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Jonas Wood by Ian Alteveer; Helen Molesworth; Mark Grotjahn
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first monograph on one of contemporary art's most exciting, illustrious, and sought-after rising starsLos Angeles-based Jonas Wood creates vivid images, where overlapping textures and interior spaces are rendered with compression and dazzling bright hues. This monograph - the first on the artist's w ...Show more
Lynda Benglis by Andrew Bonacina; Bibiana Obler; Nora Lawrence
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The definitive monograph on American sculptor and visual artist Lynda Benglis, one of the most important living artists today Since her arrival in New York from her native Louisiana in the late 1960s, Lynda Benglis gained recognition for creating a groundbreaking body of work that challenged sculpture ...Show more
Nicolas Party by Stéphane Aquin; Stefan Banz; Ali Subotnick; Melissa Hyde
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first and highly-anticipated monograph on one of the most successful, collected, and exciting painters today Swiss-born Nicolas Party, one of the most successful and critically acclaimed artists working today, is known for his color-saturated paintings of everyday objects, with distinctly personal y ...Show more
Rashid Johnson by Claudia Rankine; Sampada Aranke; Akili Tommasino
Category: Art Books | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
'Johnson is a leading voice of his generation.' - New York TimesThe most comprehensive publication to date on widely celebrated artist Rashid JohnsonWorking with a variety of media that includes painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance, Rashid Johnson has created a nuanced and iconograph ...Show more
Sharon Hayes by Lanka Tattersall; Julia Bryan-Wilson; Jeannine Tang
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first comprehensive publication to capture Hayes's unique blend of performance and social engagement which has been at the forefront of questions of feminist history, queer time, and protest culture for over a decade. American artist Sharon Hayes uses photography, film, video, sound, performance, a ...Show more
Shilpa Gupta by Alexandra Munroe; Nav Haq; Elvira Dyangani Ose
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first monograph dedicated to one of today's leading and thought-provoking Indian visual artistsShilpa Gupta is internationally known for her profound and socially engaged multi-faceted practice. Her work is an ongoing exploration of how human actions and interactions are subjected to a range of exte ...Show more
Trevor Paglen by Omar Lauren; Kholeif Julia; Cornell Bryan-Wilson
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists
The first complete monograph on an artist whose work investigates surveillance and government secrecy in the digital age Trevor Paglen's art gives visual geography to hidden forces, relentlessly pursuing what he calls the 'unseeable and undocumentable' in contemporary society. Blending photography, ins ...Show more
Wangechi Mutu by Adrienne Edwards; Courtney J. Martin; Kellie Jones
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first monograph on the work of celebrated and influential Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu Wangechi Mutu's remarkable body of work touches on such issues as sexuality, ecology, politics, and the rhythms and chaos that govern the world. Her paintings, sculptures, and collages, often enriched with ...Show more
Yayoi Kusama (Revised & Expanded Edition) by Catherine Taft; Laura Hoptman; Akira Tatehata; Udo Kultermann
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
An updated edition of the acclaimed monograph, celebrating one of the most iconic and revolutionary artists of our time. "Yayoi Kusama transcended the art world to become a fixture of popular culture, in a league with Andy Warhol, David Hockney, and Keith Haring." --The New York Times Kusama is intern ...Show more
Yoko Ono by Laurie Anderson, Eriko Osaka, Thierry Raspail
Category: Art and Design | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The definitive monograph on the work of celebrated visual artist, musician and peace activist Yoko Ono Born in Tokyo in 1933, Yoko Ono is one of the most important living artists working today. In a career that spans over six decades, Ono has experimented with a broad variety of media, including music, ...Show more