"I paint what cannot be photographed, I photograph the things that I don't want to paint....I would rather photograph an idea than an object, and a dream rather than an idea." Man Ray's own words suggest the essence of his brilliant, original, and deeply influential photographic oeuvre. Taking up photography in 1915 for the purpose of reproducing his paintings, he earned money doing the same for others when he went to live and work in Paris in 1921. This led to one of the richest careers in the history of photography, ranging from portraits of celebrated artists, musicians, and writers such as Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Erik Satie, Arnold SchÜnberg, T. S. Eliot, and Gertrude Stein, to the pictures using light effects outside the camera for which he is famous (cliche-verres, rayographs, and solarizations). These photographs are among the most exciting and revealing manifestations of the profusely fertile artistic impulse which made Man Ray equally celebrated as a painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker. Besides many classic images, this book includes a huge number of photographs that have never been seen before, including portraits of Virginia Woolf and Antonin Artaud and a large selection of erotic pictures. They add up to a truly revealing look at Man Ray, whom Cocteau called "the great poet of the darkroom."

Man Ray Photographs

Arts & Photography

Martin, Jean-Hubert

MAN, RAY

Individual Artists

Thames&Hudson

Les Magiciens de la Terre

Cohen-Solal, Annie

History & Criticism

XAVIER BARRAL

Le Château d'Oiron

Travel

Meslet, Jean-Luc

Bélime-Droguet, Magali

Europe

PATRIMOINE

Altäre. Kunst zum Niederknien.

Peltier, Philippe

Lüthi, Bernhard

Luque, Aline

Syring, Marie Luise

Hatje Cantz Verlag

Africa Remix is one of the only comprehensive publications on young contemporary art of the last decade in and from Africa. It features more than 80 artists from nearly 30 countries, well representing the geographic diversity of Africa--from Egypt and Morocco to South Africa. Both well-known artists, who are already established in the international scene, as well as new, emerging talents are included. In an attempt to do justice to the complexity of current artist production, this survey covers film, documentary photography, fashion, music and literature, in addition to the fine arts. Experts in the field comment on the different artistic positions represented and their sources of inspiration. Rather than relying on the traditional categories of postcolonial discourse, this publication concentrates on the "fact of the present": the artworks are seen as an expression of the direct influence of the present on the artist. An illustrated dictionary on the important aspects of African art and culture completes this fascinating study.

Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent

AMSELLE, Jean-Loup

Hatje Cantz Publishers

From 1972 until his death in 1987, Andy Warhol worked prodigiously on a variety of projects. Sublime examples of his work from this period are gathered in this elegantly designed collection which includes essays on the artist and interviews with him. This collection of paintings, photographs, prints, video stills, and interviews from the last fifteen years of Warhol’s career are presented in a four-volume slip-cased set. Along with his best known later works, which include his Oxidations, Camouflage, and Rorschachs, this set contains stills from Warhol’s forays into filmmaking, including L’Amour, Women in Revolt and Heat. Contact sheets from his work in photography offer an intimate glimpse of the glittering world of 1980’s New York. The artist’s books and renowned conversations, including his final interview with Paul Taylor, round out this superb exploration of Warhol’s last years. vol. I: essays vol. II: paintings vol. III: photos/films/videos/books vol. IV: interviews

Andy Warhol: The Late Work

Prestel Pub

"Magiciens de la Terre" was an exhibition held at the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Grande Halle at the Parc de la Villette in 1989. Curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, it aimed to counter the ethnic bias and colonial complicity of the contemporary art world. Martin chose 100 artists from around the world: 50 from first-world cultures such as the U.S. and Europe and 50 from cultures then routinely ignored by the art market, in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Australia. "I want to play the role of someone who uses artistic intuition alone to select objects which come from totally different cultures," Martin explained. "I also want to incorporate into that process the critical thinking which contemporary anthropology provides on the problem of ethnocentrism." With photographs and gallery plans, this volume revisits the exhibition.

Making Art Global (Part 2): 'Magiciens de la Terre' 1989 (Exhibition Histories)

MCEVILLEY, Thomas

Buchloh, Benjamin

Araeen, Rasheed

Steeds, Lucy

Afterall Books

While Europe can be proud of its enlightened culture, oppressed communities in the Third World often form groups based on traditions with strong religious elements to give them a sense of identification and to oppose dominating central powers. Many struggling minorities, especially in countries with internal colonialism form groups based on religious values. The Australian aborigines are an example. 
It is no longer possible today to have a simplistic view that interprets art with religious origins as archaic or obscure. Cultures with strong religious backgrounds and their art are appearing in many societies to defend themselves against the effects of globalization. Art, Religion, Politics explores the contemporary art of such cultures. 
A historical introduction documenting the Christian roots of contemporary western art that comprises works by Joseph Beuys, Dan Flavin, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Hermann Nitsch and Antoni Tàpies is also included.

Art, Religion, Politics

Religion & Spirituality

5Continents

For more than 60 years, Dutch multimedia artist Herman de Vries (born 1931) has been developing a highly versatile oeuvre in which art, science, ecology and philosophy meet. This book accompanies the artist's exhibition at the Venice Biennale 2015.

Herman de Vries: To Be All Ways to Be: La Biennale di Venezia 2015, Dutch Pavilion

Valiz/Mondriaan Fund

Valery Koshlyakov: Offrande

Koshlyakov, Valery

Dilecta

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