Contemporary Art
Forthcoming Books
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Ed. Valentina Fogher
Hex
Through my Hands I SeeFor Hex (b. 1964), found steel objects are often the basic material for his abstract sculptures. With the help of welding equipment, angle grinder, hammer and polishing machine, he creates beautifully shaped and extremely impressive works of art ... -
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Ed. Konrad Bitterli et al.
Following the merger of three important Winterthur collections to form the Kunst Museum Winterthur, this volume presents the highlights of the three museums for the first time in splendidly illustrated form: from Rembrandt to Caspar David Friedrich ... -
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Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
Softcover EditionSurveying over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artefacts that highlight under-recognised histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities. Through the contributions of artists, writers, ... -
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Ed. Thierry-Maxime Loriot
Viktor&Rolf
Fashion StatementsFor more than three decades, Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have been exploring with breathtaking virtuosity the boundaries between the worlds of haute couture and art. The book reflects the duo’s passions, obsessions and singular vision of ... -
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Ed. Creative Growth Art Center
John Martin
A Self-PortraitFish become knives, alligators become saws, the artist himself becomes a Nokia phone – John Martin is one of the most fascinating contemporary Black American artists working today. The publication builds an understanding of and appreciation ... -
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Ed. Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Victoria-Idongesit Udondian
How Can I Be NobodyThis is the first publication to document and contextualise Udondian’s creative interrogation of textiles and shifting cultural identities within a global trade system, characterised by transnational movement of goods and people from one part ... -
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Robert Hobbs
Peter Halley
A MonographIn the 1980s, Peter Halley revitalised painting by relying on sociology and science fiction. He employed fluorescent colours and Roll-A-Tex to deconstruct early and mid-twentieth-century transcendent geometric abstraction into abstract cells and ... -
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Ed. Yury Kharchenko
Yury Kharchenko
Painting 2018 – 2023Yury Kharchenko is an outstanding representative of contemporary painting. He creates works in cycles which reflect his profound connections with existential themes like darkness and light. He combines masterful colourfulness with dense substance ... -
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Ed. Uta M. Reindl
Monika Fioreschy
Fields of FlowFrom silicone tubes to paint, paper and threads – throughout her artistic career stretching back over more than 50 years, Monika Fioreschy has been constantly discovering new forms of expression in the tradition of the art of weaving. In ... -
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Ed. Donna Gustafson
George Segal
Themes and VariationsGeorge Segal’s ghostly figures are immediately recognisable, even by those who don’t know the artist’s name. Some are installed in public spaces, as if participating in the world at large. This book explores his revolutionary ... -
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Ed. Elliot Josephine Leila Reichert et al.
Samia Halaby
Centers of EnergySamia Halaby (b. 1936) is widely recognised as a pioneer in twentieth-century abstraction and computer-generated art. The publication will bring together approximately thirty-five of Halaby’s paintings, prints and drawings in the first-ever ... -
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Ed. Marissa Del Toro et al.
"Xican-a.o.x. Body" centres the political and creative resistance of Xicanx artists from 1968 to the present. The publication presents new histories of Xicanx art, illustrating how artists foreground the Brown body to explore, expand, and ... -
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Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek
Fade Away
Eva-Maria Fahrner-TutsekConcealed, faded and rusting, the signs lie by the roadside. Their text and associative images have lost their connection with reality, as if they had been forgotten in the landscape. The photographer Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek has tracked down these ... -
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Ed. David Evans Frantz et al.
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects
Hardcover EditionSurveying over four centuries, this volume brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artefacts that highlight under-recognised histories of trans and gender-nonconforming communities. Through the contributions of artists, writers, ... -
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Ed. Klaus Albrecht Schröder et al.
Katharina Grosse
Why Three Tones Do Not Form a TriangleExpansion and the permanent crossing of boundaries, freedom and autonomy form the cornerstones of Grosse’s (* 1961) oeuvre. Her creative work is experimental and unpredictable. With many photos from the artist’s private archive this ... -
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Ed. Nick Mafi
Calatrava
ArtSantiago Calatrava is primarily known for his spectacular architectural feats that span the globe. Yet he has never limited himself to architecture alone; rather, he sees himself as an artist. With his painting, sketching, drawing, sculpture, ... -
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Ed. Kunstmuseum Basel et al.
Paula Rego
Power GamesThe female protagonists of the Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego either come from real life or derive from the world’s great legends, fairy tales and myths. As complicated heroines of our time they have endured illegal abortions or fight ... -
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Ed. Antonia Hoerschelmann et al.
With his Fat Cars and Tiny Houses, his sculptures of cucumbers, and sausages, Erwin Wurm (b. 1954) shines a critical spotlight on consumer society’s manipulative mechanisms and their effects. On the occasion of Wurm’s 70th birthday this ... -
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Ed. Elsy Lahner et al.
Robert Longo’s work captures moments of tension in nature, politics and history at their emotional climax. Presented at a monumental scale, the size and virtuoso technique of his photorealistic charcoal drawings enhance his powerful imagery. -
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Ed. Nichole N. Bridges
"Narrative Wisdom and African Arts" explores how historical and contemporary African arts make visible narratives rooted in collective and individual memory and knowledge. Historical works made by artists across sub-Saharan Africa during ... -
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Paul Rotterdam
Paul Rotterdam
Nachtbogen - nightbow and other eventsPainter, illustrator and graphic artist Paul Rotterdam (b. 1939) is the Austrian member of the New York School, a group of artists whose radical approaches pushed pure abstraction to its very limits. In the late 1960s, Rotterdam moved to the United ... -
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Ed. Julie Decker
Sonya Kelliher-Combs was raised in the Northwest Alaska community of Nome. Her work has been shown in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Alaska, the United States and internationally. She offers through her mixed media painting and ... -
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Ed. Dancing Foxes Press et al.
In the Company of Artists
A History of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture"In the Company of Artists" is the first major study of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, the influential summer art school founded by artists for artists amidst the tumult of World War II. Skowhegans philosophy and impact, ... -
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Ed. Georg Diez et al.
Survival is a common practice. We cannot do it alone; we need each other. We need tools and practices that help us to connect, to understand to build, to survive in this age of climate crisis, technological upheaval, existential pain. We need words ... -
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Ed. Ulrich Blanché
Illegal
Street Art Graffiti 1960–1995Wild, free and ephemeral – street art and graffiti are a worldwide phenomenon. From Brassaï, who led graffiti into mainstream art around 1960, via the 'Sprayer of Zurich' in the 1970s to the first Banksy works in the UK ... -
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Ed. David Katzenstein
David Katzenstein
Distant JourneysThe photographs collected here represent David Katzenstein’s lifelong artistic journey as a visual chronicler of humanity. Travelling to many parts of the world, he experienced other cultures and peoples first-hand. The photographs presented ... -
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Ed. Nickol Sherrie
Sherrie Nickol introduces the work of an artist who tells stories, both intimate and profound, with the click of the shutter. The viewer is taken on a journey through time and place, entering scenes familiar, distant, and always inviting. Through ...