Art - Conceptual

From the Introduction: This compilation is an outgrowth of the 'alter/altar II: sigil, soma, score, salve' workshop community facilitated by El (Lynne DeSilva-Johnson). We gathered for 6 weeks at Poets House in New York City in the Fall of 2019, in a space dedicated...

A daring arty litearature piece of lottery literacy litteringAuthor: XXXISBN-10: 1974091066ISBN-13: 9781974091065Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2017Pages: 214Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d

Taking its inspiration from the spatial turn in the humanities, this volume examines conceptual art's diverse forms of mapping between the 1960s and the 1990s to critically engage with space and spatiality.Author: Elize MazadiegoISBN-10: 1526190788ISBN-13: 9781526190789Publisher: Manchester University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2025Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize:...

Conceptual Performance explores how the radical visual art that challenged material aesthetics in the 1960s and 1970s tested and extended the limits, character and concept of performance.Author: Nick KayeISBN-10: 1138907650ISBN-13: 9781138907652Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/22/2023Pages: 266Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.59d

What is a World? And how does one bring it to life? Emissaries Guide to Worlding is both a behind-the-scenes chronicle and a philosophical companion to one of the most ambitious experiments in simulation art of the 21st century. This richly illustrated, full-colour hardback...

A collection of imaginary frogs with elemental powers created, written, and illustrated by 3rd grade scholars from Henry Johnson Charter school.Author: Hjcs ScholarsISBN-10: 1300460571ISBN-13: 9781300460572Publisher: Lulu.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2025Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.19d

Artist Kennon James set out to draw fish and that is what he did. In a pure artistic exercise turned playful and eye-catching coffee table book, Kennon brings you a wonderful fish-filled book that will surprise and delight readers of all ages.Author: Kennon JamesISBN-10:...

The 'Color African Art' book in the "World Culture Art Coloring Series," extends far beyond a regular coloring book. There are thirty-eight pages filled with images that are both culturally rich and stunning, complete with a brief historical footnote for each image. Pages also...

"Undoing is just as much a democratic right as doing."---Gordon Matta-Clark This revealing book looks at the groundbreaking work of Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978), whose socially conscious practice blurred the boundaries between contemporary art and architecture. After completing a degree in architecture at Cornell University,...

Through visualizing, absence, and erasure, Ken Gonzales-Day reveals the deeply political act of seeing, forcing us to reconsider the histories we inherit. Ken Gonzales-Day's work confronts the role of the visual in conveying history or in history's absences, including bodies and spaces deliberately erased,...

A poignant account of the life and work of conceptual artist Jack Goldstein. A defining figure of the 1970s-80s New York art world, Jack Goldstein's wide-ranging body of work, which included immaculate color films and radiant paintings of appropriated images composed by assistants, is...

Public Trust explores the interactive artwork of the same name by Brooklyn-based artist Paul Ramirez Jonas (born 1965), delving into Ramirez Jonas' interest in public spaces, language as contract and the liminal space between fiction, lies and truth.Author: Paul Ramirez JonasISBN-10: 856674103XISBN-13: 9788566741032Publisher: Apc/Cosac...

Winner of the 2023-24 Poetic Justice Institute Prize, Selected by Srikanth ReddyA poetic exploration that reimagines form and language through celestial patterns Informed by mystery, chaos, order and writing as container, A Winter Triangle explores poetic space and form amid the infinite possibilities of...

In 2012, eteam visits the towns of Mars and Moon Township in Pennsylvania. Their approach is documentary, positioning themselves as cultural anthropologists who view the towns as if they were simulated environments on Earth, a training ground for eventual living on the planet Mars...

"We Shall Sing Our Wednesdays" is a surreal anti-comic combining a poem by J. F. Martel with art by Dominic Bercier. Its phantasmagoria of word and image evokes a dream of prophecy, reckoning, and apocalypse. Author: J. F. MartelISBN-10: 1775313425ISBN-13: 9781775313427Publisher: Mirror Comics StudiosLanguage:...

A riveting collection of one artist's many approaches to esolangs--esoteric programming languages--showcasing the form's limitless artistic potential. In Forty-Four Esolangs, Daniel Temkin challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs--or esoteric progamming languages--as pure idea art. The languages in...

Over forty works spanning the career of pioneering painter, filmmaker, writer, and performance/installation artist Carolee Schneemann.Over forty works spanning the career of pioneering painter, filmmaker, writer, and performance/installation artist Carolee Schneemann are featured in this edition of the Dorsky Museum's Hudson Valley Masters exhibition...

A provocative conversation on the erotic, appropriation, power, and sex. In Pervert or Detective?, artists Reba Maybury and Lucy McKenzie dissect power, desire, and subversion in a provocative conversation. Maybury, who integrates her work as a political dominatrix into her artistic practice, manipulates dynamics...

New York-based artist Peggy Preheim is known for her minutely detailed, miniscule graphite drawings on otherwise blank sheets of paper, creating a mood and atmosphere specific to her work. Her drawings are influenced by the small sixteenth century panel paintings of the Low Countries,...

Uncover the hidden stories within the discarded and delve into the captivating world of assemblage art with Assemblage and Appropriation: Found Objects, Recycled Materials, and the Narrative Potential of Installation.This book explores the transformative power of repurposing existing materials, breathing new life into forgotten...

Founded in 2005, Whitehot Magazine has become one of the leading channels for contemporary art criticism. Since its inception, Whitehot has published thousands of reviews covering art from the United States, East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America, with key pieces authored...

Easter hues for the soul: Relax, color, and embrace serenity!Our Easter Coloring Book is designed for Toddlers, Kids, Teens and Adults alike and will provide hours of relaxation & fun during the Easter Season. It includes 80 amazing and beautiful Easter coloring pages featuring...

What is Visible and What is Not. Mischa Kuball (b. 1959, Du¨sseldorf; lives and works in Du¨sseldorf) investigates public and institutional spaces and the social and political discourses that shape them. At the invitation of the Draiflessen Collection and with support from the Nolde...

Unlawful Assembly is a collection of interrelated short stories by the artists Lucy McKenzie and Alan Michael. First published in a limited edition, it was intended as a cheap holiday read to entertain summer visitors to the Mediterranean island of Stromboli, and as a...

The 'Color Cambodian Art' book in the "World Culture Art Coloring Series," extends far beyond a regular coloring book. There are thirty-eight pages filled with images that are both culturally rich and stunning, complete with a brief historical footnote for each image. Pages also...

The 'Color Indian Art' book in the "World Culture Art Coloring Series," extends far beyond a regular coloring book. There are thirty-eight pages filled with images that are both culturally rich and stunning, complete with a brief historical footnote for each image. Pages also...

The 'Color American Indian Art' book in the "World Culture Art Coloring Series," extends far beyond a regular coloring book. There are thirty-eight pages filled with images that are both culturally rich and stunning, complete with a brief historical footnote for each image. Pages...

This child-centered book explores the lives of famous and not so famous scientists, through a collection of portraits by a well-loved retired art teacher and artist, accompanied by child-friendly text. Both portraits and text explain how the scientists' discoveries came from children who were...

Comprehensive monograph on one of Saudi Arabia's most original and daring artistic voicesThis comprehensive monograph offers a critical overview of Saudi artist Muhannad Shono's oeuvre to date. The publication positions him as one of Saudi Arabia's most original and daring artistic voices. It sheds...

How can a drone smell? Is a silicone jellyfish with a rat's heart "alive"? Things that once seemed impossible are now becoming not only possible but mainstream. In the coming years, nearly all realms of our existence, will involve experiments with human and non-human...

A swirling collection of occultic verse and calligraphic art. A grimoire carved in scarlet, Salamander's Wool is the inaugural full-length collection of writing by V Manuscript, amalgamating a vast array of arcane rituals into an ensorcelling poetic corpus. To read Salamander's Wool is to...

A combined work of two original manuscripts translated into English from two seperate works in Italian of the same manuscripts on the arts; yet highly Biblical based that was altered in 18th century from the original work in 15th century.That now has been combined...

Tracking the postconceptual dimensions of contemporary art If, as Walter Benjamin claimed, "it is the function of artistic form ... to make historical content into a philosophical truth" then it is the function of criticism to recover and to complete that truth. Contemporary art...

Preview Video https: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=obw8so3qn8Y If you love hummingbirds this is the adult coloring book for you Over 20 Gorgeous hand drawn designs featuring those tiny flying kaleidoscopes of color All original art, no wallpaper and repeated patterns here.Author: Amanda Rose RamboISBN-10: 1523726172ISBN-13: 9781523726172Publisher: Createspace...

Silke Eva Kä stner (lives and works in Berlin and Uckermark) developed her creative approach while traveling in India, New York, and Japan. She creates temporary on-site paintings as well as conceptual pieces in which the viewer comes upon prepared materials and becomes part...

Discover the joy of drawing with 16 imaginative and accessible activities designed to inspire creativity, build confidence, and unlock the artistic potential of kids aged 9-12. Forget the intimidating drawing books filled with rigid rules and unreachable skill levels. A Creative Exploration of Drawing...

Author: Richard ShaverISBN-10: 0997645652ISBN-13: 9780997645651Publisher: Christine Burgin/Further ReadingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/29/2025Pages: 80Format: Hardcover

Author: Richard PrinceISBN-13: 9798985236842Publisher: Fulton RyderLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2025Pages: 96Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.15lbsSize: 11.80h x 9.30w x 0.70d

Author: David HammonsISBN-10: 3907493133ISBN-13: 9783907493137Publisher: Hauser & Wirth PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2025Pages: 404Format: Hardcover

Schlingelhoff interrogates institutional histories through her site-specific, text based installationsThrough drawing, sculpture and typography, German artist Bea Schlingelhoff (born 1971) interrogates the ideology and history of the respective sites of her exhibitions. This monograph surveys 15 years of her work. Each book is bound...

Testing the limits of seeing through historical depictions of images as truthWorking at the intersection of art and science, Italian photographer Luca Spano (born 1982) explores the biological and technological limits of sight. His incorporation of scientific and historical ephemera tracks humanity's relationship with...

Dissolving the boundaries between artwork and its recipients, this collection of contemporary art investigates just how immersive artificial atmospheres can beAccompanying an exhibition that gathers immersive works of contemporary art at the Museum unter Tage and Situation Kunst in Bochum, this catalog examines the...

Harry Borgman's professional career has spanned many fields including graphic design, cartooning and illustration. He was art director on the Chevrolet account at Campbell - Ewald advertising agency and the Chariman of the Advertising Department at the Society of Arts and Crafts ( now...

""How To Distinguish The Saints In Art By Their Costumes, Symbols And Attributes"" is a comprehensive guidebook written by Major Arthur de Bles that provides readers with the tools to identify and understand the various saints depicted in art. The book is divided into...

(English /German edition)Think - speak - listen: A portrait of an artist's work The act of hearing the sound of spoken language forms a fluid, sometimes fractured act of change in time. At the same time, orality and the human voice are situated in...

This book assembles all the talks and media presented at Aliens & Anorexia: A Chris Kraus Symposium, which took place in March 2013 at the Royal College of Art, London. Since her first book, I Love Dick, published in 1997, writer and film-maker Chris...

Discover the Timeless Allure of Pin-Up Art Embark on a captivating journey with "The History of Pin-Ups: An Illustrated Guide Through Art, Meaning, Psychology, and Women Liberation," a comprehensive exploration of the enduring charm and cultural significance of pin-up art. This richly illustrated guide...

Two conceptual artists of different generations, united in their subversive multimedia installations and their post-human worldviewsSpanning generations, this exhibition catalog brings together two Austrian artists with complementary conceptual approaches: Ingrid Wiener (born 1942) and Martin Roth (1977-2019). Working across tapestries, installations, film and drawing,...

A retrospective monograph for a key figure of the Polish avant-gardeKnown for her large-scale abstracted bust sculptures, Polish avant-garde artist Wanda Czelkowska (1930-2021) was a member of Grupa Krakowska and played a pivotal role in the development of conceptual art in Poland, though she...

Unlock the power of your imagination and elevate your photography to new heights with "Conceptual Photography: Turn Ideas into Art." This comprehensive guide is your trusted companion in the fascinating world of conceptual photography, offering invaluable insights and practical techniques to help you transform...