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Performing Arts

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Rosas 2007-2017

Dumais-Lvowski Christian, Keersmaekers Floor, Van Aerschot Anne

ISBN: HB: 9780300236873, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2018
256 pp., 33.5x24.1 cm, 200 colour illus.

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (b. 1960) is a renowned Belgian choreographer who over nearly four decades has created a legendary and internationally lauded oeuvre, a continuous exploration of the relationship between dance and music that borrows formal...

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History of Art

Luluwa Central African Art Between Heaven and Earth

Petridis Constantine

ISBN: HB: 9780300222487, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, June 2018
240 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 175 colour illus., 25 black&white illus.

Living in the region between the Lubudi and Kasai rivers in south central Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Luluwa people are known for their elaborately carved male and female figure sculptures, masks, and decorative arts. Constantine Petridis d...

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Contemporary Art

Adel Abdessemed Otchi Tchiornie / L'Antidote

Gielen Denis, Raspail Thierry, de Chassey Eric, Grau Donatien, Nash Mark, Ardenne Paul, Daoud Kamel, Robecchi Michele, Zaya Octavio

ISBN: PB: 9780300236880, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, June 2018
256 pp., 27.5x21 cm, 85 colour illus.

The Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971) works in a wide variety of media including animation, installation, performance, sculpture, and video; through his art he addresses contemporary themes and he reflects the bleak picture of the...

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History of Art

Anthropology

NAGA Awe-Inspiring Beauty

Draguet Michel

ISBN: HB: 9780300233254, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, April 2018
432 pp., 33x25.4 cm, 320 colour illus., 260 black&white illus.

Taking an approach that is equal parts anthropological and art historical, this lavishly illustrated volume offers a rare look at the art, artifacts, and culture of the Naga people, an ethnic group spanning several tribes native to northeastern India...

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Contemporary Art

Nicolas Schoffer Space, Light, Time

Pierre Arnauld

ISBN: HB: 9780300233247, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, April 2018
240 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 300 colour and black&white illus.

Hungarian-born French artist Nicolas Schoffer (1912-1992), though relatively unknown today, was during his lifetime a significant presence in the art world. His 1956 piece CYSP 1 is considered the first cybernetic sculpture, making use of motors, mic...

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History of Art

Mary Cassatt An American Impressionist in Paris

Mowll Mathews Nancy, Curie Pierre, Durand-Ruel Mouraux Flavie

ISBN: HB: 9780300236521, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2018
176 pp., 27.9x24.1 cm, 170 colour illus.

Acclaimed and beloved for her paintings of women and children in intimate, informal settings, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was the only American artist to exhibit with the French Impressionists in Paris. Cassatt celebrated women in an age of rapid female...

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History of Art

AniMystikAKtivist Between Traditional and the Contemporary in African Art

Hoffmann Jens, Strother Zoe

ISBN: HB: 9780300233230, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2018
128 pp., 26.7x24.1 cm, 250 colour illus.

South African-born Belgian artist Kendell Geers changed his date of birth to MAY 1968 as a performance, effectively giving birth to himself as a work of art. His artistic practice weaves together African animism, European mysticism, and socio-politic...

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Contemporary Art

William Kentridge Smoke, Ashes, Fable

Koerner Margaret K., Borchert Till-Holger, Buchloh Benjamin H. D., Koerner Joseph Leo, Siegel Harmon

ISBN: HB: 9780300230253, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2017
224 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 300 colour illus.

The well-known South African artist William Kentridge (b. 1955) has become famous for his time-lapse animation movies and installations, as well as his activities as an opera and theater director. This book offers a unique selection of Kentridge's wo...

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History of Art

Women Studies

Maternity Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa

Cole Herbert M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300229158, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, October 2017
400 pp., 29.8x24.1 cm, 500 colour illus.

On the African continent, images of mothers and children are found wherever the visual arts are, from early rock-art sites in Egypt and the Sahara to the contemporary arts of South Africa. Found in a variety of materials, from stone, ivory, and metal...

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History of Art

Thannhauser Gallery Marketing Van Gogh

Koldehoff Stefan, Stolwijk Chris, Koldehoff Nora, Hageman Monique, Fontanella Megan M., Herzog Gunter

ISBN: HB: 9780300226591, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, September 2017
304 pp., 26.7x19.7 cm, 95 colour illus., 75 black&white illus.

While legend has it that Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) sold only one work during his lifetime, it was not long after his death that sales of his paintings began to shatter auction house records. In this carefully researched book, leading Van Gogh scho...

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