Hans Werner Holzwarth (8 kníh)
-
Hans Werner Holzwarth Albert OehlenThe paintings of Albert Oehlen live by audacious strategies, by questioning the image and the rules of abstraction, and by an openness and beauty often reached through the unlikeliest of means. In this expansive monograph, we meet the full range of Oehlen s artistic thoughts and approaches: paintings that integrate mirrors, paintings that are executed strictly in primary colors or only in gray, heavily pixelated…
Detail -
Hans Werner Holzwarth Art Now! Vol. 3 ENWant a head start on the things you'll be seeing in art institutions a decade down the road? Look no further than this special edition featuring highlights from Art Now 3. A to Z magazine-style entries include captivating images of important recent work, short biographies, exhibition history and bibliographical information. Think of this tome as a global go-round of the world's most influential galleries: a truly…
Detail -
Hans Werner Holzwarth Art Now! Vol. 4 ENThe ongoing catalog of contemporary art, now in its fourth volume. Think of this tome as a global go-round of the world’s most influential galleries: if it's hot in the art world today, it's in this book. Emerging artists are featured alongside established greats like David Hockney, Chuck Close, and Brice Marden. A to Z entries include images of important recent work, short biographies, exhibition history, and…
Detail -
Hans Werner Holzwarth Dali the Wines of GalaWine of plenty Salvador Dali's epicurean guidebook Hot on the heels (or lobster claws) of the best-selling Salvador Dali phenomenon, Les Diners de Gala, TASCHEN presents the artist's equally surreal and sensual viticulture follow-up: Vins de Gala. A Dalinian take on pleasures of the grape and a coveted collectible, the book sets out to organize wines according to the sensations they create in our very depths.…
Detail -
Thérèse Crémieux, Hans Werner Holzwarth Françoise Gilot: Three Travel SketchbooksThree facsimile editions of Françoise Gilot’s travel sketchbooks, made between 1974 and 1981, combine the distinct atmospheres of Venice, India, and Senegal with Gilot’s abstract figuration. Packaged in a fold-out box set, the sketchbooks ...
Detail -
Andreas J. Hirsch, Hans Werner Holzwarth HR Giger ENSwiss artist HR Giger (1940–2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Giger’s biomechanical arsenal of creatures, which consistently merged hybrids of human and machine into images of haunting power and dark psychedelia. The visions drew on demons of the…
Detail -
Hans Werner Holzwarth Kartell ENThe Italian company Kartell is famous around the world for having invented the culture of plastic furniture and interior fittings. Kartell was founded in 1949 by Giulio Castelli, a chemical engineer with a vision to create something good from plastics, a material whose applications were still relatively unexplored. A fruitful collaboration with the great designer Gino Colombini started, who won the firm its first…
Detail -
Hans Werner Holzwarth Modern Art 1870-2000 ENMost art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street life for subjects, instead of overblown heroic scenes, and they escaped the power of the Salon by organizing their own independent exhibitions. After this first assault on the…
Detail