Hans Werner Holzwarth

ldquo;At its essence, Gigerrsquo;s art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears. His art stands in a category of its own. The proof of this lies in the intensity of his work and imagination, which I can only compare to Hieronymus Bosch and Francis Bacon in their powers to provoke and disturb.rdquo; mdash;Ridley Scott Swiss artist HR Giger (1940ndash;2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scottrsquo;s 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of the most popular expressions of Gigerrsquo;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 past, as well as evoking mythologies for the future. Above all, they gave expression to the collective fears and fantasies of his age: fear of the atom, of pollution and wasted resources, and of a future in which our bodies depend on machines for survival. Begun shortly before the artistrsquo;s unexpected death, this SUMO-sized monograph pays homage to Gigerrsquo;s unique vision. Featuring seven fold-out spreads, it shows the complete story of Gigerrsquo;s life and art, his sculptures, film works, and iconic album covers as well as the heritage he has left us in his own artistrsquo;s museum and self-designed bar in the Swiss Alps. In an in-depth essay, Giger scholar Andreas J. Hirsch plunges into the themes of Gigerrsquo;s oeuvre and world while an extensive artist biography draws on contemporary quotes and Gigerrsquo;s own writings.

HR Giger

Uta Grosenick

Burkhard Riemschneider

Art Now

Modern art

Arte Moderno. una Historia Desde el Impresionismo Hasta Hoy

From stainless-steel rabits to cut-up comic figures, Jeff Koons has created a visual universe as accessible as it is esoteric, as innocent as it is erotic, as historic as it is here and now. This introduction offers the complete Koons at a glance with landmark works and succinct art historical analyses.

Koons

Laszlo Taschen

Masters that matter in Modern Art: A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking works in Modernism The story of Modern Art began roughly 150 years ago in Paris, where a circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, shook up the established art world. They painted their pictures with broad strokes that seemed unfinished in light of the meticulous official art, they portrayed life on the street instead of overblown heroic scenes and they escaped the power of the reigning salon painters by organising their own independent exhibitions. Once standard academic practice had been overcome, there was no holding back, and in a constant desire to pursue new roads, one style supplanted the next, always bringing different innovations: after Impressionism, there followed Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dada, Abstract Art, renewed Realism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimal and Conceptual Art. And still in Post-Modernism and the contemporary work of a Koons, Kelley or Wool, this modernist drive to make something new is still much alive. Essays introducing all the major art movements give the reader a thorough grounding in the historical development of Modern Art. At the heart of this book though is the year-by-year succession of groundbreaking works, with 200 featured pieces receiving an own text that introduces the artist and makes the importance of the work apparent. These paintings and sculptures, photographs and conceptual works, both classics and surprising rediscoveries, tell the story of an art epoch that continued to thrive on ever fresh ideas and innovations. 187 artists' portraits 44 original photos of artists in their studios 14 essays 7 fold-outs 30-page appendix with artists' biographies, a glossary of key terms and an index of names and works

Modern Art: 1870-1944. Modern art

1945 - 2000 : [abstract expressionism to today].

Modern Art

Modern matters: A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism The modern art adventure began roughly 150 years ago in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, often impasto, strokes. They turned to everyday street life for subjects, instead of overblown heroic scenes, and they escaped the power of the establishment salon by organizing their own independent exhibitions. After this first assault on standard academic practice, there was no holding back. In a constant desire to challenge, innovate, and inspire, one modernist style supplanted the next: Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, Dada, Abstract Art, renewed Realism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop, Minimal and Conceptual Art. This indispensable overview traces the restless energy of modern art with a year-by-year succession of the groundbreaking artworks that shook standards, and broke down barriers. Each of these stand-out pieces is accompanied by a text profiling the artist and discussing the importance of their work. Introductory essays, meanwhile, explain the most significant modernist movements.

A History from Impressionism to Today

100 Contemporary Artists brings together the most outstanding influential and therefore most important artists from 10 years of the highly successful TASCHEN series Art Now. Formative figures of that time feature alongside prominent representatives of a younger generation which s blazing in its own trials.

100 Artistes Contemporains

Christopher Wool

Exploring Wool's work, this monograph covers the artist and his work, and analyzes his career from its roots in the early 1980s to the present day.

Renowned for his political remarks and social media activity almost as much as for his art, which is based on social interventions, contemporary approach to the readymade, and knowledge of Chinese traditional crafts, Ai Weiwei's fame extends throughout and beyond the art world. Drawn from TASCHEN's Limited Edition, this monograph explores each...

Ai Weiwei - 40th Anniversary Edition

Jeff Koons

Katy Siegel

Ingrid Sischy

Eckhard Schneider

L'art de Jeff Koons est séduisant et sexy, conceptuel et ludique. Il s'adresse au spectateur de manière très directe, comme on a pu le voir depuis que l'artiste a conquis la scène artistique dans les années 1980 avec ses sculptures de ballons de basket et son lapin gonflable en inox. Depuis le début des années 1990, après être apparu dans la série Made in Heaven, qui le montrait dans ses ébats amoureux avec sa femme, ou avoir dressé la sculpture florale d'un chiot de 12 mètres devant le château d'Arolsen, Koons est devenu une figure incontournable de la vie publique. Aujourd'hui, il célèbre les mythes du quotidien dans des peintures-collages de grand format dominées par des personnages de bandes dessinées et dans des sculptures hautement réfléchissantes dont la facture artisanale ultraperfectionniste transforme des objets insignifiants en œuvres d'art. Au fil des années, Koons n'a cessé de susciter des défenseurs enthousiastes aussi bien que des adversaires farouches, ce qui en fait un des artistes les plus populaires de notre époque.

Over 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces trace the story of modern art's innovation and adventure. With explanatory texts for each work, and essays introducing each of the major modern movements, this is an authoritative overview of the ideas and the artworks that shook up standards, assaulted the establishment, and...

Hans Werner Holzwarth

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