History - Contemporary (1945- )
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Contemporary Art (Art Essentials)
$18.95 Read moreSince the 1960s, contemporary art has overturned the accepted historical categorizations of what constitutes art, who creates it, and how it is represented and validated. This guide brings the subject
- Series: Art Essentials #18
- Author: Rudd, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0500296707
- Language: English
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Haring-Isms
$17.95 Add to cartEssential quotations from renowned artist and pop icon Keith Haring
Keith Haring remains one of the most important and celebrated artists of his generation and beyond. Through his signature bold grap- Series: Isms #4
- Author: Haring, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 29 2020
- ISBN10: 0691209855
- Language: English
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Marina Abramovic: Nomadic Journey and Spirit of Places
$50.00 Read moreNever before published, this self-curated, intensely personal collection of travel notes and sketches by the world’s most revered performance artist offers readers a kind of iconography of Abramovic&#
- Author: Abramovic, Marina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 379137995X
- Language: English
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Activism
$27.95 Read moreAn edited collection that addresses the vital intersection of contemporary art and activism in this watershed cultural moment.
Activism is a critical point of contention for institutions and genealogi- Series: Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art
- Author: Dias Ramos, Afonso
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24, 2023
- ISBN10: 0262546566
- Language: English
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Abstract Art
$23.33 Add to cartAbstraction shook Western art to its core. In the early part of the 20th century, it refuted the reign of clear, indisputable forms and confronted audiences instead with vivid visual poems devoid of c
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Elger, Dietmar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 02 2017
- ISBN10: 3836546787
- Language: English
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The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
$38.00 Add to cartThese fabulous, whimsical paintings, created for his own pleasure and never shown to the public, show Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) in a whole new light. Depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly set… [more below]
- Author: Geisel, Audrey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 03 1995
- ISBN10: 0679434488
- Language: English
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A Big Important Art Book (Now with Women): Profiles of Unstoppable Female Artists–And Projects to Help You Become One
$28.00 Read moreCelebrate 45 women artists, and gain inspiration for your own practice, with this beautiful exploration of contemporary creators from the founder of The Jealous Curator.
Walk into any museum, or ope- Author: Krysa, Danielle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0762463791
- Language: English
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Seven Days in the Art World
$17.95 Read moreSarah Thornton’s vivid ethnography–an international hit, now available in twenty translations–reveals the inner workings of the sophisticated subcultures that make up the contemporary art world. In
- Author: Thornton, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 039333712X
- Language: English
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Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines
$49.95 Add to cart‘Excellent.’ – The New Yorker
The first publication dedicated to artists’ zines in North America, a revelatory exploration of an unexamined but thriving aesthetic practice
Copy Machine Manifestos captur
- Author: Joseph, Branden W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1838667083
- Language: English
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Montana Modernists: Shifting Perceptions of Western Art
$32.95 Add to cartFor many, Charles M. Russell’s paintings epitomize life in the West. But in twentieth-century postwar Montana, an avant-garde art movement–Montana Modernism–brewed. Its pioneers–Jessie Wilber, Fran
- Author: Corriel, Michele
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0874224195
- Language: English
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Drawing in the Present Tense
$50.00 Read moreDrawing in the Present Tense explores the variety of ways in which contemporary artists from around the world have come to approach drawing as the primary element of their practice. One which is auto
- Author: Gilman, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0500294933
- Language: English
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Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957
$75.00 Add to cartA dynamic new look at the legendary college that was a major incubator of the arts in midcentury America
In 1933, John Rice founded Black Mountain College in North Carolina as an experiment in making- Author: Molesworth, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0300211910
- Language: English
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The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft
$18.99 Add to cart“Boser cracks the cold case of the art world’s greatest unsolved mystery.”– Vanity Fair
One museum, two thieves, and the Boston underworld: the riveting story of the 1990 Gardner Museum robbery, the l
- Author: Boser, Ulrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0061451843
- Language: English
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Abstract Expressionism
$23.33 Add to cartHailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in Amer
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Hess, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2016
- ISBN10: 3836505177
- Language: English
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Jenny Saville
$50.00 Read moreA career-spanning survey of the British painter who has reinvented the nude with forceful brushstrokes and anatomical precision
The internationally lauded British painter Jenny Saville transcends the b
- Author: Saville, Jenny
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 883665083X
- Language: English
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Weight of the Earth: The Tape Journals of David Wojnarowicz
$16.95 Add to cartAudio journals that document Wojnarowicz’s turbulent attempts to understand his anxieties and passions, and tracking his thoughts as they develop in real time.
In these moments I hate language. I hate
- Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
- Author: Wojnarowicz, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: July 17 2018
- ISBN10: 1635900174
- Language: English
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The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century
$55.00 Add to cartA sweeping survey of hip hop’s resounding impact on contemporary art and culture across the past 20-plus years
Accompanying a groundbreaking exhibition originating at the Baltimore Museum of Art, this
- Author: Naeem, Asma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1941366546
- Language: English
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Rothko
$23.33 Add to cartResisting interpretation or classification, Mark Rothko (1903-1970) was a prominent advocate for the artist’s consummate freedom of expression. Although identified as a key protagonist of the Abstract
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Baal-Teshuva, Jacob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 3, 2015
- ISBN10: 383650426X
- Language: English
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America and Other Myths: Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955
$50.00 Add to cartRobert Frank’s and Todd Webb’s parallel 1955 projects to photograph America are considered in the context of mid-twentieth-century American culture
In 1955 two photographers were awarded grants from- Author: Volpe, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270895
- Language: English
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See What You’re Missing: New Ways of Looking at the World Through Art
$28.95 Read moreTaking us into the minds of artists–from contemporary stars to old masters–See What You’re Missing shows us how to look and experience the world with their heightened awareness.
Artists are expert l- Author: Gompertz, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1639361731
- Language: English
