Socialist Yugoslavia was a country suspended between cultures, political systems and Cold War blocs, and as a result, in the early postwar years it produced a body of modernist architecture that defie
From its early Mento (Jamaican Calypso) beginnings through to the invention of Ska, Rocksteady, Roots, Dub and Dancehall, Jamaican music is one of the richest and innovative veins in popular music. Th
To develop her projects, which are usually made in collaboration with a community, Czech artist Katerina Seda (born 1977) uses media such as video, drawing and installation. Her art objects and idiosy
Charles Ross' fascination with light, time and the space of the stars has produced a major earthwork, large-scale prism installations, sculpture, and painting with dynamite. From "Star Axis," a vast a
Through a variety of media, including photographs, sculpture, video and printed ephemera, New Zealand artist Simon Denny (born 1982) invites us to reflect on the evolution of television and video as b
The luminous photographs of Carina Linge (born 1976) reference the classic still life and memento mori: glass bottles overflow with flowers just beginning to droop, and the light plays off the contras
A visual tribute to the degradation of Detroit in the wake of the American auto industry's decline reveals regional dignity and tragedy as reflected in scenes ranging from windowless grand hotels and
Brooklyn-based Eve Sussman founded the Rufus Corporation, an ad hoc group of artists, dancers, actors and musicians who create videos, photographs and live events, in 2003. This volume compiles film s
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
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 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
American artist John von Bergen's oeuvre is not limited to just one medium, but encompasses a mixture of the most varied materials and themes. The monograph "CORE" presents drawings and objects, as we
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. This edition of Aperture features some of the best photography and critical writing being produced in Brazil today, as seen through the prism of the dynamic city
Bull City Summer: A Season At The Ballpark unites a group of artists and documentarians (Hiroshi Watanabe, Alec Soth, and Hank Willis Thomas) around the 2013 season of minor league baseball in Durham,
Part six of the "Design and Politics" series compares the Dutch Randstad region with Sao Paulo, Istanbul and Detroit, speculating on the much esteemed region as an alternative model or vision for the
This catalogue documents the most important films, collages and sculptures of Austrian artist Hans Schabus (born 1970), made between 1999 and 2011. The book compiles 1:1 detail photographs (c. 9 x 12
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
Spanish painter, stage designer and author Eduardo Arroyo (born 1937) turns 75 in 2012, and this volume, published for the occasion, looks back at his comical, often absurdist paintings from 1975 to 2
The renovation of old buildings can no longer be seen as a necessary evil that costs money and summons inconvenience yields. The recognition is growing that the renovation of buildings and its facades
Author of "The Soul at Work" and "After the Future," Franco Berardi Bifo (born 1949) is one of today's most articulate and prominent anti-capitalism theorists. Like many others involved with the 1960s
The small Kansas town of Matfield Green and the surrounding prairie hills are the focus of the latest extended project from acclaimed photographer and Kansas native Terry Evans (born 1944). A small to
Kedron Barrett's paintings celebrate the tangibility of surfaces and space, and above all, the endless nuances of light itself. The motif of the house provides the means by which he explores these the
Artist, singer, curator and visual poet Boris Ondreicka (born 1969) compiles two series in this volume: the long poem "John Doe & Joe Bloggs," typeset in a portrait orientation; and "Spoken Word/W
This book offers an insight into the complex spatial and social realities of globalization, from city-like informal markets in Moscow and the post-war self-urbanization in Kosovo to the border economi
The work of the legendary late photographer and samizdat publisher Bohumil "Bob" Krcil is little known in his native country. In 1969 he left Czechoslovakia and for the next 23 years traveled through
Centered around the woman's tattoo, the "malu", tells the story of three generations of women from two Samoan families touched by shame and grief over an uncompleted tattoo ceremony and echoed in illi
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
This monograph presents a full overview of the paintings and sculptures of London-born, New York/Mexico-based artist Brian Nissen (born 1939). It explores his major themes, which range from myth and h
Cloudline is a unique building designed by New York-based architect Toshiko Mori in collaboration with gallerists Sean and Mary Kelly, and situated on the slopes of the Hudson River. Works by Joseph B
In 1988, Gerhard Richter created one of the most controversial and fascinating political painting-cycles of all time, with his Baader-Meinhof series. In 2002, he returned to the theme of media and pol
The diaphanous layering and dappled effects in the works of German painter Roger Wardin (born 1971) are created by pouring first water and then diluted oil paints on the canvas. Later, Wardin adds out
Bottles aligned on shelves or suspended in the air, jars of marbles and dye-filled tubes: form, substance and structure emerge from deceptively humble means in the sculpture of Tony Feher. His work us
Trained as an agronomic engineer, Carsten Holler (born 1961) is known for his frequent use of mushrooms as a motif and theme in his installations and projects. His Artist's Portfolio comprises a set o
Paulien Oltheten (b. 1982) travels the globe with her camera, casually but precisely capturing photos and video footage of people who are hanging around and tagging along. "Walk on a line" is a compil
Radi Cordero (Havana, 1971) represents through his work the "other Cuban art". Far from the standards of Revolution art, and without falling into topics of other artists from in and out of the island,
This essential version of George Wittenborn's guestbook was conceived and designed by Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp-based collector and dealer in works of modern art. In a way, this 'hands of art' proje
Piero Gilardi (born 1942) looms large in the annals of the European postwar avant-garde. A pioneer of Arte Povera and a promoter of Richard Long and Jan Dibbets, who also introduced American artists s
The recent paintings of Cordula Gudemann (born 1955) portray a world in which the abuses and violations of Abu Ghraib and the obscenities of war take place as entertainment, in venues such as circus r
From the twitch of a finger to the expansion of the universe, motion informs and shapes every facet of our world and culture. "Figure of Motion" is itself a dynamic publication, shifting easily from r
The third Dutch Design Yearbook offers an overview of more than 60 of the best designs produced in the Netherlands in 2010 and 2011 in the fields of spatial design, product design, fashion and graphic
