The first book to examine the achievements of California artists of Jewish descent, "Contraption" illustrates how sixteen artists use the metaphor of the machine to understand and depict how the individual aligns his or her identity with the workings of an at times incomprehensible social system. The compelling works showcased in this catalogue illuminate the humor and drama of a century on the West coast.

Henry Moore has influenced the history of twentieth-century sculpture more decisively than anyone else. He was one of the first contemporary sculptors to realise his ideas in the public space throughout the world. His oeuvre was a lasting source of inspiration for an entire generation of artists – from Hans Arp, Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso to the younger generation of German sculptors.  

This publication provides a comprehensive introduction to the works of the two artists, Xu Jiang and Shi Hui, both professors at the Academy of Art in Hangzhou. As nature  constitutes the focal point for both of these artists, yet their approaches and interpretations are fundamentally different, it takes the form of a dialogue.

Der expressionistische Bildhauer Bernhard Hoetger (1874–1949) gehörte mit Heinrich Vogeler und Paula Modersohn-Becker zum Künstlerkreis in Worpswede. Als Mitglied der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt erarbeitete er bereits zuvor ein skulpturenreiches Gesamtkunstwerk im Platanenhain auf der Mathildenhöhe, das zu seinen Hauptwerken zählt.

Gerhard Richter is among the most prominent painters of the 20th and 21st centuries, with a career spanning almost 60 years. Beyond his monumental abstract and photo-realistic works, his working method, artistic processes and philosophy are less well known. The Belgian photographer Benjamin Katz captures the notoriously camera-shy artist at work.

In the 19th century plaster replicas of historical art objects represented the fulfilment of the old dream of a museum which contained the world’s masterpieces. The Berlin manufactory provides a journey through different cultures from antiquity to the present.

Steven Scott is an English-born artist whose work revolves around the rich complexities of light. In this book, eminent art historian Robert C. Morgan offers the first contextual analysis of Scott’s works, locating them within modern art alongside pioneers such as Kandinsky, Rothko and Barnett Newman.

The draftsman, painter and sculptor Menashe Kadishman is one of Israel’s most important artists, who also enjoys wide international acclaim. His sculptures are found throughout the world in museums, private collections, public places and sculpture parks. This volume presents his 20 most important sculptural works.

The line is a central theme in 20th century sculpture. On the basis of over 50 masterpieces from the first class art collection of the Kasser/Mochary Family Foundation, this book provides an enlightening perspective on the art of Modernsim and its development towards abstraction by juxtaposing sculpture and graphic art. This focus on line leads to an often surprising view. The aim of finding a figure in a single line defined the graphic work of subsequent generations of artists. Paul ...

Since the late 1960s, Anselm Kiefer has made art that explores the profound depths of human history. For his first American retrospective in twenty years, he takes the river as a metaphor for the flux of life and passage of time. Breathtaking new landscapes join iconic works to celebrate the achievements of his nearly sixty-year career.