Over the past 25 years, Jorg Friedrich and his prominent Hamburg architecture firm PFP Architekten have completed a wide range of public and private architectural projects such as theaters, schools an
Despite a career that was curtailed at the age of 29, Vladimir Jindrich Bufka (1887-1916) was one of the most distinctive early-twentieth-century art photographers in Prague and indeed in all of Austr
Calcutta-born, London-based painter Raqib Shaw (born 1974) builds his mythic universe from early-nineteenth-century French colonial art. His man-animal characters and fantastic landscapes starts as li
Collects the author's writings on art, architecture, and globalism, discussing artistic practice and cutlural critique, exploring the works of Rem Koolhaas, Brian Junge, and Sam Durant.
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. The ground for documentary storytellers has radically shifted over the last decade. How can socially minded storytellers adapt to this new terrain? Created in co
In the small Dutch city of Deventer, a pair of projects recently emerged that unite individual art practice and urban planning: the development of a disused mid-twentieth-century hospital complex; and
Focusing on Los Angeles and Philadelphia, "First Among Equals" considers the various modes that contemporary artists have developed to work with each other and reach across generations through negotia
The Amsterdam Airport Schipol can genuinely be called a megastructure. Originally opened in 1916, Schipol has been added to in fits and starts over the years, maintaining throughout its construction a
This volume collects 17 new collage series by Venezuelan artist Arturo Herrera (born 1959)--works pitched somewhere between abstract composition and poetically fragmented scrapbooks of the everyday. A
Over the last 20 years, renowned Boston artist Barbara Bosworth (born 1953) has taken photographs of her family in and around her childhood home in Novelty, Ohio, and at other locations of significanc
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. In this edition of Aperture, titled "Photography as you don't know it," leading curators, historians, writers, and publishers introduce ten photographers they be
Postcards Home is a record of a period of personal upheaval; of the endings and beginnings of very important relationships; of illnesses and deaths and births. All of the works in this book were taken
With her classically formal clay and bronze sculptures, London-based Rebecca Warren positions herself within the predominantly male figurative tradition, which includes Degas and Rodin, while maintain
This first volume of JRP-Ringier's complete John Baldessari writings project traces the genesis and development of the artist's understanding of art in the early 1960s. "More Than You Wanted to Know A
In this remarkable pseudo-documentary and biography, Sara Macel followed her father, a traveling salesman, on his trips across the United States.May the Road Rise Up To Meet You evokes "a fee
Walking the fine line between fiction and non-fiction, Murray creates a hauntingly beautiful narrative book that navigates the psychology of men through an exploration of portraiture and place. Intima
For Sarah Christianson, home is a 1,200-acre farm in the Red River Valley of North Dakota. Her parents are the fourth, and last, consecutive generation to work this land. She combined her images with
"Town-Gown Conflict" records an exhibition held at Zurich's Museum Barengasse of textiles by women artists and designers who explore the social ramifications of couture and industrial/manual fabric pr
When disaster strikes, the first few hours are critical to saving art, artifacts and important objects. This ebook, written by highly regarded professional museum conservators, outlines procedures and
Though stylistically distinct, the architects Solano Benitez (born 1963) and Javier Coravalan (born 1962) are brought together by the cultural context of their mutual homeland, Paraguay. In this publi
"Atraque" is the first publication on one of Brazil's most talented and prolific young artists, Rodolpho Parigi (born 1977), documenting his explosively psychedelic installations, paintings, writings
"Conversations" comprises a selection of more than 100 photographs drawn from the Bank of America Collection. The publication traces the history of photography through the eyes and imagination of icon
Paulina Olowska's paintings, collages, and knitted works explore Communist Poland's fascination with Western consumerism and celebrates the spirit of what Polish writer Leopold Tyrmand called the "App
Dusseldorf-based artist Thomas Schutte (born 1954) is one of the most idiosyncratic of present-day artists, venturing to deploy techniques, genres and themes long thought passe--such as the sculptural
Dusseldorf-based artist Thomas Schutte (born 1954) first came to prominence in the 1980s with his drawings, watercolors, stage sets and architectural models. In the 1990s, he produced ceramic figures
This book is a multivocal account of the work of Zimbabwean artist James Beckett (born 1977). Reproductions of Beckett's photography, installation and painting are punctuated by associative interjecti
Explores the photographs of two master photographers, Harry Callahan and Edward Weston, through the relationships of vision and desire. While the well-known bodies of works have been understood as nud
Drawn from one of the richest private collections of Latin American photography in the world (that of Stanislas and Leticia Poniatowski), the project Mutant Cities is a visual exploration of various c
Comprises of a selection of more than 150 works drawn from the exceptional collection of modern and contemporary photographs of Irish-American collector David Kronn, which he has pledged to the Irish
Richard Aldrich's abstract painting juggles delicacy of line and palette with warmth of touch, a combination that fills his works with a cheerful humanity, or what Art in Review memorably described as
The Lebanese video artists, documentarians and photographers Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige have been a duo since the 1990s, making works that address the turbulent history of their homeland. Th
"Call Ampersand Response" is a collaborative artwork by Canadian artists Michael Dumontier (born 1960) and Micah Lexier (born 1974), composed of images exchanged via email over a period of several mon
"Americana: 50 States, 50 Months, 50 Exhibitions" was a long-term presentation consisting of 50 displays, each approximately one month long, exhibited between January 2011-May 2012 and coorganized by
Outlining planes and volumes in space with the humblest of materials, American artist Fred Sandback's (1943-2003) work makes ingenious use of the Minimalist artistic vocabulary. Though Sandback employ
Over the course of about ten years, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Matthew Barney met several times to discuss Barney's past work, current projects and his plans for the future. The resulting collection of in
Cheyney Thompson has made the technology, production and distribution of painting the subject of his work. His "Chronochromes" (2009-2011) are composed using the color system devised by Albert H. Muns
Photographer Roman Burda (born 1966) is known for his exploration of African landscapes, especially in Ethiopia. His genuine and intimate relationships with the locals of the Omo River region have all
"Command Z" presents works by North American artists who have been pioneers in the area of art and technology. Pieces by Paul DeMarinis, Nina Katchadourian, Ingrid Bachmann, and team Emile Morin and J
