Doris Krystof

Amedeo Modigliani

The controversial darling and target of the popular press: Scandalous Amedeo Modigliani To contemporaries, Amedeo Modigliani was the very definition of Parisian Bohemia, the controversial darling and target of the popular press and the model on which many a novel, play and film was based. As an artist, the scandalous Modigliani made his name chiefly with his celebrated pictures of women, with almond eyes and long necks and bodies. His style had ancient roots that lay deep in classical antiquity or Africa. But his portraits of intellectual giants of the age, friends such as Pablo Picasso, Jean Cocteau or Diego Rivera, were inimitable also. In Doris Krystof's study, the scene Modigliani was the hero of comes alive, and his sensitive paintings and sculptures speak in tongues. About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions

The Poetry of Seeing

Amedeo Modigliani, 1884-1920

Sabine Himmelsbach

Rudolf Frieling

Christiane Fricke

Boris Groys

Hans Dieter Huber

Dieter Daniels

Barbara John

Jeannette Stoschek

Wulf Herzogenrath

Sabine Maria Schmidt

Tina Schulz

Matthias Mühling

Georg Elben

Rosanne Altstatt

Katrin Kaschadt

Anja Osswald

Antonia Ulrich

Forty Years Videoart.de

Brian Kuan Wood

Hito Steyerl

Thomas Elsaesser

Teresa Castro

Nora M. Alter

Tom Holert

Mark Terkessidis

Vanessa Joan Müller

Florian Ebner

Marcella Lista

Films and Installations

Hito Steyerl - I Will Survive

Renowned for his distinctive, elongated female nudes, Amedeo Modigliani is a legend of early modernism. His unique figuration corresponded to his own personal idea of beauty, but drew upon a rich variety of visual influences, including contemporary Cubism, African carvings, Cambodian sculptures, and 13th-century painting from his native Italy.

Modigliani

Susanne Gaensheimer

Falk Wolf

This beautifully illustrated volume explores the inextricable link between Ai Weiwei's art and his politics. "Everything is art. Everything is politics," says internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei. His statement informs this comprehensive book that features sculptural installations, photographs, and videos from every aspect of the artist's forty-year career and touches on many contemporary social issues. The works featured in the book include Straight, Ai's gigantic installation made from 150 tons of rebar salvaged from the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which comments on governmental corruption and negligence, and Sunflower Seeds for which the artist filled the enormous Turbine Hall of London's Tate Modern with 100,000,000 porcelain seeds, each made by Chinese craftspeople. Also highlighted are his most recent works addressing the refugee crisis, such as Laundromat and Life Cycle; his provocative ventures into social media; and several early works. Wide-ranging and penetrating, this collection of Ai's most important work to date illustrates the depth of his conviction that art is most powerful when it raises awareness and incites change.

Ai Weiwei

Carsten Nicolai - Parallax Symmetry

Three decades of minimalist electronic sound and light installations by German multimedia artist Carsten Nicolai Since the early 1990s, Berlin-based artist Carsten Nicolai (born 1965)--also known as the electronic musician Alva Noto--has worked at the intersection of visual art, music and science. Parallax Symmetrygathers roughly 40 installation works.

Herausgegeben Von

Carsten Nicolai Parallax Symmetry

Doris Krystof

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