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Berber Memories Women and Jewelry in Morocco
ISBN: HB: 9780300253955, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2020
480 pp., 33x25.4 cm, 700 illus.
The Berbers, also known as Amazigh, are an ethnic group indigenous to North and West Africa. For hundreds of years, Berber tribes of Morocco have created intricate jewelry to adorn the bodies of Berber women not merely to aesthetic ends, but to conve...
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£65,00
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Fabrice Samyn I Am?
ISBN: HB: 9780300250466, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2020
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
Contemporary Belgian artist Fabrice Samyn (b. 1981) works in a wide variety of media, including painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and recently choreography. His art engages with history and the passage of time, raising important questio...
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£45,00
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Emmanuel Van der Auwera A Certain Amount of Clarity
ISBN: HB: 9780300253948, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2020
288 pp., 29.8x20 cm, 160 illus.
The work of Brussels-based Belgian artist Emmanuel Van der Auwera (b. 1982) provides cautionary tales and tools for navigating information in post-truth times, making use of emerging technologies, the architecture of mass media, and more traditional...
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£45,00
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Maarten Vanden Eynde Digging up the Future
ISBN: HB: 9780300253962, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, November 2020
224 pp., 27.9x22.5 cm, 200 colour illus.
Belgian artist Maarten Vanden Eynde (b. 1977) has established a research-based practice, which spans diverse social, economic, environmental, and anthropological perspectives. His work covers some of the most important subjects of our time from extra...
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£40,00
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James Ensor Chronicle of His Life, 1860-1949
ISBN: PB: 9780300253979, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, September 2020
224 pp., 24.8x20 cm, 200 illus.
The Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late 19th century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early 20th century. Daring and socially engaged, Ensor included po...
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£30,00
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Berend Strik Deciphering the Artist's Mind
ISBN: HB: 9780300250459, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, May 2020
304 pp., 27.9x22.2 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
Berend Strik (b. 1960) is an internationally acclaimed Dutch visual artist whose oeuvre ranges from two-dimensional works to sculpture and architecture. He is best known for his embroidered found objects, including photographs. Since 2012, Strik has...
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£35,00
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Mirror of Reality 19th-Century Painting in the Netherlands
ISBN: HB: 9780300250442, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, February 2020
384 pp., 27.9x22.8 cm, 500 colour illus.
This comprehensive overview is the first book in more than 60 years on the underexplored history of painting in the Netherlands in the 19th century. Jenny Reynaerts, an acclaimed specialist in 19th-century Dutch art, takes a close look at works from...
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£45,00
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S.M.A.K. Highlights for a Future The Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300248012, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, February 2020
304 pp., 26.4x22.2 cm, 200 colour and black&white illus.
The Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (translated as the Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art and commonly abbreviated as S.M.A.K.), located in Ghent, Belgium, has quickly established a reputation for both a superlative permanent collection and pro...
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Carole Solvay To Move Without Noise
ISBN: HB: 9780300246551, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, January 2020
208 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 115 illus.
This is the first book to explore the oeuvre of contemporary Belgian sculptor Carole Solvay (b. 1954). Using primarily feathers and thin wire, Solvay has over the past 25 years created ethereally beautiful sculptures that seem to defy gravity. This p...
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£45,00
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Porcelain Pugs: A Passion The T. & T. Collection
ISBN: HB: 9780300246537, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, January 2020
224 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 170 colour illus.
A treasure trove for dog-lovers and porcelain enthusiasts alike, this book celebrates a collection of more than 100 porcelain pugs, most of which were designed in the mid-18th century by Johann Joaquim Kنndler, the eminent modeler in the Meissen porc...
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£45,00
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