Sung Hwan Kim's art is an ongoing experiment with narration, of which he writes: "I thought of a room as a box from which a story vibrates, and I began to think about the constant occupants of rooms.
It is always enjoyable to watch young architects with whom I have worked establish their own practices. Taka Tezuka worked with me for four years and then set up Tezuka Architects with his wife Yui in
Dutch artist Tom Claassen (1964) is best known for the sculptural pieces he's created for public space. Almost everyone in the Netherlands is familiar with the family of elephants grazing alongside th
In a torrent of collages, drawings, photos of the artist and bold Teutonic graphics, Jonathan Meese's Totale Neutralitat expresses his dream of a utopian "dictatorship of art," with the credo that "ar
For more than 30 years after its foundation in 1928, the CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne) was the embodiment of a dynamic innovative movement with hundreds of members all over the
Illustrated throughout with high-quality color photographs, this volume presents an overview of the musical instrument collection maintained by Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Ranging from an ancient Gr
As a Chinese American boy works at his parents' hotel renting out rooms to johns and hookers, he engages in a quest to lose his virginity while struggling with concepts of friendship, family, class, r
One of the world's most influential photographers, Bruce Davidson takes readers inside three midcentury big tops in images that are poetic, realistic and profound. He reveals not only the swiftly vani
History and the status of the image have long been animating concerns in the artwork of French artist Christian Boltanski (born 1944). In Boltanski: Souls from Place to Place, the artist reflects on t
On a summer morning in 1833, Thomas Cole, a British-born, American landscape painter climbed to the top of Mount Holyoke in central Massachusetts and made a sketch of the Connecticut River where it be
This volume provides the definitive survey of the graphic work of Aldo Rossi (1931-97), reproducing 300 prints. In the 1970s and 80s, Rossi attained equal preeminence as an architect, theorist and art
The Dutch Republic in the 17th century was home to one of the greatest flowerings of painting in the history of Western art. Freed from the constraints of royal and church patronage, artists created a
Across cultures and centuries, the forest has occupied a unique place in our collective imagination.Sylvania, by Brooklyn-based photographer Anna Beeke (born 1984), explores the intersection of nature
Todd Forsgren (born 1981) creates intimate portraits of birds at the moment of their capture in mist nets as part of scientific surveys and ornithological research. This monograph serves as an effecti
Photographer Malcolm Linton and writer Jon Cohen present haunting images and stories from Tijuana, Mexico, to show the distance that separates aspiration from reality in the quest to end AIDS.
Chris Killip, born in 1946 on the Isle of Man, is one of the most influential photographers and teachers to have come out of the United Kingdom. His work in the late 1970s and 1980s defined an era; it
Features more than 500 paintings from many of the best figurative artists active over the past quarter century, including Jonathan Yeo, Stuart Pearson Wright, Paul Emsley, Annabel Cullen and Ishbel My
This publication aims not only to expose the work of Carol Rama, but also to challenge the dominant narratives of art history through a work that requires us to undo narratives and reformulate concept
This book is the culmination of ten years of critical reflection on engaged design and the relation between design and society. The publication marks the conclusion of five editions of the Utrecht Man
The first edition of Sebastião Salgado: Other Americas was published in 1985 by the French publisher Contrejour, and included photographs from Salgado's numerous trips through Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia
Documents an innovative project from the Spanish Royal Academy in Rome - the creation of a Pop-Up store. This volume showcases each project featured in the pop-up store, and provides a brief introduct
Never before was the mobility of individuals higher than today. People work and live not only in different places, but often even between different countries. 'Binational urbanism' examines the way of
Haim Steinbach (born 1944, Rehovot, Israel) is a leading figure in American art. Since the 1970's he has been conceiving structures and framing devices for the presentation of objects. Steinbach displ
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, one of the most influential artists of his generation, lived and worked resolutely according to his own idealistic principles, determined to "make this a better place for everyo
Thirty tales of theft, onanism, incest, murder and a host of other forms of perversion and cruelty from the "ungrateful beggar" and "pilgrim of the absolute," Lâeon Bloy. "Disagreeable Tales," first p
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. This edition of Aperture, researched on-site in Tokyo, features a selection of vital contemporary work, while exploring Tokyo’s role in narratives of Japanese ph
The Moth Wing Diaries is a photographic narrative addressing themes of memory, providence, revival and dreams, by native Texan photographer Lori Vrba. Vrba's surreal landscapes and portraiture are dee
Panamarenko's assemblages of flying machines, autos and vessels are objects designed to make adventure a reality, not intended as a quick escape from reality. One of the most original contemporary Bel
Published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion of the 2011 Venice Biennale, "Establishing a Critical Corpus" is the first theoretical book to extensively examine the practice and ar
Over four years, photographer Gabriela Maj traveled across Afghanistan collecting portraits and stories from inside the country's numerous women's prisons.Almond Garden pays homage to these individual
Landmark is a collaborative body of photographic work generated over the last five years in Pontiac/Detroit, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. In this volume, photographers J.W. Fisher and J.T. Leonard focu
In her sculpture and installation works, New York-based artist Nancy Davidson (born 1943), recipient of a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship, celebrates and satirizes popular culture. A central example is the
Imaging Eden presents an overview of the Everglades—one of the most contested and unique environments on the planet—alongside new approaches to photographing the vast wetlands system.Bocamag noted the
The tension between tradition and innovation is fundamental to the discipline of architecture, as architects borrow readily and heavily from past designs and yet scramble in a competition for original
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. This edition of Aperture presents a mix of new photographic work exploring questions of queer identity, as well as past figures and projects that are the subject
The Philippe Meaille Collection. Art Language Uncompleted. The Philippe Maille Collection provides a detailed and revealing view of one of the most complex aesthetic identities of the second half of t
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. At a cultural moment when images are arguably placing increased pressure on the written word, "Aperture"'s "Lit" issue looks at the many relationships between ph
In 1960, after an intense year photographing a notorious Brooklyn street gang "The Jokers", Bruce Davidson decided to remove himself from the tension and depression of that work. He received an assign
E. Brady Robinson’s Art Desks features photographs of the desks and working spaces of artists, curators, art dealers and critics throughout the East Coast. Her subjects include collector Mera Rubell,
For the Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto, who defines himself as a sculptor, his works are created to be passed through, lived in, felt and even smelt, which enables the spectator to experience their own
