Search Results: Authors starting with F from Howard Karno Books Inc

Buenos Aires: Centro Cultural Borges.., 1998. b/w and color plates, ports., bibl., bio/chron., cat., pict. fldg. wrps. A retrospective exhibition of works from this internationally-renowned artist (Santiago de Chile,1912-2002) who had a great impact in the surrealist and abstract expressionist movements. Text include critical essays about his paintings, influences and place in the artistic world by authors such as Curtis L. Carter and Octavio Paz. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

São Paulo: Edit. Universidad de São Paulo, 1996. b/w and color plates, bio./chron., cat., bibl., wrps. Major study on Portinari (1903-1962) and his work. Portinari was one of the most influencial artists from Brazil during the 1920's-1960's. IMPORTANT REFERENCE.

(Argentina): Grabart Papel & Estampa, 2005. color plates, cat., ports., bio/chron., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. Artist Crivelli (b. Argentina 1939) honors Pre-Columbian civilizations by creating conceptual graphic artworks: steles, codex, totems, sculptures and installations. He uses artesan hand made paper from a paste of plants native to the diverse regions of Latin America in what he calls "Papelglifos". The catalogue includes a description of the the creative process of the artist, who is also an advertising and graphic designer.

Rio de Janeiro: Edições Fadel, 2006. color plates, color frontis., port., facs., bibl., color pict. boards, OCLC: 159919635. Book collectors and later art collectors Hecilda and Sergio Fadel have brought together one of the most complete and important collections of 20th century Brazilian art. An admirable collection of paintings representative of the evolution of Brazilian art in the last century. The book is a panoramic study of Brazilian modern art through the artworks of the precursors of modernism, the first generation of modernists in Brazil, the abstract, figurative, pop and post-modernism artists, including Tarsila do Amaral, Candido Portinari, Hélio Oitica, Volpi and many more representative names.

Bogotá: Banco de la República, 2022. b/w and color plates, facs., plans, exposed stitched binding (Japanese bookbinding), dos-à-dos binding, color pict. slipcase. The exhibition "Tipo, Lito, calavera: stories of graphic design in Colombia in the 20th century", curated by the researcher and designer Juan Pablo Fajardo, constitutes a dialogue between the arts, design and graphics around typography and the ways in which it adapts and reconfigures in our context, always associated with various types of print and the imagery of each era. Through the nodes that are part of the sample, a reflection is presented on the place of the letters and their forms in documents that allow us to approach key moments in the formation of the nation. Thus we will find very valuable reflections on the role of the banknote in moments of conflict; the development of the regional press and its graphic expression; the industrial development of the first half of the 20th century, seen through the labels of the products that… Read More

Bogotá: La Silueta Ediciones; Consejería Cultural de España, 2008. color & b/w plates, color port. frontis., ports., cat., bibls., illus. endpapers, cloth spine bound, color pict. soft boards. F:OTOTK is a collection of monographic books that analyzes from an historic context the artwork of Colombian photographers covering art, fashion, photojournalism, architecture, advertising, ethnography and visual anthropology. This issue presents a small selection of the large collection of portraits by photographer Estefan (b. Colombia). Defining herself as the "witness" and "soul collector", she started in 2006 a photographic project that resulted in close to 1500 black and white portraits of Colombian people. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Lima: Ministerio de Cultura. Instituto Nacional de Cultura, INC; Museo de Sitio de Pachacamac, 2011. b/w and color plates, bibliographical references (p. 78-79), color pict. fldg. wrps. Pachacamac was one of the most important Pre-Hispanic sanctuaries of the central Peruvian coast. During the Inca era (15th and 16th centuries) the place was part of the wide territory of the Tawantinsuyu. This inca presence is reflected not only in large buildings, such as the Temple of the Sun or Acllawasi, but also in the everyday and ceremonial objects found at the site. An important part of these findings are plates and pitchers, with shapes and designs typically Incan. This catalogue presents a representative sample of the Inca pottery discovered in Pachacamac, currently part of the collection of the Site Museum. Contents: Presentacion / Denise Pozzi-Escot -- Cerámica inca en Pachacamac -- Los incas -- La cerámica inca - Pachacamac antes de los incas -- Los incas en Pachacamac -- La Cerámica inca en Pachacamac… Read More

New York: Pointed Leaf Press, 2004. color plates, ports., illust. endpapers, color pict. boards, color pict. d.j. Contemporary artist Laura Anderson Barbata's (Sinaloa, Mexico 1958, lives and works in Brooklyn and Mexico City) work uses art and performance to encourage social justice by documenting traditions and involving communities in her practice. In 2002, while working as an artist-in-residence in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbata was introduced to the founder of the Keylemanjahro School of Arts and Culture in Port-of-Spain. The school hosted an after school stilt dancing program open to all kids, intended to keep children out of trouble while also engaging them in the cultural tradition of stilt dancing to prepare for the annual NCBA Junior Carnival Parade. Barbata worked with Keylemanjahro for 5 years alongside the students and parents to create costumes for their performances. The group worked with little to no resources and relied exclusively on the help of parents in the neighborhood. The… Read More

Buenos Aires; Germany: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto; CEDODAL (Centro de Documentación de Arte y Arquitectura Latinoamericana); Deutsches Architekturmuseum, 2010. b/w, duo tone and color plates, facs., ports., plans, elevations, meas. draws., bios., maps, illus. endpapers, color pict. fldg. wrps. After a brief introduction that explores the influence that architects and engineers of German decent wielded on the Rio de la Plata region, the largest section of the present edition is dedicated to architect Guillermo "Willi" Ludewig (b. Brandenburg 1902, immigrated to Argentina in 1935 - d. Argentina 1963). In this context, the architectural work of Ludewig played an outstanding role. Ludewig was one of the most important protagonists of the spread of Modernist Rationalim, specially in the Brandenburg region. Elements of the "Neues Bauen" (New Architecture) movement can be recognized in his work left in Argentina: the house in San Isidro for Eduardo Madero, the… Read More

New York: Young Filmakers Foundation, Inc, 1982. Ex-Lib stamp on title page. b/w plates and portraits, biographies, color pictorial wrappers. OCLC: 9630387. CONTENTS: ICAIC: A Work in Progress -- Voices from ICAIC -- A Decade of Cuban Documentary Film 1972-1982.

Rosario: Centro de Investigaciones del Arte Argentino y latinoamericano, CIAAL, Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2005. (Number 1 is offered in authorized photocopy only). b/w plates, draws., facs., tbls., bibls., b/w pict. wrps. Sold as set only. Periodical publication dedicated to Argentinean and Latin American art history and one of the main centers for academic research studies on the subject. Highlights include: Año I, No1, marzo 2001 Shanovi y Xul Solar: De viajes y regresos: Augusto Schiavoni: un viaje alrededor de las formas (Sabina Florio), El mundo andino de Xul Solar (Adriana Armando y Guillermo Fantoni); Año I, No. 2, octubre 2001: La iglesia frente al arte: una perspectiva ampliada, Religión, arte y civilización europea en América del Sur (1770-1920) (José Emilio Burucúa e Isaura Molina); Año II, No.3/4, octubre 2002 El artista y la ciudad: homenajes, Los murales de Julio Vanzo: Un acercamiento al modernismo de Rosario (Lorena Mouguelar); Año… Read More

Lisboa: Fundação Luso-Americana, 2001. color plates, color pict. wrps. The Luso-American Foundation's contributions to the study and development of contemporary art. The foundation provides money for students to travel, study and work in the United States; many of them artists and/or scholars of modern art. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

São Paulo: Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2007. color plates, ports., bio/chrons., color pict. fldg. wrps., OCLC: 230892191. Exhibit brings together 60 artists plus 15 artists that have appeared on the Brazilian contemporary art scene in last the ten years. 60 artist who displayed their work at the Instituto and 15 at the 27th Bienal of Sao Paulo. All emerged in the period ranging from 1995 to 2005 ant thus the title "10+1" relects the show taking place in 2006. "The Turn Generation" it not only takes this name for the beginning of a new millennium but for the freedom with which it transits inside and outside of the market and the institutions. They are artists who act in such a way individual as collectively, use and abuse the varied media more, finding new ones or retaking classic expressions and re-inventing them.ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT. Note: Part of a 4 volume series covering period from post-war to present, however , Volume 4 was issued before others in series. Com curadoria de Agnaldo Farias… Read More

São Paulo: W11 Editores Arte, 2004. b/w and color plates, ports., bibl., bio/chron., cat., endpapers, color pict. boards, color pict. on clear plastic d.j. The author and artist worked together to create the book design to make this an art book as well as a book about one of the most prominent ultramodern 20th century women artists, Amelia Toledo (b. 1926, Brazil). This is a complete survey of her work. Toledo studied with Anita Malfatti, it learned to draw with Yoshiyo Takaoka and came under the influence of the concrete school. She has always been on the cutting edge from installation art, sculpture, object art, digital images, public art and more. AN ESSENTIAL REFERENCE FOR 20TH CENTURY ART AND BEYOND.

Sao Paulo: Pinacoteca, Jardim da Luz, 2000. b/w and color plates, cat., bio/chrons., color fldg. pict. wrps. Catalogue of the inauguration of the permanent exhibition of outdoor Brazilian sculpture in the famous Sao Paulo, Brazil sculpture park by the following artists: Alfredo Ceschiatti, Am-lcar de Castro, Ana Maria Tavares, Angelo Venosa, Arthur Lescher, Bruno Giorgi, Cacipor, Torres, Ca-to, Calabrone, Carlito Carvalhosa, Elisa Bracher, Francisco Brennand, Franz Weissmann, Iole de Freitas, Ivens Machado, Joaquim Tenreiro, José Bento, José Resende, Leon Ferrari, Lygia Reinach, Liuba, Marcelo Nitsche, Marcelo Silveira, Maria Martins, Nicolas Vlavianos, Nobuo Mitsunashi, Nuno Ramos, Raphael Galvez, Rodolfo Bernardelli, Sérgio Camargo, Sérvulo Esmeraldo, S"nia Ebling, Tunga, Victor Brecheret, Willys de Castro, Yutaka Toyota.

Buenos Aires: (the author), 2002. b/w plates (some fldg.), rice paper, indices, bibl., pict. wrps. Three volumes of an an illustrated audio/visual project in Argentina. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.

México: Arquitectura y lo Demás, 1945. b/w and duotone plates, plans, facs., advts., map, color pict. wrps. Illustrations by Gómez Rosas. 14 numbers were published between 1945 and 1950 of bimonthly magazine edited by architects Lorenzo Favela, Mauricio Gómez Mayorga and Jorge L. Medellín to promote the concept that the practice of architecture is affected by social and political circumstances. A great example of Mexican architecture during the mid-20th century. The series main objective is the preservation and access of architectural and urbanization patrimonial documents published by architects CONTENTS: Indicador -- Buzón -- Preguntas embarazosas para el actual habitante de la ciudad / por J. L. Sert (del libro "Can our cities survive?" por J. L. Sert. Traducción M.G.M.) -- Urbanismo y urbanidad / por Fiit -- Respuestas a la encuesta sobre la Ley Reglamentaria de los artículos 4° y 5° constitucionales -- Una pertinente comparación de los planes de estudios de las carrera de Arquitecto,… Read More

México: Arquitectura y lo Demás, 1945. (Chipping along spine; Some light staing around margin of front cover; Interior v.g.+). b/w plates, plans, elevation plans, facs., advts., draws., meas. draws., color pict. wrps., plus 1 prined letter, loose as issue. First number of 14 published between 1945 and 1950 of bimonthly magazine edited by architects Lorenzo Favela, Mauricio Gómez Mayorga and Jorge L. Medellín to promote the concept that the practice of architecture is affected by social and political circumstances. A great example of Mexican architecture during the mid-20th century. The series main objective is the preservation and access of architectural and urbanization patrimonial documents published by architects. Highlights include: Urbanismo Oficial / Arqto. Enrique Guerrero -- La Arquitectura Mañana / Arqto. M. Gómez Mayorga -- La Arquitectura Hospitalaria y el problema psicológico del enfermo / Arqto. Alberto T. Arai. Illustrations by Gomez Rosas. A great example of Mexican… Read More

La Habana: Ediciones Union, 1999. b/w illus., ind., bibl., recipes. Cuban recipes interspersed with thematic essays, literary quotations and Cuban music relating to Carribean cuisine.

Los Angeles/New York/La Habana: Iturralde Gallery/Liebman Magnan Gallery/Cristina Vives, 2000. 48p., b/w and color plates, fac., port., bio/chron., color pict. wrps. 25.5cm. Exhibition catalogue of Cuban born artist.