Art - Conceptual

This project begins at the subtext of body-a before and after of mutual grammars-or the assumption of what constitutes other. It is a question of how we narrate accumulation: each word bearing a hundred (thousand) behind it. Which is to say consider what lodges...

Showing how the still life has been renewed by recent developments in photography, Obstinacy of Things includes work by Moyra Davey, Tacita Dean, Harun Farocki, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Annette Kelm, Elad Lassry, Zoe Leonard, Laura Letinsky, Sharon Lockhart, Barbara Probst, Lucie Stahl, Andrzej Steinbach, Ingeborg...

Jessica Backhaus embarks on her work with an obvious relish in experimentation. The photo artist draws inspiration from the simplicity of everyday things, from unassuming scenes and silence. The artist's new trilogy brings together three series of approximately 40 works each. The first series,...

An exploration of walking and mapping as both form and content in art projects using old and new technologies, shoe leather and GPS.From Guy Debord in the early 1950s to Richard Long, Janet Cardiff, and Esther Polak more recently, contemporary artists have returned again...

A richly illustrated account of the life and work of the twentieth-century Mexican artist and writer who reimagined what the book could look like, mean, and do Ulises Carri (1941-1989) was one of the most remarkable artists and writers of the second half of...

The ultimate visual storytelling book from one of the best in the industry--pages with no words, only sketches! Follow Iain McCaig's amazingly captivating images to create your own tale, gently guided by his powerful illustrations. What a wondrous glimpse into the brilliantly gifted mind...

Carl Andre (born 1935), is among the foremost exponents of minimalism. Although best known for his grid-based floor sculptures, his output is diverse, encompassing large, outdoor public artworks and small sculptures, poetry and installations. Alistair Rider explores the full range of Andre's ideas and...

Homo Articus, "human as artist," is a concept that embraces the arts as integral to human natureand encapsulates the universal idea of art as 'creative contemplation.' The contemplative artworkby Kajal Dass Beck in this book reveals an "invisible thread" across cultural boundaries andcreatively expresses...

Explore the intersection of tarot, artistic creativity, and technical innovation in The Artist Decoded Tarot, a first-of-its-kind deluxe deck and guidebook set from author of Amenti Oracle Jennifer Sodini and artist Yoshino. Art, myth, and storytelling have guided spiritual exploration throughout history, and the...

Isabel Lewis is an artist interested in creating multisensory experiences, collapsing formal boundaries, and centering collectivity. Widely recognized for having expanded the field of contemporary art, Lewisrefers to many of her works as "occasions" immersive social gatherings that encompass choreography, performance, music, and workshops....

Working in sculpture, installation and video with powerful, often brutal images and materials, French-Algerian conceptual artist Adel Abdessemed (born 1971) has created one of the most energetic political oeuvres of recent times. A "pitiless young festivalist," as the New Yorker described him in 2009,...

The first complete account in English of the evolution of 'pataphysics from its French origins, with explications of key ideas and excerpts from primary sources, presented in reverse chronological order.Of all the French cultural exports over the last 150 years or so, 'pataphysics--the science...

"Steven Karl's I HRT the Cult Years critiques and embodies the cult leader at the center of the book who, in turn, critiques and embodies the American society that bred him. The overflowing and excessive ritual and repetition enacted throughout these poems build out...

We share here just a few of the more than 200 food art images that we generated using AI. These images can be a source of inspiration for creating your own AI images, for creating food art using real produce, or for moving the...

Known for installations exploring science, natural phenomena, and contemporary mythologies, French artist Laurent Grasso presents a visual journey of his avant-garde, conceptual work. Drawing on the visual possibilities of electromagnetic energy, radio waves, and natural phenomena, French conceptual artist Laurent Grasso explores their effect...

Stereograms are 2D images that hide a 3D image inside. These images are created using a technique called stereopsis, which is the natural process by which our eyes perceive depth. Each eye sees the world from a slightly different angle, and our brain combines...

Get Ready to Experience a Collection That Takes the Form to New Heights!Hold onto your seats because here comes the poetic whirlwind of 2023!Old Scratch Press proudly unveils the sensational collection by none other than the avant-garde wordsmith and visual artist, Robert Fleming as...

This catalogue accompanies Elmgreen & Dragset's first exhibition in China, the largest in Asia to date. The Scandinavian duo, comprised of Michael Elmgreen (born 1961) and Ingar Dragset (born 1969), created a fictional art fair in UCCA's Great Hall, with rectangular booths featuring works...

A phantasmagorical look at the unknown depths of the underwater worldSwiss artist duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs (both born 1979) present the second and final installment of their Future series. Using cutting-edge photographic methods, they explore the uncharted realm of the deep-sea world...

This sophisticated artist's book, with custom-cut cover and partially exposed binding, documents John Bock's 2006 action, "Maltreated Frigate"--the height as well as the culmination of this rising German artist's performative work. Here, Bock's vision comes to life in a multitude of color illustrations composed...

A retrospective and creatively collaborative review of this international feminist conceptual artist Young women victims of a garment factory fire in New York in 1911. An autobiographical progression through stages of womanhood. American veterans killed in Iraq. A giant trough filled with books and...

Trimpin, the sound sculptor and composer, has received MacArthur and Guggenheim fellowships; been the subject of a full-length documentary film and a profile in The New Yorker magazine; been included in hundreds of shows, performances, and new music festivals; and has had installations and...

Insanely Great Thoughts & IdeasLined Journal Notebook A beautiful, fun, inspirational and motivational notebook and gift perfect for friends, boss, coworkers, colleagues, office employees and even family on birthdays, graduation, Christmas, retirement, job promotion or just for fun. Ideal for taking notes, jotting lists,...

A pen, a camera, a lot of alcohol, and a Japanese jazz-exotica fusion album from 1979. These are the main ingredients that combine to create this book of cocktail recipes from two Chicago artists. Featuring nine original cocktails, each one is paired with a...

This major new volume brings together leading international scholars to debate the continuing importance and relevance of the concept of abjection for the interpretation of modern and contemporary culture. This genuinely interdisciplinary collection includes important new essays that draw on the work of Georges...

Volume 1 of Theater(s) and Public Sphere in a Global and Digital Society explores the fundamental contribution that artistic and cultural forms bring to social dynamics and how these can consolidate cohabitation and create meaningfulness, in addition to fulfilling economic and regulatory needs. As...

Volume 2 of Theater(s) and Public Sphere in a Global and Digital Society continues the exploration of the fundamental contribution that artistic and cultural forms bring to social dynamics and how these can consolidate cohabitation and create meaningfulness, in addition to fulfilling economic and...

Allen Jones RA's 52-page book On the Road: Parking Markings takes the reader on a graphic visual journey... by road."Since roads were first bisected by a white line, a pictorial language has evolved that, in classic parlance, is the first or Primitive phase in...

The most comprehensive monograph to date on an influential figure in 1970s MinimalismAmerican conceptualist Ted Stamm (1944-1984) played an important role in the 1970s Minimalist movement in downtown New York and is known for his strong use of geometry across mediums. This is the...

An illustrated companion to Yanko Tsvetkov's best-selling fairy tale series Apophenia, credited to his artistic alter-ego Alphadesigner, The Schmetterschwanz Manuscript is a daring experiment in surrealist world building in the tradition of classic masterpieces like the Voynich Manuscript and Codex Seraphinianus. While those authors...

THE BEST GIFT IDEA COLORING FOR GROWN-UPS - Each coloring page is designed to help relax and inspire - Each coloring page is specifically designed for stress relief, relaxation and inspiration - Use your choice of coloring tool (pens, pencils, markers, crayons) - Each...

Embark on a captivating voyage of artistic expression with "Boho Harmony," a mesmerizing coloring book designed exclusively for free-spirited souls seeking tranquility and creative fulfillment. Immerse yourself in a world where boho aesthetics and intricate designs harmoniously intertwine, inviting you to unleash your inner...

A comprehensive survey of the YBA conceptualistOver the past 30 years, the Scottish-born, Welsh-based artist Craig Wood (born 1960) has developed a distinct body of work, ranging from large-scale floor-based installations to site-specific performances and socially engaged actions. Craig Wood: Catalogue Raisonné is the...

In Vert, Hellberg's dexterity in the sonnet form is on full display. These poems range through the comic, the absurd, the weird, the tragic, the sacred, the profane. As if in response to Dickinson's query, 'Unto the Whole - how add?', Hellberg says, 'Hold...

William Kluba, author, takes an in-depth look at the origins of inspiration and ideas, to help us better understand where creativity comes from in our bodies and minds, and to understand how this intangible force translates into artistic expression. This book is full of...

Combining a broad overview of Jean-Jacques Lebel's coming-of-age among Surrealists and his rupture with the movement, Laurel Jean Fredrickson focuses on two landmark happenings in this book: the first, "Funeral of the Thing of Tinguely" (1960), and the most scandalous, "120 Minutes dedicated to...

One of Gerrit Greve's most extraordinary conceptual works of art, The Book of Calligraphy is a language unto itslef -- an homage to the stroke that communicates and the evolution of written script and symbol. This text of The Book of Calligraphy offers stunning...

You, the reader, a determiner, enable the unfurling of a world - the world of Metaforma. This determined world mirrors that of our own. It is a reflective image - a description - attempting to capture, integrate, and unify overarching patterns of our world,...

Not Everybody Makes It is a visual accompaniment to Mark Solotroff's 2021 electronic music album of the same name. The forty-four black and white images are derived from photographs that Solotroff collected from in and around his neighborhood in downtown Chicago. He edited and...

Post-Traumatic Art in the Citycomprises an original analysis of the nexus of war, art and urban society in two specific contexts: late 20th-century Beirut and Sarajevo. With an emphasis on conceptions of the 'post-traumatic', De le Court explores how cities and art are mutually...

Not just another mindfulness bookDot To Dot Mindfulness Art Book Create unique patterns to improve hand eye coordination, improve concentration and focus and reduce anxiety and stress. These patterns can help to improve focus and concentration in kids, adolescents and adults alike. Patterns start...

If you are looking for a stylish gift for family and friends or yourself, coloring books for adults is an ideal option. Mandala drawing is a perfect gift for any occasion. The Mandala design has all the excellent benefits relieving the body and mind...

Fall is a magical time of the year, a season that captivates and delights us. It is an important time of year for us and has been from our very roots. There is something special about fall that other seasons do not seem to...

Offering an incisive rejoinder to traditional histories of modernism and postmodernism, this original book examines the 1960s performance work of three New York artists who adapted modernist approaches to form for the medium of the human body. Finding parallels between the tactility of a...

A collection of poems, dreams, notes, scores and drawings and sketches made between 2020 and 2022. These were made In Ann Arbor, Spartanburg-South Carolina, Warren- Michigan, Allapatah-Miami Florida and Wien ﾖsterreich. The contents were created either in the process or reflection of Struggles around...

Air has an existential significance for all forms of life in the world. It is everywhere, albeit invisible and evanescent; it is literally impalpable. While until now in everyday life we have taken air for granted, in current political and social discourses air appears...

ﾖyvind Fahlstr and Carl Fredrik Reutersw舐d--his work is prominently represented in the collection of the Sprengel Museum Hannover through a generous donation by the artist--belonged to a circle within the Swedish art scene of the 1950s and 60s that was united in its veneration...

Pia Fries (*1955) applies paint directly to her canvases, either as a compact mass or liquid trace and in the process plays with textures, factures, and repetitive forms. She makes masterful use of the possibilities of technical reproduction, as other contemporary painters have done...

R駑y Zaugg (1943-2005) was an internationally renowned artist who lived and worked in Basel and Mulhouse. He saw himself as a painter, yet he would not limit himself solely to the production of images. Rather, from his painterly practice he generated general assumptions for...

A collection of works from the groundbreaking grantLOVE philanthropic art project. Foreword by New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay Essay by Alma Ruiz, Cassandra Coblentz, and Eman Alami What is love? In LOVE: A Visual History of the grantLOVE Project, artist Alexandra Grant's...