Contemporary (1945 -)
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The Coloring Book of Latinx Artists
$14.99 Add to cartThe Coloring Book of Latinx Artists features the artwork of more than a dozen leading Latinx artists currently living and working in the United States. This the first coloring book devoted to the grea… [more below]
- Author: Gonzalez, Rita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1858946999
- Language: English
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Ruth Asawa: Life’s Work
$40.00 Add to cart“Doing is living. That is all that matters.”–Ruth Asawa
Throughout her long and prolific career American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) developed innovative sculptures in wire, a medium she explored- Author: Schenkenberg, Tamara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 09 2019
- ISBN10: 0300242697
- Language: English
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Modern Architecture A-Z
$25.00 Read moreWith more than 280 entries, this architectural A-Z, now part of our Bibliotheca Universalis series, offers an indispensable overview of the key players in the creation of modern space. From the period
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Taschen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: August 26 2016
- ISBN10: 3836556316
- Language: English
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Architectures of Spatial Justice
$34.95 Read moreA field-defining work that demonstrates how architects are breaking with professional conventions to advance spatial justice and design more equitable buildings and cities.
As state violence, the pand- Author: Cuff, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545217
- Language: English
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A Way of Living: The Art of Willem de Kooning
$125.00 Add to cartThe best-selling and critically acclaimed monograph on one of the most influential painters of the twentieth century
Willem de Kooning was a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism. MoMA’s 2011 de K
- Author: Zilczer, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1838666559
- Language: English
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Haring-Isms
$17.95 Add to cartEssential 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 grap- Series: Isms #4
- Author: Haring, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0691209855
- Language: English
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Rockwell
$20.00 Add to cartAn extraordinarily prolific artist, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) produced some 4,000 paintings in his lifetime, not including a prodigious quantity of commissioned editorial, commercial, and advertisin
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Marling, Karal Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: April 28 2017
- ISBN10: 3836532042
- Language: English
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Marina Abramovic: Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places
$50.00 Read moreNever before published, this self-curated, intensely personal collection of travel notes and sketches by the world’s most revered performance artist offers readers a kind of iconography of Abramovic&#
- Author: Abramovic, Marina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 379137995X
- Language: English
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At Home: A Client’s Appreciation for Authentic Architecture
$28.00 Add to cartWith more than 100 color photos, author Deborah Lencioni Lapp tells the story of her life in the houses she’s called home, and in so doing, demonstrates the importance of architecture in our everyday
- Author: Lencioni Lapp, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1938938712
- Language: English
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Louis I. Kahn
$20.00 Read moreLouis Isadore Kahn (1901-1974) treated each building like a temple. Across the United States, in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Israel, his designs combined the sleek, utilitarian surfaces of modern
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Rosa, Joseph
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 08 2016
- ISBN10: 3836543842
- Language: English
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Basquiat
$24.95 Add to cartJean-Michel Basquiat was only twenty-seven when he died in 1988, his meteoric and often controversial career having lasted for just eight years. Despite his early death, Basquiat’s powerful oeuvre has… [more below]
- Author: Mayer, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 1858945194
- Language: English
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Activism
$27.95 Read moreAn edited collection that addresses the vital intersection of contemporary art and activism in this watershed cultural moment.
Activism is a critical point of contention for institutions and genealogi- Series: Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art
- Author: Dias Ramos, Afonso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546566
- Language: English
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Gerhard Richter: 100 Abstract Pictures
$50.00 Add to cartA new artist’s book, created by Gerhard Richter, that explores abstraction and chance in art and writing
“The 100 Abstract Pictures shown here originated about five years ago, when I poured enamel pai- Author: Richter, Gerhard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1644231115
- Language: English
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A Falling-Off Place: The Transformation of Lower Manhattan
$39.95 Read morePhotographer Barbara Mensch’s rediscovered photo archives and interview tapes capture symbolic transformations of Lower Manhattan.
Many of these images are published here for the first time. The photo- Author: Mensch, Barbara G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1531504396
- Language: English
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Judy Chicago-Isms
$16.95 Add to cartA collection of inspiring and provocative quotations from pioneering artist, feminist, and activist Judy Chicago
A fierce activist for women’s rights and against climate change, Judy Chicago defines h- Series: Isms #14
- Author: Chicago, Judy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 069125396X
- Language: English
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How Architecture Works
$25.99 Add to cartAn essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives
We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing.- Author: Rybczynski, Witold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0374534829
- Language: English
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100 Contemporary Wood Buildings
$25.00 Add to cartNot so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by n
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: September 08 2017
- ISBN10: 3836561565
- Language: English
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Bacon
$20.00 Read moreLargely self-taught as an artist, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) developed a unique ability to transform interior and unconscious impulses into figurative forms and intensely claustrophobic compositions.
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- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Ficacci, Luigi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 31 2015
- ISBN10: 3836559692
- Language: English
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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City
$44.95 Read moreFrom skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. Thomas Leslie’s comprehensive look at the modern skysc… [more below]
- Author: Leslie, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0252044959
- Language: English
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Surrealism Beyond Borders
$65.00 Add to cartA completely new way of looking at and understanding Surrealism, with a focus on the worldwide sweep of the movement
“The variety of discoveries, detailed with exceptional scholarship in a ravishing k- Author: D’Alessandro, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1588397270
- Language: English
