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The most comprehensive survey to date of the work of Faith
Ringgold, whose groundbreaking art and political activism span more
than sixty years - featuring a stellar line-up of contributors and
an unprecedented collection of images Faith Ringgold is a
critically acclaimed American artist whose unique methods of visual
storytelling have documented and advanced art historical, feminist,
and civil-rights movements for more than half a century.
Accompanying a major retrospective at the New Museum, New York,
this expansive survey covers work from all periods of her career,
including her early civil rights-era figurative paintings, her
graphic political protest posters, and her signature experimental
story quilts.
The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous
with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s
under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems
on the walls of the city. He appeared as part of a thriving
underground scene of visual arts and graffiti, hip hop, post-punk,
and DIY filmmaking, which met in a booming art world. As a painter
with a strong personal voice, Basquiat soon broke into the
established milieu, exhibiting in galleries around the world.
Basquiat's expressive style was based on raw figures and integrated
words and phrases. His work is inspired by a pantheon of luminaries
from jazz, boxing, and basketball, with references to arcane
history and the politics of street life-so when asked about his
subject matter, Basquiat answered "royalty, heroism and the
streets." In 1983 he started collaborating with the most famous of
art stars, Andy Warhol, and in 1985 was on the cover of The New
York Times Magazine. When Basquiat died at the age of 27, he had
become one of the most successful artists of his time. First
published in an XXL edition, this unprecedented insight into
Basquiat's art is now available in a compact, accessible volume in
celebration of TASCHEN's 40th anniversary. With pristine
reproductions of his most seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook
sketches, it offers vivid proximity to Basquiat's intricate marks
and scribbled words, further illuminated by an introduction to the
artist from editor Hans Werner Holzwarth, as well as an essay on
his themes and artistic development from curator and art historian
Eleanor Nairne. Richly illustrated year-by-year chapter breaks
follow the artist's life and quote from his own statements and
contemporary reviews to provide both personal background and
historical context. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we
started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has
become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms
around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and
aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of
incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40
series presents new editions of some of the stars of our
program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized
with the same commitment to impeccable production.
First published in 1996. The art of the extraordinary French
artist, Henri Matisse (1869- 1954), has provided visual pleasures
and intellectual challenges to its viewers for the last hundred
years. This is collection of gathered, summarized, and evaluated
major literature on the artist primarily from France, the United
States, Germany, and the Scandinavian countries, where major
Matisse collections bear witness to early and intense interest in
the artist's work.
Women artists have made a huge contribution to contemporary mainstream art, and their rise to international prominence has accompanied the development of feminism, feminist theory and history of art. Jo Anna Isaak's important new study of the work of women artists discusses the work of individual women artists in the context of contemporary art practices and in relation to key feminist issues in art history. Isaak looks at the work of a diverse range of artists including women from the United States, the former Soviet Union and the United Kingdom - discussing, among others, the work of Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and the Guerilla Girls. Isaak discusses work by 20th century Soviet women artists, providing a fascinating case study of the production of art in non-Western economic, political and ideological circumstances.
An appreciation of the life and art of Tove Jansson, creator of the
Moomin books, which are adored by children and adults across the
globe. This book provides fresh insights and a deeper appreciation
of the life and art of Tove Jansson (1914-2001), one of the most
original, influential and perennially enjoyed illustrators of the
20th century. Jansson's flourishing Moomin books are examined in
detail, as are her interpretations of such classics as Lewis
Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and The Hunting of the
Snark, and J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Born in Helsinki among the
Swedish-speaking Finnish minority, Jansson was brought up with a
love for making art and stories in a supportive artistic family.
Her first illustrated tales were published when she was fourteen
years old. From a year later until 1953, she drew humorous and
political cartoons as well as striking front covers for the
satirical magazine Garm, responding to the Second World War and its
aftermath as she developed from art student to painter and
muralist, bohemian and lesbian. This book also explores the
emergence of her Moomin world, appearing in her first children's
book in 1945 and then in newspaper strips. These would lead to her
being headhunted by the London Evening News, the world's
biggest-selling evening paper, to write and draw a daily Moomin
newspaper cartoon. This body of work is one of her great
achievements, expanding her stories, settings and cast and
invigorating her drawing and writing. Jansson also wrote many
novels, documented here along with personal commentaries from her
own writings.
Jo Spence was one of Britain's pioneering photographers. Born into
a working-class London family, she worked for many years as a
studio photographer. Her political concerns led to documentary
photography. Soon after completing her degree in the theory and
practice of photography, she discovered she had breast cancer.
Through her struggle to come to terms with the illness, to find
non-invasive treatments and to share her experience with others,
she developed unique ways of using photography.
"Cultural Sniping" brings together a wide range of Jo Spence's
photographs and writings for the first time. Through images and
texts she explores complex issues of gender, class, health and the
body, and their impact on her understanding of personal history and
the construction of identity.
"Cultural Sniping" includes images from Spence's early work in
documentary photography and from her pioneering photo-therapy
projects, undertaken in collaboration with other photographers. In
her later work Spence faces up to the experience of illness and
dying, and "Cultural Sniping" reproduces work from her "Return to
Nature" and "Death Mask" series, in which she tries to come to
terms with the reality of death. Jo Spence's commitment to engaging
with personal experience, political understanding and critical
theory make her writing and photography a vital contribution to our
understanding of the politics of representation.
Discover the ultimate collection of Ron Cobb's artwork from across
his entire career (Alien, Star Wars, Back to the Future) in this
comprehensive coffee table book. During his sixty-year career, Ron
Cobb provided concept art for some of the biggest films in sci-fi
cinema. From designing spaceships for Alien, Dark Star, and Firefly
and Delorean from Back to the Future to character designs for Conan
the Barbarian and creature concepts for Star Wars and The
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Ron has left a legacy of artwork
behind to inspire future generations of concept artists. This
beautiful coffee table book is full to the brim with Ron Cobb's
artwork from throughout his career and includes exclusive insights
from the talent he worked with along the way, including James
Cameron, Joe Johnston, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and Nick Castle.
Brought to you by Concept Art Association in collaboration with the
Estate of Ron Cobb.
Despite numbering at just 35, his works have prompted a New York
Times best seller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin
Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to
Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the
Mauritshuis, The Hague, where thousands flock to catch a glimpse of
the enigmatic and enchanting Girl with a Pearl Earring, also known
as the "Dutch Mona Lisa". In his lifetime, however, the fame of
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) barely extended beyond his native
Delft and a small circle of patrons. After his death, his name was
largely forgotten, except by a few Dutch art collectors and
dealers. Outside of Holland, his works were even misattributed to
other artists. It was not until the mid-19th century that Vermeer
came to the attention of the international art world, which
suddenly looked upon his narrative minutiae, meticulous textural
detail, and majestic planes of light, spotted a genius, and never
looked back. This 40th anniversary edition showcases the complete
catalog of Vermeer's work, presenting the calm yet compelling
scenes so treasured in galleries across Europe and the United
States into one monograph of utmost reproduction quality. Crisp
details and essays tracing Vermeer's career illuminate his
remarkable ability not only to bear witness to the trends and
trimmings of the Dutch Golden Age but also to encapsulate an entire
story in just one transient gesture, expression, or look. About the
series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural
archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with
accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate
their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an
unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books
by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new
editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact,
friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to
impeccable production.
Based on a rich range of primary sources and manuscripts, "A
Rossetti Family Chronology" breaks exciting new ground. Focusing on
Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the "Chronolgy" deomstrates
the interconnectedness of their friendships and creativity, giving
information about literary composition and artistic output,
publication and exhibition, reviews, finances, relationships,
health and detailing literary and artistic influences. Drawing on
many unpublished sources, including family letters and diaries,
this new volume in the" Author Chronologies" series will be of
value to all students and scholars of the Rossettis.
The Ashmolean Museum and the Albertina are collaborating on a
two-part exhibition project that will examine anew the role and the
significance of drawing in Raphael's career. The Ashmolean holds
the greatest collection of Raphael drawings in the world, and the
Albertina is the custodian of a major collection including some of
the most beautiful and important of the artist's sketches. Taken
together, the two collections provide extraordinary resources that,
amplified by carefully-selected international loans, will allow us
to transform our understanding of the art of Raphael. The Oxford
exhibition is based on new research by Dr Catherine Whistler of the
Ashmolean Museum and Dr Ben Thomas from the University of Kent, in
collaboration with Dr Achim Gnann of the Albertina. It will take
Raphael's art of drawing as its focus, with the concept of
eloquence as its underlying structure. Oratory runs as a linking
thread in Raphael's drawings, which stand out for the importance
given to the study of gestures, facial expressions, and
drapery.Moreover, Raphael treated the expressive figure of the
orator - poet, philosopher, muse, apostle, saint or sibyl - in
fascinating and significant ways throughout his life. This
selection of drawings demonstrates how Raphael created a specific
mode of visual invention and persuasive communication through
drawing. He used drawing both as conceptual art (including
brainstorming sheets) and as a practice based on attentive
observation (such as drawing from the posed model). Yet Raphael's
drawings also reveal how the process of drawing in itself, with its
gestural rhythms and spontaneity, can be a form of thought,
generating new ideas. The Oxford exhibition will present drawings
that span Raphael's entire career, encompassing many of his major
projects and exploring his visual language from inventive ideas to
full compositions. The extraordinary range of drawings by Raphael
in the Ashmolean and the Albertina, enhanced by appropriate loans,
will enable this exhibition to cast new light on this familiar
artist, transforming our understanding of Raphael's art.
In a first, this anthology presents essays by art historians and
cultural scientists from both sides of the Atlantic to rediscover,
analyze and contextualize the rich and largely unknown art of
Winold Reiss, opening up a new, previously untapped archive of
multicultural Modernism. The German-American artist, who was born
in Karlsruhe in 1886 and arrived in New York in 1913, defies
instant categorization. With his dual background in fine arts and
applied arts he set out to bridge the gulf between "high" and "low"
art introducing a bold use of color to the American art scene and
to interior design. In his portraits Reiss captured the
multi-ethnic diversity of the US. His specific blend of cultural
otherness, primitivism, and depictions of ethnicity challenged the
conventions of the time.
A charming, original and uncommonly sensitive portrait of Picasso and his beloved dachshund, Lump
One spring morning in 1957, veteran photojournalist David Douglas Duncan paid a visit to his friend and frequent photographic subject Pablo Picasso, at the artist's home near Cannes. As a co-pilot alongside Duncan in his Mercedes Gullwing 300 SL was the photographer's pet dachsund, Lump. Photographer and dog were close companions, but Duncan's nomadic lifestyle and his other dog - a giant jealous Afghan hound who had tormented Lump - made their life in Rome difficult. When they arrived at Picasso's Villa La Californie that historic day, Lump decided that he had found paradise on earth, and that he would move in with Picasso, whether the artist welcomed him or not.
This is the background for a totally original book that offers an uncommonly sensitive portrait of Picasso. Lump was immortalized in a Picasso portrait painted on a plate the day they met, but that was just the beginning. In a suite of forty-five paintings reinterpreting Velasquez’s masterpiece ‘Las Meninas’, Picasso replaced the impassive hound in the foreground with jaunty renderings of Lump.
Today, as a gift from the artist to his hometown as a youth, all of those historic canvases are now the centerpiece exhibition in the Picasso Museum of Barcelona. Fourteen of the paintings are reproduced here in full colour, juxtaposed with Duncan’s dramatic and intimate black-and-white photographs of Picasso and Lump, bringing full circle the odyssey of a lucky dachshund who found his way to becoming a furry, super-stretched icon of modern art.
W. Heath Robinson is best known for his hilarious drawings of zany
contraptions, though his work ranged across a wide variety of
topics covering many aspects of British life in the decades
following the First World War. Starting out as a watercolour
artist, he quickly turned to the more lucrative field of book
illustration and developed his forte in satirical drawings and
cartoons. He was regularly commissioned by the editors of Tatler
and The Sketch and in great demand from advertising companies.
Collections of his drawings were subsequently published in many
different editions and became so successful as to transform Heath
Robinson into a household name, celebrated for his eccentric brand
of British humour. Presenting such innovations as the 'Zip-Opening
Bonnet', the 'Duo-car for the Incompatible' and the handy 'New Rear
Wheel Gear for Turning the Car in One Movement', this volume of
Heath Robinson illustrations with commentary by K.R.G. Browne will
appeal to 'everybody who is ever likely to drive, be driven in, or
get run over by a mechanically propelled vehicle'.
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