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Gerhard Richter Books

Schwarz Dieter

ISBN: PB: 9781941366011, DAP, Gregory R. Miller & Co., October 2014
122 pp., 20.9x14.6 cm, 24 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Gerhard Richter (born 1932) is predominantly known for his paintings and drawings, which strike a playful balance between photo-realism and abstraction, while at once delving into often controversial political commentary. H...

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Anselm Kiefer Johannis-Nacht

ISBN: HB: 9783954760220, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, September 2014
128 pp., 30x22.5 cm, 70 colour illus., language: English / German

In 1990, Anselm Kiefer (b. Donaueschingen, 1945; lives and works in France) received the renowned Goslarer Kaiserring art award in recognition of his oeuvre. In connection with the prize, he created a key work: Johannis-Nacht. Set up in a former stab...

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From the Margins Lee Krasner | Norman Lewis, 1945-1952

Kleeblatt Norman L., Brown Stephen, Saltzman Lisa, Bagneris Mia L.

ISBN: PB: 9780300206494, Yale University Press, September 2014
96 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 64 colour illus.

This captivating book examines two modernist painters – Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis – whose important contributions to Abstract Expressionism have long been underappreciated. To this day, Krasner and Lewis have received little acknowledgment as majo...

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History of Art

Portraits 50 Paintings You Should Know

Finger Brad

ISBN: PB: 9783791349800, Prestel Publishing, September 2014
144 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 75 colour illus.

This wide-ranging collection of 50 iconic portraits includes works by many of the world's most renowned artists, each with their own style, technique, and story to tell. Throughout the history of art, most of the world's greatest artists have produc...

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Something Flashed, Something Broke, Something Remained Consciousness Neue Bieremiennost

Redzisz Kasia, Sienkiewicz Karol

ISBN: PB: 9788364177187, University of Chicago Press, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, August 2014
236 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 68 colour plates, 120 halftones

Not for sale in Poland! Consciousness Neue Bieremiennost was an art group formed in the mid 1980s in Poland by three sculptors: Miroslaw Balka, Miroslaw Filonik, and Marek Kijewski. Their collaborative exhibitions, which included action art, perfor...

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Richard Estes' Realism A Retrospective

Sims Patterson, May Jessica, Ferrulli Helen

ISBN: PB: 9780300205121, Yale University Press, July 2014
192 pp., 23.5x29.2 cm, 88 colour and black&white illus.

Richard Estes (b. 1932) is one of the most celebrated adopters of photorealism; his paintings are characterized by painstaking detail that mimics the clarity and accuracy of photographs. Estes' most famous canvases from the 1970s depict New York's ur...

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Mel Bochner Strong Language

Kleeblatt Norman L., Bochner Mel

ISBN: HB: 9780300197341, Yale University Press, July 2014
144 pp., 23.5x20.3 cm, 101 colour images, 11 black&white illus.

Mel Bochner (b 1940) is celebrated as a key Conceptual artist of the 1960s. Less well-known are his paintings made after that period: complex works based on an exploration of language, often crowded with typography in lush, contrasting hues that both...

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Jeff Koons A Retrospective

Rothkopf Scott, Damasio Antonio, Deitch Jeffrey, Graw Isabelle, Hochdorfer Achim, Kuo Michelle, Kushner Rachel, Lee Pamela M., Nagel Alexander, Surowiecki James

ISBN: HB: 9780300195873, Yale University Press, July 2014
288 pp., 33x27.9 cm, 200 colour images, 25 black&white illus.

Examining the breadth and depth of thirty-five years of work by Jeff Koons (b. 1955), one of the most influential and controversial artists of the 20th century, this highly anticipated volume features all of his most famous pieces. In an engaging ove...

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El Lissitzky The Experience of Totality

ISBN: HB: 9788415691532, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, July 2014
226 pp., 28.6x24.1 cm, illus.

This is a fascinating and sumptuously illustrated overview of the work of El Lissitzky, one of the 20th-century's most influential and experimental artists. Eliezer (Lazar) Markovich Lissitzky, El Lissitzky (1890-1941) was one of the most experimenta...

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Matthew Day Jackson Total Accomplishment

Beitin Andreas, Hartung Martin

ISBN: HB: 9783954760589, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, June 2014
424 pp., 30x23 cm, 400 colour illus., language: English

The work of Matthew Day Jackson (b. Panorama City 1974, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York) opens up a dialogue between various aspects of the history of Western culture and progress, including technology and pop culture, as well as art history an...

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