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This is a superbly illustrated series showcasing the best design work from some of the 20th century's finest architects. This engaging new series is dedicated to showcasing the very best in furniture

Throughout his career, the American Pop artist Robert Rauschenberg has consistently challenged the prevailing ideologies and techniques of the art world, and can even be said to have changed the cours

This is a superbly illustrated series showcasing the best design work from some of the 20th century's finest architects. This engaging new series is dedicated to showcasing the very best in furniture

"I, too, asked myself if I could not sell something and succeed in life... Finally the idea of inventing something insincere came to me and I got to work immediately." With this statement, penned for

Some of the carefully staged and composed images here are digitally altered, and almost all of them were originally displayed in backlit boxes. If those strategies sound familiar, you can thank Jeff W

"Starting from the profane material of everyday culture, Polke interprets images of reality rather than reality itself, satirizes tendencies in contemporary painting, questions the role of the artist

This title features dedicated mailing and e-mail campaign to targeted art related media & organisations. Recognised as one of the most important artists of his generation, Gary Hill (b. 1951, Santa Mo

Determining the authorship and originality of artistic works is essential for fully enjoying art, and for the correct functioning of the market and many cultural centres. It is one of the tasks fallin

Willem de Kooning arrived in the United States in 1926 as a 22-year-old stowaway from Holland--soon to become a leading figure in the emergence of Abstract Expressionist painting in New York. This vol

Jean Prouve opened his own smithy in Nancy, France, in 1923, and shortly thereafter produced his first pieces of furniture, made from thin sheet steel. Right away, Prouve's sparse, geometric aesthetic

This is a superbly illustrated series showcasing the best design work from some of the 20th century's finest architects. This engaging new series is dedicated to showcasing the very best in furniture

The Chilean Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale presents Chilean artists Paz Err zuriz (born 1944) and Lotty Rosenfeld (born 1943), both recognized for their artistic and political work during the di

British-born, New York-based artist Anthony McCall (born 1946) is known for his "solid-light" installations, which blur the line between sculpture and performance. This monograph offers an overview of

This book explores the work of those artists who attempted to keep alive the expanded possibilities opened up by Cubism in Paris between 1911 and 1914. This little community of artists refused to acce

Josep Lluis Mateo (born 1949) is one of Spain's--and Europe's--most prolific and visible architects, as energetic as a teacher and lecturer as he is an architect. Mateo has designed corporate headquar

Carlos Bunga's sculptural and painterly structures propose architecture as body and mindscape. Using only cardboard and paint, Bunga creates fantastical buildings, furniture-like sculptures and painti

Cool Barcelona exhaustively gathers neighbourhoods and sites that make the city of Barcelona special, from historic buildings and sculptures in public spaces to restaurants and shops. Each site of int

Along with his extensive activity as a sculptor over the past two decades, in which he uses materials such as glass and brick to create architectural spaces and other pieces both small and large, the

The project represents a determination to recognize, appreciate and reformulate the specificity of local Catalan architecture in contrast with the global and franchised architecture that has been domi

The intelligent irony that resonates through the video and projection installations of American artist Tony Oursler results from a subtle combination of sound, language and pop culture images. These e

Close Distance is both an exhibition and a collaborative artist's book by Portuguese artist Juli o Sarmento and British writer Adrian Searle. Searle reviews Sarmento's output in painting, sculpture, i

One of the European artists who has best combined text, image, and movement, Juli o Sarmento's multidisciplinary oeuvre evinces the tension that exists between image and word, between what is explicit

This is a unique and evocative collection of images chronicling the last year of acclaimed sculptor, Louise Bourgeois' life. Louise Bourgeois was an immensely influential sculptor and one of the iconi

Paul McCarthy (b. Salt Lake City, 1945) is one of the most provocative and influential living voices in contemporary art. This over-sized book - between a monograph and an artist book - was conceived

This is a concise and engaging, yet detailed and informative monograph that explores Gauguin's most Important works. Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) was one of the most important artists of the late 19th cen

What was fresh, modern and ground-breaking in the decades between 1890 and 1910? Art nouveau architecture is a diverse subject, with a plethora of different names from across the globe. But no matter what it is called, it always strives to be different. Defining a movement that consciously opposes tradition is difficult; art nouveau rejects categorisation with its relentless modernity. A conscious defiance of classicism, this movement was informed by niche interpretations of medieval imagery, such as Wagner's operas and Nietzsche's review of paganism, as well as influences beyond the scope of Western canon such as Japanese art and orientalism. The buildings themselves are models of collaborative research. Artistic innovation collided with invention, as architects embraced new construction techniques, designing with iron, glass, pottery, and concrete. This over-sized book is the result of five years in-depth research. It contains a selection of key buildings from around the world, caref

This publication places the emphasis on the artist's work, rather on stylistic accordances or biographical details, giving a concise yet comprehensive overview of Picasso's work and style.

This is a lavishly illustrated overview of the groundbreaking Domino Canibal project in Spain. This superbly illustrated volume provides readers with an engaging and insightful overview of the groundb

This book is a faithful reflection on the spirit and working modes infusing Josep Llu s Mateo's lively architectural practice. Unquestionably one of Spain's most renowned architects, Mateo's work has

Sao Paulo-born Arthur Casas (born 1961) is an architect equally at ease in the areas of residential architecture, commercial spaces, real estate development and design. "I experienced the best period

The Austrian artist collective G.R.A.M. was founded in 1987 by G nther Holler-Schuster, Ronald Walter, Armin Ranner and Martin Behr. G.R.A.M. Reenactments 1998-2011 provides the first overview of thei

Between October 1989 and September 1995, 14 site-specific artist's projects were installed in the city of Barcelona, at the initiation of the Espai Poblenou Foundation. The artists were Christian Bolt

Disorder celebrates the large-scale color photographs of Brazilian artist Caio Reisewitz (born 1967), which explore the results of economic development in both the city and the countryside in his home

This is a superbly illustrated series showcasing the best design work from some of the 20th century's finest designers. This engaging series is dedicated to showcasing the very best in furniture and o

This is a superbly illustrated series showcasing the best design work from some of the 20th century's finest designers. This engaging series is dedicated to showcasing the very best in furniture and o

The hypersensitivity Usle describes is a kind of visionary state, but it is one that is painful - and memorable precisely because it is painful. When we see certain paintings of Usle's that use bright