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Jim Shaw: The End Is Here
ISBN: 9780847847167 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A long-overdue survey of an essential West Coast artist whose humorous works delve into America s underbelly and evolving counterculture. Over the past thirty years, Jim Shaw has become one of America s most visionary artists, moving between painting, sculpture, and drawings, while building connections between his own psyche and the larger political, social, and spiritual history of America. Shaw s imagery is mined from comic books, record covers, conspiracy magazines, obscure religious pamphlets, and other cultural refuse to produce a portrait of the American subconscious out of his personal...
A long-overdue survey of an essential West Coast artist whose humorous works delve into America s underbelly and evolving counterculture. Over the pas...
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256,73 |
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Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957
ISBN: 9780300211917 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A dynamic new look at the legendary college that was a major incubator of the arts in midcentury America
In 1933, John Rice founded Black Mountain College in North Carolina as an experiment in making artistic experience central to learning. Though it operated for only 24 years, this pioneering school played a significant role in fostering avant-garde art, music, dance, and poetry, and an astonishing number of important artists taught or studied there. Among the instructors were Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Karen Karnes, M. C.... A dynamic new look at the legendary college that was a major incubator of the arts in midcentury America
In 1933, John Rice founded... |
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284,29 |
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The Glory of Saint George: Man, Dragon, and Death
ISBN: 9780300215755 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers the first-ever survey of artistic depictions of the legend of Saint George defeating the dragon. The earliest existing references to this episode in the hagiography of Saint George date from the 11th century, and the mythical conflict has entertained the imaginations of artists ever since. Copiously illustrated, this book includes varied representations in painting, sculpture, engraving, and more by artists from Raphael and Peter Paul Rubens to Odilon Redon and Andy Warhol. In addition, the artists David Claerbout, Giuseppe Penone, Luc Tuymans, and Angel Vergara Santiago have...
This book offers the first-ever survey of artistic depictions of the legend of Saint George defeating the dragon. The earliest existing references to ...
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179,71 |
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Strange Pilgrims
ISBN: 9781477305515 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the past fifty years, contemporary artistic practice has witnessed a surge in phenomenological types of artistic intent and methodology, represented by divergent impulses sharing a desire to channel ephemeral elements, resist categorization, and defy the rarified museum experience. Time-based work is now widely accepted as primary exhibition matter, and in the past ten years, performance art has risen to the mainstream. Defining "experiential art" as work that is immersive, participatory, performative, and kinetic, Strange Pilgrims is an exhibition and accompanying catalogue... In the past fifty years, contemporary artistic practice has witnessed a surge in phenomenological types of artistic intent and methodology, represe... |
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253,65 |
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Metropolitan Museum Journal, Volume 50, 2015
ISBN: 9780226329505 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The "Metropolitan Museum Journal, " issued annually by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, publishes original research on works in the Museum s collection. Volume 50 includes articles on a rare mechanical figure from ancient Egypt; isolated heads in south Italian vase painting; a bronze hellenistic dwarf; identification of the origins of Kizil paintings in the Metropolitan Museum; The Story of the Mercury and Herse tapestries and Gian Battista Lodi da Cremona; collecting sixteenth-century tapestries in twentieth-century America, specifically examining the Blumenthals and Jacques Seligmann; and...
The "Metropolitan Museum Journal, " issued annually by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, publishes original research on works in the Museum s collection...
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213,09 |
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Allan Houser Drawings: The Centennial Exhibition
ISBN: 9780985160944 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After training at The Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School in the 1930s, the Chiricahua Apache artist Allan Houser (1914 1994) had both commercial and critical success as a painter and sculptor. Unlike some artists, he generally was not comfortable working in a painterly style but, believing that charcoals and pastels would enable him to intensify the freshness and spontaneity of his imagery, Houser began to focus on drawing. Houser built a dedicated drawing and design studio in Santa Fe in 1990 and was extremely prolific over the next four years. "Allan Houser Drawings: The Centennial...
After training at The Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School in the 1930s, the Chiricahua Apache artist Allan Houser (1914 1994) had both commercial and...
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58,49 |
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Libertad de Expresin: The Art Museum of the Americas and Cold War Politics
ISBN: 9780985160968 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the Cold War, the Organization of American States, formerly the Pan American Union, actively promoted artists from Latin America and the Caribbean that demonstrated affiliation with influential modernist styles such as Constructivism, Surrealism, Art Informel, and Abstract Expressionism. Cuban Jose Gomez-Sicre, the Visual Arts Specialist of the OAS, exhibited artists sympathetic to international trends in contemporary art, with the intention of demonstrating the cosmopolitanism of Latin artists and emphasizing freedom of expression in the American republics. "Libertad de Expresion"...
During the Cold War, the Organization of American States, formerly the Pan American Union, actively promoted artists from Latin America and the Caribb...
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58,49 |
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A World Unconquered: The Art of Oscar Brousse Jacobson
ISBN: 9780985160982 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882 1966) was a prolific artist who devoted much of his career to the depiction of the wilderness of the American West, especially Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. He also became a passionate supporter of the visual arts in the Southwest and an enthusiastic promoter of Native American fine artists, such as the early Kiowa artists, Acee Blue Eagle, and others. Over the course of his forty-year career at the University of Oklahoma, he oversaw the dramatic expansion of the School of Art and the creation of an art museum in 1936 that would eventually... Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882 1966) was a prolific artist who devoted much of his career to the depiction of the wilderness of the American West, e... |
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58,49 |
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Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis
ISBN: 9780520288003 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This beautifully illustrated catalogue accompanies the first major museum retrospective of the painter Norman Lewis (1909-1979). Lewis was the sole African American artist of his generation who became committed to issues of abstraction at the start of his career and continued to explore them over its entire trajectory. His art derived inspiration from music (jazz and classical) and nature (seasonal change, plant forms, the sea). Also central to his work were the dramatic confrontations of the civil rights movement, in which he was an active participant among the New York art scene. Bridging...
This beautifully illustrated catalogue accompanies the first major museum retrospective of the painter Norman Lewis (1909-1979). Lewis was the sole Af...
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236,19 |
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PRojecTORdinarY
ISBN: 9780692389546 / Angielski / Twarda / 26 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A walkthrough of the work and words behind MFA Thesis Exhibition, PRojecTORdinarY (2014). The contemporary art book features the artwork of Southern California based artist, Paul Kelley. It includes an introduction by professor and art critic, David Pagel as well as a link to a digitally animated flip book created by Kelley, which was inspired by one of his installation works titled Impede II. Quote from Introduction: "Real innocence-and real ambition-gives Kelley's no-nonsense combos of projected light, cast shadows and mundane objects their kick and intrigue. Each makes you see familiar...
A walkthrough of the work and words behind MFA Thesis Exhibition, PRojecTORdinarY (2014). The contemporary art book features the artwork of Southern C...
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126,03 |
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30 Years after Les Immatériaux: Art, Science, and Theory
ISBN: 9783957960306 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1985, the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard curated a groundbreaking exhibition called Les Immatériaux at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The exhibition showed how telecommunication technologies were beginning to impact every aspect of life. At the same time, it was a material demonstration of what Lyotard called the postmodern condition. This book features a previously unpublished report by Jean-François Lyotard on the conception of Les Immatériaux and its relation to postmodernity.
Reviewing the historical signifi cance of the exhibition, his text is accompanied by twelve... In 1985, the French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard curated a groundbreaking exhibition called Les Immatériaux at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Th...
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92,98 |
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Biennials, Triennials, and Documenta: The Exhibitions That Created Contemporary Art
ISBN: 9781444336641 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or 'biennials', has influenced global contemporary art since the 1950s.
This innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or 'biennials', has influenc...
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348,89 |
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Woven Gold: Tapestries of Louis XIV
ISBN: 9781606064610 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This publication is issued on the occasion of an exhibition of fourteen examples from the tapestry collection of Louis XIV, held at the Getty Center from December 15, 2015, to May 1, 2016"--Provided by publisher.
"This publication is issued on the occasion of an exhibition of fourteen examples from the tapestry collection of Louis XIV, held at the Getty Center ...
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231,05 |
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Treasures from Native California: The Legacy of Russian Exploration
ISBN: 9781611329834 / Angielski / Miękka / 231 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best collections of their material culture. Unstudied by western scholars because of their being housed in Russian museums, they are presented here for the first time in an English language volume. Descriptions of early nineteenth-century travelers such as von Wrangel and Voznesenskii are followed by a catalog of objects ranging from hunting weapons to household objects to ritual dress to musical instruments, games, and gift objects. This catalog of objects includes over...
The brief Russian presence in California yielded some of the earliest ethnography of Native Californians and some of the best collections of their mat...
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195,06 |
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Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series
ISBN: 9781606064535 / Angielski / Twarda / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,23 |
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Pine Barrens: Life and Legends
ISBN: 9780988873148 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pine Barrens: Life and Legends is a catalogue of an art and history exhibition held at the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University, January 30, 2015 - September 13, 2015. Focused on life in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, the catalogue provides an introduction to the lifestyles, culture, and folklore of the Pines.
Pine Barrens: Life and Legends is a catalogue of an art and history exhibition held at the Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton University, January 30, 201...
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106,13 |
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Curating Art
ISBN: 9781138907966 / Angielski / Twarda / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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756,05 |
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Creatures
ISBN: 9780822315650 / Angielski / Miękka / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Focuses on the imaginative and playful idea of the Dabloids, foot-shaped creatures of all sizes and colors who emerge magically from the Dablus, a sausage-like object that appears one misty morning in the fields of a collective farm.
Focuses on the imaginative and playful idea of the Dabloids, foot-shaped creatures of all sizes and colors who emerge magically from the Dablus, a sau...
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87,75 |
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Art in Minutes
ISBN: 9781784293277 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. All you need to know about Art, instantly!
All you need to know about Art, instantly!
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65,37 |
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Aufgeklärter Kunstdiskurs und höfische Sammelpraxis : Karoline Luise von Baden im europäischen Kontext. Aufsatzband zur Großen Landesausstellung Baden-Württemberg in der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsru
ISBN: 9783422073135 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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127,06 |