Thames & Hudson presents David Hockney: A Bigger Picture to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, open 21 January – 9 April 2012. Illustrated with paintings, iPad drawings and video stills, many of which have never been seen before, this landmark publication confirms David Hockney as one of the greatest artists of his generation. David Hockney has always been closely associated with Pop Art and California, where he has lived for much of his life but this ... Read More
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A growing appreciation of the photobook has inspired a flood of new scholarship and connoisseurship of the form—few as surprising and inspiring as The Latin American Photobook, the culmination of a four-year, cross-continental research effort led by Horacio Fernández, author of the seminal volume, Fotografia Pública. Compiled with the input of a committee of researchers, scholars, and photographers, including Marcelo Brodsky, Iatã Cannabrava, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, and Martin Parr, The ... Read More
Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm announces a new book by Tomas Saraceno entitled 14 Billions (Working Title) showcasing more than 200 images of the making of Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno’s 400 cubic meter installation of a Black Widow’s spider web that was exhibited at Bonniers Konsthall in 2010. Contributors: Sara Arrhenius, Helena Granström, Jeffrey Kastner, Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Graphic Design: Studio Saraceno language: English Published by: Skira Bonniers Konsthall’s ... Read More
Considered one of the most important photographers to emerge from the1980s, Herb Ritts (1952-2002) possessed a distinctive sense of style. He had the ability to seamlessly switch gears between his personal work that helped revive the male nude genre, and his commercial photography incorporating fashion and portraiture. His work is infused with the overriding elegance that is a distinguishing mark of his pictures. Herb Ritts: L.A. Style (Getty Publications, April 2012) traces the life and ... Read More
In recent years David Hockney has returned to England to paint the East Yorkshire landscape remembered from his youth. Although his passionate interest in new technology has led him to develop a virtuoso drawing technique on an iPad, he has also been accompanied outdoors by the traditional sketchbook, an invaluable tool as he works quickly to capture the changing light and fleeting effects of the weather. Executed in watercolour and ink, these panoramic scenes have the spatial complexity of ... Read More
The Catalogue of the 12th Istanbul Biennial, edited by Jens Hoffmann and Adriano Pedrosa with coordinating editor Pelin Derviş, is now available. It is designed by Jon Sueda of Stripe. It provides a comprehensive overview of the 12th Istanbul Biennial, including information on participating artists, their exhibited works, and a full checklist. It features newly commissioned essays by Jessica Morgan, Julieta González, João Ribas, Chus Martinez, and Aykut Köksal as well as a number of texts ... Read More
Planet Architecture present Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater Special Edition on DVD, featuring over 250 Photographs and 17 Virtual Reality Panoramas. In 1935, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a country house for the Kaufmann family over a small stream in Western Pennsylvania. He named it Fallingwater. It, perhaps more than any other building, exemplifies Wright’s concept of ‘Organic Architecture’, which seeks to harmonize people and nature by integrating the building, the site, and its ... Read More
Worldly Pleasures, Earthly Delights features three hundred of the finest woodblock prints from the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. The prints were chosen for their rarity, remarkable state of preservation, and superb artistry. From the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they represent the creativity of forty artists, including such renowned masters as Masanobu, Harunobu, Shunshō, Shunkō, Kiyonaga, Shunman, Utamaro, Toyokuni, Sharaku, Hokusai, and Hiroshige. Arranged ... Read More
An international jury of art scholars and professionals has awarded the third annual Prix International du Livre d’Art Tribal (International Tribal Art Book Prize) to Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. The Menil Collection published the book – which was edited by Virginia-Lee Webb – to accompany an exhibition of the same title (presented at the Menil earlier this year, from May 6 to August 28). The richly illustrated volume contains essays by ... Read More
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