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The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm according to David Hockney
are like no other version you will have read before. Although
inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, from Arthur Rackham
to Edmund Dulac, Hockney's extraordinary etchings re-imagine these
strange and supernatural stories for a modern audience, capturing
their distinctive atmosphere in a style that is recognisably the
artist's own. Reprinted for the first time since its original
publication in 1969, Hockney's book brings together some well-known
tales - Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin - with others that are less
familiar. Informed by great art of the past, attuned to
idiosyncrasies of character and incident, and fresh in execution
and content, his illustrations invite us to read each one as if for
the first time.
Born in Mexico in 1907, Frida Kahlo learned about suffering at an
early age. She fell victim to polio at the age of six, and was then
seriously hurt in a bus accident at eighteen, resulting in injuries
that affected her for the rest of her life. The young and
indomitable Frida met Diego Rivera, the great mural painter, when
Mexico was at a great cultural and political crossroads. They
formed a legendary partnership, with a strong attachment to Mexican
folk art, a deep commitment to the Communist struggle and a raging
artistic ambition that survived all the trials of their marriage.
Admired by the Surrealists and photographed by the greatest, Frida
was most renowned for her self-portraits and unusual still lifes.
This book traces the extraordinary life of this artist whose
unforgettable imagery combined cruelty and wit, honesty and
insolence, pain and empowerment.
Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes
originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include
works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget,
Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan
Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed
mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A
brochure listing each title in the "International Library of
Psychology" series is available upon request.
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Christopher White explains why he chose this title for his new
book: 'The often intimate, reflective and personal side to
Rembrandt's work in treating subjects from history or the Bible
reveals an increasingly more introspective interpretation than his
contemporaries.' Rembrandt's sharp eye draws inspiration from the
domestic scene, the local street and wherever he went. His subjects
include: children, beggars, musicians, dogs, pigs, horses; even
elephants and lions. White studies Rembrandt's technique from an
aesthetic rather than a scientific point of view; his willingness
to experiment whether drawing, painting or etching is a notable
feature of his work, and by discussing examples of the three
different media side by side, the author demonstrates their
interdependence.
Gary Hill is one of the most influential contemporary artists to
investigate the myriad relationships between words and electronic
images. His inquiries into linguistics and consciousness offer
resonant philosophical and poetic insights, as he explores the
formal conjunctions of electronic visual and audio elements with
the body and the self. With experimental rigor, conceptual
precision and imaginative leaps of discovery, Hill's work in video
is about, and is, a new form of writing. In this substantial
volume, George Quasha and Charles Stein analyze the artist's entire
career, paying particular attention to the single-channel video
works. Covering Hill's oeuvre, this highly readable monograph
features a comprehensive chronology of his work, including
important production details. A careful selection of key writings
by the artist is also included. With 640 pages and more than 900
illustrations, it is the most comprehensive and in-depth treatment
of Gary Hill's work to date, written in close connection with the
artist, and offers an essential theoretical and scholarly frame for
continuing study.
Here is what happens when Jeff Koons, one of the most important and
controversial artists of the twenty-first century, sits down with
distinguished art curator Sir Norman Rosenthal. Published to
coincide with his 2014 2015 retrospective, this new book provides
the most revealing portrait that exists of Jeff Koons singular
personality and artistic vision as he discusses works across his
thirty-five -year career with his long-time friend and collaborator
Rosenthal. Rosenthal s masterful interviews, conducted over three
years, give unparalleled access to the thoughts of one of the most
influential minds in contemporary culture, disclosing the artist
undistorted and in his own words. As well as examining all his
major series in depth, from his first inflatables to his latest
series on antiquities, the interviews shed new light on the artist
s interest in other artists works, reveal the significance of his
youth and family life on his art, and explain the key concepts of
his practice, such as his ideas on self-acceptance, ecstasy and
sex. A book of historic importance, extensively and comprehensively
illustrated throughout, it will become the reference point for all
who want to understand Koons and creativity in the twenty-first
century."
This review considers the major Cezanne exhibition at the Tate
Gallery London, staged from 8th February until 28th April 1996.
Rather than focusing exclusively on the artist's work, the piece
attempts to place the exhibition in context, exploring the
institutional arena of presentation and the social and economic
strata to which the retrospective is mainly addressed. To encompass
these multiple levels of attention, the essay is based on a journey
through the exhibition, seen at the press view on Tuesday 6th
February 1996. The record is intentionally discursive, entwining
impressions both of the works and the audience, groups of media
professionals moving from room to room in sequence around the show.
Further attention is given to the formulation of the catalogue, to
gain a reasonably complete picture of the event.
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.
"I always thought I would get into painting, but I got waylaid by rock 'n' roll. Finally, I thought, 'Now's the time.' As soon as I could be alone and paint without any interruptions, I just couldn't stop." – Chrissie Hynde
"These paintings wake me up, show me life, make me want to get up and do something." – Brian Eno
"The fact that Chrissie is a great musician doesn’t undermine her painting; it underpins it…" – Tim Marlow
In 2015, Chrissie Hynde, the singer, songwriter and leader of The Pretenders, produced an oil painting of a ceramic vase. It proved to be the starting point for Chrissie Hynde’s first body of work, nearly 200 canvases in all. These paintings are now shared for the very first time in Adding The Blue.
Beginning with still life studies and culminating in vibrant abstract compositions, Adding The Blue is a beautiful book of paintings that reveals Chrissie Hynde as an artist as passionate about her painting as her music.
With forewords by visionary musician and artist, Brian Eno, and The Royal Academy’s Artistic Director, Tim Marlow, Adding The Blue is captioned throughout with Chrissie Hynde’s thoughts, anecdotes and reflections.
Published in hardback the front cover features the work,'Tuesday Self-Portrait'
The city Fred Herzog documented over more than half a century has
vanished-an early kind of urban flaneur, Herzog wandered the
streets of Vancouver, creating an archive that encapsulates the
essence of a bygone era. Considered today as one of the most
important street photographers of the 20th century, he changed the
international conversation about early color photography. However,
it was only in the late 1950s that he decided to primarily shoot
with Kodachrome color slides. Fred Herzog: Black and White is the
first acknowledgement of a lesser-known facet of the photographers'
work. Complementing the seminal Modern Color, it encompasses almost
graphical urban scenes of shadow and light, alongside travel
photographs and depictions of rural life. Evoking notions of
melancholy, this book reveals that Herzog's appeal lies in his
ability to seize a condensation of a psychological state.
This is the illustrated story of New York artist Chris Daze Ellis's
successful transition from the subways to international studios and
galleries. Follow his 30+ year career from his days as a teenage
graffiti writer to his current life as a professional painter,
mentor, and family man. This book, with more than 250 photographs,
is a journey tracking the seminal moments in Daze's life that
shaped his art. View his aesthetic evolution, from "Graffiti High"
(New York's High School of Art and Design) and an "unsanctioned"
street art phase to exhibitions with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel
Basquiat. Train photos from the 1970s and '80s, a broad
representation of Daze's studio and mural works, and personal
photos guide the reader through an artistic portfolio spanning five
decades. Contributions by graffiti writer Jay "J.SON" Edlin and
essayist Claire Schwartz, and a foreword by graffiti historian and
chronicler Sacha Jenkins, complete this volume.
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.
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.
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