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This is a Portrait If I Say So Identity in American Art, 1912 to Today

Goodyear Anne Collins, Walz Jonathan, Campagnolo Kathleen, Evans Dorinda

ISBN: HB: 9780300211931, Yale University Press, June 2016
264 pp., 28x22.9 cm, 107 colour illus.

This groundbreaking book traces the history of portraiture as a site of radical artistic experimentation, as it shifted from a genre based on mimesis to one stressing instead conceptual and symbolic associations between artist and subject. Featuring...

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Roberto Burle Marx Brazilian Modernist

Nahson Claudia J., Hoffmann Jens

ISBN: HB: 9780300212150, Yale University Press, June 2016
224 pp., 26x24.1 cm, 185 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

The modernist parks and gardens of Brazilian landscape architect and garden designer Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) earned him awards, widespread acclaim, and international fame. Over a 60-year career, he designed more than 2000 gardens worldwide, th...

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Jasper Johns and Edvard Munch Inspiration and Transformation

Ravenal John B.

ISBN: HB: 9780300220063, Yale University Press, June 2016
160 pp., 28x24.1 cm, 155 colour illus.

At a crucial point midway through his career, American painter and printmaker Jasper Johns (b. 1930) looked to the art of Norwegian Expressionist Edvard Munch (1863-1944) for inspiration. Munch's innovative working methods and defining themes of love...

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Film Studies

Astro Noise A Survival Guide to Living Under Total Surveillance

Poitras Laura, Sanders Jay, Boumediene Lakhdar, Crawford Kate, Doctorow Cory, Eggers Dave, Magid Jill, Paglen Trevor, Snowden Edward, Steyerl Hito

ISBN: PB: 9780300217650, Yale University Press, May 2016
224 pp., 23.5x15.2 cm, 100 colour illus.

The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of mass surveillance, "war on terror", drone program, Guantanamo, and torture in her work for more than ten years. In 2013, Poitras was contacted by Edward Snowden, a former...

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George Shaw My Back to Nature

Shaw George, Wiggins Colin

ISBN: HB: 9781857096033, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, May 2016
104 pp., 26x24.1 cm, 60 colour illus.

In 2014, the contemporary painter George Shaw (b. 1966) began a two-year post as associate artist in the National Gallery, London. This book documents his experiences there, as well as the work he produced in response to the Gallery's collection. Sha...

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History of Art

Art History and Emergency Crises in the Visual Arts and Humanities

English Darby, Breslin David

ISBN: PB: 9780300218756, Yale University Press, April 2016
200 pp., 24.1x17.8 cm, 36 black&white illus.

"Art History and Emergency" assesses art history's role and responsibilities in what has been described as the "humanities crisis" – the perceived decline in the practical applications of the humanities in modern times. This timely collection of crit...

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Photography

John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonne, Volume 3: 1987-1993

Pardo Patrick, Dean Robert, Fer Briony, Baldessari John, Ruscha Ed

ISBN: HB: 9780300214895, Yale University Press, March 2016
528 pp., 29.2x25.1 cm, 450 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.

This handsome volume, the third of the John Baldessari (b. 1931) catalogue raisonne project, compiles 400-plus unique works of art made by the influential conceptual artist from 1987 through 1993. Here we see the artist's large-scale photo-based work...

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Edlis/Neeson Collection The Art Institute of Chicago

Rondeau James, Fischl Eric, Koons Jeff

ISBN: HB: 9780300218732, Yale University Press, A+D Series, March 2016
128 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 60 colour illus.

Marking an important moment in the Art Institute of Chicago's 136-year history, this book documents an exceptional gift to the museum: the Edlis/Neeson Collection, consisting of 44 stellar works of contemporary art. Among the highlights are major pai...

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Unorthodox

Hoffmann Jens

ISBN: PB: 9780300219340, Yale University Press, March 2016
184 pp., 28x21.9 cm, 55 colour illus.

This wide-ranging and thought-provoking compilation explores the idea of nonconformity in art, religion, and philosophy. The book features 55 contemporary artists who work outside the norms of current practice, alongside both newly commissioned and p...

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Jan Fabre Troubleyn/Laboratorium

Bousset Sigrid, Bruyneel Katrien, Peeters Frank, Synghel Koen van, Dekeyser Jan, Sels Nadia, Van Den Dries Luc

ISBN: HB: 9780300220124, Yale University Press, Mercatorfonds, March 2016
224 pp., 24.8x19 cm, 130 colour illus.

This handsome book peers into Troubleyn/Laboratorium, the workspace, collective art space, and creative incubator of Belgian multidisciplinary artist Jan Fabre (b. 1958), whose performances, staged since the 1980s, have brought him international accl...

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