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Arshile Gorky: The Plow and the Song A Life in Letters and Documents

Spender Matthew

ISBN: PB: 9783906915081, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, June 2018
600 pp., 22.8x15.8 cm, illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Estonia! Author of "From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky", Matthew Spender presents a new expanded edition of his 2010 publication "Arshile Gorky: Goats on the Roof", with never-before-published material, including diary entri...

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Dubuffet and the City People, Place, and Urban Space

Berrebi Sophie

ISBN: PB: 9783906915111, DAP, Hauser & Wirth Publishers, June 2018
250 pp., 27.9x20.3 cm, illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Estonia! This is the first in-depth study to address the role of the city in the work of French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1984). Dubuffet promoted the art of children and the mentally ill as Art Brut, and sought to emulate the imme...

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Polonica

Die Spuren

Balka Miroslaw

ISBN: HB: 9783954762330, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, May 2018
132 pp., 26.1x19.7 cm, black&white illus., language: English / German

Miroslaw Balka (born 1958 in Warsaw, lives and works in Otwock, Poland) doesn't shy away from emptiness, nothingness, and death. With his existential questions, Balka counts among the internationally bestknown Polish artists of his generation. Along...

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Contemporary Art

Landscapes between Eternities

Zybura Sylwana, Toth Tomas C.

ISBN: PB: 9783954762279, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, May 2018
112 pp., 32x22.5 cm, 96 colour illus., language: English

The artists Sylwana Zybura and Tomas C. Toth have teamed up under the moniker crosslucid. Their shared undertaking is to develop "a prototype of the new world they long for". Yet this objective requires a variety of tests and experiments. What they e...

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In the Fields of Empty Days The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art

Komaroff Linda

ISBN: HB: 9783791357386, Prestel Publishing, May 2018
208 pp., 30x22 cm, 180 colour illus.

Filled with vibrant examples of painting, photography, sculpture, video, and other media, this book reveals how Iran's leading artists weave the country's past into the fabric of its contemporary art. The past is a continuous and inescapable part of...

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Jeffrey Gibson Like a Hammer

Lukavic John P.

ISBN: HB: 9783791357331, Prestel Publishing, May 2018
144 pp., 28x23 cm, 85 colour illus.

Featuring work from the past decade by Jeffrey Gibson, one of America's most prominent contemporary artists, this monograph shows how he blends American Indian and Western cultural influences and explores issues of identity, alternative sub-cultures,...

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Georgia O'Keeffe Visions of Hawai'i

Papanikolas Theresa

ISBN: HB: 9783791357270, Prestel Publishing, May 2018
144 pp., 28x23 cm, 80 colour illus., 24 black&white illus.

This book explores Georgia O'Keeffe's love for Hawai'i through more than 15 paintings inspired by the beautiful landscape. In 1939, Georgia O'Keeffe, who at 51 was among the most famous artists in the United States, accepted a commission from the Ha...

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History of Art

Afterall Spring/Summer 2018, Issue 45

Bilbao Ana, Bauer Ute Meta, Kreuger Anders, Morris David, Stankievech Charles

ISBN: PB: 9780226578163, University of Chicago Press, May 2018
144 pp., 29.8x19 cm, 80 colour plates

Launched in 1999, "Afterall" is a journal of contemporary art that offers in-depth analysis of artists' work, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Its academic format differentiates it from popular review magazines. I...

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Adrian Piper

Yasar Begum

ISBN: PB: 9781944379209, DAP, Levy Gorvy, May 2018
92 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Estonia! Marking Levy Gorvy's first solo exhibition with acclaimed conceptual artist and philosopher Adrian Piper (born 1948), this focused presentation includes examples from "The Mythic Being" series (1973-75), "It's Just Art" (19...

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Bildhauer

Kiesewetter Thomas

ISBN: HB: 9783954762323, Bookport, Distanz Publishing, April 2018
112 pp., 32x23 cm, 70 colour illus., language: English / German

Thomas Kiesewetter (b. Kassel, 1963; lives and works in Berlin) creates abstract and almost deconstructivist sculptures. He relies on industrial materials, primarily sheet metal, which he bends and folds with playful ease. Held together by screws and...

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