Contemporary (1945 -)
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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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Gerhard Richter: 100 Abstract Pictures
$50.00 Add to cartA new artist’s book, created by Gerhard Richter, that explores abstraction and chance in art and writing
“The 100 Abstract Pictures shown here originated about five years ago, when I poured enamel pai- Author: Richter, Gerhard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1644231115
- Language: English
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A Falling-Off Place: The Transformation of Lower Manhattan
$42.95 Read morePhotographer Barbara Mensch’s rediscovered photo archives and interview tapes capture symbolic transformations of Lower Manhattan.
Many of these images are published here for the first time. The photo- Author: Mensch, Barbara G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1531504396
- Language: English
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Judy Chicago-Isms
$17.95 Add to cartA collection of inspiring and provocative quotations from pioneering artist, feminist, and activist Judy Chicago
A fierce activist for women’s rights and against climate change, Judy Chicago defines h- Series: Isms #14
- Author: Chicago, Judy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 069125396X
- Language: English
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How Architecture Works
$25.99 Add to cartAn essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives
We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing.- Author: Rybczynski, Witold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0374534829
- Language: English
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100 Contemporary Wood Buildings
$29.17 Add to cartNot so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by n
- Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
- Author: Jodidio, Philip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 632
- Publish Date: September 08 2017
- ISBN10: 3836561565
- Language: English
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Bacon
$23.33 Add to cartLargely self-taught as an artist, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) developed a unique ability to transform interior and unconscious impulses into figurative forms and intensely claustrophobic compositions.
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- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Ficacci, Luigi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 31 2015
- ISBN10: 3836559692
- Language: English
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Chicago Skyscrapers, 1934-1986: How Technology, Politics, Finance, and Race Reshaped the City
$44.95 Read moreFrom skyline-defining icons to wonders of the world, the second period of the Chicago skyscraper transformed the way Chicagoans lived and worked. Thomas Leslie’s comprehensive look at the modern skysc… [more below]
- Author: Leslie, Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 0252044959
- Language: English
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Surrealism Beyond Borders
$65.00 Add to cartA completely new way of looking at and understanding Surrealism, with a focus on the worldwide sweep of the movement
“The variety of discoveries, detailed with exceptional scholarship in a ravishing k- Author: D’Alessandro, Stephanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1588397270
- Language: English
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New Media in Art
$29.95 Add to cartFollowing innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in cubism, futurism, and surrealism–particularly in the work of Duchamp–artists abandoned strict adherence to traditiona… [more below]
- Series: World of Art #0
- Author: Rush, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0500203784
- Language: English
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Scenes of New York City: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection
$59.95 Read moreScenes of New York City celebrates the promised gift of 130 works from the Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection to the New York Historical Society. The Hirschfeld promised gift is at once a collection… [more below]
- Author: Olson, Roberta J. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1911282859
- Language: English
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Boom: Mad Money, Mega Dealers, and the Rise of Contemporary Art
$22.99 Add to cartThe meteoric rise of the largest unregulated financial market in the world — for contemporary art — is driven by a few passionate, guileful, and very hard-nosed dealers. They can make and break care… [more below]
- Author: Shnayerson, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1541758722
- Language: English
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Modern Architecture A-Z
$116.67 Read moreExplore the A to Z of modern space. From Gio Ponti’s colored geometries to Zaha Hadid’s free-flowing futurism, this comprehensive overview features almost 300 profiles of architects, styles, movements… [more below]
- Author: Taschen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: February 18 2022
- ISBN10: 383658316X
- 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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Carbondale After Dark And Other Stories: Expanded Edition
$19.95 Add to cartFrom panty raids to riots, “Carbondale After Dark” is a profusely illustrated anthology of history, essays and short stories that chronicles how a sleepy little college town in the Midwest became a hi
- Author: Koplowitz, H. B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: April 25 2018
- ISBN10: 0979139368
- 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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Katherine Bernhardt: Why Is a Mushroom Growing in My Shower?
$80.00 Read moreDazzling and playful, Katherine Bernhardt’s paintings highlight her fascination with American pop vernacular, from Pokemon and the Pink Panther to Crocs and psilocybin mushrooms.
“Bernhardt has always- Author: Bernhardt, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1644231123
- Language: English
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Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
$35.00 Read moreFirst published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A “gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward archite
- Series: Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture
- Author: Venturi, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: July 02, 2002
- ISBN10: 0870702823
- Language: English
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Protest!: A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics
$50.00 Read moreAn authoritative, richly illustrated history of six centuries of global protest art
Throughout history, artists and citizens have turned to protest art as a means of demonstrating social and political- Author: McQuiston, Liz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0691198330
- Language: English
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Case Study Houses. the Complete CSH Program 1945-1966
$116.67 Add to cartThe Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles a
- Author: Smith, Elizabeth A. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 3836510219
- Language: English
