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Alongside his work in cinema and documentary, Luciano Rigolini has also carried out intense and rigorous research in the field of photography. This title deals with his works.

Through a comprehensive examination of a number of international architectural projects, this book offers a compelling new perspective on modern living and contemporary architecture.

A broad monograph devoted to Daido Moriyama, one of the pre-eminent names in contemporary Japanese photography along with Nobuyoshi Araki, Yasumasa Morimura, and Shomei Tomatsu. Moriyamäs photography is provocative, both for the form it takes (dirty, blurry, overexposed, or scratched) and for its content. The viewer¿s experience of the photo¿whether it captures a place, a person, a situation, or an atmosphere¿is the central thrust in his work, which vividly and directly conveys the artist¿s emotions. His perspective and cultural background reveals aspects of Japan heretofore unknown. Seeing how he transforms the small, easily overlooked moments of everyday life into scenes of deep significance, the readers will be drawn into an investigation of reality in contemporary life.

Tamy Tazi has set her own special mark of distinction on contemporary Moroccan dress: ceremonial or everyday caftans, djellabas, selhams (capes), jackets and serouals¿ Her models embrace two remarkable traditions that both resist the pressures of time. One is the Haute Couture that has long been Tamy Tazi¿s daily bread as Yves Saint-Laurent¿s representative in Morocco. The other is the Moroccan heritage, but not that growing out of the early days Moroccan independence with its glimmers of women¿s emancipation. Tazi has researched a deeper, more singular tradition, stripping it of folksiness and revitalising it. The union of these two vital sources, each inseminating the other with a grammar that is as articulate as it is festive, has generated a new style in caftans that daringly distinguish themselves from either parent. This book will not only appeal to caftan fans, but to anyone with interest in Morocco culture and fashion.

Fifty-six international designers and architects celebrate the Hogan labels the collections. This title presents the story in pictures, in which, the different aspects of planning in design, architecture, fashion and photography are brought to the fore, showing little distinction between sectors.

With over 400 sculptures, this volume documents the entire plastic work of a major protagonist of contemporary art. Alongside painting, sculpture is a fundamental part of the work of Paladino, who is considered one of the most well-known representatives of the Transavanguardia. Theorized in 1980 by Achille Bonito Oliva, this movement immediately stood out as one of the most significant tendencies of Post-modernism, challenging the artistic experimentalism of previous decades and advocating a return to more traditional expressive practices.

The genius of Italian painting, symbol of grace and beauty, Raphael is considered one of the greatest and most popular artists of all time. This title gives an introduction to the life of the artist. It includes his masterpieces.

Beauty, lifes triumph, is fleeting. It heightens the bodys sublime aspect, but beneath its effigy lies the spectre of passing time, and so the figure beauty has within it the spectre of decay. In this work, the author challenges himself by confronting one of the deepest philosophical and literary themes.

What is art? What is its function? What is the importance of using colour? What is the meaning of using different materials? What is the relationship between art and reality? Is art information or communication? These are just some of the questions Achille Bonito Oliva directed to 65 of the greatest and most controversial artists of our time, such as Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Gilbert&George, Robert Ryman, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Giulio Paolini, Alighiero Boetti, Jimmy Durham, Marina Abramoviˇc, Mimmo Paladino, William Kentridge, and Dennis Oppenheim.

Gurholt, born 1965 in Oslo where he lives and works, studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Art and at the New York University/Film School SCE. Gurholt is renowned for his Live Photos, site-specific photography projects that challenge the boundaries between fiction and reality.

Analyzes the design and production of museum complexes all over the world over the years, and gives a critical interpretation of one of the most challenging subjects in architectural panorama.

In the heyday on neo-conceptualism in the middle of the 90's Bjarne Melgaard entered the Norwegian art scene with expressionistic and chaotic paintings, sculptures and installations. This book is also the catalogue of a mid carrier retrospective exhibition at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (2010).

Artists play a fundamental role as mirror of society and can, in particular, give expression to specific corners of the world in our global economy. This title presents Francois Pinault Collection at the Melnikov Garage.

Norwegian artists are acknowledged as being part of a larger artistic milieu a milieu in which they have become more visible and active participants. This book features a survey of works by the younger generation of Norwegian artists.

The first publication focused on this collection, it includes paintings by Pierre Bonnard, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Sam Francis, Juan Gris, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Roberto Matta, Joan Miro, and Antonio Tàpies, among others.

A catalog of the exhibition curated by Daniel Birnbaum for T2 - the second Torino Triennale. It brings together works by fifty young international artists and presents two special projects by Paul Chan and Olafur Eliasson.

Presents a snapshots from all over the world to capture the true life of the Luceplan collections. This book offers a comprehensive study of 30 years of work, and examines the highly original Luceplan design that boasts an array of prizes and acknowledgements.

Post-Impressionism is a movement in France that represented both an extension of Impressionism and a rejection of that styles inherent limitations. The term Post-Impressionism was coined by the English art critic Roger Fry for the work of late 19th-century painters. Most of these painters began as Impressionists.

Presents a fully-fledged Skira Architecture house organ which presents the Skiras point of view on world architecture. This Yearbook includes: Wall paper; Editorial; Projects; Tools: Index of the Index; and, Work in progress.

Trompe-l'oeil, a French term meaning to trick, the eye, describes a painting that deceives the spectator into thinking that the objects in it are real, not merely represented. To successfully fool the eye of the viewer, trompe-l'oeil artists choose objects, situations and compositional devices using as little depth as possible.

Covers the fundamental events and pivotal works of international art in the 20th century. This book relates how artists reacted to the greatest tragedy of the 20th century and responded to the advent of the society of mass communication and consumption, to the moulding of the world.

Victor Burgin, an artist and sophisticated theoretician of the image was born in Sheffield, England, in 1941. He established himself on the international art scene in the late sixties, as one of the fathers of Conceptual Art. This is a compendium of the history of contemporary American art and a testimony of a sincere and active protagonist.