Search Results: Titles starting with B from artecontemporanea

Episode Publishers, Rotterdam, 2008. paperback. fine. BAGHDAD CALLING is an exceptional photography book. Photojournalist Geert van Kesteren shows how Iraqi refugees are living in Jordan, Syria and Turkey., , Besides these professionally shot images, the book reveals everyday life in the Iraq of 2006 and 2007 through the eyes of Iraqis themselves: a team round Van Kesteren amassed hundreds of photos from the mobile phones and digital cameras of Iraqi citizens that reveal places where journalists dare not tread for reasons of personal safety. These present a sequence of exploding grenades, family parties, ethnic cleansing, dancing in the park, demolished infrastructure, and hope of better times to come., , The combination of professional photos, amateur snapshots and interviews with refugees, giving their first-hand accounts of the horrors that have befallen them, provides a penetrating insight into the situation in which the Iraqi citizens find themselves. Despite some optimistic reports in autumn… Read More

Penguin Books, Baltimore, 1971. paperback. fine.

Purple Books+Fiction inc., Japan, 2000. hardcover. fine.

Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, 1990. paperback. fine.

Georg Muller, Munchen, 1926. hardcover. fine.

Tate Gallery, London, 1972. paperback. fine.

MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007. hardcover. fine. Born in Tel Aviv in 1954, Barry Frydlender has been exploring the potential of digital technology for more than a decade, and over the past five years his experiment has gathered greater momentum. Each of his panoramic photographs is put together from dozens, sometimes hundreds, of shots that may have taken minutes or months to accumulate. Filled with people and things, these works reward slow, patient looking, and the invitation to do so is especially pertinent to the pictures reproduced in this book. This publication, which accompanies a Spring 2007 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, concerns only one aspect of Frydlender's work--those pictures that deal with life in contemporary Israel. Frydlender's Israeli panoramas includes Arab and Jew, Ashkenazim and Sephardim, secular and religious, rich and poor, young and old. All of his subjects are treated with equanimity, which is the hallmark of his art. Much of the most ambitious… Read More

Openbaar Kunstbezit, Amsterdam, 1988. hardcover with dust jacket. fine.

Pomona College Art, Pomona, 1972. staple binding. fine, as new condition.

Flammarion, Paris, 1995. hardcover with dust jacket. fine. Containing ten essays and over 250 illustrations, this impressive catalog of the controversial show at the Whitney Museum (Nov. 9, 1995-Feb. 4, 1996), put together by the curator, documents the pervasive influence of the Beat Generation on American art and culture. The exhibit includes manuscripts, photographs, and artwork by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso, as well as work by several West Coast artists, including Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, and Robert Lavigne. Essay topics, stressing shared artistic and cultural concerns, range from African American influences on the Beat Generation to the aesthetics of Beat filmmaking. A detailed chronology rounds out the book.

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, 1986. paperback. fine.

Le Consortium, Dijon, 1995. paperback. fine.

Actes Sud, Arles, 1999. paperback. fine. L'oeuvre intitulée Marseille, 98 est une série de photographies faites sur plusieurs semaines dans la ville de Marseille. Elle appartient à un ensemble plus vaste d'images se reconnaissant par l'ambiance très urbaine d'une grande ville, accueillant beaucoup de personnes à la fois, dans l'ordre et le désordre de la circulation et des activités de la vie de tous les jours. Le milieu urbain se comprend alors comme un lieu partagé en commun. Les images sont par ailleurs sans artifices, montrant les gens tels qu'ils sont, pris dans des attitudes sans aprêts, c'est pourquoi le spectateur ressent leur présence dans l'immédiateté de l'apparition.

Utrechtse Kring, Utrecht, 1972. staple binding. fine.

Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, 2011. paperback. fine. Introduces a cutting-edge selection of international zines and examines their role as a catalyst in the evolution of media and graphic design today. The book presents the broad range of existing zines that combine thought-provoking content with compelling design: from project-oriented portfolios and (pseudo) scientific treatises to playrooms where creatives can run riot and publications in which the printing process significantly influences aesthetics. It not only describes the key factors that distinguish various zines, but--through interviews with people involved in their production and distribution--also sheds light on various strategies for this evolving media form.

Marlborough, London, 1963. paperback. fine.

Something Else Press, New York, 1971. paperback. fine. This seminal book outlines Porters ideas for a union of science and art, which he dubbed Sciart. In it he proposes wild and revolutionary improvements to, as well as new uses for, books, poetry, clothing, theater, architecture, art, food, toys, and automobiles

Berkeley Barb, Berkeley, 1968. fine.

La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1974. staple binding. fine.

Essegi, Villanova di Ravenna (RA), 1984. paperback. fine.