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Fact Has No Appearance Art Beyond the Object
ISBN: PB: 9789810984335, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, April 2016
100 pp., 27.9x20.1 cm
The exhibition "A Fact Has No Appearance" explores the impact of new ideas on art in Southeast Asia during the 1970s through the case studies of three artists: Johnny Manahan, Redza Piyadasa, and Tan Teng-Kee, all of whom have been recognised for bre...
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£14,00
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Georgia O'Keefe and Alfred Stieglitz
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791382364, Prestel Publishing, April 2016
128 pp., 27x18.5 cm, 30 black&white illus., colour illus.
Now available again, this book offers an illustrated portrait of a romance, partnership, and creative dialogue between Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz that continues to resonate today. Few creative alliances flourished as productively as that...
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£10,99
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Alejandro Marote A: 2008 / 2013
ISBN: HB: 9788416282340, Prestel Publishing, Editorial RM, March 2016
216 pp., 17.8x12.7 cm, illus.
This evolution is articulated in four complementary blocks: the man, the city, the collapse of the straight line, and the return to nature. The man, uniformed in dark suits, possesses the creative power but remains subject to the very surroundings he...
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£35,00
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Artist's Notebook of Matador R.
ISBN: PB: 9788416248445, Prestel Publishing, La Fabrica, March 2016
24 pp., 40x30 cm, illus.
It is a sketched work which, just like life itself, does not stop and is constantly under construction; the solitude of the traveller, of explorers, within the solitude of the universe. The oeuvre of Usle, one of the most prestigious artists on the i...
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£44,00
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Alejandro Marote B
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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£38,00
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Alicia Penalba
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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£31,00
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50 Artists You Should Know: From Giotto to Warhol New Edition
ISBN: FLEXI: 9783791381695, Prestel Publishing, January 2016
160 pp., 24x19.5 cm, 150 colour illus.
Now available in an updated edition, this attractive, useful, and entertaining collection of great artists and great art is a course in art history for readers of all ages. This bestselling reference guide profiles 50 major artists alongside their r...
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Vik Muniz
ISBN: HB: 9783791355191, Prestel Publishing, January 2016
192 pp., 30.4x24.8 cm, 150 colour illus.
This exhilarating overview of the acclaimed artist Vik Muniz traces the development of his work from the very beginning of his career to his most recent astonishing large-scale works. Vik Muniz is celebrated for his joyful, quirky, dark, and occasio...
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Tang Da Wu Earth Work, 1979
ISBN: PB: 9789810982829, Prestel Publishing, National Gallery Singapore, January 2016
100 pp., 27.9x19 cm, black&white photos
Earth Work, originally staged at the National Museum Art Gallery In 1980 by Singaporean artist Tang Da Wu, was one of the earliest exhibitions of land art in Singapore. Earth Work 1979, a restaging of selected works from the seminal 1980 exhibition,...
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Carolee Schneemann Kinetic Painting
ISBN: HB: 9783791355085, Prestel Publishing, January 2016
320 pp., 28x24 cm, 450 colour illus.
Unapologetically incorporating her body into her works of art, Carolee Schneemann emerged as one of the leading forces in the feminist art movement of the 1970s. This wide-ranging book follows Schneemann's remarkable career in its entirety. The monog...
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