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Wang Guangyi: Works and Thoughts 1985-2012

Wang Guangyi: Works and Thoughts 1985-2012

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The first monograph conceived for the international market devoted to one of the most important Chinese contemporary artists. Wang Guangyi is considered one of the emblems of new China, because...
More Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books

More Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books

$57.95 AUD$46.36 AUD
Spanning the birth of the industry to its first few decades, this book has approximately 100 full-color portraits of the legends of American comic books-publishers, editors, and artists. Its subjects...
Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea

Your Bright Future: 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea

$61.95 AUD$30.00 AUD
In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the influence of globalization. This unprecedented book focuses on the...
Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema

Children of Marx and Coca-Cola: Chinese Avant-garde Art and Independent Cinema

$94.00 AUD$75.20 AUD
Author: Xiaoping LinFormat: Hardback, 670g, 320 pagesPublished: University of Hawai'i Press, United States, 2009Children of Marx and Coca-Cola affords a deep study of Chinese avant-garde art and independent cinema from...
Al Taylor: Druckgrafik

Al Taylor: Druckgrafik

$83.50 AUD$66.80 AUD
Author: Michael SemffFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 300mm, 1800g, 272 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2012The present publication is the catalogue raisonne of Al Taylor's graphic works and introduces a previously nearly...
Hundertwasser (German edition): Furdie Zukunft

Hundertwasser (German edition): Furdie Zukunft

$35.00 AUD$28.00 AUD
Author: Pierre RestanyFormat: Paperback, 200gPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2020The paintings and architecture by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser are nothing less than revolutionary with respect to nature and individual creativity. His...
Hannah Ryggen: Threads of Defiance

Hannah Ryggen: Threads of Defiance

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Author: Marit PaascheFormat: Hardback, 165mm x 240mm, 940g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2019The significance of Hannah Ryggen (1894-1970) as one of the most important figures in...
The New York Subway Map Debate: At Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm

The New York Subway Map Debate: At Cooper Union April 20, 7:30 pm

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Author: Gary HustwitFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 229mm, 300g, 140 pagesPublished: Plexi Productions, United States, 2022The New York Subway Map Debate documents a pivotal event in design history: the 1978 debate...
The Magazine

The Magazine

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Author: Gwen AllenFormat: Paperback, 148mm x 210mm, 560g, 240 pagesPublished: Whitechapel Gallery, United Kingdom, 2016 Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . Intrinsically collaborative, the...
Gerhard Richter: War Cut

Gerhard Richter: War Cut

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Author: Gerhard RichterFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 248mm, 1480g, 344 pagesPublished: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, Germany, 2013In 1988, Gerhard Richter created one of the most controversial and fascinating political painting-cycles...
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice

The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice

$45.00 AUD$36.00 AUD
Author: Judith MackrellFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 790g, 408 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2017Commissioned in 1750, the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power...
Gert & Uwe Tobias: Grisaille

Gert & Uwe Tobias: Grisaille

$65.00 AUD$52.00 AUD
Author: Michael HeringFormat: Hardback, 238mm x 319mm, 1420g, 172 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2017The twins Gert & Uwe Tobias are among the most famous German artists in the field of...
New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography

New Bauhaus Chicago: Experiment Photography

$70.00 AUD$56.00 AUD
Author: Bauhaus-ArchivFormat: Paperback, 230mm x 250mm, 1060g, 208 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2018This lavishly illustrated volume, which comes in four different colours and with an open Japanese binding, looks from...
Photography in India: A Visual History from the 1850s to the Present

Photography in India: A Visual History from the 1850s to the Present

$120.00 AUD$96.00 AUD
Author: Nathaniel GaskellFormat: Hardback, 270mm x 240mm, 352 pagesPublished: Prestel, Germany, 2018This book follows the remarkable story of photography in India from the 1850s to today. India has one of...
John Baldessari: The Stadel Paintings

John Baldessari: The Stadel Paintings

$75.00 AUD$60.00 AUD
Author: Martin EnglerFormat: Hardback, 280mm x 280mm, 1510g, 176 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2016John Baldessari is an important American conceptual artists and the last member of the American postwar avant-garde....
Werner Graeff: Ein Bauhauskunstler berichtet / Recollections of a Bauhaus Artist

Werner Graeff: Ein Bauhauskunstler berichtet / Recollections of a Bauhaus Artist

$70.00 AUD$56.00 AUD
Author: Eveline BergerFormat: Hardback, 196mm x 250mm, 1180g, 288 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2017Werner Graeff - painter, graphic artist, typographer, photographer and sculptor - is an important Bauhaus artist and...
Endless Enigma: Eight Centuries of Fantastic Art

Endless Enigma: Eight Centuries of Fantastic Art

$120.00 AUD$96.00 AUD
Author: Nicholas HallFormat: Hardback, 1580g, 248 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2019Endless Enigma takes as its point of departure Alfred H. Barr Jr.'s legendary 1936 exhibition at The Museum of...
Castaway Modernism: Basel's Acquisitions of "Degenerate" Art

Castaway Modernism: Basel's Acquisitions of "Degenerate" Art

$120.00 AUD$96.00 AUD
Author: Eva ReifertFormat: Hardback, 220mm x 280mm, 1480g, 344 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2022Torn Modernism illuminates an important moment in the history of the Kunstmuseum Basel's collection. In 1937 the...
Mondrian and Photography: Picturing the Artist and his Work

Mondrian and Photography: Picturing the Artist and his Work

$115.00 AUD$92.00 AUD
Author: Wietse CoppesFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 270mm, 2080g, 368 pagesPublished: Hatje Cantz, Germany, 2023The general public's image of Mondrian is of a serious man in a suit and tie with...
Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959-1975: Gallery Reviews * Book Reviews * Articles * Letters to the Editor * Reports * Statements * Complaints

Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959-1975: Gallery Reviews * Book Reviews * Articles * Letters to the Editor * Reports * Statements * Complaints

$89.95 AUD$71.96 AUD
Author: Donald JuddFormat: Paperback, 216mm x 279mm, 890g, 240 pagesPublished: Distributed Art Publishers, United States, 2016Originally published in 1975, reprinted in 2005 and out of print for many years, this...
Artrage!: The Story of the BritArt Revolution

Artrage!: The Story of the BritArt Revolution

$29.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth FullertonFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 240g, 224 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2021The Young British Artists (YBAs) stormed on to the contemporary art scene in 1988...
Safiuddin Ahmed

Safiuddin Ahmed

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Author: Rosa Maria FalvoFormat: Hardback, 250mm x 288mm, 2250g, 288 pagesPublished: Skira, Italy, 2012Beautifully illustrated, this is the first volume in the groundbreaking Great Masters of Bangladesh series of monographs....
Catching the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons Collection

Catching the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons Collection

$80.00 AUD$40.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth WyckoffFormat: Hardback, 255mm x 290mm, 1280g, 160 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022The catalogue highlights the diversity and relevance of the exceptional collection acquired from St. Louis collectors Ted...
New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century

$55.00 AUD$44.00 AUD
Author: Hossein AmirsadeghiFormat: Paperback, 250mm x 285mm, 1640g, 288 pagesPublished: TransGlobe Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2011Now in paperback!With over 500 stunning colour illustrations New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the...
Hagenbund: A European Network of Modernism 1900 - 1938

Hagenbund: A European Network of Modernism 1900 - 1938

$100.00 AUD$80.00 AUD
Author: Agnes Husslein-ArcoFormat: Hardback, 2420g, 448 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2014The revolutionary Viennese artists' association Hagenbund had a decisive influence on the art scene between 1900 and 1938, not only...
The Young and Evil: Queer Modernism in New York 1930-1955

The Young and Evil: Queer Modernism in New York 1930-1955

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Author: Jarrett EarnestFormat: Hardback, 222mm x 298mm, 1040g, 160 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2020Lauded by Jerry Saltz as "one of the most reactionary yet radical visions of art," The...
At Home in the World: A Memoir: Ibrahim El-Salahi

At Home in the World: A Memoir: Ibrahim El-Salahi

$70.00 AUD$56.00 AUD
Author: The Africa InstituteFormat: Paperback, 165mm x 240mm, 980g, 246 pagesPublished: Skira, Italy, 2022For more than a half century, Ibrahim El-Salahi has been at the forefront of African modernism in...
Hilma af Klint: Tree of Knowledge

Hilma af Klint: Tree of Knowledge

$90.00 AUD$72.00 AUD
Author: Hilma af KlintFormat: Hardback, 197mm x 273mm, 730g, 112 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2023"Revelatory and sublime...Her work remains conceptually open enough for viewers to draw their own conclusions,...
Kinship

Kinship

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Author: Dorothy MossFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 229mm, 540g, 120 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022Recent events have pushed artists to visualize ideas of closeness in a new light. Kinship, published on...
Jason Rhoades: PeaRoeFoam

Jason Rhoades: PeaRoeFoam

$65.00 AUD$52.00 AUD
Author: David ZwirnerFormat: Hardback, 217mm x 314mm, 1010g, 112 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2016Up to his untimely death in 2006 at age 41, Jason Rhoades carried out a continuous...
Picturing People: The New State of the Art

Picturing People: The New State of the Art

$60.00 AUD$48.00 AUD
Author: Charlotte MullinsFormat: Hardback, 230mm x 275mm, 1270g, 192 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Figurative art is currently riding high. Contemporary works of figuration grace the walls of...
Tomas Esson: THE GOAT

Tomas Esson: THE GOAT

$80.00 AUD$64.00 AUD
Author: Gean MorenFormat: Hardback, 203mm x 254mm, 1400g, 296 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022Tomas Esson: The GOAT is the first monograph of Afro-Cuban artist Tomas Esson. It features paintings created...
Modern World: The Art of Richard Hamilton

Modern World: The Art of Richard Hamilton

$49.99 AUD$39.99 AUD
Author: Michael BracewellFormat: Hardback, 200mm x 260mm, 1140g, 224 pagesPublished: Art / Books, United Kingdom, 2021Richard Hamilton was the most influential British artist of his generation. Often described as 'the...
Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa

Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa

$29.99 AUD$15.00 AUD
Format: Hardback, 225mm x 280mm, 1580g, 320 pagesPublished: Editions Flammarion, France, 1995Substantial catalogue produced to accompany the Whitechapel Gallery's 1995 exhibition, Seven Stories About Modern Art in Africa. Conceived by...
Digital Art

Digital Art

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Author: Christiane PaulFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 210mm, 570g, 272 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2015Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art. Here, Christiane Paul...
The Photograph as Contemporary Art

The Photograph as Contemporary Art

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Author: Charlotte CottonFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 210mm, 680g, 328 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020In the 21st century photography has come of age as a contemporary art form....
Kinship

Kinship

$45.00 AUD$22.50 AUD
Author: Dorothy MossFormat: Hardback, 178mm x 229mm, 540g, 120 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022Recent events have pushed artists to visualize ideas of closeness in a new light. Kinship, published on...
Marianne Heske: Works & Notes

Marianne Heske: Works & Notes

$21.99 AUD$10.00 AUD
Author: Marianne HeskeFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 195mm, 300g, 140 pagesPublished: Skira, Italy, 2012The facsimile copy of a photographic private diary published for the first time in 1978 Usually it takes...
Humankind: Ruskin Spear: Class, culture and art in 20th-century Britain

Humankind: Ruskin Spear: Class, culture and art in 20th-century Britain

$70.00 AUD$35.00 AUD
Author: Tanya HarrodFormat: Hardback, 185mm x 245mm, 1340g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022Humankind: Ruskin Spear is the first book on the painter Ruskin Spear RA (1911-1990)...
Latin American Art Since 1900

Latin American Art Since 1900

$35.00 AUD$29.75 AUD
Author: Edward Lucie-SmithFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 210mm, 500g, 240 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020In this classic survey, now updated and with full-colour images throughout, Edward Lucie-Smith introduces...
Global Art

Global Art

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Author: Jessica LackFormat: Paperback, 138mm x 216mm, 400g, 176 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020Jessica Lack introduces fifty pioneering modern and contemporary art movements born out of political...
Tense Conditions (Bilingual edition): A Presentation of the Contemporary Art Collection

Tense Conditions (Bilingual edition): A Presentation of the Contemporary Art Collection

$65.00 AUD$55.25 AUD
Author: Alessandra NappoFormat: Paperback, 210mm x 270mm, 840g, 184 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022In its new presentation of the collection, the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart establishes a dialogue between works from the...
Voyaging Out: British Women Artists From Suffrage to the Sixties

Voyaging Out: British Women Artists From Suffrage to the Sixties

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Author: Carolyn TrantFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 840g, 304 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2019Consider for a moment the history of modern art in Britain; you may struggle...
Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained

Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That: Modern Art Explained

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Author: Susie HodgeFormat: Paperback, 140mm x 197mm, 490g, 224 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2012In the past, estimation of an artist's stature took great account of his or...
Modern Painting: A Concise History

Modern Painting: A Concise History

$39.99 AUD$33.99 AUD
Author: Simon MorleyFormat: Paperback, 150mm x 210mm, 640g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2023A new concise history of modern painting, offering an indispensable reference to the complexities...
Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?

Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?

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Author: Kyung AnFormat: Hardback, 148mm x 196mm, 320g, 136 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020What is contemporary art? What makes it 'contemporary'? What is it for? And why...
Humankind: Ruskin Spear: Class, culture and art in 20th-century Britain

Humankind: Ruskin Spear: Class, culture and art in 20th-century Britain

$70.00 AUD$59.50 AUD
Author: Tanya HarrodFormat: Hardback, 185mm x 245mm, 1340g, 320 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022Humankind: Ruskin Spear is the first book on the painter Ruskin Spear RA (1911-1990)...
Make Your Mark: The New Urban Artists

Make Your Mark: The New Urban Artists

$55.00 AUD$46.75 AUD
Author: Tristan MancoFormat: Paperback, 260mm x 310mm, 1550g, 256 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2016Make your Mark introduces the work of 45 artists who are extraordinarily diverse but...