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Contemporary sculptural artists Xu Jiang and Shi Hui each turn to the natural world for inspiration, yet their interpretations are fundamentally different, with the result that their works may best be considered in dialogue.
A comprehensive introduction to the works of these two award-winning Chinese artists, both based at the Academy of Art in Hangzhou, "Flourishing Spirits" places them in conversation around the concept of the "spirit" as developed within the tradition of German philosophy. Xu Jiang's most frequent subject is sunflowers. With blossoms that turn persistently to face the...

The work of the prize-winning Peruvian-American light artist Grimanesa Amoros is characterized by organic forms and an instinctive, poetic approach. However, the inspirations for her fascinating sculptures can be found in the natural sciences, social history, and critical theory, which creates a dialogue between research and emotion in her work. Grimanesa Amoros: Ocupante is the first presentation of her latest works, while offering a thorough overview of her work to date.
As this beautifully illustrated book demonstrates, Amoros creates playful light installations that are...

Although now poised for widespread popularity in China, abstract art still has a special status compared to figurative art. This book analyses the latest works by these two renowned artists.

Otto Fried was born in Koblenz in 1922. Due to the emerging anti-Semitism in Germany, his family sent him to the United States, where he arrived in Portland, Oregon, United States in 1936. In 1943 he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps and was deployed to various theaters of war in India, China and Burma. Upon his return, he enrolled in the Art and Architecture Department at the University of Oregon in 1947. At the end of 1949 he travelled to France to work with Fernand Leger, in whose studio he worked for two years. In 1951 he received his first solo exhibition in the American Library in...