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Alejandro Marote B

Marote Alejandro

ISBN: HB: 9788416282630, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, February 2016
96 pp., 30.5x24.6 cm, illus.

B by Alejandro Marote is the second, evolving stage in the study of the plastic transformation of matter. After abandoning the city (A), the author moves now toward the place where two fundamental coastal-planes the vertical one of the palm trees and...

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Alicia Penalba

Casanegra Mercedes, Lebovici Elisabeth, Merkert Jorn

ISBN: PB: 9788416282784, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, February 2016
280 pp., 27.9x21.1 cm, illustrations throughout

In May 1968, while French young people were taking to the streets, three Latin American artists were exhibiting at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris: Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, and a woman, the sculptor Alicia Penalba. Born in Argentina,...

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Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei

Delany Max, Shiner Eric C., Curley John J., Jones Caroline A., Poletti Anna, Tancock John L., Weir Kathryn, Wrbican Mathew, Minglu Gao, Warsh Larry

ISBN: HB: 9780300219357, Yale University Press, January 2016
312 pp., 28x22 cm, 192 colour illus., 89 black&white illus.

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) and Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) are two of the most internationally renowned artists of the past 100 years, famous not only for their artwork but also for influencing the culture of their time. This exciting book is the first to consi...

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American Studio Ceramics Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979

Lynn Martha Drexler

ISBN: HB: 9780300212730, Yale University Press, November 2015
432 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 150 colour illus.

In the mid-20th century, ceramics evolved from a utilitarian craft or therapeutic hobby into a well-recognized fine art that continues to occupy a place in today's art world. In this pioneering study, leading scholar Martha Drexler Lynn explores how...

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Afterall Autumn/Winter 2014, Issue 37

Vilalta Helena, Gronlund Melissa, Lafuente Pablo, Kreuger Anders, Cahill Zachary

ISBN: PB: 9781846381553, University of Chicago Press, November 2015
160 pp., 29.8x19 cm, illustrated in colour throughout

Since its launch in 1999, "Afterall", a journal of art, context, and enquiry, has offered in-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, along with essays that broaden the context in which to understand it. Published three times a year,...

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Abstract Bodies Sixties Sculpture in the Expanded Field of Gender

Getsy David J.

ISBN: HB: 9780300196757, Yale University Press, October 2015
392 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 50 colour illus., 50 black&white illus.

Original and theoretically astute, "Abstract Bodies" is the first book to apply the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies to the discipline of art history. It recasts debates around abstraction and figuration in 1960s art through a discussio...

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Art of American Still Life Audubon to Warhol

Brown Bill, Mitchell Mark D., Pfohl Katie A., Troyen Carol

ISBN: HB: 9780300204117, Yale University Press, October 2015
320 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 230 colour illus.

"The Art of American Still Life" reconsiders the development and cultural significance of still-life painting in America, exploring renowned treasures alongside recently discovered works-some previously unpublished-in unexpected ways. Taking an innov...

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As it Were... So to Speak A Museum Collection in Dialogue with Barbara Bloom

Bloom Barbara

ISBN: HB: 9780300215731, Yale University Press, October 2015
144 pp., 24.1x16.5 cm, 20 colour illus., 130 black&white illus.

The installations of the conceptual artist Barbara Bloom (b. 1951) have captivated audiences for decades. Since the 1970s, her work has consistently redefined the way in which viewers understand objects. Bloom siphons meaning from the things with whi...

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Art for Every Home Associated American Artists, 1934-2000

Seaton Elizabeth G., Myers Jane, Windisch Gail

ISBN: HB: 9780300215793, Yale University Press, September 2015
288 pp., 28x22.9 cm, 205 colour illus.

The Associated American Artists was a commercial enterprise best known for publishing prints by Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, and Grant Wood. Founded in 1934, AAA began as a crucial income opportunity for artists during the Great Depression...

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Art Deco – 50 Works of Art You Should Know New Edition

Orr Lynn Federle

ISBN: PB: 9783791381688, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
128 pp., 24x19.3 cm, 80 colour illus.

This highly accessible overview of Art Deco, embraces nearly every artistic medium – offering paintings and photography to furnishings and film – through fifty superb examples of Art Deco style that reveal the period's richness and range. This new a...

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