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In the Picture - Portraying the Artists
Portraying the Artists
2020 || Paperback || Nienke Bakker || Thoth, Uitgeverij
The role and status of the artist changed fundamentally in the ninetheenth century. Interest grew in the person behind the work and the artist's portrait became a popular genre. Artists were keen to show themselves as individuals as well as painters, while also acting as their own models.
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Lynn Chadwick. Biester der Zeit Lynn Chadwick, Katja Strunz, Hans Uhlmann
2020 || Hardcover || Katja Blomberg e.a. || Walther Koenig Verlag
Lynn Chadwick is one oft he pioneering sculptors of British post-war modernism. The artist's world of motifs developed from abstractions of human, animal and architectonic elements, including his now virtually iconic 'Beasts' in which existential questions and an uncanny sense of humour come together. Chadwick captured the spirit of the times in his sculptures: they illustrate a widely described mixture of civilizational fatigue, utopian faith in progress and existential anxiety that was char...
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Philipp Fürhofer
2020 || Hardcover || Sir Norman Rosenthal e.a. || nai010 uitgevers publishers
For Dutch see below.
—ENGLISH—
Combining painting, sculpture, installation and set design, Philipp Fürhofer’s multidisciplinary artistic practice is a blend of modern materials, mixed with historical elements.
After graduating from the Universität der Künste Berlin, Fürhofer spent months in hospital with heart issues, culminating in a partial transplant. Inspired by his own chest X-rays and their transparency, he created acrylic glass boxes filled with structured objects, giving th...
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Kris Fierens
2020 || Hardcover || ander-zijds
Overzicht 40 jaar beeldend werk, met bijdragen van Marc Ruyters, Eric Rinckhout en Koen Leemans.
Kris Fierens (°1957) gebruikt het karakter van een voorstudie of een schets als een volwaarding ding. Of in hun mogelijkheid imiteren ze het karakter van een voorstudie. Realiteit en emotie bereiken een virtueel nulpunt. De gebaren of gestes die hij hierbij stelt worden gewoon de 'objets trouvés'. Het object 'an sich' is nooit aanwezig. Het is de meegenomen materie die hem in staat stelt om zijn ...
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Andy Warhol. Now
Ausst. Kat. Museum Ludwig, Köln,Tate Modern, London Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
2021 || Paperback || Yilmaz Dziewior e.a. || Walther Koenig Verlag
As an underground art star, Andy Warhol was the antidote to the macho American postwar art scene who redefinded the language of painting, sculpture and film. This humanistic re-visioning explores his background as a child of an emigrant family, his ideas about death and religion and his queer perspective, revealing an artist who both succeeded and failed in equal measure and whose work marked a period of cultural transformation that still resonated today. Exploring Warhol´s knowing flirtatio...
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David Bergé. A Walk in High Resolution
2020 || Paperback || David Bergé e.a. || Jap Sam Books
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The Walter Benjamin and Albert S. Project
Paperback || Maurice Bogaert || Jap Sam Books
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BEFORE I WAS BORN
2021 || Paperback || Tja Ling Hu || Jap Sam Books
In 'Before I Was Born', Tja Ling illustrates the story of her family’s journey from China to the Netherlands, between the 1930s and 1970s, in 14 interconnected pencil drawings. Out of respect and admiration for the way her (grand)- parents built a life for themselves with all the challenges they have had to face, migrating without any formal education or knowledge of the local language.
These drawings are a chronicle of pride, strength and respect. A narrative of a child discovering why he...
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Ian Berry. Splendid Isolation
2020 || Paperback || Ian Berry e.a. || Jap Sam Books
Contemporary British artist Ian Berry (1984, Huddersfield UK) has been making virtuous figurative paintings and installations of denim for over 15 years. This eponymous publication accompanies the first solo-exhibition of Berry in the Netherlands. Ian Berry. Splendid Isolation, Museum Rijswijk, December 1, 2020 – April 5, 2021.
Illustrated with numerous images that aim to convey the depth and texture of Berry’s work, which explores our urban environment and examines community issues, or t...
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Stick & Grind
skateboard Stickers
Ongedefinieerd || Stickerbomb || Laurence King Publishing
An irresistible collection of artwork and 140 peelable stickers from iconic brands including Chocolate, Almost and HUF, this is a must-have for skate fans.
Skateboarding is currently enjoying a resurgence in popularity, and stickers remain at the heart of its vibrant - and often anarchic - culture. Now an Olympic sport, skateboarding will reach a whole new demographic and as Packard Fancher wonders in his foreword: "Will that change it? It's an exciting, if slightly concerning thought - tradi...