Contemporary (1945 -)
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Poor Artists: A Quest Into the Art World
$24.99 Add to cartThis debut book by the popular collaborative team–heralded as one of the first truly new critical voices of the 21st century– blends real-world experience and poignant storytelling into a provocativ… [more below]
- Author: Puente, Gabrielle de la
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 12 2024
- ISBN10: 3791380214
- Language: English
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Joan Mitchell: Paintings: 1979-1985
$60.00 Add to cartDiscover Joan Mitchell’s powerful and dynamic work–spotlighted in this book as never before
“An entry for one of the best shows of 2022. . . . Mitchell, then in her 50s, reaches peak form in gatherin- Author: Mitchell, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1644231182
- Language: English
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Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies
$65.00 Add to cartA book highlighting the work of pioneering Black printmaker, sculptor, and activist Elizabeth Catlett.
Accomplished printmaker and sculptor, avowed feminist, and lifelong activist Elizabeth Catlett- Author: Scruggs, Dalila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 04 2024
- ISBN10: 0226836576
- Language: English
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Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World
$17.99 Add to cartWhat is the purpose of art in a world on fire? In this exhilarating and deeply inspiring work, Amber Massie-Blomfield considers the work of artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers–such as Gran Fu
- Author: Massie-Blomfield, Amber
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1324078758
- Language: English
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Nicole Eisenman
$59.99 Read moreWith a body of work that explores a broad spectrum of subjects–from lesbianism and feminism to contemporary politics and the natural world–Nicole Eisenman (b.1965) challenges convention and encourag… [more below]
- Series: Contemporary Painters
- Author: Cameron, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1848224508
- Language: English
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Hirst-Isms
$17.95 Read moreA revealing collection of quotations from world-renowned artist Damien Hirst
Hirst-isms is a collection of quotations–bold, surprising, often humorous, and always insightful–from celebrated artist D- Series: Isms #12
- Author: Hirst, Damien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0691239851
- Language: English
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Clay Pop
$65.00 Read moreClay Pop documents the reinvention of ceramic sculpture by a new generation of artists.
A medium that has often been characterized as more craft than art, clay is now an exciting platform for formal a- Author: Dahl, Alia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0847899306
- Language: English
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Interiors Now! 40th Ed.
$30.00 Add to cartWith an inspirational richness and diversity of styles, these homes, residences, hideaways, and studios will astound and astonish, no matter the taste; be it rustic country cottage, New York-style lof
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: Taschen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 3836591952
- Language: English
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The Art of Protest: Political Art and Activism
$60.00 Read moreThanks to art’s ability to communicate and influence, it has always had a charged relationship with activism and politics. And, given the tumultuous times in which we live, with traditional democracie… [more below]
- Author: Gestalten
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 3967040119
- Language: English
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Richter
$20.00 Read moreAn encounter with Gerhard Richter, the German artist who widened horizons in the relationship between painting and reality. From early photographic paintings, along with his famous RAF cycle, to late
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Honnef, Klaus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 01 2019
- ISBN10: 383657523X
- Language: English
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Star Trek: Designing the Final Frontier: How Midcentury Modernism Shaped Our View of the Future
$39.99 Add to cartCelebrate Star Trek: The Original Series and the show’s distinctive Midcentury modern design that would change design- and television-forever.
Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969) was the first- Author: Chavkin, Dan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 168188562X
- Language: English
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Hugh Hayden: American Vernacular
$44.95 Read moreThe first-ever monograph on American artist Hugh Hayden, whose sculptures are known for their engagement with notions of class, race, and cultural assimilation, as well as the construction of nature. … [more below]
- Author: Montross, Sarah J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 0262047993
- Language: English
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How Banksy Saved Art History
$35.00 Add to cartFew would dispute that Banksy is the most famous urban artist in the world today. That he is also a perceptive art historian might come as a surprise to many. Taken together, the myriad memorable work
- Author: Grovier, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0500027056
- Language: English
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Gerhard Richter: Painting After the Subject of History
$49.95 Read moreThe first full-scale monographic study in English of one of the most important artists of the second half of the twentieth century.
In this first full-scale monograph in English on the German painter- Series: October Books
- Author: Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 696
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0262543532
- Language: English
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Kent Monkman: Life & Work
$40.00 Read moreKent Monkman’s art has been described as stupendous (New York Times), sure to alarm and educate (The Observer), and beating Western history painting at its own game (The Globe and Mail). Subversive, b
- Series: The Canadian Art Library
- Author: Madill, Shirley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1487102755
- Language: English
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Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club
$50.00 Read moreThe first book to feature Jacob Lawrence’s Nigeria series, this richly illustrated volume also highlights Africa’s place as a global center of modernist art and culture
This revelatory book shines a- Author: Gant, Kimberli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0300263171
- Language: English
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The Architecture of Natural Light
$65.00 Read moreThis volume provides a fresh look at the effects of natural light on various disciplines, and will appeal to all those involved, or interested in the visual and performing arts, architecture, the scie… [more below]
- Author: Plummer, Henry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 29 2009
- ISBN10: 1580932401
- Language: English
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Lina Bo Bardi, Drawings
$53.00 Read moreThe first authoritative collection of drawings by legendary modern architect Lina Bo Bardi
Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was one of the most prolific and visionary architects of the twentieth century. Rai- Author: Lima, Zeuler
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: June 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0691191190
- Language: English
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The Monster Leviathan: Anarchitecture
$44.95 Read moreVisionary proposals for a mythic and strange architecture–or anarchitecture–through which we can imagine other and better worlds.
Lurking under the surface of our modern world lies an unseen archite- Author: Betsky, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0262546337
- Language: English
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Whitfield Lovell: Passages
$50.00 Read moreThe most comprehensive survey to date of the contemporary artist Whitfield Lovell, whose poetic and intricately crafted tableaux and installations document and pay tribute to the history and cultural … [more below]
- Author: Wije, Michele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0847872998
- Language: English
