Tiffany Bell

Frances Morris

Marion Ackermann

Agnes Martin

Tate Gallery

Published in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name at the Tate Gallery (UK), June-September 1993. More than simply a presentation of the visual arts, the exhibition (and the book) show how art, literature, the cinema, music, philosophy, and photography sustained and enriched one another during a period of great creativity in Paris. Featured in essays and representative reproductions are the lives of artists Antonin Artaud, Jean Dubuffet, Alberto Giacometti, among others, as well as writers of the period, each presented with a photo and brief essay. Distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Art and Existentialism 1945-55

Paris Post War

Christopher Green

Claire Frèches-Thory

Nancy Ireson

"Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was a self-taught artist with a unique style, exemplified in his visionary jungle scenes. These dream-like tableaux, for which he drew heavily on visits to Paris' Botanical Gardens, captivate with the lushness of their plant and animal life, while unsettling the viewer with their heady combination of exoticism and romanticism. This sumptuously illustrated book provides not only a comprehensive overview of Rousseau's career, but also penetrating insights into his inspiration. With large, color reproductions of his paintings, many previously unpublished illustrations of his sources and influences, and a wealth of new research on his life and work (including the only interview conducted with the artist), "Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris is poised to become the definitive volume on this remarkable painter."--BOOK JACKET.

The Paintings of Henri Rousseau

Jungles in Paris

Lena Fritsch

Catherine Grenier

Mathilde Lecuyer

Alberto Giacometti is one of the few artists of the last century whose work is almost more recognisable than his name. His distinctive elongated figures are inescapably associated with the post-war climate of existentialist despair. However, the story of Giacometti's evolution, from his first professional works of art through his surrealist compositions, to the emergence of his mature style has rarely been explored fully and in depth. This comprehensive overview of Giacometti's career focuses on the art, the people and the events that influenced him, and on the original and experimental way in which he approached and developed his work. An illustrated glossary of texts on his life and work is accompanied by a plate section of strikingly beautiful illustrations of his sculptures, paintings and drawings as well as sketchbooks, decorative works and photographs from the Foundation Alberto et Annette Giacometti archive some of which have never been published before. 00Exhibition: Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom (09.05.2017-10.09.2017).

Giacometti

Louise Bourgeois

Stitches in Time

Luciano Fabro

Explaining the complex ideas behind Luciano Fabro's work, this text also illustrates many of his sculptures made between the 1960s and the present day. His subject matter ranges widely, drawing on mythology, science, history and philosophy, in works that are multi-layered in their references.

Philip Larratt-Smith

"Obsesion Infinita" accompanies the first Latin American retrospective of Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), a massive survey of more than 100 works created between 1950 and 2013. It includes her abstract paintings of the 1950s, made just prior to her move to New York in 1957; the "soft sculptures" that followed her move, and her friendships with Donald Judd, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg and Joseph Cornell; and the famous happenings of the late 60s. It was in these years that Kusama became known as "the Polka Dot Princess," for her obsessive use of polka dots in installations and performances. In 1973 she returned to Japan, and in 1977 settled voluntarily in a psychiatric clinic where she has continued to make performances and installations. Alongside color reproductions, this volume includes archival photographs of Kusama performances and portraits of the artist from the many periods of her career.

Yayoi Kusama: Obsesion Infinita

Frances Morris

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