In the Gaze of Medusa
Louis de Wet (1930-2018) was an artist-philosopher born in South Africa. Over the course of his life, he created a significant body of meticulously crafted drawings and paintings, using the techniques of the Old Masters to express a contemporary world. This publication, authored by his wife Gabrielle Drake, brings together de Wet's full catalog of works with detailed biographical information and recollections from those who knew and worked with him.In 1983, along with his wife, de Wet bought Wenlock Abbey in Shropshire, part of an eleventh-century priory that was the daughter house of the great Burgundian abbey of Cluny. Considering the house to be his destiny, de Wet served it faithfully, restoring and refurbishing it over the course of thirty-five years. Wenlock Abbey helped develop de Wet's artistic vision, substantiating his belief that the best from the past should inform, but not inhibit the future. He enhanced the fabric of the abbey with his own artworks, including a complete scheme of frescoed images of Old and New Testament figures in the chapel, as well as designs for the carved capitals of the oak screen he had inserted there. These capitals are a geographical biography, each carving showing a place of significance in de Wet's life.This book takes the capitals as its guide, and is organized around the places de Wet lived in during the course of his life: Africa, London, Paris, and Wenlock Abbey. Each section starts with pictures of the relevant capital, and includes a biographical overview written by Gabrielle Drake and reproductions of de Wet's drawings and paintings from that period. There are also facsimiles of his Parisian sketchbook and his fastidiously compiled paint color book.In additional text contributions, local architectural historian Vivien Bellamy details her personal recollections of de Wet and his extraordinary vision for the house; the architect Andrew Arrol outlines his renovation work on the property; and Christophe Voros, the Director of the F矇d矇ration des Sites Clunisiens, recalls his first meeting with de Wet and Gabrielle in 2000, as well as their long collaboration together.
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
Luminous and tranquil, Saar's newest installation uses natural objects and materials to take the viewer on a spiritual journeyThis volume features the Huntington Library and Museum's commissioned site-specific installation Drifting toward Twilight (2023) by Betye Saar (born 1926). A solitary canoe drifts on a bed of brambles, illuminated by a cool neon glow. Inside, three passengers are transported to a mystical destination by two otherworldly beings. Guided by the dawn, the dusk and the phases of the moon, they transition from one cosmic reality to another. Part dreamscape and part altar, Drifting toward Twilight conjures journeys and the constant cycles of the natural world. Like cards pulled from a tarot deck, each object inside takes on a symbolic power: a monumental canoe, birdcages, antlers and plant material harvested from the Huntington's grounds. This richly illustrated companion book includes a preface and a 1973 interview with the artist by author and longtime friend Ishmael Reed. Other contributions include a profile by Hilton Als and a new interview with the artist by S籀la Saar Agustsson, her granddaughter.
Do Ho Suh
Enter the captivating world of leading contemporary artist Do Ho Suh Korean-born, London-based artist Do Ho Suh invites us to explore his large-scale installations, sculptures, videos, and drawings in this beautifully designed and illustrated survey of his work, raising timely questions about the enigma of home, identity, and how we move through and inhabit the world around us.Through his extraordinary immersive artworks, Suh draws us in to think about belonging, collectivity, and individuality, connection, and disconnection, examining the intricate relationship between architecture, space, the body, and the memories and the moments that make us who we are. From the fragility and minute detail of embroidered threads to the monumentality of his larger installations, Suh's work is profoundly thought-provoking and enriching.Text by artists and art historians, as well as a conversation between Suh and British artist Janice Kerbel, further enrich our experience of this remarkable body of work.
Cheyney Thompson: Several Bellonas; Intervals and Displacements
Taking a famous Rubens painting as his starting point, Thompson applies conceptual rigor and algorithmic play to his painted and printed reproductionsConceptual painter Cheyney Thompson's (born 1975) practice centers on the mechanical reproduction of art, whether repainting a Rubens fresco or creating a digital data set of drawings inspired by C矇zanne's sketches of the same Rubens work.
Yu Hong: Islands of the Mind
Inspired by the iconic Symbolist series by Arnold B繹cklin, Yu Hong creates contemporary mournful islands of her ownChinese painter Yu Hong (born 1966) constructs modern-day fables and complex, allegorical compositions that channel historical, narrative-driven art as seen through a fiercely contemporary lens. Her newest series is inspired by the elegiac funeral depicted in Island of the Dead (1880-1901), the most famous work of Swiss Symbolist painter Arnold B繹cklin (1827-1901). Each painting by Yu features figures on a solitary island beset by crashing waves. Each entry represents a different emotion, underpinned by dread, until the viewer is able to, in B繹cklin's words, "dream into the world of dark shadows." This body of work expands on the large, dramatic scenes Yu exhibited as part of Another One Bites the Dust, her first major solo exhibition that occurred during the Venice Biennale, characterized by their grandiose, often grotesque depictions of contemporary social anxieties.
Elisa Caldana: The Falcon of Karachi
In an appeal to humanity, Caldana creates a imaginative visual narrative of an endangered falcon speciesWorking across film, photography and installation, Elisa Caldana (born 1986) relates the story of the Laggar falcon, a species native to South Asia that is slowly dying out. In structuring her work as a family saga, Caldana draws attention to its right to life, regardless of its utility to humans.
Jagna Ciuchta: Dilated I, Liquid Images and Carnivorous Plants
Comprised primarily of staging group exhibitions, Ciuchta's oeuvre takes a metacritical approach to the artistic profession through the lens of hospitalityThis first monograph on the work of Jagna Ciuchta (born 1977) surveys the past 12 years of a polymorphic practice that feeds off each of her previous projects. Through organizing group exhibitions in which she becomes the "curator," Ciuchta's works set up a confusion of temporalities, spaces, registers, self and others.
Alfredo Volpi: Lucca-S瓊o Paulo
Volpi's joyful, vibrant paintings are emblematic of the Italian-Brazilian cultural axisBorn in Lucca, Italy, and raised in S瓊o Paulo, Brazil, artist Alfredo Volpi (1896-1988) is known for his colorful patterned paintings featuring windows, doors, squares and flags. Responding to the societal transformation of the 20th century, his work combines modernity, tradition and popular motifs. Volpi drew inspiration from the vernacular architecture of S瓊o Paulo; European avant-gardes including Matisse, Mondrian and Albers; and Italian artists such as Uccello, Carr? and Morandi. This richly illustrated publication allows for a fresh discovery of Volpi's works, which are products of a methodical and meditative process, and characterized by his two-dimensional geometric patterns and the use of color as a structural element. The corresponding exhibition also celebrates the 150th anniversary of Italian immigration to Brazil, highlighting the influence of Italian cultures on Brazilian artistic language, while recognizing Volpi as a superb colorist and master craftsman.
Cally Spooner: A Hypothesis of Resistance
In five metacritical discussions, Spooner addresses the concept of "performance" as ingrained throughout societyThis volume collects the five essays on "performance" by British artist and writer Cally Spooner (born 1983), originally published in Mousse magazine. In each chapter, Spooner resists a doctrine of "performance" that creates a society stratified by how we act: whether economically, socially or digitally.
Martin Puryear
A comprehensive look at the career of an important American artist, highlighting the global histories, traditions and techniques of production that shaped his work Over the last five decades, Martin Puryear (b. 1941) has pioneered an influential sculptural language that integrates wide-ranging aesthetic traditions and techniques of production with roots around the world. Through his innovative use of form, materials, and process, Puryear's work exemplifies the expressive potential for abstraction in our time. This book highlights the global histories that have shaped Puryear's practice, offering a fresh and timely perspective on his art. It emphasizes the unique ways that the artist combines the diverse histories of making that he has encountered throughout his travels, observations, research, and study. A range of eminent thinkers and makers, including Thelma Golden (b. 1965), Maya Lin (b. 1959), Billie Tsien (b. 1949), and Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955)--some of whom are longtime interlocutors of Puryear--provide a nuanced and multifaceted look at the significance and context of Puryear's work. These perspectives complement in-depth essays by a new generation of scholars and responses to Puryear's work by artists at earlier stages in their careers. The book's dramatic, oversize design and plentiful images allow the reader to clearly see the intricacies of the artist's celebrated work. Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston(September 27, 2025-February 8, 2026)Cleveland Museum of Art(April 12-August 9, 2026)High Museum of Art(September 25, 2026-January 17, 2027)
Art Is
From a widely celebrated artist, this dazzling book takes readers on a profound journey into the heart of creativity When Makoto Fujimura painted as a child, he felt a mysterious electrical charge pass through him. Over decades of art making, writing, and reflecting in his studio, he has come to understand this charge as his Creator--a source he connects with most profoundly when making art. To be human is to be creative, Fujimura believes, and art making is a discipline of awareness, prayer, and praise by which we journey back to our original light. In this book, Fujimura takes readers along on his meandering journey as an artist. We witness him making his "process-driven slow art"--using pulverized minerals, gold, or pigments made from oyster shell--as he considers the plants and wildlife on the land where he lives. He draws on Japanese aesthetics, modernist art, Christian theology, sado (art of tea), literature, ecology, and personal narrative, with inspiration ranging from William Blake's poetry to the art of Mark Rothko and Josef Albers, and from the wisdom of Scripture and Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyū to the traditional Japanese painting technique called Nihonga. Bringing together the author's written reflections and his paintings, drawings, and photographs, Art Is invites us to see the world in prismatic and diverse lights, helping us navigate the fractured, divisive times we live in.
Bruno P矇lassy
The first-ever monograph on Bruno P矇lassy featuring a vast range of materials from his unpublished personal archiveFrench artist Bruno P矇lassy (1966-2002) trained in textile and jewelry design and worked for Swarovski early in his career. In his oeuvre, at once fragile and flamboyant, crafted jewelry appears alongside cheap mechanical bugs to produce an aesthetic of the marvelous and the precarious.
I Don't Think about Being Great
This collection of 100 writings by Robert Rauschenberg reveals the artist's gift for prose and the importance of his relationship to language The American artist Robert Rauschenberg (1925-2008) won acclaim and awards for his diverse oeuvre that spanned six decades and included paintings, sculpture, prints, photography, and performance. Less well known is the role that writing played in his creative process. Rauschenberg self-identified as dyslexic and did not publish extensively, leading to the widely held assumption that he was not an artist who wrote. This book corrects the record, showcasing 100 passages, many published here for the first time, from Rauschenberg's robust body of written work. Comprising correspondence, artist notes, testimony, speeches, and more, this collection brings to light the artist's love of language and reveals that writing was, in fact, central to Rauschenberg's practice. The writings, illustrated with reproductions in the artist's distinctive hand, are infused with visual and intellectual lyricism, humor, and insight, and span topics from the freedom of artistic expression to environmental concerns. This beautiful volume, which also features an essay by artist Martha Tuttle (b. 1989) about why artists' writings matter, adds new depth to our understanding of Rauschenberg's life and work. Published in association with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Boys Love Media in Thailand
Over the past several years, the Thai popular culture landscape has radically transformed due to the emergence of "Boys Love" (BL) soap operas which celebrate the love between handsome young men. Boys Love Media in Thailand: Celebrity, Fans, and Transnational Asian Queer Popular Culture is the first book length study of this increasingly significant transnational pop culture phenomenon. Drawing upon six years of ethnographic research, the book reveals BL's impacts on depictions of same-sex desire in Thai media culture and the resultant mainstreaming of queer romance through new forms of celebrity and participatory fandom. The author explores how the rise of BL has transformed contemporary Thai consumer culture, leading to heterosexual female fans of male celebrities who perform homoeroticism becoming the main audience to whom Thai pop culture is geared. Through the case study of BL, this book thus also investigates how Thai media is responding to broader regional trends across Asia where the economic potentials of female and queer fans are becoming increasingly important. Baudinette ultimately argues that the center of queer cultural production in Asia has shifted from Japan to Thailand, investigating both the growing international fandom of Thailand's BL series as well as the influence of international investment into the development of these media. The book particularly focuses on specific case studies of the fandom for Thai BL celebrity couples in Thailand, China, the Philippines, and Japan to explore how BL series have transformed each of these national contexts' queer consumer cultures.
Made by Mschf
A comprehensive, irreverent guide to the inner workings of provocative art collective MSCHFMade by MSCHF is a survey of the work of Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF, known for their eclectic projects that critique the very areas of popular culture they inhabit. Ranging from a line of designer handbags only visible under a microscope to an anime dating game that helps players generate a functional tax return, MSCHF's works are incisive, often viral, and always instilled with their unique brand of subversive humor.Featuring never-before-seen imagery, this book presents case studies that explore twelve of MSCHF's projects in depth, providing readers with a blueprint of how their works are developed from ideation to release. Written by two of the collective's cofounders, the book features an additional six thematic essays and an archive of every MSCHF artwork to date, together revealing the experimental group's range and evolution.Projects include: Big Red Boot, a pair of cartoonishly large rubber boots; Jesus Shoes, their designer-branded sneakers filled with holy water; ATM Leaderboard, an ATM installed at Art Basel Miami Beach that ranked users by bank balance; and Severed Spots, in which they cut out spots from Damien Hirst prints and sold them as individual art works.
Radu Comsa
By transcribing art from one material or form to another, Comsa produces an intellectual replica of his mixed creative thoughts and influencesRomanian artist Radu Comsa (born 1975) builds his practice around transcribing artworks from one medium to another, one shape to another or one conceptual frame to another. These may take the form of cast concrete plates inspired by concrete poetry, or sewn panels derived from modernist architecture.
The Marvel Comics Covers of Jack Kirby Volume 1
Jack Kirby (1917-1994) remains one of the most influential and revered comic book creators of all time, and his cover work for Marvel Comics is particularly celebrated. The Marvel Comics Covers of Jack Kirby collects Kirby's cover art in a hardcover format. The first volume of this series contains more than 175 classic Kirby covers from 1961 to 1964, including cover art from the earliest issues of The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Journey into Mystery, Strange Tales, Tales to Astonish, and The X-Men, alongside commentary by multiple contributors. Kirby's legacy continues to inspire current and future generations of artists, designers, and fans. Long live the KING!
Ilona Keser羹 Flow
Infused with a subtle yet defiant femininity, Keser羹's colorful paintings both refuted Soviet modernism and anticipated contemporary women's rights movementsWith a career spanning more than 70 years, Hungarian artist Ilona Keser羹 (born 1933) combines Hungarian folk culture with European modernism in an organic, abstract style. Her motifs alluding to her female identity were increasingly emphasized in her art, independent of the rise of second-wave feminism.
Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm
The most private of artists was beguiled by a hardscrabble farm and its residents down the road from his studio, revealing some of his most personal friendships, and yielding some of his most iconic paintings. Andrew Wyeth first discovered the haunting beauty of the farm owned by German immigrants Karl and Anna Kuerner on his boyhood rambles in Pennsylvania's bucolic Brandywine River Valley, and it would captivate him for the rest of his life, appearing as subject of more than one thousand landscapes, interiors, and portraits. As traced throughout this volume, just what Wyeth uncovered beneath the farm's austere facade is key to understanding his singular artistic vision. This intimate look at Wyeth's decades-long connection to Kuerner Farm and the people there reveals not only the source of many of the artist's most deeply resonant paintings but also the secrets that have given his deceptively simple art its mysterious pull on the popular imagination for generations. As Wyeth became one of the country's most celebrated artists, he continued to return to the farm, the Kuerners, and to the enigmatic Helga Testorf, creating timeless portraits from an experience of deep looking and charting a way toward unearthing from the ordinary, the extraordinary.
Hamad Butt
This stunning publication accompanies the first retrospective exhibition of the pioneering work of Hamad Butt. Hamad Butt was a British South Asian artist active during the 1980s and 1990s in London and a contemporary of the Young British Artists. His artistic practice explored his national, racial, and sexual identity--as queer, British-Pakistani, Muslim by upbringing, and a person with AIDS. Prior to his untimely death in 1994, Butt completed and exhibited four significant sculptural installations which sought to forge new connections between art and science during the time of AIDS. He was also a prolific maker of paintings and works on paper. This monograph includes contributions from esteemed art historians, curators, and artists that look at Butt's encounters with science and alchemy, his relationships with diasporic and queer communities in the 1990s, and his lasting impact and legacies. Filled with new reproductions of his installation work as well as previously unpublished paintings, drawings, and writings, this catalog seeks firmly to establish Butt as a major figure in the canon of international contemporary art.
Delacroix's Moroccans
The Women of Algiers in Their Apartment is arguably Eug癡ne Delacroix's best-known work from his trip to Morocco in 1832, and the attention scholars have paid to it has obscured a crucial fact about Delacroix's Moroccan subjects: most of his paintings of North Africa depict men rather than women.After serving as a diplomat's companion on a mission to Morocco, Delacroix went on to devote over three-quarters of his massive North African oeuvre to the military prowess, effective leadership, equestrian virtuosity, and elegant dress of Moroccan men. Using the evidence of his writings, sketches, and paintings, Olmsted argues that rather than embodying a typical colonialist fantasy, Delacroix's paintings of Moroccan men instead show his subjects as models of heroic masculinity and political sovereignty, a position that ran counter to prevailing French attitudes toward North Africans. In this way, Delacroix's Moroccans intervenes in the discourse of imperialism to examine the multiple, heterogeneous features of cultural response and provides nuanced readings of the artist's work that support the idea that European constructions of non-European cultures were not monolithic.Olmsted's multifaceted analysis creates a powerful and original understanding of Delacroix's Moroccan oeuvre and a counternarrative to the colonialist imagery of his era. Through close attention to Delacroix's paintings, drawings, and writings, as well as their historical and political contexts, this book illuminates the artist's practice and offers a fresh avenue for assessing colonialism and art produced within colonial contexts.
D羹rer
Brimming with stunning reproductions and illuminating texts, this handy and accessible book is the perfect introduction to the famous Renaissance artist Albrecht D羹rer. Albrecht Dürer (1471-1521) is considered the most important German painter and graphic artist of the Renaissance period. His numerous self-portraits, his impressive altarpieces, and his detailed copperplate engravings are world-famous. Dürer's works are icons of art history, whose quality and innovative power still set the trend for artists worldwide today. Even during his lifetime, this brilliant visionary, who self-confidently depicted himself posing as Christ, was able to successfully market himself, even establishing the first logo in history with his monogram.In addition to an illustrated biography that places Dürer within his historical context, many of his most famous paintings and drawings are presented and clearly explained.
James Ensor
This breathtaking multi-dimensional exploration of Belgium's most famous artist looks beyond his identity as a painter of masks and reveals a man of--and ahead of--his time. While James Ensor is often celebrated for his depictions of the grotesque imagery with a satirical edge, he was also a groundbreaking pioneer of modern art. His unique ability to blend realistic detail with abstract and fantastical elements placed him ahead of his time. Ensor's innovative use of color and light was revolutionary, utilizing vivid and often clashing hues alongside dramatic contrasts to evoke emotional intensity and visual impact. His fascination with the macabre and grotesque further distinguished him from his contemporaries. This catalog, filled with stunning full-page images, features enlightening essays that explore Ensor's work through various lenses, including the rise of anarchism in twentieth-century Europe, the influence of en plein air landscape sketching and Japonisme. Richly illustrated and thought-provoking, this book augments the current scholarship on Ensor by considering his work in dialog with the historical and cultural trends of his time.
Mamma Andersson: Adieu Maria Magdalena
Adieu Maria Magdalena considers recurring themes and motifs from Andersson's oeuvre and suggests complex and potent feelings related to loss. Employing trompe l'oeil, the artist produces a subtly claustrophobic effect in this domestic space by layering uncanny interior scenes taken from her own home and her imagination, an interplay of surfaces and imagery that, like other works in the exhibition, probes the nature of representation. Pulling inspiration from other Scandinavian painters including Carl Fredrik Hill and Vilhelm Hammersh繪i, Andersson explores the tension between interiority and the external world, imbuing her compositions with a haunting stillness and introspection. Author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a longtime collaborator of Mamma Andersson, provides an accompanying text to this book, offering a personal and evocative perspective on the artist's work.
Libert矇!
- Ary Scheffer was one of Paris' most famous Dutch painters- Published to accompany an exhibition in Dordrechts Museum, the Netherlands, October 19, 2024 - March 23, 2025Libert矇! Ary Scheffer and French Romanticism takes you to turbulent Paris in the first half of the nineteenth century, a time of political upheaval and cultural flourishing. Artists deployed their brushes as weapons or climbed the barricades themselves. So did the Dutch Ary Scheffer, who soon became one of Paris' most famous painters. His work still hangs in the Louvre's gallery of honor. Together with French artists such as Eug癡ne Delacroix and Th矇odore G矇ricault, he fought for freedom and equality; the ideals of the French Revolution of 1789. In addition to a number of art-historical essays by experts from the Netherlands and France, philosopher Maarten Doorman reflects on the meaning of Romanticism today. The publication also includes a catalogue section with an overview of the exhibition. This makes the publication a standard work on the position of Ary Scheffer within French Romanticism.
Calligraphy for Swifties:
Check your Reputation and make gorgeous DIY projects with Taylor Swift-inspired calligraphy Channel the eras and unleash your inner artist with Calligraphy for Swifties. Taylor Swift fans and DIY artists alike will be enchanted by five calligraphy styles with these easy-to-follow practice pages. Complete with helpful lettering tips and techniques, you can blend the calming artistry of calligraphy with your devotion to Miss Americana herself. Learn the art of Swiftie lettering with fonts that will transport you to: -Fearless -Speak Now -reputation -Lover -folklore -evermore Put your pen to paper with sloping, sweeping brush lettering or bold chisel calligraphy to enhance invitations, write love letters, beautify your journals, or decorate home decor, signs, and wall art. Calligraphy for Swifties lets you celebrate your favorite eras while enjoying a quiet analog activity that will make your world gorgeous!
Swifterature
A daring literary fusion of pop culture and feminism, Swifterature captures the special connection between English literature and the worldwide phenomenon of Taylor Swift. Swifterature captures a unique fusion of different elements: fandom, feminism, and a defense of both literature and popular culture. The narrative is split into thirteen chapters that use Swift's lyrics as departure points. The reader experiences the inspiring influence of English literature as Swift's lens breathes new vitality and urgency into older texts. McCausland also writes about her own experiences as she copes with intense media scrutiny and is forced to defend her academic integrity. She argues that Swift, through her self-conscious engagement with classic works of literature and her extraordinary popularity, invites us to reflect not only on the culture of our past but also of our present. Swifterature shows how Swift's place on the world's stage can teach us about many things, from feminism to politics, nature to childhood. In the process the book makes a compelling case that studying Taylor Swift also turns us into better readers, not only of literature but of ourselves and each other.
Martha Jungwirth: Heart of Darkness
Controlled compositions filled with energetic brushstrokes evoke the violent, primal urges realized in Conrad's classic novelIn her most recent set of paintings, Austrian artist Martha Jungwirth (born 1940) takes as her inspiration Joseph Conrad's 1899 novella Heart of Darkness, a harrowing examination of European colonialism. Her forceful yet restrained compositions evoke both the brutality of bygone empires and the struggle of contemporary migrants. This book was published in conjunction with Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Alex Katz: Claire, Grass & Water
Katz's wellspring of inspirations spouts anew in his expressive yet controlled paintings of land, sea and postwar fashionFresh from his blockbuster Guggenheim exhibition, Gathering, American painter Alex Katz (born 1927) emerges on the other side of the Atlantic in another favorite location of the Guggenheim family: Venice. Here, in the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Katz debuts three of his most recent series of paintings inspired by the Floating City, the lush Italian countryside and American fashion designer Claire McCardell. His grayscale paintings of the ocean are reminiscent of the deep sea, while his green and orange fields are rendered in his trademark simple, sparse strokes. Suddenly, these colors find new meaning in the pared down silhouettes of fashion models in McCardell's feminine, patterned designs. The three series are accompanied by a conversation with the artist in which he shares the reasons behind his newest inspirations. This book was published in conjunction with Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice
Georg Baselitz: Adler Barfu?
Rendered with a spatula in thick impasto, Baselitz's eagles tumble and soar across electric blue skiesCreated in the artist's studio north of Salzburg, this new series of paintings and ink drawings by Georg Baselitz (born 1938) features eagles, a motif that recurs in his oeuvre. They are accompanied by a text from Andreas Zimmermann, curator of the celebrated exhibition Georg Baselitz: Naked Masters.
Rapha禱l Barontini: We Could Be Heroes
Vibrant tapestries of historical fragments celebrate forgotten heroes and the triumph of resistanceFrench artist Rapha禱l Barontini (born 1984) finds his inspiration in the homage paid to the figures of historical liberation movements. In a collage style combining photography, silkscreen, painting and digital printing, he creates "paintings in motion" that take a fresh look at history while questioning the very status of painting in the museum and public space. Flags, banners, tapestries and ceremonial capes are superimposed with historical images to create immersive scenographies that question the representation of power and its inversion. For Barontini, questioning the canons of history around cultures and territories that have experienced slavery or colonization remains his priority. Thus he seeks to establish a counterhistory through the representation of heroes, real or imaginary. We Could Be Heroes plunges readers into Barontini's artistic universe, illuminated by art historian Cheryl Finley and Prix Goncourt-winning author Patrick Chamoiseau.
Miles Johnston
Embark on a visual journey through the enigmatic world of artist Miles Johnston. This finely crafted monograph offers comprehensive insight into Johnston's captivating body of work, showcasing his evolution as an artist and the profound themes that permeate his creations. With 280 pages of rich imagery and thought-provoking content, this exquisite volume presents Johnston's masterful exploration of the human form as a conduit for understanding the complexities of existence. Each page is a testament to his unparalleled skill and unwavering commitment to capturing the essence of the human experience. At the heart of this monograph lies an insightful interview with the artist himself, offering readers a rare glimpse into his creative process, inspirations, and the underlying philosophy that drives his work. Delve into the mind of Miles Johnston as he shares personal anecdotes, artistic influences, and the profound insights that inform his artistic practice. Whether you're a seasoned art enthusiast or a newcomer to Johnston's mesmerizing world, this monograph invites you to immerse yourself in the captivating imagery, delve into the depths of the human psyche, and emerge enlightened by the intriguing beauty of Miles Johnston's artistic vision.
G矇rald Genta
Delve into the lesser-known artistic legacy of Swiss watchmaker G矇rald GentaAptly named the "Picasso of Timepieces," G矇rald Genta (1931-2011) was also a passionate painter, a facet of his life often overshadowed by his watchmaking fame. His figurative works rendered in imaginative color palettes reflect the influences of Paul C矇zanne, Marc Chagall, Wassily Kandinsky, Marie Laurencin and Joan Mir籀.
Walter Pfeiffer
The first ever overview of Pfeiffer's lively artistic output across mediums from the 1960s to the present, from A to ZPublished with Pacific. Inspired by the illustrated alphabets found in abecedariums, this new book on Walter Pfeiffer (born 1946) presents playful and illuminating insights into the Swiss artist's practice from A to Z, annotated by Pfeiffer himself. The book also features new texts reflecting on five decades of Pfeiffer's artistic output from an international group of curators, critics and writers. At once a meticulously crafted artist's book and a comprehensive monograph, Walter Pfeiffer demonstrates the artist's sustained commitment to exquisite, innovative publications.This book is part of Swiss Institute's newly redesigned SI Series. Each book in the SI Series adds context through seminal essays, archival materials, event transcripts, artist portfolios and exhibition documentation, as well as reprints and new translations of important texts.
