JOHN MELLENCAMP: AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND ASSEMBLAGES
Longtime music icon John Mellencamp's artistic expression has never been limited to song. The acclaimed singer-songwriter John Mellencamp has been an...
MARK ROTHKO (AUTHOR EDITION)
A landmark monograph on an unprecedented scale that allows all aspects of Mark Rothko's career to be heard in full voice, published in close...
Art Monographs
WAYNE THIEBAUD
Written by Kenneth Baker
The most comprehensive and deluxe monograph on Wayne Thiebaud, a celebrated and active American artist, spanning the length of his career, from the mid-1950s to the present. Wayne Thiebaud is one of the world's most popular and respected painters.
JOHN CAGE: DIARY:HOW TO IMPROVE THE WORLD (YOU WILL ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE)
Written by Cage, John
Composed over the course of 16 years, John Cage's Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) is one of his most prescient and personal works. A repository of observations, anecdotes, obsessions, jokes and koan like stories, the diary registers Cage's assessment of the times in which he lived as well as his often uncanny predictions about the world we live in now.
WALL AND PIECE
Written by Banksy
_______________ Banksy.His work.Photographed.With comments by Banksy.In a book.This is that book._______________
JAMES TURRELL: A RETROSPECTIVE
Written by Kim, Christine Y
Copublished with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the major touring retrospective and concurrent exhibitions at the Solomon R.
ANDERS ZORN
Written by Ganz, James A
Accompanying a major retrospective of Anders Zorn's work, this is the first volume in English to explore the Swedish Impressionist's entire career in depth. Anders Zorn (1860-1920) is one of Sweden's most accomplished and beloved artists. Renowned for his light, expressive watercolors, he attained mastery of the genre at an early age and later applied his techniques to oil painting.
RIBERA
Written by Javier Portús
Painter and printmaker José Ribera (1591-1652, also known as Jusepe de Ribera) was among the earliest and best-loved exponents of Caravaggio's "Tenebrism," in which stark drama is drawn from extreme contrasts of light and shadow.
NANCY SPERO: THE WORK
Written by Lyon, Christopher
This definitive monograph explores Nancy Spero's entire body of work, revealing a pioneer of feminist art and a key influence on contemporary art.
PAUL KLEE: THE VISIBLE AND THE LEGIBLE
Written by Bourneuf, Annie
The fact that Paul Klee (1879-1940) consistently intertwined the visual and the verbal in his art has long fascinated commentators from Walter Benjamin to Michel Foucault. However, the questions it prompts have never been satisfactorily answered--until now.
FRIDA KAHLO: THE GISELE FREUND PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Gérard de Cortanze
In 1950, photographer Gisèle Freund embarked on a two-week trip to Mexico, but she wouldn't leave until two years later. There she met the legendary couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Welcomed into their home, she immersed herself in their private lives and the cultural and artistic diversity of the country, taking hundreds of photographs.
FRANCESCO ALBANI
Written by Puglisi, Catherine R
This is the first full-scale study of the artist, his career and his key contribution to the 17th century Bolognese school of painting. Beginning with an account of Albani's life and artistic development, Puglisi focuses attention on his entirely personal landscapes, then assesses his crucial role as teacher and transmitter of the Carracci reform.