Barbican Art Gallery
Publisher
Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Charles (1907-1978) and Ray (1912-1988) Eames are among the most important designers of the 20th century, and the story of the Eames Office is that of visual and material culture in the post-war, modern period. The World of Charles and Ray Eames charts the history of their inspiring and prolific world and brings together key works and ideas explored at the Eames Office throughout its extraordinary history. This definitive monograph explores the era-defining...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This monograph accompanies the first European retrospective of the work of Lee Krasner (1908-1984). One of the original abstract expressionists, Krasner's importance has for too long been eclipsed by her marriage to Jackson Pollock. In fact, his death in 1956 marked her renaissance as an artist. 0Over the course of more than five decades, Krasner continually scrutinized and reinvented her practice, giving her work formidable energy and impact. Her...
Publisher
Barbican Art Gallery
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Architecture has long been a subject matter for photographers, who utilize the medium not just to document the built world, but also to reveal wider truths about society. This book features chapters devoted to various artists - among them, Berenice Abbott, Walker Evans, Ed Ruscha, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Andreas Gursky and Iwan Baan - and includes 220 color and duotone images. Each chapter opens with a text introducing the artists; work, followed...
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Lee Krasner, a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, has been one of the few female artists to be given a retrspective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This volume features a selection of the artist's most important paintings, collages, and works on paper; essays on her life and art by Eleanor Nairne, Katy Siegel, John Yau, and Suzanne Hudson, an interview with her biographer Gail Levin; and a fully illustrated chronology. From back cover.