A cutting-edge illustrated survey of 75 contemporary tattoo artists from around the world who are pushing the boundaries of their art form

Somewhere within the iconic images, carefully-made personae, star-studded milieu, million-dollar price tags and famous quotes lies the real Andy Warhol. But who was he? Robert Shore unfolds the multi-dimensional Warhol, dissecting his existence as undisputed art-world hotshot, recreating the amazing circle that surrounded him, and tracing his path to stardom back through his early career and his awkward and unusual youth. After Warhol, nothing would be the same – he changed art forever. Fin...

Norm Architects A Sensory Approach to Architecture and Design. Step inside Norm Architects world of Soft Minimalism, a design philosophy that is inspired by a love of minimalism and which moves away from the cold sterility it is often associated with.

Meet the Belgian Surrealist forever on the hunt for magic and mystery. This introduction to Magritte presents key works from the artist's vast repertoire of visual humor, paradox, and surprise which makes us look and look again, not only at the painting, but at our sense of self and the world.

The Spanish painter José Herrera,(Madrid 1943), whose works can be found all over the world, is celebrating his fiftieth anniversary of being an artist with this publication containing images that are representative of his entire oeuvre. The influence of cubism is still perceptible in his earlier work, although it has been modelled and reduced to recognisable proportions. Inspired by his illustrious predecessors Picasso and Dali, he soon developed a highly individual style - surrealistic and...

50 jaar Bintangs, 50 jaar Nederlandse rockhistorie in 50 korte verhalen. Frank Kraaijeveld, medeoprichter van de Bintangs kijkt terug en blikt vooruit. Portretten van leden, ex-leden. Bizarre verhalen, mijmeringen.

Het vreemde besef dat muziek die alleen voor de jeugd was, nu nog steeds met dezelfde gedrevenheid gespeeld kan worden, onaangetast door de tijd! Dezelfde energie, hetzelfde meedogenloze ritme.

Geïllustreerd met foto’s uit het Bintangs archief. Van historisch zwart-wit tot knalle...

Uit het omvangrijke en veelzijdige oeuvre van Alfred Ost wordt in dit boek aandacht besteed aan de prentkaarten die Ost tekende en schilderde van het Mechelen van omstreeks 1900 - 1914. Het is zijn kijk op een periode die voor de huidige Mechelaars pure nostalgie is, maar die ons wel veel leert over het uitzicht van de oude binnenstad en haar bewoners. Historicus Marcel Kocken licht in de inleiding de talrijke facetten van het meesterschap van Alfred Ost toe en becommentarieert teve...

Fascinated by awareness and ignorance, visual artist Anna Püschel began collecting definitions of words related to knowledge from a broad range of sources, from medieval texts to modern dictionaries. While some are objectively true and others are questionable, she nevertheless gathered the various definitions in this volume, a work that redefines referencing while juxtaposing French poetry with conspiracy theories, political essays, and recipes. Regardless of their origin, the definitions im...

Een bijzondere kijk in de wereld van Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009), Nederlands meest legendarische chansonnier, componist, liedjesschrijver en acteur, aan wie we klassiekers als ‘Sammy’, ‘We zullen doorgaan’, ‘Laat me’, ‘Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder’ en ‘Shaffy cantate’ te danken hebben.

In samenwerking met Allard Pierson en vrienden en familie van Ramses hebben we exclusieve toegang verkregen tot het archief van Ramses Shaffy. Wie erachter wil komen wie Ra...