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Condition of Being Here Drawings by Jasper Johns

Breslin David

ISBN: HB: 9780300229301, Yale University Press, October 2018
120 pp., 24.1x18.4 cm, 45 colour illus.

Jasper Johns (b. 1930) has been a leading advocate of drawing as an artistic genre in its own right, rather than as a preparatory medium for other works. This catalogue gathers nearly 40 of Johns's drawings, spanning 60 years of his illustrious caree...

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William Forsythe Choreographic Objects

Neri Louise, Respini Eva

ISBN: HB: 9783791357966, Prestel Publishing, October 2018
240 pp., 30.5x25 cm, 200 colour illus.

This stunning and comprehensive book presents acclaimed artist William Forsythe, whose work is at the intersection of performance, sculpture, and installation. Since the 1990s, parallel to his stage productions, Forsythe has developed a body of work...

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Jitish Kallat

Ginwala Natasha

ISBN: HB: 9783791384757, Prestel Publishing, October 2018
368 pp., 27x20.5 cm, 130 colour illus.

This illustrated monograph looks at the multimedia work of Jitish Kallat, one of India's most prominent and irreverent young artists. One of South Asia's most compelling artists, Jitish Kallat has built an immersive practice, ranging from ideas of t...

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M. Pablo's Holidays Picasso in Antibes Juan-les-Pins, 1920-1946

Andral Jean-Louis, McCully Marilyn, Raeburn Michael, Cowling Elizabeth, Philippot Emilia

ISBN: HB: 9780300243604, Yale University Press, October 2018
144 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 150 colour and black&white illus.

Picasso began to spend his summer holidays in Antibes Juan-les-Pins in 1920, returning most summers to the Cote d'Azur until the outbreak of war. During those years, he produced paintings and drawings of the villas where he stayed with his family, as...

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Ecology

Ecologies, Agents, Terrains

Heuer Christopher P., Zorach Rebecca

ISBN: PB: 9780300233162, Yale University Press, October 2018
300 pp., 24.1x17.8 cm, 150 colour illus.

The newest volume in the acclaimed Clark Studies in the Visual Arts series, this collection of essays explores the intrinsic connection between art and the environment. The romance and rejection of "nature" have always occupied places at the heart of...

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Hairy Who? 1966-1969

Nichols Thea Liberty, Goldstein Ann, Pascale Mark, Blackwell Tyler, Hull Richard, Mullen Lydia, Owens Laura, Pocock Antonia

ISBN: HB: 9780300236903, Yale University Press, October 2018
256 pp., 29.2x20.3 cm, 220 colour and black&white illus.

This generously illustrated catalogue explores the history and significance of the Hairy Who, a group of six Chicago artists who transformed imagery from popular culture into highly personal works of art in a variety of media. New scholarship based o...

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Martha Rosler Irrespective

Rosler Martha, Backer Shira, Deutsche Rosalyn, Volpato Elena, Nesbit Molly

ISBN: HB: 9780300230277, Yale University Press, October 2018
256 pp., 24.8x23.5 cm, 300 colour illus.

The work of Martha Rosler is perennially incisive, provocative, political, and timely, exploring a range of issues from everyday life and the media to architecture and the built environment, especially as they affect women. Over her prolific career,...

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Sophie Podolski Le pays ou tout est permis / The Country Where Everything Is Permitted

Dumalin Caroline, Convert Jean-Philippe, Kraus Chris, Bang Larsen Lars, Thys Erik

ISBN: PB: 9780300241266, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2018
144 pp., 27x18.7 cm, 129 colour illus., 9 black&white illus.

This bilingual publication offers an unprecedented exploration of the work of Belgian poet and artist Sophie Podolski (1953-1974), who has lingered in obscurity since her untimely death at the age of 21. Podolski's work is emblematic of a time marked...

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One Day at a Time Manny Farber and Termite Art

Molesworth Helen

ISBN: HB: 9783791357669, Prestel Publishing, October 2018
280 pp., 27x21 cm, colour illus.

A companion to an exhibition inspired by the work of celebrated American painter and critic Manny Farber, this book explores Farber's concept of "Termite Art", an argument for the vital importance of art drawn from the everyday. "Termite Art", in Fa...

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Everything Is Connected Art and Conspiracy

Eklund Douglas, Alteveer Ian, Brown Meredith A., Miller John, Olmsted Kathryn

ISBN: HB: 9781588396594, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 2018
272 pp., 26.7x22.9 cm, 222 colour illus.

Shaped by events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the Vietnam War, Watergate, the Iran-Contra affair, and 9/11, conspiracy theories have flourished and influenced our collective worldview. This provocative book examines how artists from...

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