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Inspiration fresh from the studios of 131 master artists! A
celebration of creative drawing, the Strokes of Genius series
showcases standout work from today's top artists. This 8th volume
focuses on how artists use texture to bring life and depth to
subjects ranging from soulful portraits and expressive still lifes,
to beautiful landscapes and pulsing city scenes. Texture plays an
essential role in each of these drawings--capturing character,
building mood, and paying homage to everyday moments that often go
unnoticed. These pages serve up a tantalizing buffet of tactile
impressions, from rough tree bark and silky fur to peeling paint
and timeworn fabrics. Complete with fascinating, firsthand insights
on the drawing techniques behind the textures, Strokes of Genius 8
offers hours of browsing and inspiration for artists and art-lovers
alike. Inside you'll find: 139 magnificent works in charcoal,
pencil, pastel, colored pencil, scratchboard and pen+ink An
exciting range of styles and approaches, presented in
subject-themed chapters A behind-the-scenes look at the tools and
methods used to evoke a wide range of natural and manmade textures
A daring reassessment of Louise Nevelson, an icon of
twentieth-century art whose innovative procedures relate to
gendered, classed, and racialized forms of making In this radical
rethinking of the art of Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), Julia
Bryan-Wilson provides a long-overdue critical account of a
signature figure in postwar sculpture. A Ukraine-born Jewish
immigrant, Nevelson persevered in the male-dominated New York art
world. Nonetheless, her careful procedures of construction—in
which she assembled found pieces of wood into elaborate structures,
usually painted black—have been little studied. Organized around
a series of key operations in Nevelson’s own process (dragging,
coloring, joining, and facing), the book comprises four slipcased,
individually bound volumes that can be read in any order. Both form
and content thus echo Nevelson’s own modular sculptures, the
gridded boxes of which the artist herself rearranged. Exploring how
Nevelson’s making relates to domesticity, racialized matter,
gendered labor, and the environment, Bryan-Wilson offers a
sustained examination of the social and political implications of
Nevelson’s art. The author also approaches Nevelson’s
sculptures from her own embodied subjectivity as a queer feminist
scholar. She forges an expansive art history that places
Nevelson’s assemblages in dialogue with a wide array of
marginalized worldmaking and underlines the artist’s proclamation
of allegiance to blackness.
John Alvin's movie poster art is among the most iconic of the last
40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and
Pinocchio, to Empire of the Sun, The Goonies, Blazing Saddles,
Jurassic Park, and Star Wars Celebration posters. This book not
only collects some of Alvin's finest work, but also includes
previously unseen comprehensives and in progress sketches,
accompanied by commentary from John's wife, and his colleagues and
admirers.
Glory and Exile: Haida History Robes of Jut-ke-Nay Hazel Wilson
marks the first time this monumental cycle of ceremonial robes by
the Haida artist Jut-Ke-Nay (The One People Speak Of)-also known as
Hazel Anna Wilson-is viewable in its entirety. On 51 large
blankets, Wilson uses painted and appliqued imagery to combine
traditional stories, autobiography, and commentary on events such
as smallpox epidemics and environmental destruction into a grand
narrative that celebrates the resistance and survival of the Haida
people, while challenging the colonial histories of the Northwest
Coast. Of the countless robes Wilson created over fifty-plus years,
she is perhaps best known for The Story of K'iid K'iyaas, a series
about the revered tree made famous by John Vaillant's 2005 book The
Golden Spruce. But her largest and most important work is the
untitled series of blankets featured here. Wilson always saw these
works as public art, to be widely seen and, importantly,
understood. In addition to essays by Robert Kardosh and Robin
Laurence, the volume features texts about each robe by Wilson
herself; her words amplify the power of her striking imagery by
offering historical and personal context for the people,
characters, and places that live within her colossal work. Glory
and Exile, which also features personal recollections by Wilson's
daughter Kun Jaad Dana Simeon, her brother Allan Wilson, and Haida
curator and artist Nika Collison, is a fitting tribute to the
breathtaking achievements of an artist whose vision will help Haida
knowledge persist for many generations to come.
The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art
scene in 1988 with their attention-grabbing, ironic art, exploding
art-world conventions with brazen disdain. Dismissed as trivial
gimmickry and praised for its witty energy, their art made a mark
both on the art scene and on public consciousness that continues to
reverberate today. Artrage! tells the raucous story of the YBAs,
chronicling the group's rise to prominence from the landmark show
'Freeze' curated by Damien Hirst, through their 1990s heyday and
the notorious 'Sensation' exhibition, to the Momart fire of 2004
that seemed to symbolize the group's fading from centre stage. The
book ends with an update on the artists' careers and fortunes.
Drawing on interviews with all the key BritArt players and
extensive archival research, Elizabeth Fullerton examines the
individual characters, their relationships to one another, crucial
events and seminal artworks, considering, too, the political,
economic and artistic context of those years. Plentiful quotations
bring out the distinctive personalities and provide fresh insights
into the people and the period. Among the artists discussed are
Damien Hirst, Rachel Whiteread, Tracey Emin, Jake and Dinos
Chapman, Sarah Lucas and Gary Hume. With 29 illustrations
Uplifting and engaging, this story recounts the life and career of
a rebellious 20th-century British artist Born into a large,
musical, and bohemian family in London, the British artist John
Craxton (1922-2009) has been described as a Neo-Romantic, but he
called himself a "kind of Arcadian". His early art was influenced
by Blake, Palmer, Miro, and Picasso. After achieving a dream of
moving to Greece, his work evolved as a personal response to
Byzantine mosaics, El Greco, and the art of Greek life. This book
tells his adventurous story for the first time. At turns exciting,
funny, and poignant, the saga is enlivened by Craxton's ebullient
pictures. Ian Collins expands our understanding of the artist
greatly-including an in-depth exploration of the storied,
complicated friendship between Craxton and Lucian Freud, drawing on
letters and memories that Craxton wanted to remain private until
after his death.
This catalogue documents the first exhibition in the Middle East by
KAWS (Brian Donnelly, born 1974, USA). The solo show explores his
career and vast oeuvre and features paintings and sculptures made
over the past 20 years. KAWS' imagery has long possessed a
sophisticated, dark humour, revealing the interplay between art and
consumerism, referencing both art history and pop culture. Donnelly
began his career in street art in the 1990s, becoming synonymous
with the name KAWS, a tag that became a staple in his
'sub-vertisments' (modifications of commercial works). In addition
to more than 40 major pieces exhibited in the Garage Gallery,
examples of commercial collaborations designed by KAWS, among them
sneakers, skateboards, and toys are on view in a separate archive
above Cafe 999. A massive 5-meter-tall sculpture, COMPANION
(PASSING THROUGH) (2013), in the Fire Station courtyard and an
inflatable 40-metre public artwork at the Dhow Harbour, HOLIDAY
(2019), also serve to highlight the exhibition.
A complete and in-depth look at the art of the newest Star Trek
trilogy. Covering the creation of Star Trek (2009), Star Trek Into
Darkness and Star Trek Beyond, this lavish art book contains
never-before-seen concept art and designs, as well as interviews
with the key creatives who helped bring these exciting movies to
life on the big screen.
In many different parts of the world modern furniture elements have
served as material expressions of power in the post-war era. They
were often meant to express an international and in some respects
apolitical modern language, but when placed in a sensitive setting
or a meaningful architectural context, they were highly capable of
negotiating or manipulating ideological messages. The agency of
modern furniture was often less overt than that of political
slogans or statements, but as the chapters in this book reveal, it
had the potential of becoming a persuasive and malleable ally in
very diverse politically charged arenas, including embassies,
governmental ministries, showrooms, exhibitions, design schools,
libraries, museums and even prisons. This collection of chapters
examines the consolidating as well as the disrupting force of
modern furniture in the global context between 1945 and the
mid-1970s. The volume shows that key to understanding this
phenomenon is the study of the national as well as transnational
systems through which it was launched, promoted and received. While
some chapters squarely focus on individual furniture elements as
vehicles communicating political and social meaning, others
consider the role of furniture within potent sites that demand
careful negotiation, whether between governments, cultures, or
buyer and seller. In doing so, the book explicitly engages
different scholarly fields: design history, history of interior
architecture, architectural history, cultural history, diplomatic
and political history, postcolonial studies, tourism studies,
material culture studies, furniture history, and heritage and
preservation studies. Taken together, the narratives and case
studies compiled in this volume offer a better understanding of the
political agency of post-war modern furniture in its original
historical context. At the same time, they will enrich current
debates on reuse, relocation or reproduction of some of these
elements.
The definitive history of a cherished East Los Angeles institution
over five decades of art making and community building. Self Help
Graphics at Fifty celebrates the ongoing legacy of an institution
that has had profound aesthetic, economic, and political impact on
the formation of Chicanx and Latinx art in the United States.
Officially launched in 1973 during the Chicano Movement, Self Help
Graphics & Art continues to serve on the cultural front. The
institution's commitment to art, dignity for all, and empowerment
of Chicanx and Latinx artists appears in every aspect of
programming, including the Dia de los Muertos festival; the Barrio
Mobile Art Studio, which brings art education to underserved
schools; and the printmaking program, which offers an accessible
medium infused with activist aims. Looking at the multiple
genealogies of art that intersect in East Los Angeles, Self Help
Graphics at Fifty bears witness to the organization's influential
role in US and global art histories.
Zofia Kulik's rich artistic career has a dual nature. Between 1970
and 1987, she worked alongside Przemyslaw Kwiek as a member of the
duo KwieKulik, after which she began to develop a successful
individual career. While KwieKulik's work has been well established
as central to the East European neo-avant-garde art lexicon of the
1970's and '80s, Kulik's solo work has yet to be examined in depth.
The first publication devoted solely to her work, this monograph
analyzes the themes of her rich and complex oeuvre, addressing the
(post)communist condition, artistic labor, intermediality, and the
conditions of working as a female artist. The book forms a portrait
of Kulik as an artist whose work is both deeply focused and rich in
variations that reflect the socio-political shifts in her native
Poland. With contributions from leading art historians, including
Edit Andras, Angela Dimitrakaki, Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Suzana
Milevska, and Tomasz Zaluski.
In Sketching Men, veteran art instructor Koichi Hagawa, PhD
explains how to quickly capture the dynamic male form through two
distinct styles of sketching: Very rapid (1-3 minute) line drawings
that capture the essence of the subject's posture and
movement--perfect for recording athletic action poses in the moment
More finished tonal drawings, which take a bit longer to render
(7-10 minutes), but fill in lots of interesting texture and
wonderfully realistic details and nuances, including the play of
light and shadow, three-dimensional form and a sense of mass and
balance Learn to sketch the following: Individual body parts and
their bones and muscles Objects held in the hands and with both
arms Standing and sitting poses Transitions from prone and sitting
poses to a standing pose Bending, reaching and leaning poses
Pushing, throwing and dancing poses Folds, gathers and drape of
clothing This book contains hundreds of detailed studies and
helpful examples. Your sketches will improve rapidly as you learn
all about how human anatomy--the skeleton, muscles and posture--all
come together to express the uniquely male form. When you hone your
line and tonal drawing skills with this book, all of your artwork
will improve as a result, no matter the application: storyboarding,
cartooning and graphic novels, illustration, formal drawings,
painting and more!
Since the global financial crash of 2008, artists have become
increasingly engaged in a wide range of cultural activism targeted
against capitalism, political authoritarianism, colonial legacies,
gentrification, but also in opposition to their own exploitation.
They have also absorbed and reflected forms of protest within their
art practice itself. The Art of Activism and the Activism of Art
maps, critiques, celebrates and historicises activist art,
exploring its current urgency alongside the processes which have
given rise to activism by artists, and activist forms of art.
Author Gregory Sholette approaches his subject from the unusual
dual perspective of commentator (as scholar and writer) and insider
(as activist artist). He describes a new wave of activist art
taking place not only within community-based protest groups, as it
has for decades, but also amongst professionally trained,
MFA-bearing art practitioners, many of whom, by choice or by
circumstance, refuse to respect the conventional borders separating
painting from protest, or art from utility. The book explores the
subtle distinction between activist forms of art and protest by
artists, and proposes that contemporary activist art and art
activism constitute a broader paradigm shift that reflects the
crisis of contemporary capitalism.
*A National Bestseller* From the internationally bestselling artist
Kerby Rosanes, an extraordinary coloring book celebrating some of
the incredible animals and landscapes that are disappearing around
the globe Fragile World is a coloring book to savor, exploring
fifty-six endangered, vulnerable, and threatened animals and
landscapes-from the Tapanuli orangutan to the hawksbill turtle,
from Philippine bat caves to the Baltic Sea. The illustrations are
intricate, detailed, and unforgettable, both magisterial and
whimsical. And the result is a stunning tribute to Mother Nature.
Fragile World is a coloring experience that is at once vintage
Kerby and unlike any other.
Let the rich world of Tamriel guide your tarot practice with this
sumptuous, illustrated deck inspired by the massively popular Elder
Scrolls V: Skyrim. Featuring deluxe custom artwork of iconic
figures in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, this deck is a great way to
enjoy the characters and lore of this popular game. Containing both
major and minor arcana, the set also comes with a comprehensive
guidebook explaining each card's meaning, as well as simple spreads
for easy readings. Packed in a sturdy, decorative gift box, this
compelling tarot deck is perfect for Elder Scrolls fans and tarot
enthusiasts alike.
In this book, Dan Adler addresses recent tendencies in contemporary
art toward assemblage sculpture and how these works incorporate
tainted materials - often things left on the side of the road,
according to the logic and progress of the capitalist machine - and
combine them in ways that allow each element to retain a degree of
empirical specificity. Adler develops a range of aesthetic models
through which these practices can be understood to function
critically. Each chapter focuses on a single exhibition: Isa
Genzken's "OIL" (German Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2007), Geoffrey
Farmer's midcareer survey (Musee d'art contemporain, Montreal,
2008), Rachel Harrison's "Consider the Lobster" (CCS Bard Hessel
Museum of Art, 2009), and Liz Magor's "The Mouth and Other Storage
Facilities" (Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 2008).
Create interesting and expressive manga characters by learning the
techniques of professional artists. This volume builds on the
proven three-step technique presented in the companion volume,
Drawing Basic Characters. 1. Trace a simple outline of the
character 2. Add clothing, facial expressions and other details
using the easy-to-follow tips 3. Use color and pen to create the
finished character Experienced manga artists Junka Morozumi and
Tomomi Mizuna are your guides to the dazzling world of lifelike and
expressive manga characters who literally leap off the page.
Through expert tips and richly-illustrated, step-by-step tutorials,
they help you to build your skills and confidence at the same time.
Their focus is on creating a dynamic body pose and face for each
character and illustration. First you are shown how to sketch a
well-proportioned outline, then how to fill in supporting
details--powerful dramatic expressions, clothing and actions. Bold
examples portray an array of body types and faces, each capturing a
different mood or action sequence. Whether your character has just
won a major victory and is leaping into the air in triumph, or you
want to draw the subtlety of a forlorn expression, this book will
allow you to capture it. No matter what story you're telling,
Drawing Dynamic Manga Characters shows you how the pros do it.
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