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	Anish Kapoor: Past, Present, Future Anish Kapoor is one of a highly inventive generation of sculptors who emerged in London in the early 1980s. Since then he has created a remarkable body of work that blends a modernist sense of pure materiality with a fascination for the manipulation of form and the perception of space. This book—the first major American publication on Kapoor's work—surveys his work since 1979, with a focus on sculptures and installations made since the early 1990s. With more than ninety color images of these...
	Letters to a Young Artist This pocket-sized book contains a collection of two dozen letters all commissioned from established artists to a fictitious "young artist," a recent art-school graduate who is struggling with the moral and practical implications of being an artist in New York. The "young artist" asked a selection of his heroes, "Is it possible to maintain one’s integrity and freedom of thought and still participate in the art world?" Responding artists--including Gregory Amenoff, Jo Baer, John Baldessari, Jimm...
	Charles Fritz: 100 Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark, The Complete Collection Charles Fritz: 100 Paintings Illustrating the Journals of Lewis and Clark unites exquisite Western art with one of our nation's greatest epics. The result of a decade of comprehensive research and on-location painting, this expanded collection of 100 paintings depicts the triumphs and travails of the Corps of Discovery's two-and-a-half-year trek through unknown territory to the Pacific Ocean and back between 1804 and 1806. Although several members of the Corps of Discovery kept journals, an ar...
	Moma Highlights In this updated, expanded, and superbly produced handbook, The Museum of Modern Art presents its own selection of the most significant artworks in its collection. Few institutions approach the richness of The Museum of Modern Art's holdings in painting, sculpture, drawing, prints, illustrated books, architectural models and drawings, graphic and industrial design, photography, film, video, and multimedia installations. In this volume, some 350 highlights--23 of which are new to this edition--fro...
	The Modern Eye: Stieglitz, MoMA, and the Art of the Exhibition, 1925-1934 The Modern Eye explores the origins and development of early 20th-century modernism in America through the lens of the major exhibitions that introduced this art to the general public. Author Kristina Wilson shows how modern artists and curators sought to relate high art to mass culture in order to make it accessible to more people, and successfully popularized modern painting and design during the interwar years. A major contribution to our understanding of the origins of modernism, this book...
	In & Out of Amsterdam During the 1960s and 70s, Amsterdam was a nexus of intense art activities, drawing artists from all over the world, including Stanley Brouwn, Gilbert & George, Sol LeWitt, Charlotte Posenenske, Allen Ruppersberg and Lawrence Weiner. Reciprocally, some of the most influential Dutch artists traveled abroad extensively before establishing themselves in Amsterdam: Jan Dibbets studied in London, while Ger van Elk and Bas Jan Ader trained in Los Angeles. As a result of this new mobility, a dynamic cro...
	The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum Published on the occasion of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum's fiftieth anniversary, and in association with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this fascinating, beautifully designed volume is the first to fully explore the process behind one of the greatest, most iconic Modern buildings in America-and the world. The Guggenheim: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Making of the Modern Museum examines the history, design and construction of Wright's masterwork with preliminary drawings, models and photog...
	Hot Pink Flying Saucers and Other Clouds The author of The Cloudspotter's Guide presents a whimsical tribute to clouds and their many guises. Filled with color photographs of clouds that look like poodles, dragonflies, Salvador Dali, and the Grim Reaper, Hot Pink Flying Saucers and Other Clouds is a delightful gift book from the author of the international bestseller The Cloudspotter's Guide. Anyone who's spotted a fluffy elephant in the sky will enjoy these clever photos taken by members of The Cloud Appreciation Society, which celeb...
	Splash 9 - Watercolor Secrets: The Best of Watercolor: Watercolor Disoveries Features a selection of art from America's best contemporary watercolor painters Offers clear, practical advice on how to apply a specific technique from each painting to the reader's own art Paintings focus on all varieties of subjects including street scenes, landscapes, animals and people Splash 9: Tips and Techniques offers readers insight into the minds and working methods of some of the best contemporary painters through more than 100 paintings, each with its own lesson. Featuring t...