Sculpture
Forthcoming Books
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Ed. Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz et al.
Santiago Calatrava in the Glyptothek
Beyond HellasSantiago Calatrava’s (* 1951) encounter with the sculpture collection at the Glyptothek in Munich thirty years ago prompted him to create an extensive series of sculptures with the title Die Aegineten (The Aeginetans). This volume focuses ... -
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Ed. Kunstmuseum Bonn et al.
Wiebke Siem
Das maximale - The Maximum MinimumWiebke Siem (b. 1954 in Kiel), who was awarded the prestigious Goslar Kaiserring in 2014, is an important representative of contemporary art with an oeuvre that questions the boundaries between the genres of fashion, design and sculpture and ... -
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Ed. Debra Bricker Balken et al.
Americans in Paris
Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946-1962"Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962" delves into the various circles of artists who lived in France following World War II. Featuring new scholarship and illuminating essays, this groundbreaking volume ... -
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Sophia Sotke
Mack - Sahara
From ZERO to Land Art. Heinz Mack's "Sahara Project” (1959–1997)Heinz Mack’s Sahara Project is legendary. In 1968 he installed for the first time light columns with a height of up to 11 metres which reflected and mirrored the glaring sunlight in the Tunisian desert. Nature and object fused to create an ... -
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Ed. Elizabeth Wyckoff
Catching the Moment
Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons CollectionThe catalogue highlights the depth and relevance of the exceptional collection acquired from St. Louis collectors Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons. The artworks address a broad array of contemporary cultural issues and participate in many ... -
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Ed. Dieter Buchhart et al.
Ai Weiwei
In Search of HumanityAi Weiwei is not only one of the most important contemporary artists; he is also an untiring activist and critic of authoritarian systems. "In Search of Humanity" presents a comprehensive overview of all phases of the artist’s ... -
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Ed. Helen Hirsch et al.
René Myrha
A Singular UniverseAt the centre of René Myrha’s (*1939) expressive oeuvre lie landscapes and rigorous compositional room perspectiveswhich are transformed into stage-like settings. They form the scenery for the choreography of his figures. Myrha ... -
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Ed. Dakota Hoska et al.
Here, Now
Indigenous Arts of North America at the Denver Art Museum"Here, Now: Indigenous Arts of North America at the Denver Art Museum" features 200 of the museum’s most notable Indigenous artworks. It reinterprets the collection and reveals new insights into the historic and contemporary work of ... -
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Ed. Thomas Zuhr
All the Beauty at Hand
A Brief History of Hirmer PublishersFounded in 1948, Hirmer Publishers soon established a name for art books produced to the highest standards. Over the past decade they have become equally well-known in English-speaking countries, with a reputation as one of the most prestigious ... -
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Ed. Sergio Risalti et al.
Wolfgang Laib in Florence
Without Time – Without Place – Without BodyIn 2019, Wolfgang Laib entered into a dialogue with masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi and Benozzo Gozzoli in his philosophical and poetic installations of pollen and beeswax. The publication documents ... -
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Ed. Sergio Risalti et al.
Wolfgang Laib a Firenze
Without Time – Without Place – Without BodyIn 2019, Wolfgang Laib entered into a dialogue with masterpieces by Fra Angelico, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi and Benozzo Gozzoli in his philosophical and poetic installations of pollen and beeswax. The publication documents ... -
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Stanley Abe
Imagining Sculpture
A Short Conjectural HistorySculpture is just a word, an English word, which elicits an image in the mind’s eye. Sculpture is a European idea. In China, on the other hand, statues, stele, and other figural objects were made for millennia without being thought of as Sculpture. ... -
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Ed. Yvette Deseyve
Johann Gottfried Schadow
Embracing FormsJohann Gottfried Schadow’s "Princess group" has gone down in the annals of art history. As the first statue of two female historical personalities it testifies to the innovation, enormous artistry and productivity of sculpture ... -
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Ed. Synagoge Stommeln - Stadt Pulheim
Stommeln Synagogue
30 Years of Art ProjectsIn 1991, the town of Pulheim initiated the Stommeln Synagogue art project, a permanent process of examination of this historically significant location. Since then it has continued to make a contribution to a culture of remembrance. A ... -
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Ed. Franziska Leuthäußer et al.
STOA169
The Artist Columned HallA hall of art surrounded by nature, supported by 121 individually designed pillars created by famous artists from all over the world: Bernd Zimmer has been pursuing this idea and its realization for over 30 years. The volume is lavishly illustrated ... -
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Ed. Jorge F. Rivas Pérez
Appropriation and Invention
Three Centuries of Art in Spanish America, Selections from the Denver Art MuseumDrawing from the renowned collection of Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum, this splendid catalogue examines the processes of appropriation and invention in the arts of Spanish America of three centuries from the 1520s to the 1820s. Essays ... -
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Ed. Alex Gartenfeld et al.
Chakaia Booker
The Observance"Chakaia Booker: The Observance" is the first comprehensive monograph on this important yet understudied American artist. Illuminating more than three decades of Booker’s practice, the publication explores her signature form – ... -
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Dorothy Moss et al.
Recent events have pushed artists to visualize ideas of closeness in a new light. "Kinship", published on the occasion of the National Portrait Gallery’s next “Portraiture Now” exhibition, features the work of eight ...