Bruce Nauman is one of the world's best-known and most influential artists, despite leading a comparatively private life on his farm in New Mexico. His vast, multifaceted oeuvre forms the centerpiece
Comparing a number of radical movements in architecture in the 1960's, this book traces a moment in the history of architecture when revolutionary ideals were paramount and dreams became drawings. The
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
The huge Richter retrospective that closed in 1994 in Madrid, after showing in Paris, Bonn, and Stockholm, has only confirmed the key position of the artist among his contemporaries. This book forgoes
Gordon Burn first met Damien Hirst nine years ago. They both admired David Sylvester's interviews with Francis Bacon, and agreed that they would do something similar when the time was right. The resul
To coincide with the opening of the exclusive Club Matador in Madrid, Matador magazine devotes an extra issue to the world of private clubs and their secret worlds available only to members. Featuring
"In Peter Halley's paintings colours clash and conjoin to create a dizzying sensation. at times the optical effect created by the Day-Glo's luminosity is so jarring that the paintings almost hurt the
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
The Magazine of Photography and Ideas. This edition of Aperture focuses on "Curiosity." Taking its name from the Mars Rover, which has reminded us that a fundamental purpose of photography is to show
At just over 2,000 feet, the Guangzhou TV Tower is one of the world's tallest buildings. Construction of this spectacular tower, which was designed by the Dutch architects Mark Hemel and Barbara Kuit,
This belletristic conceptual art book is a production of the Chair of Design of Constructions at Delft U. of Technology. It is the fifth in their Imagination series, designed to inject architects and
"Growing Up in the New Age" is the product of an inspiring research project by London-based photographer Marjolaine Ryley (born 1974), and stems from the artist's experience as a student at Kirkdale,
Our decisions shape our future, but we know little about how. To find out, planners and designers construct vivid images of what could be. These scenarios serve as path-breakers between imagination an
"Xilitla" is the name of a film presented by British-born, Mexico City-based artist Melanie Smith (born 1965) at the 54th Venice Biennial in 2011. The film--and this exceptionally handsome accompanyin
Swiss artist Rudolf de Crignis (1948-2006) began his career in video, photography and performance art. In 1985, a studio fellowship in New York introduced the artist to the work of American minimalist
Cornelia Schleime's (born 1953) works on paper depict a world in which women morph into antlered creatures and rabbits wear hunting coats. Immigrating from East Germany to the West in 1984, Schleime l
Helge Leiberg's dancing bronze figures are frozen at a moment of high energy, dancing solo or in pairs, their limbs flung out with abandon. Inspired by Impressionist masters such as Renoir and Degas,
Edward Kienholz's life-size tableau "Five Car Stud" (1969-72) depicts four automobiles and a pickup truck, arranged on a dirt floor in a dark room with their headlights illuminating a shocking scene:
Throughout her career, photographer Laurie Simmons (1949) has staged scenes with dolls, dummies and occasionally people for her camera. In the fall of 2009, Simmons opened a new chapter to her work an
In 2008, Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei joined forces to design the celebrated Beijing National Stadium for the Olympic Games. In 2012, the team came together aga
Since 2004, the French artist JR has traveled the world flyposting colossal black-and-white portraits of ordinary citizens on the walls of city buildings. His most recent project, "The Wrinkles of the
This volume presents a seven-year project by Lebanese photographer Ziad Antar (born 1978), for which he recorded the coastline of the United Arabic Emirates between 2004 and 2011. "Portrait of a Terri
Dan Perjovschi's black felt-tip drawings, done directly onto the walls of the venues in which they are exhibited, satirize current affairs, both globally and in his native Romania. Perjovschi is a mem
This comprehensive catalogue documents for the first time the broad oeuvre of the artist Laura Horelli. In addition to text-based works and photographs, Laura Horelli in particular uses video as a med
"Focus Asia" is the first publication in a series on works from the Wemhoner Collection, specializing in works in all media by Asian artists and Asian-influenced Western art. This volume includes arti
This pocket-sized monograph records a recent body of work from the much-admired Portuguese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis (born 1956). The black-and-white photographs in "Tree of Light" are intimate portra
Carsten Holler's chunky artist's book "The Double Club" documents the London nightclub of the same name, which operated in 2008-09. Each room in the space was divided into Congolese and Western areas,
Das Institut was founded in New York in 2007 by Kerstin Bratsch and Adele Roder as space for collaborative possibilities that allowed them to leave their respective practices at the door. This artist'
A filmmaker and installation artist based in Toronto, Oliver Husain has called his pieces "attractive traps," for the way in which they offer up an initial interpretation to the viewer which is eventu
Decades before he and his late wife Jeanne-Claude were draping the Reichstag in cloth, Christo (born 1935) was creating much more modestly-sized packages in his Paris studio. These early objects, deve
Best known for his wry and witty drawings, British artist David Shrigley has built up an artistic practice that, over the past two decades, has expanded well beyond drawing to include photography, scu
Celebrating Argentina's bicentennial, and curated by Guido Indij, "200" resembles a museum in book form. It presents images of Argentina from 1851 to the present day; each year is represented by a sin
Over the last few years, Buenos Aires has become a mecca for international street artists. "Buenos Aires Street Art" is the first book to document this burgeoning scene and includes works by Bs.As.Ste
Bruce Davidson's groundbreaking Subway, first published by Aperture in 1986, has garnered critical acclaim both as a documentation of a unique moment in the cultural fabric of New York City and for it
The country was ablaze. There were bomb blasts, massacres, assassinations. The right wing wanted a Volkstaat. Inkatha wanted secession for KwaZulu and was prepared to fight for it. It was a time fraug
Ain't No Grave: The Life and Legacy of Brother Claude Ely is written as an oral, biographical history taken from the recorded interviews of over 1,000 people in the Appalachian Mountains who personall
In this book we present a survey and classification of a Porteno typology in true Becher-fashion which documents the situations encountered during the search process a la Duchamp or Beuys. However, fa
This illustrated book marks the return of a lost treasure to the Netherlands. As part of the renowned Koenigs Collection in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, these 139 drawings and 3 prints
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
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
