Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint): Oktober 1899-März 1900 (German Edition)

Koch, Alexander

Arts & Photography

Forgotten Books

Grossherzog Ernst Ludwig und die Ausstellung der Künstler-Kolonie in Darmstadt 1901 (German Edition)

Inktank Publishing

Alexander Kanoldt: 1881-1939. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde

Hirmer Verlag GmbH

This is the first comprehensive publication on the work of Chris Martin (born 1954), one of America’s finest contemporary abstract painters. Martin’s enormous, sunny canvases are enthusiastic in execution, heroic in scale while also expressing something of the rogue spirit of outsider art. Many of them are dedicated to such artists and musicians as Harry Smith, Frank Moore and James Brown, whose names are inscribed in coarse strokes upon the works. Martin’s paintings are underlain with such everyday detritus as stuck-on coins, vinyl records, banana skins, newspaper articles and slices of bread. Despite such rough, utterly profane surfaces, it is a spiritual tradition of abstraction that Martin’s work draws from: Native American folklore, religious mysticism, anthroposophist symbolism, the landscape painting of North American romanticism--and the great melting pot of New York City itself, where Martin has lived since 1975.

Chris Martin: Staring into the Sun

Nickas, Bob

Bang Larsen, Lars

Evers, Elodie

Individual Artists

Walther König, Köln

Exploding the confines of the canvas, Berlin artist Katharina Grosse (born 1961) makes installations with sprayed paintings that transform gallery and museum settings into colorful wraparound environments. No advocate of soothing effects in art, Grosse has built an oeuvre over the past two decades that is surveyed in this first retrospective volume.

Katharina Grosse: Shadowbox

Degner, Uta

Blomberg, Katja

New edition of this seminal 1953 study of lighting for the modern era Showcasing mid-century modern design that is as relevant now as ever More than 250 original images show the design trends of important manufacturers from America, Scandinavia, Germany and Italy Apart from numerous lesser known designs, one can also see lighting by prominent artists, designers and architects Essential for collectors and afficiandos of 20th-century lighting and design In 1953 Alexander Koch published his book Neuzeitliche Leuchten. Nowadays Koch's then selection of lighting by international designers and manufacturers seems truly visionary. He presents a spectrum of diverse designs, whose origins lay not only in the addition of basic geometrical shapes as with the pre-war avant-gardists, but also in the respective temperaments of the different countries of origin. It is very apparent that after the war America, Scandinavia and Italy exerted a strong influence on designs hitherto rather dominated by Bauhaus purism in Germany. As in architecture, one can also speak of an 'international style' with regard to lighting design. Despite the new orientation towards linear, dynamically flowing forms that cross national borders, diversity within the sculptural appearance of lighting itself remains important as the primary design goal, along with the effect the lighting exudes. The space-defining quality of modern era lighting has been dedicated its own chapter, in which interiors by Richard Neutra and Walter Gropius, among others, testify to the scenographic potential of the new lighting culture. More than 250 original images show the design trends of important manufacturers from America, Scandinavia, Germany and Italy. Apart from numerous lesser known designs, one can also see lighting by prominent artists, designers and architects. This new edition of the almost obsolete original book is an indispensable standard work for collectors and modern lighting enthusiasts. Designers featured include Isamu Noguchi (US), Jean Royère (FR), Pier Giacomo Castiglioni (IT), Gino Sarfatti (IT), Wolfgang Tümpel (DE), Alexey Brodovich (US), Paavo Tynell (FI), Franco Buzzi (IT), Arvid Böhlmarks (SE), Herta Witzemann (DE), Walter Gropius (US) and Richard Neutra (US). Contents: Desk-Lamps Working Lamps Floor-Lamps Wall-Lamps Ceiling-Lamps Light Within Space Text in English, German and French.

Modern Lighting of the '50's (German and English Edition)

Reference

Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt

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