|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         VISUAL BOOK INDEX | ACTIVE BACKLIST Ai Weiwei: Life Cycle Edited by Stacey Allan. Text by Martin Shaw. Ai Weiwei (born 1957) is recognized around the globe for his conceptual installations that generate dialogue between the contemporary world and traditional Chinese modes of thought and production. Ai’s multifaceted installation at the Marciano Art >>more Marciano Art Foundation ISBN 9780999221525 US $30.00 CAN $45.00 TRADE Hbk, 7.25 x 9.25 in. / 64 pgs / 25 color. Pub Date: 05/21/2019 Out of stock
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| Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World By Alexandra Munroe with Philip Tinari, Hou Hanru. Text by Jane DeBevoise, Katherine Grube, Lu Mingjun, Stephanie H. Tung, Anthony Yung, Xiaorui Zhu-Nowell. Published on the occasion of the largest exhibition of contemporary art from China ever mounted in North America, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World explores >>more Guggenheim Museum Publications ISBN 9780892075287 US $75.00 CAN $99.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 324 pgs / 225 color / 50 b&w. Pub Date: 11/21/2017 Out of stock
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| Arts of Japan: MFA Highlights Edited by Anne Nishimura Morse. The MFA's holdings of Japanese art make up the finest and most comprehensive collection outside of Japan. This stunning overview features many of the collection's best-known and most beloved works, including such rare paintings as >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878467143 US $24.95 CAN $33.95 TRADE Paperback, 7 x 9 in. / 320 pgs / 175 color / 30 b&w. Pub Date: 12/01/2008 In stock
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| Arts of Korea: MFA Highlights Text by Jane Portal, Suhyung Kim. Arts of Korea celebrates historical Korean art through 100 works from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The MFA has one of the finest collections of Korean art outside of East Asia, >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878467884 US $22.50 CAN $31.00 TRADE Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 176 pgs / 130 color. Pub Date: 01/31/2013 Out of stock
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| As Seen 2 Text by Karen Smith. This catalogue includes works from 36 artists, from avant-garde pioneers Gu Dexin, Geng Jianyi, Chen Zhen and Xu Bing, to those at the forefront of the younger generation like Liu Wei, Yang Fudong, Li Songsong, >>more Ullens Center for Contemporary Art/Hinabook/World Publishing Company, Beijing ISBN 9787510058332 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 FLAT40 Pbk, 7 x 9.5 in. / 219 pgs / 9 b&w / 152 duotone. Pub Date: 04/30/2014 Out of stock
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| Asian Art Text by William Southworth, Anna Slaczka, Jan van Campen, Menno Fitski, et al. This collection book presents 119 highlights from the Asian arts in the Rijksmuseum. Treasures from India, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan and China are introduced in essays by expert curators. With a particular focus on export >>more nai010 publishers/Rijksmuseum ISBN 9789071450945 US $55.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE Hbk, 7.75 x 9.75 in. / 320 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 04/25/2017 Out of stock
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| BLACKBRIDGE OFF Edited by Anna Hofbauer, Bianca Regl. Preface by Clemens Roesch. Text by Ami Barak, Meta Marina Beeck, Katerina Cerny. Contributions by Sonja Alhäuser, Ole Aselmann, Hannes Boeck. BLACKBRIDGE OFF offers a comprehensive look at the eponymous exhibition space’s eight years of operation in the Heiqiao district of Beijing, between 2010 and 2017, when the area was demolished. This bilingual collection of texts >>more Verlag für moderne Kunst ISBN 9783903228467 US $40.00 CAN $55.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 540 pgs / 200 color. Pub Date: 02/19/2019 In stock
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| Cai Guo-Qiang and Pompeii Edited with text by Jérome Neutres. Text by Achille Bonito Oliva, Jurgen Shilling. Interview by Jérome Neutres. In 2019, New York–based Chinese artist Cai-Guo Qiang (born 1957) was invited to create a work of art in the amphitheater of the Pompeii archaeological site. Inspired by the fate of the ancient Roman city, >>more Silvana Editoriale ISBN 9788836640591 US $65.00 CAN $90.00 TRADE Clth, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 176 pgs / 120 color. Pub Date: 03/17/2020 In stock
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| Capturing the Moment Edited with text by Xiaohui Guo. Text by Alexandra Grimmer, Mingjun Lu. Capturing the Moment presents selected works from the BMCA Collection, dedicated to the exhibition of young Chinese artists. Texts by London-based curator Xiaohui Guo, Swedish curator Alexandra Grimmer and Chinese art historian Mingjun Lu offer >>more Kerber ISBN 9783735605498 US $60.00 CAN $85.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 264 pgs / 154 color / 40 b&w. Pub Date: 06/18/2019 Out of stock
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| Since 2007, brothers Chen Yufan (born 1973) and Chen Yujun (born 1976) have been working on the ongoing Mulan River Project, a sculptural environment. Known as the “mother river,” the Mulan River runs near their >>more Kerber ISBN 9783735607270 US $70.00 CAN $95.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 9 x 11.25 in. / 208 pgs / 107 color / 37 b&w. Pub Date: 09/07/2021 In stock
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| China Text by Jean-Marc Decrop, Jerome Sans. The first book to focus on Chinese artists born in the 1980s, exploring the advent of a new generation appearing on the national and international scenes. This visionary, forward-looking selection of twenty young artists is the >>more Skira ISBN 9788857222523 US $55.00 CAN $70.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 256 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 05/19/2015 Out of stock
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| China Welcomes You Edited by Peter Pakesch. Foreword by Katrin Bucher Trantow. In this text-heavy volume, works by Ai Weiwei, Cao Fei, Duan Jianyu, Feng Mengbo, Guo Fengyi, Hu Xiaoyuan, Liu Wei, Lu Hao, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Wang Jianwei, Xie Nanxing, Xu Zhen, Yang Fudong, >>more Walther König/Kunsthaus Graz ISBN 9783865602718 US $49.95 CAN $67.50 FLAT40 Paperback, 11.5 x 8.75 in. / 175 pgs / 40 color / 30 b&w. Pub Date: 01/15/2008 Out of stock
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| Chinese Painting from No Name to Abstraction Preface by Zhang Wei. Text by Kuiyi Shen, Paul Moorhouse. Conversation with Ralf Laier, Feng Xi. The No Name and the Beijing abstractionists are at the heart of Ralf Laier’s collection, presented here for the first time. The No Name group comprised a circle of underground artists—including Zhang Wei, Ma Kelu, >>more Holzwarth Publications ISBN 9783947127320 US $70.00 CAN $98.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 220 pgs / 148 color / 6 b&w. Pub Date: 06/07/2022 In stock
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| Los Angeles and Seoul-based artist Cody Choi (born 1961) responds to the global collision of cultures. Pitting Rococo against traditional Chinese sources in his paintings, adding a riff on Rodin’s Thinker and a youthful dance >>more Holzwarth Publications ISBN 9783947127276 US $60.00 CAN $84.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 104 pgs / 50 color. Pub Date: 11/02/2021 In stock
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| A sculptor and installation artist, Korean-born Do Ho Suh (born 1962) is best known for his full-scale fabric works in which he meticulously reimagines the architectural space of his past homes and studios. Since collaborating >>more DelMonico Books/STPI ISBN 9781942884866 US $95.00 CAN $133.00 TRADE Hbk, 11.5 x 15.5 in. / 280 pgs / 320 color. Pub Date: 06/01/2021 Out of stock
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| Facing India Edited by Ralf Beil, Uta Ruhkamp. Text and interview by Urvashi Butalia, Roobina Karode. In Facing India, the multimedia works of seven female Indian artists focus on borders in Indian society, whether related to gender, territory, ecology or religion. The artists are Vibha Galhotra, Shilpa Gupta, Bharti Kher, Prajakta >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775744010 US $60.00 CAN $79.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 240 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 06/26/2018 Out of stock
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| Fired Earth, Woven Bamboo Text by Kazuko Todate, Anne Nishimura Morse. The blossoming of contemporary crafts in Japan that began in the twentieth century is rooted in a long and rich tradition of exquisite design and technical accomplishment. Featuring some 100 works by close to 60 >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878468058 US $29.95 CAN $39.95 TRADE Pbk, 10.5 x 8.5 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color. Pub Date: 11/30/2013 Out of stock
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| This generously illustrated volume surveys the most talented artists to emerge from South Korea’s burgeoning art scene in the past decade. The 25 artists introduced in this book collectively foreground the facets of contemporary Korean >>more SKIRA ISBN 9788857250069 US $55.00 CAN $79.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 232 pgs / 200 color. Pub Date: 06/11/2024 Out of stock
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| Published for an exhibition at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Galloping through Dynasties investigates the history of Chinese horse painting, a subject heretofore little studied. Organized chronologically, the volume explores the following themes: Celestial Horse and >>more SKIRA ISBN 9788857247298 US $49.95 CAN $68.95 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 188 pgs / 90 color. Pub Date: 12/20/2022 In stock
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| Lady Murasaki’s Tale of Genji has delighted readers for more than 1,000 years and inspired writers to create numerous parodies. Artists have responded with a rich parallel tradition illustrating the courtly intrigues, love affairs and >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878468836 US $45.00 CAN $58.00 TRADE Hbk, 10 x 11 in. / 192 pgs / 200 color. Pub Date: 11/30/2021 In stock
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| Milan-based publisher and photographer Giovanna Silva (born 1980) investigates the impact of politician and former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos of the Philippines through the ostentatious architectural projects she envisioned and funded. >>more Mousse Publishing ISBN 9788867494187 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Hbk, 4 x 6 in. / 96 pgs / 78 color. Pub Date: 03/30/2021 Out of stock
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| Global Asias Edited by Carolyn Vaughan. Foreword by Erin M. Coe. Text by Chang Tan, Jordan D. Schnitzer. This book examines the subtly subversive characteristics of contemporary Asian and Asian American art. The 15 artists represented here were born in Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam, Argentina or the United States; all are adept at >>more Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation ISBN 9781732321236 US $39.95 CAN $54.95 TRADE Hbk, 9 x 12 in. / 104 pgs / 60 color. Pub Date: 10/12/2021 In stock
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| Haegue Yang: Anthology 2006–2018 Edited by Bruna Roccasalva. Contributions by Lars Bang Larsen, Nicolas Bourriaud, Binna Choi, Doryun Chong, T. J. Demos, Yilmaz Dziewior, Patricia Falguičres, Eungie Joo, Tom McDonough, Ute Meta Bauer, Bart van der Heide, Anne M. Wagner. South Korean artist Haegue Yang (born 1971) uses a wide array of mediums—ranging from paper collage, video essays and performative sculptures to large-scale installations—to create images and experiences in which people, places and things are >>more Skira ISBN 9788857239774 US $39.95 CAN $55.00 TRADE Hbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 416 pgs / 90 color / 300 b&w. Pub Date: 06/25/2019 In stock
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| Hayao Miyazaki By Jessica Niebel. Foreword by Toshio Suzuki. Text by Pete Docter, Daniel Kothenschulte. A New York Magazine 2021 holiday gift guide pick
For over four decades, Hayao Miyazaki has been enchanting audiences of all ages. His animation, often featuring children navigating unfamiliar and challenging worlds, offer timeless >>more DelMonico Books/Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ISBN 9781942884811 US $55.00 CAN $74.00 TRADE Hbk, 9 x 10.75 in. / 288 pgs / 300 color. Pub Date: 09/07/2021 In stock
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| He Xiangyu: Yellow Book Text by Yuka Kadoi, Neha Vermani, Carl Vadivella Belle, Johannes Pommeranz, Abdulkarim G. Mairiga, Minna Salami, Robyn Williams, Sabine Doran, Lianming Wang, Yue Sun, Liza Wing Man Kam, Xuansu Zhang, Maryan Abdulkarim, Mi You, Rosalind Chou. In 2016, Berlin-based Chinese artist He Xiangyu (born 1986) began producing an encyclopedic collection of the meanings and functions of lemons and the color yellow. This Japanese-bound monograph collects a number of these writings, presented >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775745376 US $60.00 CAN $85.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 6.25 x 9.25 in. / 448 pgs / 300 color. Pub Date: 10/08/2019 Out of stock
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| Hiroshi Sugimoto & Tomoyuki Sakakida: Old Is New Text by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tomoyuki Sakakida, New Material Research Laboratory. Photographs by Hiroshi Sugimoto. The architectural practice of Hiroshi Sugimoto and Tomoyuki Sakakida is informed by a simple paradox: “the oldest things are the newest.” In 2008, Sugimoto and Sakakida founded New Material Research Laboratory with an aim to >>more Lars Müller Publishers ISBN 9783037786468 US $65.00 CAN $91.00 TRADE Hbk, 6.75 x 9 in. / 416 pgs / 300 color. Pub Date: 05/11/2021 In stock
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| At first glance, Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photographic portrait of King Henry VIII of England is arresting: Sugimoto’s camera has captured the tactility of Henry’s furs and silks, the elaborate embroidery of his doublet, the light reflecting >>more Damiani/MW Editions ISBN 9788862085823 US $50.00 CAN $67.50 TRADE Clth, 10 x 11 in. / 120 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 03/27/2018 Out of stock
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| History Has Failed Us, But No Matter Edited with text by Hyunjin Kim. Text by Mi You, Soo Ryon Yoon, Je Yun Moon, et al. Published for the 58th Venice Biennale, History Has Failed Us, but No Matter explores the history of modernization in East Asia through the lens of gender and the agency of tradition, in the work of >>more Mousse Publishing ISBN 9788867493777 US $24.95 CAN $34.95 FLAT40 Pbk, 9.5 x 6.5 in. / 143 pgs / 96 color / 48 b&w. Pub Date: 10/22/2019 Out of stock
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| The best known of all Japanese artists, Katsushika Hokusai was active as a painter, book illustrator and print designer throughout his 90-year lifespan. Yet his most famous works—the color woodblock landscape prints issued in series—were >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878468669 US $50.00 CAN $71.00 TRADE Hbk, 10 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 11/19/2019 In stock
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| Hong Kong Eye Edited by Chang Tsong-Zung, Serenella Ciclitira. A richly illustrated catalog dedicated to multidisciplinary contemporary art. After Korean Eye, Korean Eye 2, and Indonesian Eye, the collector and editor Serenella Ciclitira turns her interest and studies to a multidisciplinary contemporary art showing >>more Skira ISBN 9788857214610 US $75.00 CAN $95.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.5 x 9.5 in. / 412 pgs / 550 color. Pub Date: 09/17/2013 Out of stock
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| In the classical gardens of Suzhou in China, surface transforms into space and walls become landscapes. In her journey through this UNESCO World Heritage Site, London-based Swiss French photographer Hélčne Binet (born 1959) captures the >>more Lars Müller Publishers ISBN 9783037786604 US $40.00 CAN $56.00 TRADE Clth, 8 x 10 in. / 64 pgs / 12 color / 19 b&w. Pub Date: 03/30/2021 Out of stock
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| I'm Not There: New Art from Asia Edited by Cecilia Alemani. I'm Not There: New Art from Asia is a new sourcebook of contemporary art east of the Ural Mountains, looking at artists from Afghanistan to Japan. More than 80 contributors have proposed names of emerging >>more The Gwangju Biennale Foundation ISBN 9788987719115 US $20.00 CAN $27.95 TRADE Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 560 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 12/31/2010 Out of stock
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| (Due to the development of firearms during that period, these dynasties are commonly referred to as the “Gunpowder Empires.”) Focusing on carpets as the primary medium, the volume also features manuscripts, metalwork, ceramics and more. >>more Silvana Editoriale ISBN 9788836636174 US $55.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE Hbk, 9.25 x 12 in. / 200 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 09/26/2017 In stock
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| India: Art Now Text by Christian Gether, Stine Hřholt, Ranjit Hoskoté, et al. Contemporary art in India has enjoyed a tremendous flourishing since the early 1990s, thanks in part to the country’s economic growth and the increased availability of media technology. As Indian artists establish an ever-stronger presence >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775734110 US $55.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 184 pgs / 80 color. Pub Date: 11/30/2012 Out of stock
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| Indonesian contemporary art is leading Southeast Asia’s contemporary art market. It reflects dynamic historical, economic, and social change of modern Indonesia, which has the fourth largest population in the world. This book presents the most >>more Skira ISBN 9788857210759 US $60.00 CAN $78.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.5 x 9.5 in. / 376 pgs / 528 color. Pub Date: 06/12/2012 In stock
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| Japan: Arts and Life Edited by Francesco Paolo Campione with Moira Luraschi. Among the many ways that one can approach a distant country are study, travel and the unique sensitivity that allows a person to distinctly interpret a culture. In the case of Jeffrey Montgomery and his >>more SKIRA ISBN 9788857247724 US $55.00 CAN $75.00 TRADE Hbk, 8.75 x 10.5 in. / 288 pgs / 191 color. Pub Date: 08/30/2022 In stock
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| This book surveys the state of Japanese contemporary art in the 2000s, focusing on how bodies and performances are connected to society, environment, materiality and technology. Artists include: Dumb Type, Mari Katayama, Meiro Koizumi, Yoko >>more Silvana Editoriale ISBN 9788836653751 US $40.00 CAN $58.00 TRADE Hbk, 9 x 11 in. / 248 pgs / 178 color. Pub Date: 11/07/2023 In stock
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| Spanning Japanese painting from the 16th to the 19th centuries, this thrilling volume presents a selection of 120 kakemonos from the Perino collection in Italy.
The kakemono (literally “hanging thing”) is a Japanese painting or calligraphy, >>more Skira ISBN 9788857243795 US $40.00 CAN $56.00 TRADE Pbk, 8.75 x 10.5 in. / 208 pgs / 150 color / 10 b&w. Pub Date: 09/15/2020 In stock
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| As Art Director for Muji since 2002, Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara (born 1958) and his aesthetic of pared-back, beautifully functional objects has taken the world by (quiet) storm. With Kenya Hara: Designing Japan, the >>more Lars Müller Publishers ISBN 9783037786116 US $35.00 CAN $39.95 TRADE Hbk, 5 x 7.25 in. / 208 pgs / 45 b&w. Pub Date: 10/29/2019 In stock
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| Kim Beom Edited by Jacob Fabricius. In his series Water from Ganges River in the Cup Made with Newspaper from Congo, Seoul-based multimedia artist Kim Beom (born 1963) comically and intelligently addresses humanity’s central existential questions. Sculptures, prints, photographs, paintings and >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775745598 US $45.00 CAN $62.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 128 pgs / 83 color. Pub Date: 07/23/2019 Out of stock
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| Koki Tanaka: Vulnerable Histories (An Archive) Edited with text by Heike Munder. Text by Woohi Chung, Christian Hofer, Elsa Himmer, Koki Tanaka, Tong-Hyon Han. Since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese artist Koki Tanaka (born 1975) has documented staged participatory actions through photography and video. Presented in this book, Tanaka’s latest project explores pressing issues from his native country >>more JRP|Ringier ISBN 9783037645307 US $39.95 CAN $55.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 120 pgs / 60 color. Pub Date: 02/19/2019 In stock
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| Korean Eye Edited by Serenella Ciclitira. The most influential and significant work on Korean contemporary art and artists to date. Following the huge success of Korean Eye: Moon Generation, the first international exhibition of Korean contemporary art, Skira publishes a book >>more Skira ISBN 9788857204673 US $60.00 CAN $78.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.75 x 9.5 in. / 390 pgs / 500 color. Pub Date: 10/12/2010 Out of stock
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| Korean Eye 2 Edited by Serenella Ciclitira. A fully illustrated book to help shape our understanding of works by contemporary Korean artists. Founded in 2008 by Serenella and David Ciclitira, Korean Eye is a philanthropic movement to promote emerging Korean artists internationally. >>more Skira ISBN 9788857214603 US $75.00 CAN $95.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.5 x 9.5 in. / 352 pgs / 469 color. Pub Date: 09/24/2013 Out of stock
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| Korean Eye 2020 Edited by Serenella Ciclitira. Founded by art historian Serenella Ciclitira in 2008, Korean Eye internationally promotes Korean contemporary art through a series of exhibitions. The catalog for the 2020 traveling exhibition presents works by emerging Korean artists and provides >>more Skira ISBN 9788857242620 US $60.00 CAN $85.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 9.5 x 9.5 in. / 376 pgs / 290 color. Pub Date: 02/23/2021 In stock
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| Leiko Ikemura: In Praise of Light Edited with text by Hannes Langbein, Alexander Ochs. Text by Leiko Ikemura, Nicola Kuhn, Friedhelm Mennekes, Pia Müller-Tamm. Leiko Ikemura’s (born 1951) 2020 exhibition project In Praise of Light at St Matthew’s Church in Berlin initiates a dialogue in paintings on glass and canvas, sculptures and a light installation filling the apse of >>more Kerber ISBN 9783735607386 US $42.00 CAN $58.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 8.25 x 10.5 in. / 96 pgs / 50 color. Pub Date: 04/13/2021 In stock
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| Liu Xiaodong: Weight of Insomnia Introduction by Zhang Ga. Text by James Bridle, Liu Xiaodong. Interview by Karen Archey. Since 2015, Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong (born 1963) has been developing a technologically radical project to create landscape paintings using robotic arms and surveillance cameras. Collectively entitled Weight of Insomnia, this series of paintings is >>more Lisson Gallery ISBN 9780947830717 US $45.00 CAN $62.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 152 pgs / 62 color / 34 b&w. Pub Date: 10/08/2019 In stock
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| A genre dating back more than 1,000 years, China’s landscape painting tradition reflects all of its cultural and intellectual history, and its representational language famously follows its own rules. What at first glance seem to >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775746700 US $62.00 CAN $88.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 256 pgs / 140 color. Pub Date: 07/14/2020 Out of stock
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| The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to an important collection of artworks from South Asia that spans a large geographical area—comprising India and the countries that surround it—and more than four millennia. Among >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878468720 US $22.50 CAN $31.50 TRADE Pbk, 7 x 9 in. / 184 pgs / 125 color. Pub Date: 08/04/2020 In stock
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| Mahjong Introduction by Julia M. White. Text by Julia F. Andrews, Kuiyi Shen, James Quandt. Published on the occasion of the North American premiere of Mahjong, a landmark exhibition of contemporary Chinese art from the world-renowned collection of the Swiss businessman and diplomat Uli Sigg, this catalogue accesses recent Chinese >>more University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive ISBN 9780971939776 US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE Paperback, 8 x 10 in. / 100 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 09/01/2008 In stock
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| Japanese sculptor Makoto Fujiwara (1938–2019) is best known for his stone work, frequently produced at monumental scales. Here, he looks back at his work and life in short autobiographical anecdotes. >>more Edition Patrick Frey ISBN 9783907236161 US $50.00 CAN $70.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 10.5 x 9.75 in. / 160 pgs / 40 color / 50 b&w. Pub Date: 09/28/2021 In stock
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| Malaysian Eye Edited by Serenella Ciclitira. The fifth volume of the Eye series, dedicated to contemporary art from the Far East, focuses on a unique and exciting selection of emerging Malaysian artists. The book provides a wide-ranging survey of contemporary art >>more Skira ISBN 9788857222509 US $65.00 CAN $85.00 TRADE Pbk, 10 x 10 in. / 376 pgs / 528 illustrations. Pub Date: 04/21/2015 In stock
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| Megacities Asia Text by Al Miner, Laura Weinstein. More than half of the world’s megacities—cities with populations of ten million or more—are in Asia. This compact and dynamically designed book introduces the work of several artists from the megacities of Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878468355 US $20.00 CAN $27.95 TRADE Pbk, 7 x 9.5 in. / 120 pgs / 68 color. Pub Date: 04/26/2016 Out of stock
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| Micro Era Edited by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Udo Kittelmann, Yu Zhang. Text by Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Pi Li, Victor Wang, Yang Beichen. Co-organized by the German-Chinese Cultural Exchange and the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the 2019 exhibition Micro Era highlights four contemporary Chinese media artists—Cao Fei (born 1978), Fang Di (born 1987), Lu Yang (1979) and Zhang Peili (born >>more Kerber ISBN 9783735606204 US $40.00 CAN $56.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 7.5 x 9.5 in. / 128 pgs / 72 color. Pub Date: 03/31/2020 In stock
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| Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho: News from Nowhere Edited by Raphael Gygax, Heike Munder. Text by Urban-Think Tank, et al. The Korean artists Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho (both born 1969) make work that addresses elemental questions concerning contemporary civilization in light of political, socioeconomic and ecological changes. The exhibition project News from Nowhere that >>more JRP | Ringier ISBN 9783037644362 US $49.95 CAN $67.50 FLAT40 Hbk, 7 x 9.25 in. / 144 pgs / 27 color / 35 b&w. Pub Date: 02/23/2016 In stock
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| From sculptures to utilitarian utensils, architectural ornaments to revered totems, and ceremonial masks to matrimonial costumes, this museum celebrates the world’s rich cultural diversity. The comprehensive volume includes three hundred masterpieces and incisive essays from >>more Skira Paris ISBN 9782081225794 US $95.00 CAN $116.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.75 x 12.25 in. / 480 pgs / 300 color. Pub Date: 11/17/2009 In stock
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| Nepal Art Now Edited by Swosti Rajbhandari Kayastha, Christian Schicklgruber. Text by Robert Beer, Claire Burkert, Christian Schicklgruber, Sangeeta Thapa. Constituting the first comprehensive survey of contemporary Nepalese art yet published, Nepal Art Now supplies a glimpse into a thriving creative scene barely represented internationally.
The book—featuring color plates and biographies for the contributing artists—includes a >>more Kerber ISBN 9783735605894 US $50.00 CAN $69.95 TRADE Hbk, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 222 pgs / 282 color / 3 b&w. Pub Date: 10/22/2019 Out of stock
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| On the Paths of Enlightenment Edited with text by Elio Schenini. Text by Peter Sloterdijk, Peter van de Veer, Douglas T. McGetchin, Pradeep Chakkarath, Romita Ray, Joachim K. Bautze, Marie-Cécile Forest, Aude de Tocqueville, Diana Brenscheidt, Johannes Beltz, Andrea Kuratli, et al. In 1808, German Romantic philosopher Friedrich Schlegel published On the Language and Wisdom of the Indians, inaugurating the West’s fascination with India and its extraordinary civilization. Beginning with Schlegel and the later reflections of Schopenhauer >>more Skira ISBN 9788857236667 US $75.00 CAN $95.00 TRADE Hbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 640 pgs / 600 color. Pub Date: 02/27/2018 In stock
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| Only the Young: Experimental Art in Korea, 1960s–1970s Edited with text by Kyung An, Kang Soojung. Text by Cho Soojin, Joan Kee, Yeilim Lee, Yoon Jin-sup, Youngin Arial Kim. The 1960s and 1970s marked a period of exceptional change in Korea, propelled by rapid urbanization and modernization, and influenced by an authoritarian state at home and a globalizing world beyond. Young artists of the >>more Guggenheim Museum Publications ISBN 9780892075614 US $65.00 CAN $94.00 TRADE Hbk, 8 x 10.5 in. / 280 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 11/21/2023 In stock
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| Parallel Views: Italian and Japanese Art from the 1950s, 60s and 70s Edited with introduction by Allan Schwarzman. Text by Joshua Mack, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Nicholas Cullinan, Ming Tiampo. In the decades following World War II, both Japan and Italy were rebuilding after the ravages of war, constructing democratic political systems after a period of fascism. Parallel Views presents a breadth of postwar masters >>more Damiani ISBN 9788862084000 US $75.00 CAN $99.00 TRADE Clth, 11 x 12 in. / 408 pgs / 240 color. Pub Date: 03/24/2015 Out of stock
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| Focusing on themes of retro-futurism, noir, satire and simulation, Parergon presents the work of over 25 Japanese visual artists who were making vital work throughout the 1980s and 1990s—including EYE, Kenjiro Okazaki, Mariko Mori, Kodai >>more Skira ISBN 9788857242439 US $60.00 CAN $85.00 TRADE Hbk, 10.5 x 12 in. / 224 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 12/29/2020 In stock
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| Roads of Arabia Edited with introduction by Dr. Souraya Noujaim. Foreword by Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Jean-Luc Martinez, Manuel Rabaté. Text by Marianne Cotty, Noëmi Daucé, Dr. Carine Juvin. Roads of Arabia highlights the pivotal role of the Arabian Peninsula, a land of mercantile and cultural exchange since early antiquity, revealing the diversity of cultures and civilizations that, despite the challenges of their natural >>more Kaph Books ISBN 9786148035180 US $39.95 CAN $54.95 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 96 pgs / 52 color / 4 duotone / 8 b&w. Pub Date: 09/27/2022 In stock
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| SEA: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia Edited by Ute Meta Bauer, Karin Oen, Boon Hui Tan (Calvin). Introduction by Ute Meta Bauer, Karin Oen. Text by Beverly Yong, Brian Curtin, Bruce Quek, Carla Bianpoen, Carlos Quijon Jr, Erin Gleeson, Iola Lenzi, Jolene Ong, et al. Filling a noticeable void in art publishing, SEA: Contemporary Art Practices in Southeast Asia presents the work of 60 artists and collectives practicing in the region. Organized alphabetically, SEA highlights points of connection between the >>more Weiss Publications ISBN 9783948318154 US $75.00 CAN $104.00 TRADE Clth, 8.75 x 11.25 in. / 208 pgs / 160 color. Pub Date: 10/11/2022 In stock
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| Scripts and Calligraphy Preface by Prince Badr bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud. Text by Eric Delpont, Lotfi Abdeljaouad, Nuria Garcia Masip, Issa Makhlouf, Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFares, Jerome Neutres, Haytham Nawar. This publication highlights the stages of the Arabic script's development since its very beginnings and the artistic relationship between calligraphy, contemporary art and artificial intelligence through an exceptional journey of knowledge, featuring Saudi and international >>more Kaph Books ISBN 9786148035401 US $50.00 CAN $68.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11.25 in. / 192 pgs / 220 color. Pub Date: 09/27/2022 In stock
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| Second Yinchuan Biennale Edited with text by Paolo Caffoni. Text by Michel Blancsubé, Andris Brinkmanis, Luca Cerizza, Zasha Colah, Michelangelo Corsaro, Joshua Gong, Hu Yi, Huang Renyu, Anna Lovecchio, Lu Peng, et al. This volume documents the second annual Yinchuan Biennale, exhibiting art that engages areas of the globe that have developed historical significance, such as those parts of Northwest China shaped by the Silk Road. >>more Mousse Publishing ISBN 9788867493371 US $28.00 CAN $39.95 FLAT40 Pbk, 7 x 9.5 in. / 504 pgs / 1094 color / 20 b&w. Pub Date: 10/22/2019 In stock
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| This publication documents a nonprofit archival project initiated in 2016 in an attempt to record the contemporary art history of Shanghai, focusing on the BizArt Center artist curatorial practice and Art-Ba-Ba. The research featured in >>more Mousse Publishing ISBN 9788867493227 US $20.00 CAN $27.95 FLAT40 Pbk, 5.25 x 7.75 in. / 256 pgs / 140 color. Pub Date: 02/27/2018 Out of stock
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| Singapore Eye Edited by Serenella Ciclitira. An essential and comprehensive book on contemporary art in Singapore today. Singapore Eye features seventy-five of the country’s most dynamic contemporary artists, as well as contributions by experts tracing the origins and history of artistic >>more Skira ISBN 9788857224787 US $65.00 CAN $85.00 TRADE Pbk, 10 x 10 in. / 376 pgs / 400 color. Pub Date: 04/21/2015 In stock
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| Song Dong & Yin Xiuzhen: Chopsticks Edited by Christophe W. Mao. In celebration of their tenth wedding anniversary, installation artists Song Dong and Yin Xiuzhen collaborated on Chopsticks, a retrospective look at their joint and individual careers, named after that most perfect pair of items, a >>more Chambers Fine Art ISBN 9780971922907 US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Paperback, 7.5 x 10.25 in. / 220 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 06/02/2003 Out of stock
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| Stepping Out! Text by Feng Boyi, Luise Guest, Monica Merlin, Nils Ohlsen, Christina Penetsdorfer, Shu-chin Tsui, Liu Xi. Since the beginning of China’s economic boom in the late 1980s, its art has attracted global attention. However, there is a notable lack of Chinese women artists represented in national and international exhibitions and publications. >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775752336 US $55.00 CAN $76.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 208 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 08/02/2022 In stock
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| Striking Patterns Text by Paola von Wyss-Giacosa, Lorraine V. Aragon, Monique Bagal, Joanna Barrkman, Peter Damary, Roy Hamilton, Willemijn de Jong, Richard Kunz. Ikat refers to the originally Indonesian art and technique in which warp or weft threads, or both, are tie-dyed before weaving the fabric, creating complex patterns on handwoven textiles. Since time immemorial, master weavers in >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775741873 US $60.00 CAN $79.00 TRADE Pbk, 8.5 x 12 in. / 208 pgs / 50 color. Pub Date: 02/28/2017 Out of stock
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| Takashi Murakami’s irreverent, pop culture–infused art has made him one of the most recognized Japanese artists today. His bright, contemporary boisterousness, however, belies his deep scholarship and engagement with traditional Japanese art. Takashi Murakami: Lineage >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878468492 US $50.00 CAN $71.00 TRADE Hbk, 8.5 x 10 in. / 184 pgs / 80 color. Pub Date: 04/24/2018 In stock
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| Tales From The Land Of Dragons Text by Wu Tung. These masterpieces of Chinese painting from the past millennium--culled from the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston--are lucidly presented in this scholarly and beautifully illustrated catalogue. The pieces discussed range from historical >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878464388 US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Paperback, 9 x 12 in. / 272 pgs / 155 color / 300 b&w. Pub Date: 08/02/2000 Out of stock
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| Tales of Our Time presents works by seven artists based in mainland China, Hong Kong or Taiwan: Sun Xun, Zhou Tao, Chi-En Jao, Kan Xuan, the Yangjiang Group, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu and Tsang >>more Guggenheim Museum Publications ISBN 9780892075294 US $45.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE Pbk, 7.5 x 10 in. / 200 pgs / 80 color. Pub Date: 02/28/2017 In stock
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| Thailand Eye Edited by Serenella Ciclitira. A fully illustrated book that plays a key role in shaping our understanding of the work of Thai contemporary artists and provides a gateway to the wider culture of their homeland. The sixth volume of >>more Skira ISBN 9788857229829 US $55.00 CAN $70.00 TRADE Pbk, 10 x 9.5 in. / 384 pgs / 520 color. Pub Date: 04/05/2016 In stock
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| The Forbidden Empire Text by Luc Tuymans, Yu Hui. Two continents and five centuries are spanned and visual strategies collide as Belgian artist Luc Tuymans and Yu Hui, curator of the Palace Museum in Beijing, initiate a dialogue about art from the Low Countries >>more Exhibitions International ISBN 9789061537151 US $86.00 CAN $115.00 TRADE Hardback, 9.5 x 12.75 in. / 208 pgs / illustrated throughout. Pub Date: 03/01/2008 In stock
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| The influence of the beloved Indian epic poem The Ramayana is global. Translated into Persian from Sanskrit and illustrated with 56 paintings, the manuscript presented here is a remarkable example of its impact. >>more Silvana Editoriale ISBN 9788836645466 US $45.00 CAN $63.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 8 x 10.5 in. / 192 pgs / 180 color. Pub Date: 04/20/2021 Out of stock
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| The Space Between: The Modern in Korean Art Edited with text by Virginia Moon. Text by Kim Inhye, Kim Yisoon, Joan Kee, Kwon Haengga, Kang Mingi, Mok Soohyun, Bae Wonjung, Youngin Arial Kim, Kim Yejin, Julia H. Han, Ellen Joo, Park Hyesung. Interview with Nora Noh by Virginia Moon. In The Space Between, a generative period in Korean art between the traditional and the contemporary is illuminated comprehensively for the first time. After the centuries-long Joseon dynasty came 35 uninterrupted years of the Japanese >>more DelMonico Books/Los Angeles County Museum of Art ISBN 9781636810584 US $75.00 CAN $104.00 TRADE Hbk, 8.25 x 11.25 in. / 328 pgs / 228 color. Pub Date: 10/11/2022 In stock
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| Timeless Beauty By Edmund de Waal. >>more Skira ISBN 9788884910882 US $75.00 CAN $95.00 TRADE Hbk, 10.25 x 12.25 in. / 320 pgs / 280 color. Pub Date: 01/01/2003 In stock
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| Uncooperative Contemporaries Text by Jane DeBevoise, Lee Weng Choy, Mia Yu, Hou Hanru, Wu Hung, Ai Weiwei, et al. Here, contributions by Jane DeBevoise, Lee Weng Choy, Mia Yu, Hou Hanru, Wu Hung and Ai Weiwei, among others, analyze art in Shanghai in 2000, when artist-led initiatives and the state-led Shanghai Biennale complicated conceptions >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783960987536 US $35.00 CAN $49.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 6.25 x 8.5 in. / 288 pgs / 150 color. Pub Date: 11/10/2020 In stock
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| Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige Edited by Francesco Paolo Campione, Marco Fagioli, Moira Luraschi. The Edo period (1603–1868) was an exceptionally productive era in Japan from a historical and artistic standpoint; later its influence would extend beyond the archipelago, as far as the West, where it gave rise to >>more SKIRA ISBN 9788857249971 US $45.00 CAN $65.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 368 pgs / 460 color. Pub Date: 03/05/2024 In stock
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| Vietnam Eye By Serenella Ciclitira. An essential and comprehensive book on contemporary art in Vietnam today. Vietnam has developed rapidly in the last ten years, with a new generation of contemporary artists who balance cultural and social issues with a very >>more Skira ISBN 9788857233604 US $50.00 CAN $65.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.5 x 9.5 in. / 280 pgs / 528 color. Pub Date: 11/07/2017 Out of stock
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| Water, Islam and Art Edited with text by Alessandro Vanoli. Text by Giovanni Curatola, Marco Galateri di Genola. There exists an age-old and intimate bond between water and the Islamic world. Water was tamed with the qanat and became a ritual with the hammam; it was venerated as a heavenly gift and feared >>more Silvana Editoriale ISBN 9788836643479 US $45.00 CAN $63.00 TRADE Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 192 pgs / 120 color. Pub Date: 03/17/2020 In stock
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| We Do Not Dream Alone Edited with text by Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe, Boon Hui Tan. Contributions by Susan L. Beningson, Alexandra Chang, Agnes Hsu-Tang. Produced for the inaugural edition of the Triennial, this fully illustrated catalog documents the exhibition in stunning detail through critical essays and works by over 40 contemporary Asian and Asian American artists and artist groups >>more Skira ISBN 9788857243832 US $50.00 CAN $70.00 TRADE Pbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 216 pgs / 194 color. Pub Date: 10/05/2021 In stock
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| Weisses Gold: Porcelain and Architectural Ceramics from China 1400 to 1900 Preface by Adele Schlombs. Text by Jiena Huo. This volume surveys outstanding examples of blue-and-white Chinese porcelain dating from the 15th to the 19th centuries, including a number of pieces decorated with overglaze enamels, as well as porcelain with elegant monochrome glazes, pure >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783863357481 US $39.95 CAN $53.95 FLAT40 Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 274 pgs / 403 color. Pub Date: 08/25/2015 In stock
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| Writing on the Wall Text by Thomas Berghuis, Francesca Dal Lago, Cees Hendrikse, Sabine Wang, Eduardo Welsh. Published in conjunction with an ambitious multi-part exploration of Chinese culture in the Netherlands at The Groninger Museum and The Drents Museum in Assen, this volume considers art produced in China from the late 1970s >>more nai010 publishers ISBN 9789056625429 US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE Paperback, 9 x 11.5 in. / 152 pgs / 113 color. Pub Date: 08/01/2008 Out of stock
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| Yan Pei-Ming: Dating Edited by Oona Doyle, Severine Waelchli. Text by Bernard Marcade, Reinhard Spieler. Franco-Chinese painter Yan Pei-Ming (born 1960) audaciously brings together paintings of popes, female nudes and erotic scenes. These juxtapositions refer to a "date" between power, women and painting. By bringing together these subjects, Pei-Ming reflects >>more Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac ISBN 9782910055769 US $41.00 CAN $60.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 72 pgs / 49 color. Pub Date: 08/20/2019 In stock
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| Youjin Yi: Fusion Edited by Melitta Kliege, Tanja Pol. Text by Melitta Kliege. Interview by Sool Park. Korean artist Youjin Yi (born 1980) is known for her painterly landscapes occupied by people, animals, objects and hybrid beings. This bilingual monograph brings together over 150 of her images from recent years. >>more Verlag für moderne Kunst ISBN 9783903320727 US $35.00 CAN $49.00 FLAT40 Pbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 176 pgs / 158 color. Pub Date: 04/13/2021 In stock
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| Yves Klein: Japan Text by Terhi Génévrier-Tausti, Denys Riout. Yves Klein (1928–62) first traveled to Japan as a young man in 1952, motivated primarily by his interest in judo. During his 15 months abroad, Klein had numerous important creative and philosophical revelations that culminated >>more Dilecta ISBN 9782373720860 US $40.00 CAN $56.00 TRADE Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 292 pgs / 100 color / 80 b&w. Pub Date: 02/02/2021 Out of stock
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| Zeng Fanzhi Text by David Anfam, Fabrice Hergott. This exhibition catalog accompanies a trio of simultaneous shows by Chinese painter Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964) across Hauser & Wirth venues in Hong Kong, London and Zurich. Each location focuses on a different theme: abstract >>more Hauser & Wirth Publishers ISBN 9783906915289 US $60.00 CAN $85.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 8.25 x 12 in. / 216 pgs / 140 color. Pub Date: 02/19/2019 In stock
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|                                                             VISUAL BOOK INDEX | OUT OF PRINT A History of Art in 20th Century China By Lü Peng. Preface by Bruce Gordon Doar, Fan Jingzhong. In Lü Peng's A History of Art in 20th Century China, we at last possess a comprehensive and definitive account of the extraordinary development of Chinese art in the last century, written by its foremost >>more Charta ISBN 9788881587797 US $180.00 CAN $220.00 TRADE Clth, 8.5 x 11.5 in. / 1,288 pgs / 1,237 color. Pub Date: 10/31/2010 Not available
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| Ai Weiwei Text by Karen Smith, Sue-an van der Zijpp. Born in 1957, Beijing-based Ai Weiwei is perhaps the most internationally visible contemporary Chinese artist. Philip Tinari has described his practice as a, "multitasking sprawl--encompassing artmaking, curating, publishing and architectural design--[that] threatens to answer the >>more nai010 publishers ISBN 9789056622589 US $30.00 CAN $35.00 TRADE Paperback, 9 x 11.5 in. / 80 pgs / 50 color. Pub Date: 08/01/2008 Not available
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| Art Of The Natural World Essays by Valerie C. Doran, Richard Rosenblum. Prized for over a millennium by Chinese literati, scholars' rocks--stones sculpted by the elements into richly detailed miniature landscapes--have long been objects of contemplation, inspiration and ever-changing beauty. This succinct, elegantly designed volume offers a >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466238 US $35.00 CAN $40.00 TRADE Hardcover, 7.5 x 10 in. / 128 pgs / 70 color / 20 duotone. Pub Date: 08/02/2001 Not available
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| Art of the Japanese Postcard Essays by Kendall H. Brown, Leonard A. Lauder, Anne Nishimura Morse and J. Thomas Rimer. From the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, Japan was a vital world center for postcard art. More than just casual mail pieces, these postcards were often designed by prominent artists and had a >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466689 US $45.00 CAN $55.00 TRADE Hbk, 8.5 x 9.5 in. / 288 pgs / 350 color / 20 b&w. Pub Date: 04/02/2004 Not available
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| Century In Crisis, A Edited by Julia F. Andrews and Kuiyi Shen. Essays by Jonathan Spence, Xue Yongnian and Mayching Kao. New Lower Price Between 1850 and today, China has undergone an unprecedented series of shocks and transformations. This dramatic period--which has seen urban industrialization, conquest by foreign powers, civil wars, changing governments and, more recently, >>more Guggenheim Museum Publications ISBN 9780892072743 US $55.00 CAN $65.00 TRADE Hardcover, 9.25 x 13 in. / 336 pgs / 336 color 85 b&w. Pub Date: 07/02/2003 Not available
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| Contemporary Clay Essay by Joe Earle. Featuring over 50 examples made by more than 35 artists during the last two decades, Contemporary Clay offers an overview of everything that is most innovative, creative, and iconoclastic in the world of modern-day Japanese >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466962 US $24.95 CAN $27.50 TRADE Paperback, 9 x 9.5 in. / 112 pgs / 70 color. Pub Date: 11/15/2005 Not available
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| Elastic Taboos Within the Korean World of Contemporary Art Edited by Seung-Duk Kim, Franck Gautherot. Text by Lee Young-Chul, Yun Nan-Jie. Korean culture is charging headling from the rural into the postmodern. From Bubblyfish's Game Boy soundtrack to Lee Seulgi's kinetic sculpture of a Buddhist monk gone wild and Park Seo-bo's monochrome work, Elastic Taboos brings >>more Verlag für moderne Kunst ISBN 9783939738213 US $38.00 CAN $45.00 TRADE Paperback, 8.25 x 10.25 in. / 192 pgs / 116 color / 21 b&w. Pub Date: 07/01/2007 Not available
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| Free Zone: China Text by Eleonora Battiston, Zhu Tong, Carol Yinghua Lu. This small, smart volume documents the contemporary Chinese art collection of BSI, Banca della Svizzera Italiana. Artists include Bai Yiluo, Chen Shaoxiong, Ciu Xiuwen, Feng Zhengquan, Han Yajuan, He Sen, Huang Yan, Jiang Zhi, Liu >>more JRP | Ringier ISBN 9783905829617 US $22.00 CAN $30.50 TRADE Hbk, 5.5 x 7.25 in. / 174 pgs / 42 color. Pub Date: 09/01/2008 Not available
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| Hans Ulrich Obrist: The Future Will Be... The China Edition Internationally celebrated Swiss curator and cultural mastermind Hans Ulrich Obrist never looks back. Since 2005, he has asked artists, architects, scientists, actors and philosophers the world over to fill in the blank for what’s to >>more Pinacoteca Agnelli/UCCA ISBN 9789881622327 US $15.00 CAN $17.50 TRADE Pbk, 6.5 x 5 in. / 300 pgs. Pub Date: 07/31/2012 Not available
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| Hokusai Text by Sarah E. Thompson, Joan Wright, Philip Meredith. Katsushika Hokusai remains one of Japan's most popular and influential artists. This handy volume presents the wide range of Hokusai's artistic production in terms of one of his most remarkable characteristics: his intellectual ingenuity. It >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878468256 US $29.95 CAN $39.95 TRADE Hbk, 7.5 x 10 in. / 176 pgs / 135 color. Pub Date: 05/26/2015 Not available
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| Indonesian Art Edited by Primo Marella. Text by Jim Supangkat. This publication examines the rise of the Indonesian contemporary art scene through ten artists who embody its spirit and energy: Agus Suwage, F.X. Harsono, Gede Mahendra Yasa, Rudi Mantofani, Ichwan Noor, Yulie Praytno, Haris Purnomo, >>more Damiani ISBN 9788862081313 US $45.00 CAN $55.00 TRADE Hbk, 9.5 x 11.5 in. / 96 pgs / 70 color. Pub Date: 06/30/2010 Not available
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| Japan At The Dawn Of The Modern Age Essays by Donald Keene, Anne Nishimura Morse, Frederic A. Sharf, Louise E. Virgin. >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466207 US $40.00 CAN $50.00 TRADE Hardcover, 10.5 x 8 in. / 160 pgs / 94 color / 5 b&w. Pub Date: 04/02/2001 Not available
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| Japan At The Dawn Of The Modern Age Essays by Donald Keene, Anne Nishimura Morse, Frederic A. Sharf, Louise E. Virgin. Unlike traditional ukiyo-e prints, the woodblock prints of the Emperor Meiji's reign--the famous ''Meiji period'' of 1867-1912--depicted current events rather than timeless scenes, and were printed in vivid colors that reflected the vibrancy of Japan's >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466191 US $27.50 CAN $32.50 TRADE Paperback, 10.5 x 8 in. / 160 pgs / 94 color / 5 b&w. Pub Date: 04/02/2001 Not available
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| Mahjong: Contemporary Chinese Art From The Sigg Collection China is booming! In the wake of economic liberalization, the nation's art scene has taken flight as well. The Swiss collector Uli Sigg, formerly his country's ambassador to Beijing, has followed the rapid pace of >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775716130 US $80.00 CAN $95.00 TRADE Hardcover, 9.75 x 11.75 in. / 384 pgs / 219 color. Pub Date: 08/15/2005 Not available
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| Japanese photographer Masao Yamamoto trained as an oil painter before discovering that photography was the ideal medium for the theme that most interested him—the ability of the image to evoke memories.
Small Things in Silence surveys >>more RM/Seigensha ISBN 9788417975012 US $60.00 CAN $84.00 FLAT40 Clth, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 132 pgs / 94 color. Pub Date: 05/04/2021 Not available
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| Mrinalini Mukherjee Edited with introduction by Shanay Jhaveri. Text by Naman Ahuja, Grant Watson, Emilia Terracciano, Deepak Ananth. This revelatory monograph explores the work of Indian sculptor Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949–2015). Committed to sculpture, Mukherjee worked most intensively with fiber, making significant forays into ceramic and bronze toward the middle and latter half of >>more The Shoestring Publisher ISBN 9788190472098 US $60.00 CAN $85.00 TRADE Pbk, 7.75 x 10 in. / 320 pgs / 300 color / 50 b&w. Pub Date: 05/21/2019 Not available
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| Much Recorded War: The Russo-Japanese War In History And Imagery, A Text by Sebastian Dobson, Anne Nishimura Morse, Frederic Sharf. At the dawn of the twentieth century, the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) became a worldwide political focal point. The war, marked the rise of Japan as a world power, paved the way for the Russian Revolution, >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466924 US $24.95 CAN $27.50 TRADE Paperback, 10 x 8 in. / 112 pgs / 82 color. Pub Date: 08/15/2005 Not available
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| Much Recorded War: The Russo-Japanese War In History And Imagery, A Essays by Sebastian Dobson, Anne Nishimura Morse and Frederic A. Sharf. At the dawn of the twentieth century, the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) became a worldwide political focal point. The war, marked the rise of Japan as a world power, paved the way for the Russian Revolution, >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466917 US $40.00 CAN $50.00 TRADE Clothbound, 10 x 8 in. / 112 pgs / 82 color. Pub Date: 08/15/2005 Not available
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| My Reality: Contemporary Art And The Culture Of Japanese Animation Essays by Jeff Fleming, Takashi Murakami and Susan Lubowsky Talbott. Foreword by Judith Richards, Japanese animation, or anime, which has attained cult status among young people globally during the past several decades, is increasingly breaking into the mainstream. My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation, investigates >>more Independent Curators International (ICI) ISBN 9781879003330 US $19.95 CAN $25.00 TRADE Paperback, 9 x 12 in. / 96 pgs / 35 color / 10 b&w Pub Date: 08/02/2001 Not available
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| Netsuke Essay by Joe Earle. Netsuke-tiny, exquisitely carved globes or clasps used to secure pouches to the kimono-have long been an obsession for collectors in the West as well as in the East. They depict a wide variety of figures >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878466221 US $85.00 CAN $100.00 TRADE Hardcover, 8.5 x 9.25 in. / 320 pgs / 500 color Pub Date: 10/02/2001 Not available
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| On | Off Foreword by Philip Tinari. Texts by Bao Dong, Sun Dongdong, Paula Tsai, Laura Tucker, Guo Juan. Interview by Pu Hong. Chinese artists born after 1975 have grown up negotiating the extremes of an increasingly globalized but still censorious culture. On / Off features the work of 50 Chinese artists who together offer a collective portrait >>more Ullens Center for Contemporary Art/Hinabook/World Publishing Company, Beijing ISBN 9787510056192 US $55.00 CAN $65.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 9.75 x 13.75 in. / 352 pgs / 386 color / 52 b&w. Pub Date: 04/30/2014 Not available
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| Out Of the Red Introduction by Eleonora Battiston, Jang Shu and Francesca Jordan. Afterword by Primo Marella. Out of Communist China, out of the cultural revolution, out of a closed world... Out of the Red presents photography at the end of this outage, at the start of a new generation of Chinese >>more Damiani ISBN 9788890130496 US $60.00 CAN $70.00 TRADE Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 208 pgs / 220 color / 30 b&w. Pub Date: 07/02/2004 Not available
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| Past In Reverse Edited by Betti-Sue Hertz. Essays by Midori Matsui, Betti-Sue Hertz, Li Xianting, Taehi Kang and Zhang Zhaohui. Past in Reverse: Contemporary Art of East Asia features 22 artists and artist groups from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. As strategies for incorporating cultural and artistic genealogies in their work, these >>more San Diego Museum of Art ISBN 9780937108338 US $35.00 CAN $40.00 TRADE Paperback, 10 x 10 in. / 184 pgs / 165 color / 30 b&w. Pub Date: 11/02/2004 Not available
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| ShanghART Edited by Sine Bepler, Uta Grosenick. Text by Sine Bepler, Jens Hoffmann, Jonathan Napack, Philip Tinari. Since its establishment in 1996, ShanghART gallery has fostered and embraced radicalism and diversity in Shanghai art. Located initially in a downtown hotel and thereafter in an old workshop in Fuxing Park, the gallery quickly >>more Walther König, Köln ISBN 9783865602008 US $60.00 CAN $70.00 TRADE Clothbound, 12 x 11.5 in. / 250 pgs / 150 color and 50 b&w. Pub Date: 07/01/2007 Not available
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| Shanghai Modern 1919-1945 Edited by Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Ken Lum and Zheng Shengtian. Essays by David Clarke, Xu Hong, Xu Jian, Zhang Qing, Kuiyi Shen, Michael Sullivan, Shui Tianzhong and Shelagh Vainker. In the 1920s and 30s, Shanghai was established as one of the world's major cities. A vital, prospering metropolis with a population of over one million, and the commercial and cultural center of China, it >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775714976 US $78.00 CAN $95.00 TRADE Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 424 pgs / 264 color / 39 b&w. Pub Date: 02/15/2005 Not available
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| Shanshui Edited by Peter Fischer. Text by Britta Erickson, Hu Mingyan, Uli Sigg, Ai Weiwei. The Chinese ideogram for landscape--shanshui--is a compound of the symbols for mountain and water. Even in contemporary Chinese art, which seems so dominated by the figure, there are numerous references to these elements. This publication >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775728492 US $60.00 CAN $70.00 TRADE Hbk, 11.75 x 9.75 in. / 240 pgs / 120 color. Pub Date: 10/31/2011 Not available
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| The Brittle Decade: Visualizing Japan in the 1930s Text by John W. Dower, Anne Nishimura Morse, Jacqueline M. Atkins, Frederic A. Sharf. Modernity took many forms in 1930s Japan, but in the tumultuous years before militarism pushed the country toward global aggression, it was most visibly associated with a glittering consumer culture. Inundated with western jazz-age trends >>more MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ISBN 9780878467693 US $45.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE Clth, 9 x 9.5 in. / 208 pgs / 160 color. Pub Date: 07/31/2012 Not available
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| The Japanese Experience: Inevitable Artwork by Jun Hasegawa, Hiropon, Shintaro Miyake, Aya Takano, Yoshitomo Nara. Edited by Margrit Brehm. Contributions by Axel Heil. Text by Gregor Jansen, Takashi Murakami. At first sight, it appears brand new, pure Tokyo pop. But The Japanese Experience: Inevitable reveals far more than the successful cloning of morphed manga motifs onto stretched canvas and museum walls. It represents eight >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775712545 US $45.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE Hardcover, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 208 pgs / 190 color. Pub Date: 03/02/2003 Not available
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| The Shanghai Papers Text by Annette W. Balkema, Julian Heynen, Zhang Qing, Xiang Liping, Henk Slager. Focusing on issues of migration, identity and globalization, the 2008 Shanghai Biennial features 612 international artists, including Rainer Ganahl, Lawrence Weiner, Mike Kelley and Liu Ming. This volume contains thematic texts by the curators, a >>more Hatje Cantz ISBN 9783775723220 US $45.00 CAN $55.00 SDNR30 Pbk, 5 x 8 in. / 136 pgs / 45 color. Pub Date: 04/01/2009 Not available
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| Too Much Flavor Edited by Gu Zhenqing. Too much newness, too much to buy, too much height, too much taste, too much money--too much everything has resulted from the new market economy in China. Current trends in Chinese life depart drastically from >>more Chambers Fine Art/New Art Media LTD ISBN 9789628638895 US $30.00 CAN $35.00 TRADE Paperback, 8.25 x 11.25 in. / 149 pgs / 180 color / 4 b&w Pub Date: 06/02/2003 Not available
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