An engaging and sumptuously designed examination of the influence and impact of Buddhism on art in North America from the post-war period to the present. In Buddhist teaching, the concept of being in the present moment refers to a practice of living mindfully with full awareness of the world, including an awareness of the consequences of one's actions. It is a state of active presence combined with profound peace and joyful appreciation, each cumulatively embracing the potential of the eternal...
Building a New Box (Southwest Christian School Visual Arts Department Gallery Showcase)
by Southwest Christian School and Penny a Armstrong
Regarding Warhol
by Marla Prather, Mark Rosenthal, Ian Alteveer, and Rebecca Lowery
For decades, commentators have acknowledged Andy Warhol's phenomenal impact on contemporary art. Unlike the many existing books about the artist, Regarding Warhol: Fifty Artists, Fifty Years is the first full-scale exploration of his tremendous reach across several generations of artists who in key ways respond to his groundbreaking work. Examining in depth the nature of the Warhol sensibility, the book is organized around five significant themes in the artist's work: popular consumer culture an...
Infinite Jest
by Max Hollein, Matthias Ulrich, and Lars Bang Larsen
Given - Reutersward Fahlstroem Duchamp
by Marcel Duchamp, Carl Frederik Reutersward, and OEyvind Fahlstroem
Up close, back stage, tiny gigs, pre-famous - Led Zep to Bowie as you've never seen them.Released to coincide with an exhibition at Proud Central, London (8th December - 28 January), this huge rock treasure chest contains over 250 previously unpublished premium images from the epicentre of London's exploding music scene, from the mid-sixties to the early seventies. Lavishly produced to create a fitting showcase for Alec's extraordinarily rich, until now hidden, private collection, London Rock i...
An unprecedented survey of modern lighting design foregrounding its materials, innovators, and far-reaching influence Offering the first comprehensive history of lighting design from the 20th and 21st centuries, Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting explores how lighting has been integral to the development of modern design both in terms of aesthetics and technological advances. This fascinating book outlines the key aspects of lighting as a unique and creative artistic discipline and exa...
2018 - 2022 Five Year Monthly Calendar Planner (Five Year Journal, #1)
by Judith Wyble
From May 1st until August 2012, Brugge Plus vzw and Musea Brugge have organised 'Kamarama', an international art project in the city of Bruges. The curator of the exposition is Belgian artist Kamagurka. This multidisciplinary art project will spread throughout the entire city centre and will show both works of Kamagurka and other artists he feels related to. It'll be a true journey jam-packed with exceptional art, intriguing movies, music, comedy, cartoons and, without a doubt, a large dose of...
Politics of Form
In the Presence of Things: Four Centuries of European Still-Life Painting Volume 2
by Neil Cox
Urban art at its most effective offers the liberatory tools for declaring oneself a part of one's environment, and for countering the strictures and regimentation of public space with murals and stenciled graffiti. By means of sometimes subtle, often humorous, occasionally confrontational or even deliberately offensive interventions in the urban landscape, artists have challenged our habitual ways of seeing and plunged us into a dynamic civic dialogue of actions, objects, sculptures and texts. A...
This volume introduces seven young artists--Duncan Campbell, Marcel van Eeden, Friederike Feldmann, Sabine Hornig, Julian Rosefeldt, Tatiana Trouv and Sascha Weidner.
In June 2008, Christian Boros opened his collection of contemporary art to the public in a bunker built in 1942 in the center of Berlin, which he renovated into a spectacular museum with 80 rooms. The first permanent exhibition, which this book records, features work by lesser-known talents alongside famous figures such as Olafur Eliasson, Elmgreen & Dragset, Sarah Lucas, Tobias Rehberger, Anselm Reyle and Santiago Sierra.
Forget Fear (a Reader)
by Pawel Althamer, Gabor Bakos, and Daniel Blatman
This reader accompanies the seventh Berlin Biennale for Contemporary art, with text and interviews that address the premise of this year's iteration: How can art transform politics and bring about real change in our society? Contributors include Pawel Althamer, Yael Bartana, Christian Boltanski, J n Gnarr, Teresa Margolles, Srda Popovic, Fernando Vallejo and Voina.
Surrealism rose from the ruins of interbellum Europe to become one of the most influential artistic and literary movements of the twentieth century. Under the leadership of Andr Breton, Surrealist artists undertook a passionate search for "freedom in all of its forms," delving into the imagery and language of the subconscious through the revolutionary methods of automatism, radical juxtaposition and chance. Surrealism in Paris reproduces a spectacular selection of artworks from the Fondation Be...