cambodia and Viet Nam to rethink the entwinement of militarization, trauma, diaspora, and modernity in Southeast Asian art. Highlighting artists tied to Phnom Penh and Sai Gon... -
Eduardo Terrazas: Cosmos: Silence and Infinite by Eduardo Terrazas
RRP: $72.04$46.98Cosmos: Silence and Infinite offers new approaches on the stunning art works of Eduardo Terrazas's (1936) art works. Four well known authors present a multidisciplinary vision on the artists ongoing series Possibilities of a Structure. Which suggests at... -
The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage: With a Complete Inventory of Works by James Scott 9781848221789
RRP: $94.34$72.59The Sculpture of Kenneth Armitage, which is being published to coincide with the artist's centenary in 2016, is the first book to feature a fully illustrated inventory of all of Armitage's known sculptures. It will be the only available illustrated... -
Art into Life: Essays on Tracey Emin by Alexandra Kokoli
RRP: $44.58$38.78Tracey Emin has undergone an extraordinary metamorphosis from a young, unknown artist into the 'bad girl' of the Young British Art (YBA) movement, challenging the complacency of the art establishment in both her work and her life. Today she is arguably... -
Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol by Natasha Degen
RRP: $34.31$24.51Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and fashion, looking at the interplay of artists and designers - and the role of institutions, both public and commercial - that has brought about this marriage of aesthetic industries... -
Alison Wilding by Jo Applin 9781848222656
RRP: $77.19$60.04Alison Wilding RA (b.1948) is one of Britain's foremost sculptors. Tracing the trajectory of her artistic evolution, this original publication provides the first critical survey of Wilding's rich career. Known for her use of contrasting materials and... -
Neo Rauch by Michael Glover 9781848222939
RRP: $85.75$65.23This 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... -
What is it that will last?: Land and tidal art of Julie Brook by Julie Brook
RRP: $68.53$51.99This publication offers a rich and expansive visual record of Julie Brook's artistic practice, and proposes a unique collaboration between Brook and distinct voices from the nature writing and craftsmanship traditions. Situating Brook's practice in the... -
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into The Future by Juliet Bingham
RRP: $42.88$40.22Russian-born conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are among the most celebrated artists of their generation. Known for their pioneering large-scale environments and installations, the artists' work fuses the everyday with the conceptual. Deeply... -
Fahrelnissa Zeid by Kerryn Greenberg
RRP: $34.29$23.14Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901-1991) was one of the most influential Turkish artists, best known for her large-scale abstract paintings. Marrying influences from Islamic, Byzantine and Eastern art with the bold colour of the Fauvists, the geometrical dissonance... -
After the Crisis - Contemporary States of Photography by Donatien Grau
RRP: $34.31$28.11After the Crisis offers a platform for discussions between some of today's leading artists, writers, theorists, curators, and historians aimed at questioning the very status of photography today. Contributors come from the realms of critical theory,... -
Gutai: Decentering Modernism by Ming Tiampo
RRP: $68.61$66.81This is the first book in English to examine Gutai, Japan's best-known modern art movement, a circle of postwar artists whose avant-garde paintings, performances, and installations foreshadowed many key developments in American and European experimental...