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Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained by Susie Hodge
RRP: $31.48$20.58Why Your 5 Year Old Could Not Have Done That is Susie Hodge's passionate and persuasive argument against the most common disparaging remark levelled at modern art. In this enjoyable and thought-provoking book, she examines 100 works of modern art that... -
Art of Steampunk, Rev 2nd Edn by Art Donovan
RRP: $31.48$20.31In this book, artwork consists of everything from jewellery and watches to light fixtures. Welcome to the world of Steampunk: a unique fantasy version of nineteenth century Victorian England imbued with today's technology, resulting in devices and... -
Beauty and Art: 1750-2000 by Elizabeth Prettejohn
RRP: $46.18$32.78What do we mean when we call a work of art `beautiful`? How have artists responded to changing notions of the beautiful? Which works of art have been called beautiful, and why? Fundamental and intriguing questions to artists and art lovers, but ones that... -
Breaking the Rules of Watercolour: Painting secrets and techniques by Shirley Trevena
RRP: $41.98$29.42Shirley Trevena is a well-known and successful watercolourist, with a huge international fan base. Throughout her career she has pushed the boundaries of watercolour and is regarded as one of Britain's most innovative artists in that medium. Shirley's... -
The Global Rules of Art: The Emergence and Divisions of a Cultural World Economy by Larissa Buchholz
RRP: $63.00$48.76A trailblazing look at the historical emergence of a global field in contemporary art and the diverse ways artists become valued worldwidePrior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of "international" contemporary art was made up almost exclusively of artists... -
Pollock by Leonhard Emmerling
RRP: $31.50$23.86The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape. Channeling ideas from sources as diverse as Picasso and Mexican surrealism, he rejected convention to... -
Between the Material and the Possible: Infrastructural Re-Examination and Speculation in Art by Bassam El Baroni
$47.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956796005Author Bassam El BaroniFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 652gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Tate: Contemporary Art Decoded by Jessica Cerasi
RRP: $63.00$42.84What is contemporary art, and how did art come to be what it is today? How can we understand what a work of art means; and can't just about anything be called art these days?Contemporary Art Decoded takes ten key questions about contemporary art and uses... -
Peter Doig by Peter Doig
RRP: $115.50$86.18In every generation of artists, there are a few who propose a new set of ques- tions and alter the way we understand art. Peter Doig is such an artist. This handsome monograph considers the painter's entire career, beginning with the early work ... -
The Practical Watch Escapement by George Daniels
RRP: $63.00$47.02The Practical Watch Escapement explains the action of the escapement in terms accessible to both expert and layman. One of George Daniels' central contributions to horology is his co-axial escapement. Having observed that the dominant lever escapement... -
Basquiat by Leonhard Emmerling 9783836559799
RRP: $31.50$28.10An icon of 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) first made his name under the graffiti tag "SAMO", before establishing his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20. Although his career lasted barely a decade, he remains a... -
Richard Estes: Phaidon Focus by Linda Chase
RRP: $31.40$24.42The perfect introduction to the life and work of Richard EstesAbout the AuthorLinda Chase is a noted author and curator, whose writings on Photorealism have helped define the movement. Her first interview with Richard Estes was published in 1972 in Art... -
Wyeth: Andrew and Jamie in the Studio by Timothy Standring
RRP: $78.75$69.68An essential new look at the diverse work and artistic methods of beloved American realist painters Andrew and Jamie Wyeth Father and son artists Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009) and Jamie Wyeth (b. 1946) are among the most celebrated American realist painters... -
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol by Andy Warhol
RRP: $20.98$14.93The autobiography of an American icon'I never think that people die. They just go to department stores'Andy Warhol - American painter, filmmaker, publisher, actor and major figure in the Pop Art movement - was in many ways a reluctant celebrity. Here, in... -
Nick Goss - Smickel Inn by Nick Goss 9781910221549
RRP: $63.00$39.50Smickel Inn is a publication of works by London-based Anglo-Dutch artist Nick Goss, produced by Ingleby, Edinburgh, and co-published with Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, and Anomie Publishing, London. Along with around sixty plates and illustrations, the... -
The Art of Jim Burns: Hyperluminal by Jim Burns
RRP: $52.48$40.74This is a new collection of art from one of the UK's most acclaimed sci-fi artists featuring everything from his initial sketches to his final works and published book covers. It includes covers from the SF greats - Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman and Terry... -
All in Good Time: Reflections of a Watchmaker by George Daniels
RRP: $73.50$55.90The remarkable story of George Daniels, the master craftsman who was born into poverty but raised himself to become the greatest watchmaker of the twentieth century. George Daniels (1926-2011) stands alone in modern times as the inventor of the... -
George Condo: Painting Reconfigured by Simon Baker
RRP: $73.50$50.46The definitive monograph on the iconoclastic painter George Condo. With his arresting, unsettling style, George Condo emerged out of the dynamism of the New York art scene in the early 1980s, and he has been restlessly painting, drawing and sculpting... -
Art in the Age of Machine Learning by Sofian Audry
RRP: $90.30$66.74Apologies 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 -
Covered in Time and History: The Films of Ana Mendieta by Howard Oransky 9780520288010
RRP: $115.50$95.49Born to a prominent family in Havana but exiled to the United States as a girl, Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) is regarded as one of the most significant artists of the postwar era. During her too-brief career, she produced a distinctive body of work that... -
Keith Haring by Jeffrey Deitch
RRP: $88.20$67.54Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the artist's birth, this book is the intended to be a faithful posthumous execution of the project. Containing a wealth of unpublished materials, and representing a decade of work and research, it promises to be the... -
The Calligrapher's Garden by Hassan Massoudy
RRP: $21.00$14.70Hassan Massoudy's elegant calligraphy depicts the four seasons of the garden. From the icy palettes of winter and the fading hues of autumn to delicate spring growth and the dazzling sunshine and blooms of summer, he captures in calligraphy what... -
Dandy in the Underworld by Sebastian Horsley
RRP: $23.08$15.54'Like Salvador Dali's confessions, only far funnier and more self-deprecating, Dandy in the Underworld entertains as much as it revolts, is as tender as it is shocking, and as genuine as it is false.' IndependentSure to shock and surprise, Sebastian... -
African Art Now by Osei Bonsu
RRP: $84.00$58.28Over the past two decades contemporary African art has taken its rightful place on the world stage. Today, African artists work outside the confines of limiting categories and outdated perceptions; they produce art that is as much a reflection of... -
Rothko: The Color Field Paintings by Dore Ashton
RRP: $63.00$43.95Mark Rothko's iconic paintings are some of the most profound works of twentieth-century Abstract Expressionism. This collection presents fifty large-scale artworks from the American master's color field period (1949-1970) alongside essays by Rothko's... -
Landscape into Eco Art: Articulations of Nature Since the '60s by Mark Cheetham
RRP: $73.40$65.12Dedicated to an articulation of the earth from broadly ecological perspectives, eco art is a vibrant subset of contemporary art that addresses the widespread public concern with rapid climate change and related environmental issues. In Landscape into Eco... -
Creation: Art from the Beginning by John-Paul Stonard
RRP: $63.00$15.25**SELECTED AS A BEST ART BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE SUNDAY TIMES** 'Stonard traverses the sweep of human history, moving between cultures and hemispheres ... His book consists of myriad flashes of brilliance and inventiveness' LITERARY REVIEW 'A... -
That Which is Not Drawn: Conversations by William Kentridge
RRP: $47.25$33.56For more than three decades, artist William Kentridge has explored in his work the nature of subjectivity, the possibilities of revolution, the Enlightenment's legacy in Africa, and the nature of time itself. At the same time, his creative work has... -
The Longing for Less: Living with Minimalism by Kyle Chayka 9781635572100
RRP: $39.88$33.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635572100Author Kyle ChaykaFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 412g -
Women Who Read Are Dangerous by Stefan Bollman
RRP: $33.58$23.79What is it about a woman reading that has captivated hundreds of artists over the centuries? Stefan Bollmann's Women Who Read Are Dangerous explores this popular subject in more than 70 artworks--drawings, paintings, photographs, and prints--by iconic... -
A-Z Great Modern Artists by Andy Tuohy
RRP: $39.88$27.62A most striking, design-led reference book, A to Z Great Modern Artists features artist and graphic designer Andy Tuohy's portraits of 52 key modern artists, rendered in each artist's own characteristic style - including Aleksandr Rodchenko in his... -
The Art of Protest: Political Art and Activism by Gestalten
RRP: $84.00$59.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783967040111Author GestaltenFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint gestaltenPublisher Die Gestalten Verlag -
Mod Art by Paul Anderson 9781783059683
RRP: $52.50$40.36Examining and illustrating the art scene surrounding the birth of modernism and its simultaneous rise among the burgeoning working class Mod scene of the Sixties, Paul Anderson's Mod Art is the definitive work on the visual culture of Mod. With... -
The Jean-Michel Basquiat Reader: Writings, Interviews, and Critical Responses by Jordana Moore Saggese 9780520305168
RRP: $63.00$48.76The first comprehensive collection of the words and works of a movement-defining artist. Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) burst onto the art scene in the summer of 1980 as one of approximately one hundred artists exhibiting at the 1980 Times Square... -
Subway Art by Martha Cooper
RRP: $39.88$27.83In 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. The 2009 edition of the... -
Art Record Covers. 40th Anniversary Edition by Francesco Spampinato
RRP: $52.50$39.10Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo's 1913 Futurist manifesto L'Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp's 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th... -
The Twenty First Century Art Book by David Trigg
RRP: $52.40$41.37An accessible A-Z guide to best contemporary art made since 2000About the AuthorConceived and edited by Phaidon EditorsReviews"A very significant A-Z of 21st century artists from big names like Grayson Perry and Banksy to rising stars like Lucy Mackenzie... -
Abstract Expressionism by David Anfam
RRP: $20.90$14.24Abstract Expressionism is the most important art movement since the Second World War. Although it is often considered a revolution in painting alone - for the images created by such leading figures as Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Willem de Kooning... -
Affinities by Brian Dillon
RRP: $29.38$19.26What do we mean when we claim affinity with an object or picture, or say affinities exist between such things? Affinities is a critical and personal study of a sensation that is not exactly taste, desire, or allyship, but has aspects of all. Approaching... -
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts by Ian Collins
RRP: $35.68$31.52Born into a large, musical, and bohemian family in London, the British artist John Craxton (1922-2009) has been described as a Neo-Romantic, but he called himself a "kind of Arcadian". His early art was influenced by Blake, Palmer, Miro, and Picasso...