This first installment in a four-part series is a celebratory tour of some of the most vibrant, impressive, contemporary mural art in the world. Fifty artists from six continents share nearly 400 examples of their best work and a little bit about their own lives and journeys as muralists. The criteria for inclusion in the book was simple: the artists had to be full-time muralists who push the boundaries of the art form and engage with the medium as a vital social concept. Many of these artists don't have homes; they travel the globe, entering foreign communities and cultures, and find shelter...

From Here to Nowhere documents New York artist Marianne Vitale's (born 1973) major recent sculptural works to date: -Thought Field, - composed of 90 sections of 1930s-era railroad track, and -Caution Beams, - six towering stacks of white pine that have been painted, bashed and pummeled to evoke traffic barricades.

This stunning volume presents the cult artist's visually arresting and detailed sculptures, which evoke fantastic realism and the macabre.

Kris Kuksi's ornate artworks transcend a fine-art gallery context, appealing to a goth, street-culture audience. Using a range of mixed media and unconventional materials, Kuksi builds intricate miniature worlds out of model train kits, army men, jewelry, rocks, tchotchkes, religious souvenirs, figurines, and ornamental fixtures sourced from all over the world. Each of the delicate and unique assemblages host endless intricate baroque and...