Sculpture & Installation

Film and video create an illusory world, a reality elsewhere, and a material presence that both dramatizes and demystifies the magic trick of moving pictures. Beginning in the 1960s, artists have explored filmic and televisual phenomena in the controlled...

Tool marks and joins, Cycladic and Daedalic styles, and kouroi and kanephoroi are among the many terms pertaining to the study of classical stone sculpture that are succinctly described in this latest addition to the "Looking At" series. Presented in...

Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) was a Polish artist who revolutionised the use of woven forms in art. In the mid 1960s, she transformed the modest material of sisal into monumental hanging sculptures, known as Abakans, which captivated audiences and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903685641Author Paul IrvineFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Richard DennisPublisher Richard DennisWeight(grams) 944gDimensions(mm) 299mm * 208mm *...

This is the twentieth volume in the Public Sculpture of Britain series, the ambitious collaboration between Liverpool University Press and the Public Monuments and Sculpture Association that will eventually document the outdoor sculptural heritage of the...

The power and beauty of traditional African sculpture has influenced 20th century art and design around the world. Found in many museums, its abstract forms, skillful rendering, and deep symbolism has also made it a welcome addition to the homes of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932476002Author Donald DinwiddleFormat HardbackPage Count 362Imprint Serindia Publications, IncPublisher Serindia Publications, IncWeight(grams) 3484g

"Sibony's meticulous engagement with the scavenged object, his reverence for the mundane, has ... seemingly been an influence on a host of emerging artists worldwide." -Lauren O'Neill-Butler, Artforum For over 20 years, Brooklyn-based artist Gedi...

What can modern art have to do with ancient sculpture? Surely the excitement of modern art lies in its utter repudiation of classical example? Elizabeth Prettejohn's important and revisionist new book argues otherwise: that ancient sculpture and modern...

A groundbreaking account of ancient Greek funerary sculpture and its emotional effects In this lyrically written and beautifully illustrated study, Seth Estrin probes the emotional effects of one of the largest and most important categories of Greek...

Internationally known carver Pete LeClair turns his attention to the caricature bust. This classic form lends itself to wonderful interpretations, but is also a great way to learn more about caricature carving. Pete shares a great number of techniques...

No comprehensive book of George Carlson s work has ever before been published, making this magnificent volume an incomparable addition to the libraries of collectors and students of Western art and American landscape painting. Likened to the French and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781846382536Author Andre RottmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Afterall PublishingPublisher Afterall Publishing

This is the sixth volume in Lund Humphries' series of monographs on British sculptor Anthony Caro and the first publication to focus on his use of stainless steel as a distinct body of work. Caro employed stainless steel extensively, from intimately...

Ana Strika (born 1981) is the 43rd artist in residence at ZF Art Foundation. She developed the site-specific installation DIE VORSTELLUNG in 2024 during her scholarship in Friedrichshafen. Ana Strika describes her approach, researching the procedural...

Silent Noise is a special kind of silence that contains both foreboding and warning. It is a frequency undetectable to the human ear. Silent Noise is the stillness that often precedes natural disasters such as earthquakes or tsunamis. It is the absence...

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1826) has long been recognized as the greatest European portrait sculptor of the late eighteenth century, flourishing during both the American and French Revolutions as well as during the Directoire and Empire in France. This...

Barbara Hepworth: Strings is the first publication dedicated to the artist's stringed sculptures, paintings and drawings. In 1939, Hepworth (1903-1975) made her first sculpture threaded with strings. For the rest of her career, she intermittently...

Mire Lee is known for her visceral sculptures, which use kinetic, mechanised elements to invoke the tension between soft forms and rigid systems. Open Wound, her new site-specific work, is a monumental installation that re-imagines Tate Modern as an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908432643Author Hettie JudahFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint Yorkshire Sculpture ParkPublisher Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781557288004Format HardbackPage Count 120Imprint University of Arkansas PressPublisher University of Arkansas PressWeight(grams) 780g

This publication discusses a bronze Laocooen recently sold at Bonham's. Its new owners attributed it to Giuseppe Piamontini (1663-1744) 'because of its manufacture and its extremely close proximity to the Doccia model', the model employed for a porcelain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857252919Author Joachin PisarroFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint SkiraPublisher Skira

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037646069Author Aude BodetFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint JRP RingierPublisher JRP Ringier

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857252704Author Cornelius TittelFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SkiraPublisher Skira

In the 1960s Tim Scott tested the limits of what a sculpture could be. Visionary and audacious, his large-scale constructions radically transformed the inheritance of Constantin Brancusi and Henri Matisse. How spatially expansive could sculpture become...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780900587658Author Lori-ann TouchetteFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint University of London PressPublisher University of London

This book is a critical appraisal of Eric Gill's inscriptional designs, paying particular attention to the early developments of his letter forms. The book includes indices of persons and institutions commemorated as well as the location of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786156595485Author Judit GeskoFormat HardbackPage Count 150Imprint Museum of Fine Art, BudapestPublisher Museum of Fine Art, Budapest / Hungarian National...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476692715Author Fred F PoynerFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint McFarland & Co IncPublisher McFarland & Co Inc

An updated edition of the indispensable guide to the British artist Phyllida Barlow's sculptural oeuvre across 6 decades. Phyllida Barlow: Sculpture, 1963-2023 is a comprehensive guide to Phyllida Barlow's sculptural language, charting the progression...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857252575Author Swizz BeatzFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1480g

Spanning the full career of the sculptor David Smith (1906-65), this study features some fifty sculptures alongside related paintings, reliefs, and works on paper to reclaim the primacy of nature within his expansive oeuvre.Smith's adventurous approach...

The Hall of Fame for Great Americans provides a window into the cultural changes taking place in the United States from the turn of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. This book is the first examination of the institutional and social history of...

Today, sculpture encompasses any time-based and spatial activity. It has expanded far beyond the conventional parameters that used to define this medium, such as volume, mass and presence. The discourses surrounding sculpture have also evolved to address...

The latest title in this book series presents Indian artist Shilpa Gupta's monumental inflatable sculpture, Untitled. The sculpture depicts the dualities of our innermost struggles and the externalities around us. This book includes a curatorial essay...

Painting has long dominated discussions of Netherlandish art. Yet in the sixteenth century sculpture was held in considerably higher regard than painting, especially in foreign lands. This beautifully illustrated book is the first comprehensive study of...

This book is a journey into the cosmos of the Brazilian-Swiss artist Pedro Wirz, in which humans and animals, but also legendary creatures coexist. His artistic investigation of the systemic devastation of diversity witnessed across biological, cultural,...

In the past two years Frederik Meijer and his curator Joe Becherer have assembled a significant private collection of large outdoor sculpture, which is available for public viewing at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids. This beautiful book...

The famous statue of Kamehameha I in downtown Honolulu is one of the state's most popular landmarks. Many tourists and residents however, are unaware that the statue is a replica; the original, cast in Paris in the 1880s and the first statue in the...