Art - Conceptual

In his new book, the eminent philosopher Andrew Benjamin turns his attention to architecture, design, sculpture, painting and writing. Drawing predominantly on a European tradition of modern philosophical criticism running from the German Romantics through Walter Benjamin and beyond, he offers a sequence of...

"Language itself, viewed as intrinsically racialized, is Bethany Collins' primary material." -Holland Cotter, New York TimesThe work of Chicago-based conceptualist Bethany Collins (born 1984) examines personal, bureaucratic, lyrical and literary language for its racial biases and failures. While straddling multiple mediums, Collins' practice frequently...

Using photography as a language, Shannon Ebner (born 1971) examines the signs, symbols, letters, words and graphical icons we encounter in the world. Auto Body Collision documents Ebner's most recent ongoing project, a multipart series of photographs that began on a trip to Italy...

In Art & Language International Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of the conceptual art collective Art & Language, situating it in a geographical context to rethink its implications for the broader histories of contemporary art. Focusing on its international collaborations with dozens of artists...

The words TEXT and TEXTILE, root-related by the Latin word for weaving, texere, are translated into 100 intricate black-white-and-red patternsAuthor: Mario CutajarISBN-10: 0692647198ISBN-13: 9780692647196Publisher: LISP PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2016Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.12lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.52d

All billboards in New Orleans in the fall of 2005 were underperforming; if not rendered absurd or irrelevant by catastrophe, erased by the hurricane to blither like old TV screens tuned to grey noise. Many would stay that way for months and years as...

Peep The Technique is the first editorial look at the relationship between nail art and sneaker culture. It explores the possibilities that true art can take on smaller canvases, while celebrating the communities that pioneered both cultures. Women sneakerheads (or sneakHERheads) also use nail...

The official art book for the Marvel's Avengers expansion Black Panther: War for Wakanda Blindsided by a betrayal and the resulting tragedy, King T'Challa, the Black Panther, devoted protector and current ruler of Wakanda finds it difficult to entrust his duty to anyone else,...

The Vertigo of Reality explores the profound changes in art as a result of digital media, such as video games. It includes work by artists such as Tino Seghall, Thomas Demand, Peter Campus, Nam June Paik, Bruce Nauman, Harun Faroki, Trevor Paglen, Christian Falsnaes...

Author: Vanessa PlaceISBN-10: 1934254266ISBN-13: 9781934254264Publisher: Insert Blanc PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2011Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d

- The first full publication of Stephen Wilson's sumptuous artwork, which blends Pop Art influences with traditional crafting and haute couture fabrics- Lavish illustration and vibrant design bring the works to life on the page- Illuminating text has much to offer fans of fashion...

John Latham (1921-2006) is widely considered one of the pioneers of British conceptual art.His work encompassed sculpture, installation, painting, ?lm, land art, engineering, assemblage, performances and happenings and theoretical writings; he is probably most famous for his burning book towers ("skoobs") and his light-show...

The most transformative art movement of the late 20th century, conceptual art became a global phenomenon long before it was popularized by a new generation of artists and institutions in the early 21st century. Its various manifestations in Canada, however, have remained a limited...

With cover artwork specially created by Ruscha, this book documents hundreds of projects and miscellaneous ephemera produced by the artist alongside his main oeuvre--including installations, films, painted book covers, contour gauge profiles, and more Introducing readers to the stunning breadth of Edward Ruscha's (b....

All is Art and Art is All invites teachers, students and others to use the arts as a primary source for understanding. Homilies by the author, illustrations of the work of living artists, and exercises for practice, demonstrate how art can be attached to...

On a trip to Italy in 1828, German painter Carl Blechen (1798-1840) captured his surroundings in hundreds of exquisite drawings and oil sketches. In Landscapes, British artist Darren Almond (born 1971) traces Blechen's path by photographing the same landscapes and juxtaposing his photos with...

This book provides original grounds for integrating the bodily, somatic senses into our understanding of how we make and engage with visual art. Rosalyn Driscoll, a visual artist who spent years making tactile, haptic sculpture, shows how touch can deepen what we know through...

Positive Quote Coloring for Adults: Mandela, Abstract, and Geometric Designs★50 Coloring Images of Mandela, Abstract, and Geometric Designs★Large 8.5x11 Inch Trim stays open more easily.★Instead of a blank page on the back of the coloring page, Positive Quotes will inspire you.★Great for De-stressing and...

★★★ 6 Books in 1 Boxset ★★★This boxset includes the most powerful collection of books that will help you improve every area of your emotional, personal, and relationship growth. It will quickly lead you to more rewarding and fulfilling relationships, as well as a...

This is the gentlest manifesto ever written. An unpreachy manifesto, with a sense of humor. An un-manifesto, comprised of seven ekphrastic poems focusing on the greatest artworks of the 22nd century. These poems are about the meaning(s) behind the meaning(s) of art in the...

This book documents for the first time the space-specific installations that Zimoun has realized since 2009. Swiss artist Zimoun enjoys significant international renown for an oeuvre that he has been creating over a period of some twenty years. Zimoun uses mechanical principles of rotation...

The first survey of the twenty-plus-year career of the highly influential multimedia artist Duke Riley, famous for expressing transgressive political and ecological themes through metaphors drawn from nautical folklore and nature. Duke Riley's work explores his lifelong fascination with urban waterways, their historical relationship...

"The idea behind Donnerstag was to insist on the difference between good art and bad art. I am aware of how anachronistic that sounds and how quickly it evokes the image of an old critic-pontiff wagging his authoritarian pointer finger. But even that image...

Bloom your heart and your love with Valentine coloring book. Get it for yourself or your beloved one. The more you color, the more your love is stronger.Author: Kimberly HaroldISBN-10: 1543024033ISBN-13: 9781543024036Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/09/2017Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w...

In the mid-2000s, CalArts was still operating in an alarmingly analogue fashion. Inter-office mail was delivered via reusable envelopes dating back decades. Work orders were filed using carbon paper. There was a large bulletin board in the art office, originally a muted light green,...

This volume explores artistic representation of today's increasingly precarious work and social spheres within advanced economies. It features work by Los Carpinteros, Julian Rosefeldt, Allan Sekula and Andreas Siekmann, among others.Author: Stefan MuchaISBN-10: 3865604854ISBN-13: 9783865604859Publisher: Walther Konig VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2008Pages: 216Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.75lbsSize: 10.10h...

In this companion to his The Cornucopian Mind and the Baroque Unity of the Arts, Maiorino examines the links between Renaissance and the modern versions of the Groteseque.In this interdisciplinary study, the term "eccentricity" refers to styles of playful extravagance. Maiorino focuses on the...

"A creative kaleidoscope of humor, insight, and truth, " Grant Snider's graphic novel The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity offers ideas and insights to everyone looking to flex their creative muscles. What does an idea look like? And where do they...

Encounter new and stylish "retro" expressions from the 2020s in this anthology.Released in 2020, New Retro Illustrations, is a book that showcases 300 illustrations from 40 up-and-coming illustrators and that became a popular compilation for new illustration trends. "New retro" (meaning "New" and "Retrospective")...

A series of photographic diptychs that investigate the behavior of images and offer an account of American precarity. Ambulance Chasers offers a series of photographic diptychs by the artist Abraham Adams: on the left, the faces of personal injury lawyers photographed from roadside billboards;...

Conceptual art consisted of a loose collection of related practices that emerged worldwide during the 1960s and 1970s. This collection of essays offers readers a wealth of new research on the earliest international exhibitions of Conceptual art; new interpretations of some of its most...

Recording Conceptual Art features a highly provocative series of previously unpublished interviews conducted in early 1969 with some of the most dynamic, daring, and innovative artists of the tumultuous 1960s. The nine individuals-eight artists and one art dealer-are now known as major contributors to...

Creating engaging and believable creature designs is a difficult and enjoyable task. The monsters, aliens and fantasy animals that grace our TV and cinema screens represent the hard work and dedication of a team of incredibly talented artists and designers. This book aims to...

Concepts are where all great ideas begin. Whether scribbled in a sketch pad or on a napkin, concepts are a way for artists to develop their skills and discover interesting shapes and forms that can be developed into their next masterpiece. In Sketching from...

What is creature design? We all have a notion--mostly consisting of evocative images of otherworldly beings galloping, swimming, flying, and often attacking the hero of an epic film or story. But what makes a creature believable? In the follow-up to her bestseller, Animals Real...

Emily Noyes Vanderpoel (1842-1939) was an artist, collector, scholar, and historian working at the dawn of the 20th century. Her first and most prominent work, Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color, provides a comprehensive overview of the main ideas...

What is creature design? We all have a notion--mostly consisting of evocative images of otherworldly beings galloping, swimming, flying, and often attacking the hero of an epic film or story. But what makes a creature believable? In the follow-up to her bestseller, Animals Real...

Visionary illustrator and author SIMON STﾅLENHAG (THE ELECTRIC STATE, TALES FROM THE LOOP) presents a tense, dark tale of ruin and vengeance set among a stunning sci-fi apocalypse like you've never seen before. An eight-wheeled vehicle trundles across a barren landscape of ash and...

'The Art Album' is an illustrated book celebrating the long-standing relationship between the visual arts and hip-hop music, and is the result of a collaboration between two giants of the American music scene. Dawud Knuckles is a veteran of the record industry in America....

During the 1960s a group of young artists in Japan challenged official forms of politics and daily life through interventionist art practices. William Marotti situates this phenomenon in the historical and political contexts of Japan after the Second World War and the international activism...

Return to the final days of the Dyer expedition in the remote Antarctic wastes. The letters from expedition leader Professor William Dyer grow increasingly more desperate as the expedition presses on, leaving sanity behind them. What they discover beneath the ice is meant for...

Arkham, 1933. Professor Dyer, a prominent geologist, learns that a scientific expedition will soon leave for Antarctica following in the footsteps of the journey which he himself had made in 1931. In the hope of dissuading the attempt, Dyer decides to make a full...

The official art book for Hideo Kojima's BAFTA-winning DEATH STRANDING. After the collapse of civilization, Sam Bridges must journey across a ravaged landscape crawling with otherworldly threats to save mankind from the brink of extinction. From legendary game creator Hideo Kojima comes an all-new,...

Retro but modern. This is the new trend, the new way, the new form of illustration created by the new generation. "New retro", a combination of the word "New" and "Retrospective", is a newly coined phrase meaning "appreciating and enjoying something old while reimagining...

The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still influence artists and designers to this day. This volume highlights the research and findings of this natural scientist. Powerful modern microscopes have confirmed the accuracy of Haeckel's prints, which...

An updated version of the classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Every book about wabi-sabi is based on the paradigm introduced in the original edition of this book.Author: Leonard KorenISBN-10: 0981484603ISBN-13: 9780981484600Publisher: Imperfect PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2008Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize:...

A beautifully produced anthology of crypto-artist, writer, and hacker Rhea Myers's pioneering blockchain art, along with a selection of her essays, reviews, and fictions. DAO? BTC? NFT? ETH? ART? WTF? HODL as OG crypto-artist, writer, and hacker Rhea Myers searches for faces in cryptographic...

Sacred geometry is at the heart of a thousand years of art and architecture as represented in mosques, temples and churches around the world. Stunning in their search of perfection amid countless symmetries the art achieves a beauty inspired by its divine motivations. On...

Author: Vanessa PlaceISBN-10: 1934254274ISBN-13: 9781934254271Publisher: Insert Blanc PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2011Pages: 298Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.84lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.67d

Russian-born conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are among the most celebrated artists of their generation. Known for their pioneering large-scale environments and installations, the artists' work fuses the everyday with the conceptual. Deeply rooted in the visual culture of Soviet society yet speaking...