Art - Conceptual

Art & Language is an artists' collective that was founded in 1965 by a group of mainly British and American artists. The name Art & Language is derived from the journal Art-Language (first published in Coventry in May 1969) which had its origins in...

From the Introduction of The Tao of Towel (or Seeing Bigfoot [and Other Things] in the Zen of Art) by Doug Camp: "This is not another "How to..." book for the struggling artist. There is a glut of those on the market from which...

Why the avant-garde of art needs to be rehabilitated today Since the decidedly bleak beginning of the twenty-first century, art practice has become increasingly politicized. Yet few have put forward a sustained defence of this development. Revolutionary Time and the Avant-Garde is the first...

Sam Falls (b. San Diego, 1984; lives and works in New York) delegates the authorship of his works to the phenomena of nature. Applying water-reactive dry pigments or plant parts to support media like canvas, aluminum, or tiles and then exposing them to the...

Author: Marcos Mateu-MestreISBN-10: 1624650813ISBN-13: 9781624650819Publisher: Design Studio PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/03/2024Pages: 228Format: Paperback

This book reflects on the motivations of creative practitioners who have moved out of cities from the mid-1960s onwards to establish creative homesteads. The book focuses on desert exile painter Agnes Martin, radical filmmaker and gardener Derek Jarman, and iconoclastic conceptual artist Chris Burden,...

Explore crazy conceptual creatures designed by 4th grade scholars at the Henry Johnson Charter School! After learning about real-life animal adaptations for survival, these young artists created their own menagerie of fantastic creatures that have their own methods of survival...which one is YOUR favorite?Author:...

The work on this book started in March 2020 with an archive of pictures acquired from previous Mountain School of Arts students, staff and faculty. The collection consists of around 2000 images taken over the last 15 years. Most of the photographs were shot...

An extensive, Swiss-bound catalog dedicated to Jonas' under-explored drawing practiceThe installation, performance and video works of American artist Joan Jonas (born 1936) are emblematic of the '70s-'80s downtown New York avant-garde. Jonas privileged form over content, generating rigorous pieces with thematic concerns such as...

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Conceptual art is an art of ideas which can be written, enacted or carried in your head, challenging the notion that a work of art is an object of visual pleasure. This text combines survey essays, key words, descriptions and an anthology of key...

"Ancient Art and Ritual" is a book written by Jane Ellen Harrison, a distinguished classical scholar and linguist. The book was first published in 1913 and is considered one of Harrison's significant contributions to the field of classical studies. Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) was...

Fiber artists around the world have embraced crochet as an inventive medium like never before. Expanding on the creative possibilities and using sculpture, immense site-specific installations, performance, and mixed-media objects, they have used crochet techniques to explore feminine craft and heritage, dissect gender codes,...

Author: Allen PloneISBN-10: 1954604130ISBN-13: 9781954604131Publisher: AquazebraLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/29/2024Pages: 34Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.25d

The 'Color Egyptian Art' book in the "World Culture Art Coloring Series," extends far beyond a regular coloring book. There are thirty-eight pages filled with images that are both culturally rich and stunning, complete with a brief historical footnote for each image. Pages also...

The fifth volume of the John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné compiles the approximately 367 works made by the influential American conceptual artist (b. 1931) from 2005 through 2010. During these years, the artist undertook a number of series, including the shaped erasures of "Blockage"; the...

The fourth volume of the John Baldessari Catalogue Raisonné comprises approximately 370 works that represent the activity of this iconic conceptual artist between 1994 and 2004. Here, John Baldessari (b. 1931) continues to interrogate the possibilities of photographic appropriation, further developing his unique strategies...

This project begins at the subtext of body-a before and after of mutual grammars-or the assumption of what constitutes other. It is a question of how we narrate accumulation: each word bearing a hundred (thousand) behind it. Which is to say consider what lodges...

Showing how the still life has been renewed by recent developments in photography, Obstinacy of Things includes work by Moyra Davey, Tacita Dean, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Annette Kelm, Elad Lassry, Zoe Leonard, Laura Letinsky, Sharon Lockhart, Barbara Probst, Lucie Stahl, Andrzej Steinbach, Ingeborg...

Jessica Backhaus embarks on her work with an obvious relish in experimentation. The photo artist draws inspiration from the simplicity of everyday things, from unassuming scenes and silence. The artist's new trilogy brings together three series of approximately 40 works each. The first series,...

An exploration of walking and mapping as both form and content in art projects using old and new technologies, shoe leather and GPS.From Guy Debord in the early 1950s to Richard Long, Janet Cardiff, and Esther Polak more recently, contemporary artists have returned again...

A richly illustrated account of the life and work of the twentieth-century Mexican artist and writer who reimagined what the book could look like, mean, and do Ulises Carrión (1941-1989) was one of the most remarkable artists and writers of the second half of...

The ultimate visual storytelling book from one of the best in the industry--pages with no words, only sketches! Follow Iain McCaig's amazingly captivating images to create your own tale, gently guided by his powerful illustrations. What a wondrous glimpse into the brilliantly gifted mind...

Carl Andre (born 1935), is among the foremost exponents of minimalism. Although best known for his grid-based floor sculptures, his output is diverse, encompassing large, outdoor public artworks and small sculptures, poetry and installations. Alistair Rider explores the full range of Andre's ideas and...

Homo Articus, "human as artist," is a concept that embraces the arts as integral to human natureand encapsulates the universal idea of art as 'creative contemplation.' The contemplative artworkby Kajal Dass Beck in this book reveals an "invisible thread" across cultural boundaries andcreatively expresses...

Explore the intersection of tarot, artistic creativity, and technical innovation in The Artist Decoded Tarot, a first-of-its-kind deluxe deck and guidebook set from author of Amenti Oracle Jennifer Sodini and artist Yoshino. Art, myth, and storytelling have guided spiritual exploration throughout history, and the...

Add colorful life to a ghostly gallery of flamboyant sugar skull designs One of the Day of the Dead's sweetest customs is the offering of candy skulls to departed spirits. These 30 full-page tattoo designs to color celebrate the Mexican folk art tradition with...

Author: Isabel LewisISBN-10: 3000765883ISBN-13: 9783000765889Publisher: Floating Opera PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/06/2024Pages: 40Format: Paperback

Working in sculpture, installation and video with powerful, often brutal images and materials, French-Algerian conceptual artist Adel Abdessemed (born 1971) has created one of the most energetic political oeuvres of recent times. A "pitiless young festivalist," as the New Yorker described him in 2009,...

The first complete account in English of the evolution of 'pataphysics from its French origins, with explications of key ideas and excerpts from primary sources, presented in reverse chronological order.Of all the French cultural exports over the last 150 years or so, 'pataphysics--the science...

"Steven Karl's I HRT the Cult Years critiques and embodies the cult leader at the center of the book who, in turn, critiques and embodies the American society that bred him. The overflowing and excessive ritual and repetition enacted throughout these poems build out...

We share here just a few of the more than 200 food art images that we generated using AI. These images can be a source of inspiration for creating your own AI images, for creating food art using real produce, or for moving the...

Known for installations exploring science, natural phenomena, and contemporary mythologies, French artist Laurent Grasso presents a visual journey of his avant-garde, conceptual work. Drawing on the visual possibilities of electromagnetic energy, radio waves, and natural phenomena, French conceptual artist Laurent Grasso explores their effect...

The complete collection of Fluxus' newspapers featuring work by iconic conceptual artists, writers and composersThis volume collects all 11 newspapers published by the Fluxus artists' collective between January 1964 and March 1979. Although published irregularly, the newspapers promoted Fluxus events and publications--especially the group's...

The Nostalgic Northwest Arkansas Books are a collection of semi surreal grayscale images that delve into the past of this geographical area with historic architecture, memorable scenery, roadside cafes, tourist spots such as gemstone panning, a fleamarket of the past, barns and sheds, local...

The Nostalgic Northwest Arkansas Books are a collection of semi surreal grayscale images that delve into the past of this geographical area with historic architecture, memorable scenery, roadside cafes, tourist spots, barns and sheds, local critters and insects, and more. Book 1 scenes are...

Historic Hot Springs is a grayscale coloring book with 40 single-side images of landmarks, sites, and historic buildings and architecture all of which are in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The grayscale style is rather rustic and surreal, and adds to the uniqueness of this beautiful...

Author: Radu Ioan SaghinISBN-10: 1738438031ISBN-13: 9781738438037Publisher: Aega Design Publishing LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2023Pages: 186Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.98lbsSize: 8.00h x 8.50w x 0.48d

Get Ready to Experience a Collection That Takes the Form to New Heights!Hold onto your seats because here comes the poetic whirlwind of 2023!Old Scratch Press proudly unveils the sensational collection by none other than the avant-garde wordsmith and visual artist, Robert Fleming as...

This catalogue accompanies Elmgreen & Dragset's first exhibition in China, the largest in Asia to date. The Scandinavian duo, comprised of Michael Elmgreen (born 1961) and Ingar Dragset (born 1969), created a fictional art fair in UCCA's Great Hall, with rectangular booths featuring works...

A phantasmagorical look at the unknown depths of the underwater worldSwiss artist duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs (both born 1979) present the second and final installment of their Future series. Using cutting-edge photographic methods, they explore the uncharted realm of the deep-sea world...

This sophisticated artist's book, with custom-cut cover and partially exposed binding, documents John Bock's 2006 action, "Maltreated Frigate"--the height as well as the culmination of this rising German artist's performative work. Here, Bock's vision comes to life in a multitude of color illustrations composed...

Food & The Public Sphere is a survey of socially engaging public works, sculpture and objects by internationally acclaimed artists Lucy + Jorge Orta. The partnership's food recycling projects, mass open- air meals, gleaned gastronomic dinners, and mobile soup kitchens have pioneered a renewed...

A retrospective and creatively collaborative review of this international feminist conceptual artist Young women victims of a garment factory fire in New York in 1911. An autobiographical progression through stages of womanhood. American veterans killed in Iraq. A giant trough filled with books and...

Author: Hippolyte TaineISBN-10: 1835911307ISBN-13: 9781835911303Publisher: Sascha AssociationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/06/2023Pages: 68Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.14d

Trimpin, the sound sculptor and composer, has received MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships; been the subject of a full-length documentary film and a profile in The New Yorker magazine; been included in hundreds of shows, performances, and new music festivals; and has had installations and...

Insanely Great Thoughts & IdeasLined Journal Notebook A beautiful, fun, inspirational and motivational notebook and gift perfect for friends, boss, coworkers, colleagues, office employees and even family on birthdays, graduation, Christmas, retirement, job promotion or just for fun. Ideal for taking notes, jotting lists,...

A pen, a camera, a lot of alcohol, and a Japanese jazz-exotica fusion album from 1979. These are the main ingredients that combine to create this book of cocktail recipes from two Chicago artists. Featuring nine original cocktails, each one is paired with a...

An impressive list of authors examine how abjection can be discussed in relation to a host of different subjects, including marginality and gender.Author: Rina AryaISBN-10: 0719096286ISBN-13: 9780719096280Publisher: Manchester University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/06/2016Pages: 248Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.00w x 0.60dAbout the AuthorRina Arya is...

Volume 1 of Theater(s) and Public Sphere in a Global and Digital Society explores the fundamental contribution that artistic and cultural forms bring to social dynamics and how these can consolidate cohabitation and create meaningfulness, in addition to fulfilling economic and regulatory needs. As...