Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Re-velare re-vealing
Publisher: Gallery Repetto - 2007. Catalogue of the exhibition "Christo and Jeanne-Claude Ri-velare re-vealing" at the Galleria Repetto, in Acqui Terme (Italia) September 29 - November 10, 2007. Texts in Italian translated into English at the end of the catalogue.
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"Marlene Dumas" by Jan Avgikos
Marlene Dumas, a South Africa-born, Amsterdam-based painter, is one of the world's most admired artists, a titan of contemporary painting. Her work recalls the painterly gestures of Expressionism while combining the critical distance of conceptual art with the pleasures of eroticism. Through her delicately painted oil-on-canvas or ink-and-watercolor depictions of the female form as well as portraits of children and erotic scenes, she makes a commentary on the state of painting today. What does it mean to be a woman working within the predominantly male genre of expressionist painting? The artist often depicts women: their expressions, their bodies, their facial typologies, their self-image, and their ideals.
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Young Chinese Artists: The Next Generation
The new China is the Internet and text messages, fitness clubs and Diet Coke, where the creation of new opportunities is coupled with a loss of tradition. And it is against this backdrop of radical transformation that the Post-70s generation has lived, a reality of new values and an estrangement from older ones, that has shaped the lifestyle and attitude of today’s young adults—and among them, the artists and the art they create.
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Francis Bacon: Estampes (Prints), The Alexandre Tacou Collection
"There is a man at the centre of the lithograph. He is probably seated, although it is hard to tell - his legs can't be seen. His mouth is wide open, as he were uttering a cry. His eyes can't be seen either: they are hidden under the shade of a big umbrella ..." Excerpt from the comment by Philippe Piguet of the Offset lithograph, 1971 (after Second version of Paintng 1946, 1971).
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"DJ - A collection of DJ portraits" By Krijn van Noordwijk
Over a period of two years- starting around the same time I got serious about photography- I shot a lot of DJ portraits. To me, these DJ portraits are personal work. Nobody commissioned me to do it. I picked my own theme. I like DJ’s, their creativity, their lifestyle, their freedom.
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"Understanding Art" by Lois Fichner-Rathus
Fichner-Rathus (art, The College of New Jersey) integrates art history with coverage of visual elements, principles of design, and computer arts in this text/CD-ROM for undergraduates, looking at the relevance and beauty of art as well as the media and methods to produce it. This seventh edition includes a CD-ROM with some 400 images, plus video clips, exercises, activities, and flashcards. New features in the text include "art tours" of various cities, and new coverage of contemporary and non-Western art.
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"The Loggia of Raphael: A Vatican Art Treasure" By Nicole Dacos
The loggia, or colonnaded porch, on the second story of the Apostolic Palace is one of the Vatican's most remarkable art treasures; its decoration, designed by Raphael (1483-1520) and executed by his workshop in 1517-19, epitomizes the spirit of the Italian Renaissance in its synthesis of Christian and classical themes. The thirteen square vaults of Raphael's loggia each contain four frescoes of scenes from the Bible, from the Creation to the Last Supper. Meanwhile, the plasterwork of the other architectural elements is decorated with "grotesques"-fanciful arabesques enlivened with a wide variety of human and animal figures-modeled after ancient Roman wall paintings.
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"Faces of Sunset Boulevard" by Patrick Ecclesine
A stunning collection of portraits, this book showcases Los Angeles’ amazing cultural diversity through iconic Angeleno figures who live and work along Sunset Boulevard. The subjects range from the city’s power brokers and celebrities — Governor Schwarzenegger, Mayor Villaraigosa, Larry King, and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers—to anonymous figures, such as street vendors, construction workers, street performers, and poets.
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Saatchi Opus
Kraken Opus is delighted to announce the launch of the Saatchi Opus. For the first time The Saatchi Gallery’s exhibitions will be documented in a comprehensive publication that will chronicle its remarkable history. The Saatchi Opus will illustrate The Saatchi Gallery’s most famous exhibitions, as well as providing an overview of the development of global contemporary art of the last twenty years, in which The Saatchi Gallery holds a unique position.
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