Gerhard Richter's ongoing, encyclopedic "Atlas" project began in 1964, and now comprises more than 5,000 gridded photographs, diagrams, drawings and sketches. As an image archive, work tool and artist
"Aperture" magazine was founded in 1952 by the photographers Ansel Adams, Minor White, Barbara Morgan and Dorothea Lange, and the photography historians Beaumont and Nancy Newhall. These individuals w
"Aperture" magazine was founded in 1952 by the photographers Ansel Adams, Minor White, Barbara Morgan and Dorothea Lange, and the photography historians, Beaumont and Nancy Newhall, among others. Thes
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
Exploring issues such as migration, integration and globalization, Anna Jermolewa employs photography and video work to make a critical study of the balance of power between the individual and society
Sculptor, poet and performance artist Timm Ulrichs (born 1940) is considered one of the most influential German conceptual and action artists. This funny and charming artist's book tackles an ongoing
This catalogue collects recent works in painting and sculpture by Turkish artist Ozcan Kaplan (born 1964). Purely abstract, Kaplan's large canvases are explorations in color and gesture, and his sculp
"Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia?" is a reader that brings together essays, artists' writings and works, and countercultural publications to examine the juncture of the political and the eroti
A Texan photographer who divides his time between London and Los Angeles, Brett Van Ort started out as a camera assistant and operator working on various films, documentaries, commercials and televisi
This "Source Book" combines critical essays and visual notes compiled by the Canadian-born, Berlin-based sculptor, installation and sound artist, over the course of a collaboration with composer and m
"Transient Confessions" explores the fascinating and surreal world of the major grand hotels in Switzerland and northern Italy, where the rich and beautiful have gathered since the middle of the ninet
Filled with chapters on sustainable food production and permaculture, this volume presents the ideas and idealism behind Edible Park/Eetbaar Park, built in The Hague, the Netherlands in 2010, and desi
Summary: What will the library of the future look like? In an age in which information and communication are everywhere and the boundaries between producers and consumers of information are increasing
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
"Lydia's Funeral Video" is a one-woman play written and performed by Samantha Chanse, a writer, performer, educator and arts organizer based in New York and San Francisco. In this apocalyptic satire,
Ranked as one of the world's most important ecosystems, the Campeche rainforest covers more than seven million acres of southeast Mexico and Belize, and contains more than 2,000 plants species and 350
Best known for the slashed and cut canvases--and related spatial environments--of the "Concetti spaziali" that he created primarily in the 1950s and 60s, Argentine-Italian artist Lucio Fontana (1899-1
Since its inception in 1990, Witte de With has exhibited some 300 artists and, through its publications, lecture programs and participation in events such as the Venice Biennale and the Shanghai World
This volume records two recent Demand projects: "Embassy" (2007) and "Presidency" (2008). For both series, Demand used images of an embassy interior and the Oval Office at the White House, and laborio
"You Should've Heard Just What I Seen is a unique exploration of the ineluctable and ever-expanding link between visual art and music. The book brings together an unrivaled collection of artworks and
Marcel Dzama's 2011 films "A Game of Chess "and "Death Disco Dance" revealed fascinating new developments in the artist's iconography and range of media--perhaps most notably in his use of puppets and
In the decades around 1900, postcards were Twitter, email, Flickr and Facebook, all wrapped into one. A postcard craze swept the world, and billions of cards were bought, mailed and pasted into albums
Gyula Kosice (born 1924) is an innovative Argentine artist and poet. His constructions and sculptures were inspired as much by local discussions and disputes in the cafes of 1940s Buenos Aires as by t
Since the early 1970s, Luigi Ontani (born 1943) has been building a corpus of works exploring ideas of the sacred and the profane, Occidental and Oriental, kitsch and high art. This volume provides an
One of the U.K.'s most influential artists, Susan Hiller (born 1940) has used a broad spectrum of media, such as film and photography, print, found objects and audio and video installations, to repres
It's 1980s New York, and though the coke flows freely, money and glamour are the more powerful intoxicants. While fortunes are being made in SoHo galleries and on Wall Street, an underclass of transie
Focuseses on the uses of the second building for the Gallery of Contemporary Art in Leipzig and the dialogues between the architecture and the processes that occur within and around it. This work pres
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
In the eyes of the world, the image of the Dutch landscape has boon shape-id by the history of painting. Internationally acclaimed artists like Brueghel and Ruisdael, and later Van Gogh and the early
This is not a book. This is an invitation, a container for unstable images, a model for further action. Here is the formula: Riley and his story. Me and my outrage. You and us. Riley was a friend in c
"Form Defining Strategies" examines experimental design methodologies in architecture and their discussion in academic settings. Theoretical considerations are provided by a wide range of writers and
Matthais Meyer's paintings of cityscapes and landscapes combine and collide Monet's lusciously dissolved figuration with Gerhard Richter's harrowed, striated abstraction. (Meyer was a student of Richt
Presents the work of the British graphic designer in formats ranging from screen prints, promotional materials, and advertisements to plaster busts enhanced with paint and feathers.
"For the anthology 'A utopia of modernity: Zlâin', renowned architects, historians, sociologists, and cultural experts analyse the Baâeta phenomenon and link historical analysis with consideration of
In his provocative installation works, UK conceptualist Simon Starling tells stories about natural and cultural processes of transformation. "He displaces, inverts, reserves and remakes existing thing
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
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
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
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
