Authors:Gerhard Richter, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Dietmar Elger,
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: writings, richter, gerhard
Number of Pages: 600
Published: 2009-06-30
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 1933045949
ISBN-13: 9781933045948

For a painter who has so successfully neutralized the declarative potential of his medium, Gerhard Richter has committed to print a surprisingly large amount of discussion on his work. Perhaps it is only natural that an artist whose painting incarnates the Cagean premise that there is nothing to communicate should be moved to address that fact over and over. For this reason, the first edition of Richter’s writings, The Daily Practice of Painting (published in 1993 by MIT Press) was an especially compelling collection, gathering the speculations of an artist profoundly involved in states

Author: Charlotte Mullins
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)
Keywords: painting, figure, people
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2008-07-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1933045833
ISBN-13: 9781933045832

From CHOICE: London art historian and critic Mullins has brought together a study of contemporary artists who paint the human figure. Included are 200 color reproductions by 85 artists from around the world. Some artists, such as Lucien Freud and Chuck Close, are well known, but many are still developing their reputations. Mullins chose artists who paint people interacting with the world and, in doing so, explore themes of modern times. Her chapters are arranged by these themes: ""The Figure Unravelled,"" ""The Urban Condition,"" ""Other Worlds"" (which explores themes of ro

Authors:Andy Grundberg, Katy Siegel, Anne W. Tucker, Anne Tuc
Publisher: .A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: prospects, american, sternfeld, joel
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 2003-11
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 1891024779
ISBN-13: 9781891024771

Originally published in 1987, Joel Sternfeld’s now-classic view of America is here remastered, redesigned, and reprinted at a larger, brighter, truer scale. Finally, photography and offset printing techniques have caught up with Sternfeld’s eye, and this new edition of American Prospects succeeds in presenting Sternfeld’s most seminal work as it has always meant to be shown. A specially-commissioned essay by Kerry Brougher, Chief Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, considers the historical context in which Sternfeld was working and the pivotal role that American Prospec

Author: Wolfgang Tillmans
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Keywords: portraits, tillmans, wolfgang
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2001-12-02
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1891024361
ISBN-13: 9781891024368

For artist Wolfgang Tillmans, portraiture is a collaborative process between photographer and accomplice. While Tillmans’ photographs are often referred to as casual, they are actually the result of a carefully constructed process of engagement with his models. Each sitter, be they a world-famous rock star or a family member, issues forth both vulnerability and dignity. Presented here are a selection of some of the best of these portraits, taken between 1988 to 2001, and chosen by Tillmans himself. Subjects include filmmaker John Waters, architect Rem Koolhaas, musicians Moby and Michael

Author: Doug Aitken
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: breaking, narrative, image, expanding, screen, broken
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-11-15
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1933045264
ISBN-13: 9781933045269

Broken Screen is comprised of informal conversations between artist Doug Aitken and a roster of 25 carefully chosen artists, filmmakers, designers, and architects. Part guidebook and part manifesto, the book takes a fresh look at what it’s like to create work in a world that has become increasingly fragmentary. Through casual and direct discussions Broken Screen offers a detailed navigation through the ideas behind the important yet under-documented visual language of nonlinear narratives, split screens, and fragmentary visual planes that define the most progressive moving images today.

Authors:China Adams, Xu Bing, Thomas Cooper, Betsy Damon,
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: making
Number of Pages: 415
Published: 2003-07-02
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1891024590
ISBN-13: 9781891024597

From the first page to the last, from Thomas Kinkaid (really!) to Matthew Barney, this book serves as a launching pad. Conclusions are perpetually delayed. Resolutions are continually postponed. The text is written for takeoff, not arrival. It is a first step for readers’ explorations of current modes of art making and for their own future artistic achievements. The much-anticipated follow-up to Art on the Edge. . .and Over, Linda Weintraub’s highly accessible introduction to contemporary art since the 1970s, In the Making: Creative Options for Contemporary Art explores essential b

Author: Miriam Adahan
Publisher: Distributed by Feldheim Publishers
Keywords: miriam, adahan, handbook, health, emotional, perfect, maintaining, nobody
Number of Pages: 263
Published: 1994
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 156871047X
ISBN-13: 9781568710471

A handy guide to maintaining emotional health even when it seems impossible!