Book of the Day > Bad Luck Hot Rocks: Conscience Letters and Photographs From the Petrified Forest
Book of the Day > Bad Luck Hot Rocks: Conscience Letters and Photographs From the Petrified Forest. Published by Ice Plant. "The Petrified Forest National Park in Northeast Arizona protects one of the largest deposits of petrified wood in the world. Despite stern warnings, visitors remove several tons of petrified wood from the park each year, often returning these rocks by mail (sometimes years later), accompanied by a "conscience letter." These letters often include stories of misfortune attributed directly to their theft: car troubles, cats with cancer, deaths of family members, etc. Some writers hope that by returning these stolen rocks, good fortune will return to their lives, while others simply apologize or ask forgiveness. "They are beautiful," reads one letter, "but I can't enjoy them. They weigh like a ton of bricks on my conscience. Sorry…." Bad Luck, Hot Rocks documents this ongoing phenomenon, combining a series of original photographs of these otherworldly "bad luck rocks" with facsimiles of intimate, oddly entertaining letters from the park's archives."
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THOMAS DEMAND: THE DAILIES - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Demand, Thomas. Text by Hal Foster. MACK, 2015. "Working within the parameters of his established technique, Thomas Demand created carefully formed paper and card sculptures, a parallel world which is photographed and then destroyed. The Dailies offers only traces – signs of consumption, or the spectres of things left behind. His creations are based on things he saw and photographs he took while travelling and walking the street. They show a world that is familiar but out of reach, like the dancing coloured pins on a clothesline, suspended somewhere between the overfamiliar and the hallucinatory – as if a chance apparition, glimpsed momentarily, before it vanishes into its habitat.
The images lure the viewer into a mirror world, a twin universe made only of paper. But the imperfect models are awash with discrepancies from actual things, and as such, they act as small ruptures that complicate the old indexical bond between a photograph and reality. Demand describes the series as Haiku poetry, simple fragments strung together to inspire reflection; they are the stock of our daily lives, but as they trigger deja vu through performed repetition, they ask us to look again, anew, to find in the repertoire an ordinary but redemptive beauty.
Demand’s work has been shown extensively across the world and is included in most of the significant private and institutional collections. Recent books include Model Studies (Ivory Press, 2011) and Blossom with the poet Ben Lerner (MACK, 2015).
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "The Dailies" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 9781910164402 Inventory Number: E000TDTD -
TIM CARPENTER: LOCAL OBJECTS - DELUXE LIMITED EDITION OF THIRTY COPIES WITH A SILVER GELATIN PRINT
(CARPENTER, TIM). Carpenter, Tim. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2017. First Edition 1/30 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (144pp), 74 duotone illustrations. "Borrowing its title from the Wallace Stevens poem in which “little existed for him but the few things / for which a fresh name always occurred,” Tim Carpenter’s "Local Objects" is a solid yet remarkably unassuming body of work: a calm, steady rhythm of seventy-four medium format photographs made in the semi-rural American Midwest. While each picture meticulously frames the seemingly random non-activity of a typical ‘street view’ image, Carpenter’s contemplative sequencing allows a surprising harmony of natural and geometric motifs to modulate quietly throughout the book - an interplay of minor chords that draw the viewer into this specific physical place (mostly central Illinois, where he grew up) and the subjective, literary space of the work. Detached from the urgency of current affairs, stripped of all excess, Carpenter’s photographs reflect a poetic attempt to see “the thing in itself,” to make meaning with the barest tools possible". A brand new, pristine example of deluxe The Ice Plant first edition limited to thirty SIGNED copies in a hand-stamped, NUMBERED slipcase accompanied by a SIGNED AND NUMBERED 4 1/4 x 3 3/8" Silver Gelatin print.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Local Objects" will be signed Saturday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-0-9897859-9-0 Inventory Number: E000TCLO-LTD -
SIMONE SHUBUCK
(SHUBUCK, SIMONE). Shubuck, Simone, Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey & Alex Wagner. New York, NY: Self-published. Printed in Poland by Szaransky, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
"In the summer of 2017, Simone Shubuck launched WIFEY, a Brooklyn pop up that fused art, food, ceramics, flowers, and bit of retail in an elevated DIY way. During the process, Shubuck realized that so much of what she was doing directly connected to a show she staged as a student at the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 1990s. Wanting to formalize that multi-decade connection, she decided to make a book.
While at the Art institute, Shubuck studied painting, but probably spent more time tagging on the streets in the middle of the night than in her studio. When it came time to produce her student show, she constructed ten very unusual fake cakes festooned with pink ham hocks, a school of fresh sardines, a tent of chicken feet, and live crickets within a hat box within a cake. It was these images that attracted chefs Ignacio Mattos and Natasha Pickowicz of Estela, Flora Bar, and Cafe Altro Paradiso to the project. They became partners and began experimenting with dreamy layers cakes, which were served at WIFEY and were met with great acclaim.
As described by Ella Riley-Adams on Vogue.com: "She had made a paged project before; a short run of 'zines for Natasha Pickowicz’s bake sale benefit at Altro Paradiso. “It had more of a punk vibe,” Shubuck says—150 copies, printed in Chinatown. The new book feels more like a collector’s item: a retrospective of off-kilter cakes, blossoming drawings, and character-filled ceramics that charts Shubuck’s creative course that would make the ideal gift for the cool girl in your life. As Alex Wagner writes, next to a bright yellow page in the book: “Simone’s work - on paper, in clay, in life! - retains a glorious sense of mess and possibility and freedom.”
Includes texts by Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey, and Alex Wagner.
0-692-07877-0 Inventory Number: E000SS -
SOVO// MAGAZINE [ISSUE 5]: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
(SOVO// MAGAZINE). Amar, Farida, Editor. Los Angeles, CA: SOVO// Magazine, 2019. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Loose Inserts in a Lucite Slipcase. Culture and Arts Periodical. As New. np, profusely illustrated in b&w.
SOVO// Magazine is an independent, quarterly art publication made in South Los Angeles. Its creators have taken on the task of entrepreneurship with the creation of this unique print publication over the past year and a half, and in doing so have developed a deep respect for both the passion and sacrifice it takes to bring a business model to life. Hot-off-the-press, [ Issue 5 ] titled "Entrepreneurship" shares eleven never-before-released editorials from their experience working with local LA entrepreneurs for the first time - each of which has been uniquely designed and handmade to convey the story of the company represented. This issue is filled with inspiring stories of individuals who have turned each challenge into everyday victories, proving that it is possible to live the dream, even when things don’t go as planned. Its photographers are Adam Hutsell, Ashley Guo, Jeff Leavitt, Jon Pham, Milana Burdette, Niko Sonnberger, Included editorially are Lee Kaplan of Arcana: Books on the Arts, Jen Berkowitz & Leila Barratt-Deyner of Electric Pony Studios, The Griffith Family of Imperial Equestrian Center, Robin Petgrave of Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Theresa Baxter of Allmost Studio & Gallery, Charlie James of Charlie James Gallery, Elisabet Spaulding of Uplifters Kitchen, Sean Knibb of Flowerboy Project, Rick Garzon of Residency Gallery, Michael Delgado of A.G. Geiger Books, and Oren Pius of Cosmic Vinyl. A brand new, most handsome example of the new issue of this luxe publication limited to five hundred copies.
Inventory Number: E000SOVO5$150.00 InquireFiled Under: California Artists and Arts, Graphic Design, Limited Editions, Periodicals, Photography -
STEVE BANKS: NEW VOGUE BEAUTY SALON - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(BANKS, STEVE). Banks, Steve. Los Angeles: Deadbeat Club Press, 2018. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Stapled Wrappers with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (32pp), 30 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by Clint Woodside.
"In February 1967 I won a spot in Richard Avedon and Marvin Israel’s eight-week photography master class. These meetings took place at Avedon’s New York Upper East Side studio. Everyone, including invited guests (photographers Diane Arbus, Hiro, Lee Friedlander) would gather around two sheets of plywood set up on sawhorses and critique each week’s assignments. I had decided to photograph beauty parlors..." These gritty images were captured in 1967 at Stamford, Connecticut's "New Vogue Beauty Salon" A brand new, pristine example of this charming volume - the sixty-third installment of Deadbeat Club Press' publications - limited to three hundred copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Steve Banks" in black ink on the rear colophon.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “New Vogue Beauty Salon” will be signed by Steve Banks at our event on Saturday, July 27th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 30th. 978-0999829837 Inventory Number: E000SBNVBS -
ROGER HERMAN: CERAMICS - SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES
(HERMAN, ROGER). Connors, Matt & Roger Herman. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 2019. First Edition 1/250. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 426pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Ross McLain / Art Design Office. This is the massive, beautifully illustrated book documenting Roger Herman's polychrome ceramics.It features a brief text by artist Matt Connors, followed by hundreds and hundreds of color images of nearly two decades worth of the noted Los Angeles artist's striking pieces. A brand new, pristine example of this comprehensive monograph limited to two hundred and fifty copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in pencil on the title page, as issued.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Roger Herman: Ceramics" will be signed at our event on Saturday, July 20th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, July 23rd. 0-578-50456-1 Inventory Number: E000RHC -
MONA KUHN: BUSHES & SUCCULENTS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(KUHN, MONA). Kuhn, Mona. London, UK: Stanley / Barker, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Cloth With Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 60pp, 120 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by The Entente.
Born in Brazil, photographer Mona Kuhn currently resides in Los Angeles. Through intimacy with her subjects, knowledge of traditional iconography, and technical mastery, Kuhn portrays the complexities of human nature, both tempting and provoking our imagination. "Bushes & Succulents" is Mona Kuhn’s celebration of the female essence - confident, raw and elegant, yet confrontational and unapologetic.
Reminiscent of Georgia O'Keeffe's floral paintings, your eyes wander around the graceful lines, not knowing exactly what you are looking at. Kuhn's use of the solarization process reveals human imperfections in the metallic brilliance of the skin, and brings to the surface a woman’s struggles, strengths, and power. The photographer states “The frame reminded me of early childhood, at age eight or so, when I would jump in the shower with my mother. It resonates an adoration and child-like curiosity for what it is to be a woman. My intention is not to objectify the body, but to celebrate the female body and its essence.” A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by the photographer.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Bushes and Succulents" will be signed by Mona Kuhn at the event on Saturday, December 8th, and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 11th.
978-1-9164106-1-9 Inventory Number: E000MKB&S -
MICHAEL JANG: WHO IS MICHAEL JANG? - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(JANG, MICHAEL). Jang, Michael & Kingston Trinder. Introduction by Sandra Phillips. Foreword by Erik Kessels. Pascale Georgiev, Editor. London, UK: Atelier Editions, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 280pp, 198 b&w and 25 color illustrations.
“Who is Michael Jang? I don’t know if he’s a hipster or a nerd, a conceptual genius or instinctual savant. All I know is that he takes some of the best pictures I’ve ever seen.” - Alec Soth
San Francisco–based photographer Michael Jang spent nearly four decades working as a successful commercial portrait photographer. Unbeknownst to the world, however, he was simultaneously assembling a vast archive of thousands of remarkable images documenting, variously: college days, Hollywood celebrities, would-be weather presenters, San Francisco street scenes, his family, Bay Area punks, and adolescent garage bands. For almost forty years Jang revealed nothing of his ever-expanding, eclectic archive until 2001, when he submitted a number of images for consideration to San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art. Jang’s work attracted immediate acclaim, and for the past decade he has continued to unveil his considerable oeuvre in national and international exhibitions and monographs. The photographer’s first major monograph, "Who Is Michael Jang?" highlights Jang's most important bodies of work. Introduced by his longtime collaborator and SFMoMA curator emerita of photography, Sandra Phillips, this volume offers readers a long-overdue introduction to Jang’s incredible images." A brand new, most handsome example of this charming, beautifully produced volume from Atelier Editions additionally SIGNED by the photographer in ink.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “Who Is Michael Jang?” will be signed at our event on Saturday, October 5th, and shipped beginning Tuesday, October 8th. 978-0997593594 Inventory Number: E000MJWIMJ$65.00 InquireFiled Under: California Artists and Arts, Cinema, Music + Sound Art, Photography Monographs, Signed Books -
JOHN DIVOLA: VANDALISM - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(DIVOLA, JOHN). Divola, John. London, UK: MACK, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
120pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Between 1974 and 1975, American photographer John Divola – then in his mid twenties and without a studio of his own – traveled across Los Angeles in search of dilapidated properties in which to make photographs. Armed with a camera, spray paint, string and cardboard, the artist would produce one of his most significant photographic projects entitled "Vandalism". In this visceral, black and white series of images Divola vandalized vacant homes with abstract constellations of graffiti-like marks, ritualistic configurations of string hooked to pins, and torn arrangements of card, before photographing the results. The project vigorously merged the documentary approach of forensic photography with staged interventions echoing sculpture, performance, and installation art. Serving as a conceptual sabotaging of the delineations between such documentary and artistic practices at a time when the ‘truthfulness’ of photography was being called into question, "Vandalism" helped to establish Divola’s highly distinctive photographic language". A brand new, pristine example of the 2018 first MACK Books edition. additionally SIGNED by photographer John Divola.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Vandalism" will be signed by Mr. Divola at Arcana on Saturday, May 12th and shipped beginning Tuesday, May 15th. If you would like to pre-order a signed copy and collect it at the event, please indicate this in the "Notes" section of your order.
978-1-912339-00-6 Inventory Number: E000JDV -
GOD SAVE SEX PISTOLS - DELUXE EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR JOHAN KUGELBERG
Johan Kugelberg with Jon Savage & Glenn Terry. Anthology Editions. New. An enhanced edition of the original Rizzoli publication, God Save Sex Pistols offers an unseen visual history of the incendiary punk band. Published to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the Sex Pistol’s iconic first record release Anarchy in the UK, Johan Kugelberg, noted writer Jon Savage, and premiere Sex Pistols archivist Glenn Terry draw on an unprecedented wealth of material to produce the most comprehensive visual history of the band ever produced. From McLaren’s handwritten letters to never-before-seen photographs of the band, Jamie Reid’s iconic album artwork, and a range of ephemera from concert tickets to fanzines, this book is a definitive celebration of a group that helped define a movement.
Limited run of 2000.
Deluxe Edition Includes:
- Hardcover Book (First Edition)
- Bondage inspired, 5mm “rubber” slipcase designed by Zevs
- Newsprint companion book with rare press clippings
- Screen on the Green silkscreened event poster print
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About The Editors:
Johan Kugelberg is an editor, curator, and the author of numerous publications, including The Velvet Underground: A New York Art and Punk: An Aesthetic. Jon Savage is the author of England’s Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock and Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture. Glenn Terry is the proprietor of Vicious Sloth Collectables in Melbourne, Australia, and considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sex Pistols history.
Books will be signed by Mr. Kugelberg at the Printed Matter Los Angeles Art Book Fair on 2/23 and mailed to buyers on Tuesday, 2/28. Inventory Number: e000GSSP-DLX -
FUMI ISHINO: ROWING A TETRAPOD
Ishino, Fumi. MACK, 2017. Rowing a Tetrapod brings together a fluctuating array of black and white photographs made in multiple locations in the United States and Japan, between which countries emerging artist Fumi Ishino has resided. The work channels his nomadic experience of moving back and forth between two distinct cultures, with divergent social norms and values. Following an aleatoric structure, the book presents images as diverse as Japanese school children, American astronauts, vernacular architecture, laboratory scenes, local cuisines, animals and studio still-lifes. Blurring distinctions between the local and the foreign, the domestic and the cosmic, Rowing a Tetrapod delights in confusing cultural conceptions, fabricating an imaginary space that is bent towards misinterpretation.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Rowing a Tetrapod" will be signed Sunday, December 9th and shipped starting on Tuesday, December 12th. 978-1-910164-92-1 Inventory Number: E000FIRAT -
ED TEMPLETON: TANGENTIALLY PARENTHETICAL - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed. Davenport, CA: Um Yeah Arts, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 160pp, Profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Ed Templeton.
"Tangentially Parenthetical" is a selection of photographs from Ed Templeton's vast street photography archive - curated, arranged and then rearranged by the man himself. The follow up to his 2014 Um Yeah Arts survey "Wayward Cognitions", "Tangentially Parenthetical" picks up where the latter collection ended. By combining intimate, accidental, and unconnected moments into one linear piece of work, he tells hundreds of new stories through the thoughtful arrangement of semi-related yet completely unfastened imagery. "I'm out there shooting photos all the time that don't necessarily fall under any theme other than general life," says Templeton, "which is a lame title for a book." With a wink to the absurd, sandwiched between a cover of patterned parentheses and with an afterword built from his own stream-of-consciousness storytelling, Templeton delivers a visual mountain from an archive of stunning molehills in which the images are carefully chosen, shuffled by hand, and laid out with the dueling impulses of wonder and wit. A brand new, pristine example additionally SIGNED by Ed Templeton.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Tangentially Parenthetical" will be signed by the photographer at our event on Sunday, December 2nd and shipped beginning Tuesday, December 4th.
978-1942884323 Inventory Number: E000ETTP -
ED PANAR: ANIMALS THAT SAW ME, VOLUME 2 - SIGNED!
Panar, Ed. Essay by Timothy Morton. Los Angeles: The Ice Plant, 2016.
Can non-humans care? Of course they can. Can we?
— Timothy Morton
Animals That Saw Me: Volume Two pairs a new collection of photographs from the observational wanderings of Ed Panar with an original essay on “being seen” by speculative realist philosopher Timothy Morton. Extending the project Panar began in 2011 with Animals That Saw Me: Volume One, this 'sequel' draws from recent work and newly discovered gems from his vast back catalogue to depict a series of brief, shared encounters with various (non-human) species — mammal, reptile, bird, insect — as they seem to behold the (human) photographer. Edited for the viewer’s maximum delight, the pictures embody a whimsical concept with surprisingly complex ramifications under the surface. Why do we distinguish between “us” and “them,” and what exists in the space between these distinctions? What does it mean to make “eye contact” with another species? What does the presence of a camera add to this phenomenon? Channeling the thoughtful humor, wonder and peculiar engagement with the world that made Panar's first volume an instant hit, this volume revisits and digs deeper into the question: “Why do we assume that it’s only us who does the looking?”
Books will be signed by Mr. Panar on November 12th and shipped on November 15th.
9780982365342 Inventory Number: e000EPA2 -
THE SWIMMING POOL: PHOTOGRAPHS 2007-2015 - SIGNED BY DEANNA TEMPLETON
(TEMPLETON, DEANNA). Templeton, Deanna & Ed Templeton. Davenport, CA: Um Yeah Arts, 2016. Second Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
np (96pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Ed Templeton. "The Swimming Pool" is a new photographic essay from California-based street photographer Deanna Templeton. The series was born after an impromptu nude swimming-pool shoot of husband and artist Ed Templeton, which spurred an eight-year journey in the study of light, expression and the enigma of water. Shooting entirely on color, black and white, and Polaroid film, Templeton sent friends into the pool to be photographed in their truest form. Unlike her street photography, in which subjects were often strangers, Templeton found that creating these portraits required more intimacy and connection - a feeling that is apparent throughout every image in the series. As Ed Templeton writes in his afterword to this volume, "the nude swimmer is floating in a void of quiet solitude, the gentle pressure of being underwater enclosing her form like a baby in a womb and nothing exists outside of this world. A lone figure amidst a sea of blues and greys and frenetic sunlight performing a solitary dance for the photographer above, choosing movements and directions, twisting and swooping, contorting and expelling breaths painting a picture of form and light together". A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Deanna Templeton.
978-194288400 Inventory Number: E000DTSP -
dosa glossary, a-z - SIGNED BY CHRISTINA KIM
dosa. Design by Lorrane Wild and Amy Fortunato, Illustrations by Patricia Curtan. Published by dosa $ 30.00. Folded Newsprint, 108 pages.
A collection of techniques, textiles, people, and organizations involved with dosa, past and present. Information is based on our notes from the field - insights gained working side by side with artisans, knowledge shared with us firsthand, and reference material from books picked up along our travels. Entries include a brief description and geographical origin or region of reference. This glossary is a continual work-in-progress.
10.75" x 15.75" unbound paper
This will be signed by Ms. Kim at our event on December 16th and shipped on December 19th.
978-0-9978446-0-3 Inventory Number: e000dosa -
DEWEY NICKS: PHOTOGRAPHS OF WOMEN
(NICKS, DEWEY). Nicks, Dewey. Introduction by Brad Dunning. Santa Barbara, CA: T. Adler Books, 2018. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Pictorial Boards in Plastic Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. American photographer Dewey Nicks roared into the 1990s magazine world by filling his shoots with fascinating people and a vibe of boundless energy and nonstop fun. Publications such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, W and Vanity Fair kept Nicks moving seamlessly between celebrity, fashion and advertising assignments, his portfolio amassing a who's who of iconic women, including Cindy Crawford, Natalie Portman, Sofia Coppola, Patricia Arquette, Shalom Harlow and Cher, to name only a few.
Nicks recently found a forgotten box buried deep in his archive with thousands of Polaroids from his 1990s photo sessions. These one-of-a-kind favorites saved from hundreds of shoots, both private and assigned, offer an intimate portrait into Nicks' life, friends and work. The immediacy of Polaroids combined with the natural fading of the physical print after decades in a shoebox makes each of these images singularly unique and tangibly genuine. Nicks was so smitten with this time capsule of images that he immediately shared them with his frequent collaborator, book designer and publisher Tom Adler, and this beautifully produced book was born.
Mr. Nicks will be signing books at Arcana on Sunday, November 4th. Orders will ship on Tuesday, November 6th.
978-1942884347 Inventory Number: E000DNPW -
DAFI KÜHNE: TRUE PRINT - SIGNED BY THE DESIGNER
(KUHNE, DAFI). Kühne, Dafi, David Shields and Rudolf Barmettler. Reto Caduff, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Lars Müller Publishers, 2017. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Graphic Design Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 192pp, 182 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English.Designed by Dafi Kühne.
"Dafi Kühne is a Swiss designer who works with analog and digital ways to produce fresh and unique letterpress-printed posters. Using very different kinds of instruments - from a MacBook to a pantograph - for his compositions, he pushes the boundaries of design. Never afraid of getting his hands dirty in his creative workshop, Kühne embraces the labor involved in the entire process of creating a poster from initial idea to finished product. Fusing modern means with the centuries-old tradition of the letterpress, he forms a new vocabulary on how to communicate through type and form in a truly un-nostalgic way. Never retro, his work is a clever response to the search for new ways of graphic expression: true print. "True Print" is his first comprehensive monograph published by Lars Müller". A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by the designer.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "True Print" will be signed by Dafi Kühne at the event on Saturday, March 2nd, and shipped starting on Tuesday, March 5th.
3-03-778509-8 Inventory Number: E000DKTP -
DEANNA + ED TEMPLETON: CONTEMPORARY SUBURBIUM - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
(TEMPLETON, ED) (TEMPLETON, DEANNA). Templeton, Deanna and Ed. Paso Robles, CA: Nazraeli Press, 2017. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Cloth with Pastedown in a Plastic Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. *
np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ed Templeton. Hot off the Nazraeli Press, "Contemporary Suburbium" is the beautifully produced collaboration between photographers Ed and Deanna Templeton. Presented as a double-sided accordion-fold leporello bound between two boards, each utilizes a full side to provide a linear documentary of the goings-on of their OC neighbors over the past fifteen years. A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to two thousand unnumbered copies in the publisher's printed plastic slipcase additionally SIGNED by both Ed and Deanna Templeton in ink.
Check out our other Templeton-related offerings for sale here: https://www.arcanabooks.com/catalog/category/ed-templeton/ 978-1-59005-478-9 Inventory Number: E000DETCS -
ANTHONY WILSON: SONGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(WILSON, ANTHONY). Wilson, Anthony. Gottingen, GERMANY: Little Steidl, 2018. First Edition. Large Square Quarto. Clothbound Book + 12" Vinyl LP in Sleeve, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color + 12" 180 gram Vinyl LP. Designed by Nina Holland / Little Steidl.
In the new album and photobook Songs and Photographs - beautifully produced in collaboration with German artbook publisher Little Steidl - Anthony Wilson brings together a collection of his songs and 35mm photographs that opens a new chapter in his broadening quest for personal and musical authenticity.
"Most mornings I wake up and go out wandering with my camera, sometimes in my hometown of Los Angeles, often in places around the world where I am traveling on tour. I look, watch, and take in the space around me. I’m conscious of my attentive state, totally absorbed in noticing things. My path determines itself, each picture leads me to the next. It’s a meandering journey through a landscape or cityscape, but also through my own personal experience. Often the smallest things are what stop me in my tracks and compel me to point the camera and snap the shutter.
In Songs and Photographs, the visual and musical paths of my process converge into a single work in which the songs and the photographs speak back and forth to each other."
Born in Los Angeles in 1968, guitarist and composer Anthony Wilson is known for a body of work that moves fluidly across genres. The son of legendary jazz trumpeter and bandleader Gerald Wilson, his musical lineage has deeply influenced his creative trajectory, compositional choices, instrumental groupings, and the wide-ranging twelve album discography that blooms out of them.
An inventive soloist and sensitive accompanist, Over the past two decades Wilson has joined a diverse roster of jazz masters on their recordings and performances, including Ron Carter, Mose Allison, Bobby Hutcherson, Madeleine Peyroux, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Harold Land and Diana Krall. And while his footing is firmly rooted in the jazz idiom, Wilson pivots with ease into other genres, having contributed his instrumental texture and improvisational authority to albums by pop music legends Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Leon Russell, Aaron Neville, and Barbra Streisand.
Wilson was awarded the Thelonious Monk Institute International Composers’ Award in 1995. He has also received commissions from Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, the International Association of Jazz Education, and the Henry Mancini Institute. In 2018, he was selected as a MacDowell Colony fellow. A brand new, pristine example additionally SIGNED by Anthony Wilson.
PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Songs and Photographs" will be signed by Mr Wilson at our event on Sunday, December 9th and shipped beginning Tuesday, December 12th.
978-3-944630-04-5 Inventory Number: E000AWSAP -
THIS IS MEXICO CITY
Low, Abby Clawson. New York, NY: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 2018. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Travel Guide. As New. 304pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w.
Abby Clawson Low is a design director specializing in identity and publication design. Her studio projects range from logos, websites, and books to self-published projects and collaborations - including work for The New York Times Magazine, Kid O products, Madewell, New York magazine, Abrams Books, Melcher Media, Partners & Spade, Mayle, Seersucker, CHANCE, and Harvey Faircloth.
This gorgeous travel and look book is a love letter to Mexico City that celebrates in photographs and descriptive text the cultural, architectural, design, art, and culinary destinations in this extremely popular and vibrant destination. Vast and exciting, Mexico City has so much to offer for both tourists and locals. "This Is Mexico City" is a visual and descriptive guide with an emphasis on design, art, architecture, and culture, showcasing the best museums (both traditional and off-the-beaten-path), old-school mercados, public art, locals’ favorite restaurants - from the fancy to the food trucks, and more. This lifestyle-driven city tour will captivate Mexico City’s residents, future and past visitors, and even armchair travelers. A brand new, pristine example.
978-1524762117 Inventory Number: E000ACLTIMC -
ALEC BYRNE: LITHOGRAPH FOR "ROCK & ROLL TIME CAPSULE" - SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION
(BYRNE, ALEC). Uber Archives. Los Angeles: Uber Archives, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 36 x 24". Exhibition Poster. As New.. One 36 x 24" heavy paper sheet printed photolthographically recto only, 1 monochrome illustration.
This is the striking lithograph published in conjunction with "Rock & Roll Time Capsule" - the one-evening-only 2012 exhibition of the rediscovered sixties and seventies rock 'n' roll images of British photographer Alec Byrne. It features an image of Jimi Hendrix backstage at London's Saville Theatre from May 1967 that is the lead image for Byrne's new full-length book, "London Rock - The Unseen Archive". A brand new, pristine example of the 2012 first and only printing limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the photographer rolled in a heavy poster tube, as issued.
PLEASE NOTE: These signed posters will be available at Arcana on Sunday, December 17th, and orders will ship beginning on Tuesday, December 19th.
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ALEC BYRNE: LONDON ROCK - THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE - THE SIGNATURE EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WHO
(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.
Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of The Who SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,
PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-WHO -
ALEC BYRNE: LONDON ROCK - THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE - THE SIGNATURE EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF JOHN LENNON
(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.
Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of John Lennon SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,
PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-LENNON -
ALEC BYRNE: LONDON ROCK - THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE - THE SIGNATURE EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF JIMI HENDRIX WITH MICK JAGGER
(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 8vo. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.
Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,
PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" pre-orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-HENDRIX-JAGGER -
ALEC BYRNE: LONDON ROCK - THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE - THE DELUXE SIGNATURE EDITION WITH SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BEATLES, DAVID BOWIE, JIMI HENDRIX WITH MICK JAGGER, JOHN LENNON, AND THE WHO
(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the "Signature Edition Deluxe" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by five matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photographs of The Beatles, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and The Who each SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,
PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-DELUXE-SIGNATURE -
ALEC BYRNE: LONDON ROCK - THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE - THE SIGNATURE EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF DAVID BOWIE
(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.
Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of Jimi Hendrix with Mick Jagger SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,
PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD-BOWIE -
ALEC BYRNE: LONDON ROCK - THE UNSEEN ARCHIVE - THE SIGNATURE EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BEATLES
(BYRNE, ALEC). Byrne, Alec. Los Angeles: Uber Editions, 2017. First Edition 1/25 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards in a Pictorial Box. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 254pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color.
Photographer Alec Byrne covered the British rock and roll scene from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s - the height of rock revolution. Legendary performers such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Who, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, The Hollies, and David Bowie passed through Swinging London and provided provocative fodder for the prolific young lensman. Byrne’s resulting archive of rock-and-roll photos disappeared out of sight and into storage for close to four decades before being reintroduced to the world in late 2012 with an acclaimed one-night show in Los Angeles attended by more than one thousand people. Since then, the work has been featured during the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony and acquired by London's National Portrait Gallery. Through rare live performance images, intimate portraits, and candid captures of the scene, "Alec Byrne: The Unseen Archive" – the photographer’s first feature-length book - brings the era into stunning focus, painting an evocative picture of an inimitable time and place. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe "Signature Edition" limited to twenty-five SIGNED copies housed in the publisher's printed box accompanied by a matted 12 x 10" archival silver gelatin photograph of The Beatles SIGNED, NUMBERED, and affixed with Alec Byrne’s vintage studio stamp, as issued,
PLEASE NOTE: The silver gelatin photographic prints that accompany the limited "Signature Edition" copies of “London Rock - The Unseen Archive” are currently in production with scheduled delivery from Mr. Byrne's lab to Arcana on December 27th. We will ship all "Signature Edition" orders immediately thereafter, and do regret these almost certainly will not be available before the Holidays. Inventory Number: E000ABLR-LTD BEATLES -
ALL-AMERICAN XVIII: FACING THE WORLD
(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce.. New York: Little Bear Press, 2018. First Edition, 1/2000. 4to. Wrappers. As New.. In a time when outrage, intolerance and violence seem to dominate the national conversation, how do we face this world? While the eighteenth edition of Bruce Weber’s All-American makes no claims to know the answer, it attempts to approach the question on a human scale: How can we help these kids? How can we learn from the past? How best to be true to ourselves? The principal characters here are everyday people, the challenges they face nothing shocking or newsworthy. But all of them shine through their simple commitment to making the world better in some modest but meaningful way.
Carlos Javier Ortiz appeals the conscience of our immigrant nation in his powerful photographs of migrant farm laborers. Thema Campbell casts a protective embrace over some of the most vulnerable among us—adolescent girls from underprivileged backgrounds—through her advocacy group “Girl Power.” Tony Vaccaro’s photographs and stories reveal the healing potential of creativity for those who survive the horrors of war. Bruce Weber documents the March For Our Lives in Parkland, Florida and the enduring traditions of New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In two deeply personal photo essays, Weber also examines how the complexity of family relationships can mediate an increasingly unpredictable world. All-American XVIII continues its tradition of showcasing the work of rising talents in photography—this year, the recent SVA graduate and Charleston native Simons Finnerty examines the roots of his artistic practice on Kiawah Island. Inventory Number: AAXVIII -
ALEC SOTH: I KNOW HOW FURIOUSLY YOUR HEART IS BEATING
(Soth, Alec). Soth, Alec & Hanya Yanagihara. London: MACK, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Printed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 35 color illustrations. "Taking its name from a line in the Wallace Stevens’ poem "The Gray Room", Alec Soth’s latest book is a lyrical exploration of the limitations of photographic representation. While these large-format color photographs are made all over the world, they aren’t about any particular place or population. By a process of intimate and often extended engagement, Soth’s portraits and images of his subject’s surroundings involve an enquiry into the extent to which a photographic likeness can depict more than the outer surface of an individual, and perhaps even plumb the depths of something unknowable about both the sitter and the photographer. "After the publication of my last book about social life in America - "Songbook", and a retrospective of my four, large scale American projects - "Gathered Leaves", I went through a long period of rethinking my creative process. For over a year I stopped traveling and photographing people. I barely took any pictures at all. When I returned to photography, I wanted to strip the medium down to its primary elements. Rather than trying to make some sort of epic narrative about America, I wanted to simply spend time looking at other people and, hopefully, briefly glimpse their interior life. In order to try and access these lives, I made all of the photographs in interior spaces. While these rooms often exist in far-flung places, it’s only to emphasize that these pictures aren’t about any place in particular. Whether a picture is made in Odessa or Minneapolis, my goal was the same: to simply spend time in the presence of another beating heart". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2019 MACK first printing of this exquisite tome still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-912339-31-5 Inventory Number: 026075
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ALEC SOTH: SONGBOOK - SIGNED AND DATED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec. London: MACK, 2015. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Padded Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (144pp), 75 tritone illustrations. Designed by Alec Soth and Gregoire Pujade-Lauraine. "Known for his haunting portraits of solitary Americans in "Sleeping by the Mississippi" and "Broken Manual", Alec Soth has recently turned his lens toward community life in the country. To aid in his search, Soth assumed the increasingly obsolescent role of community newspaper reporter. From 2012 to 2014, Soth traveled state by state while working on his self-published newspaper, "The LBM Dispatch", as well as on assignment for the "New York Times" and others. From upstate New York to Silicon Valley, Soth attended hundreds of meetings, dances, festivals and communal gatherings in search of human interaction in an era of virtual social networks. With "Songbook", Soth has stripped these pictures of their news context in order to highlight the longing for connection at their root. Fragmentary, funny and sad, "Songbook" is a lyrical depiction of the tension between American individualism and the desire to be united". A brand new, pristine example of the 2015 first MACK printing of this awesome undertaking (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Alec Soth 2015" in the year of publication in black ink on the title page. 1-910164-02-X Inventory Number: 024756
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ALEC BYRNE: ROCK & ROLL TIME CAPSULE - SIGNED AND NUMBERED EDITION
(BYRNE, ALEC). Evans, Drew. Los Angeles: Uber Archives, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. As New.. np (54pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Rock & Roll Time Capsule" is the catalogue published in conjunction with a one-evening-only 2012 exhibition of the rediscovered sixties and seventies rock 'n' roll images of British photographer Alec Byrne. It presents amazing vintage shots of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, The Yardbirds, Bob Marley, T. Rex, The Doors, The Faces, Chuck Berry, and Roy Orbison - most being seen in print for the very first time! A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by the photographer, as issued.
PLEASE NOTE: These signed catalogues will be available at Arcana on Saturday, December 17th, and orders will ship beginning on Tuesday, December 19th.
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ANTON YELCHIN: IN CASE OF FIRE
(YELCHIN, ANTON). Cash Machine / FatherSons Press / Lurker LTD / Anton Yelchin, 2019. First Edition 1/400. Paperback. As new/No Jacket - As Issued.. A collection of photographs by Anton Yelchin with a beautiful introduction by Simon Pegg. Proceeds from purchase are donated to the Anton Yelchin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Charity Corporation based in California who's mission is to support and empower artists living with a disability or disease. More info at antonyelchinfoundation.org 0986391158 Inventory Number: 000YVICOF
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FORET INTERIEURE / INTERIOR FOREST: A PARTICIPATORY ART PROJECT BY ALEXANDRA GRANT - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST
(GRANT, ALEXANDRA). Grant, Alexandra, Helene Cixous, Robert Nashak, Pilar Tompkins Rivas & Isobel Whitelegg. Santa Monica, CA & Saint-Ouen, FRANCE: 18th Street Arts Center & Mains d'Oeuvres, 2016. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. 144pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and French. Designed by Jessica Fleischmann. With a biography, bibliography and exhibition history. "Forêt Intérieure / Interior Forest were a pair of exhibitions that took place at 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica, CA and Mains d’Œuvres in Saint-Ouen, France in 2013. Structured as a residency and exhibition at each venue, Forêt Intérieure / Interior Forest extended noted Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Grant’s studio practice into the arena of public engagement. The presentations included public drawing sessions to translate Hélène Cixous' novel “Philippines” into a large-scale work in each gallery via reading groups, artist collaborations, lectures, and performances. The twin exhibitions were curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Isabelle Le Normand, and Ann Stouvenel. This lively catalogue documenting both projects includes essays by Alexandra Grant, Robert Nashak, Pilar Tompkins Rivas, a public conversation with Alexandra Grant and Hélène Cixous, and a letter from Hélène Cixous. A brand new, pristine example of the 2016 first edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alexandra Grant" in black marker on the title page. 978-0-9908119-1-6 Inventory Number: 000AGFI
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Deanna Templeton: The Moon Has Lost Her Memory - SIGNED
WHITNEY'S PICK, JESS'S PICK. *
Please note: Subject to real-time availability.
""In "The Moon Has Lost Her Memory," Deanna Templeton strings together a selection of photographs from her archive, some dating as far back as 16 years, and knits them along with fragments from T.S. Eliot's “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” into a observational rumination on humankind and their activities under the cloak of night.
The poem and the images harmonize in the pleasing hum of street lamps and the surrounding shadows. In a dark corner of a cafe a bored couple await their bill staring out into oblivion as a flock of women squished into shiny dresses flutter across the street, cars headlamps filtering through their spindly legs balanced on high heels teetering along the asphalt. Her camera peers into open doors at forlorn men in bars drinking by themselves as the world dances around them reveling in the darkness. The light sings in her frames, long exposures seared into the film, both the glow of the moon and garish neon signs glancing off the faces her subjects as they move through the night.
Deanna Templeton’s sensitive eye gazes upon the after hours denizens of London, Barcelona, Los Angeles and Rome as they perform the rituals of the night, drunken gaiety for some and isolated solitude for others." Super Labo Inventory Number: SP17074 -
ZANDRA RHODES: 50 FABULOUS YEARS IN FASHION- SIGNED BY DAME ZANDRA RHODES
RHODES, ZANDRA. Dennis Nothdruft (Editor), Iris Apfel (Preface), Suzy Menkes (Foreword), and contributions by Marylou Luther, Anna Sui,, Joan Agajanian Quinn, Rajeev Sethi, Helena Matheopoulos, Mary Schoeser, Pierpaolo Piccioli . Yale University Press, September 17, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Boards. As new./No Jacket - As Issued..
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be signed by Dame Zandra Rhodes at Arcana on October 13th. Orders will be shipped beginning Tuesday, October 15th.
Celebrating decades of achievement by one of the foremost names in British fashion, whose vitality and influence continue to shine
Zandra Rhodes provides a luscious documentary of this leading British designer, spanning her 50-year career in fashion and textile design. The book showcases not only Rhodes’s work but also her vivid personality and creative energy. Both a fashion trailblazer and a consummate textile designer, she has influenced the work of contemporary labels such as Mary Katrantzou and Alice Temperley. The book honors the centrality of textile design in Rhodes’s work, while exploring the versatility of her imagination throughout her long career; contributors include Pierpaolo Piccioli (creative director of Valentino), Suzy Menkes (editor of Vogue International), and celebrated fashion designers Anna Sui and Rajeev Sethi. It also commemorates the 50th anniversary of the house of Zandra Rhodes, a British-owned and -made brand, and Rhodes’s successful establishment of the Fashion and Textile Museum in London.
9780300244304 Inventory Number: E000ZR -
Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move by Reece Jones
Jones, Reece. Verso Books, 2016.
A major new exploration of the refugee crisis, focusing on how borders are formed and policed
Forty thousand people died trying to cross international borders in the past decade, with the high-profile deaths along the shores of Europe only accounting for half of the grisly total.
Reece Jones argues that these deaths are not exceptional, but rather the result of state attempts to contain populations and control access to resources and opportunities. “We may live in an era of globalization,” he writes, “but much of the world is increasingly focused on limiting the free movement of people.”
In Violent Borders, Jones crosses the migrant trails of the world, documenting the billions of dollars spent on border security projects and their dire consequences for countless millions. While the poor are restricted by the lottery of birth to slum dwellings in the aftershocks of decolonization, the wealthy travel without constraint, exploiting pools of cheap labor and lax environmental regulations. With the growth of borders and resource enclosures, the deaths of migrants in search of a better life are intimately connected to climate change, environmental degradation, and the growth of global wealth inequality.
Books will be signed by Reece Jones at Arcana on 10/15 and shipped on 10/18. 9781784784713 Inventory Number: e000VBRJ -
TONY MANZELLA: TRUE IMAGE - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(MANZELLA, TONY). Manzella, Tony. Venice, CA: Verb Editions, 2017. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Pictorial Tabloid Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.
32 pages, four color offset on 17 x 11 1/2" tabloid newsprint
Edition of 1000 designed by David Blankenship for Because
Published by Verb Editions
“Excavating local landscapes. True Image is a photographic representation of our unseen surroundings.” - Tony Manzella
Inventory Number: E000TMTI -
TODD HIDO: INTIMATE DISTANCE, TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHS, A CHRONOLOGICAL ALBUM - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER!
Hido, Todd. Essay by David Campany, Texts by Katya Tylevich.. New York: Aperture Foundation, 2016. Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New.
"Intimate Distance" is the first comprehensive monograph charting the career of acclaimed American photographer Todd Hido. Though he has published many previous books of individual bodies of work, this sumptuous new Aperture publication gathers his most iconic images for the first time and brings a fresh perspective to his oeuvre with the inclusion of many unpublished photographs.
Well-known for his images of landscapes and suburban housing across the United States, and for his use of luminous color, Hido casts a distinctly cinematic eye across all that he photographs, digging deep into his memory and imagination for inspiration. David Campany introduces the work and looks specifically at Hido's cinematic influences and the kind of spectatorship the work demands. The book is organized chronologically, showing how his series overlap in exciting, new ways. Also featured are interviews with Hido and Katya Tylevich about the making of each of his monographs. From exterior to interior, surface observations to subconscious investigations, landscapes to nudes, this mid-career survey reveals insight into Hido's practice and illustrates how his unique focus has developed and shifted over time. A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by the photographer.
978-1597113601 Inventory Number: E000THID -
TODD HIDO: B-SIDES BOX SET: HOMING IN - SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(HIDO, TODD). Hido, Todd. Oakland, CA: B-Sides Boxed Sets, 2017. First Edition 1/2000. 16mo. Loose Plates in Plexiglas Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 50 loose 2 1/2 x 3 1/2" cardstock sheets printed offset recto and verso, 47 illustrations in color and b&w. "All photographers have a secret stash of photographs that float on the margins of published existence. Photographs that never quite fit into their current projects or are waiting to become the narrative of their next book or show, but that are too good to be left unused. They persist: the photographers pull them out, year after year, they recognize them as great images that should be shared, but the photos somehow frustratingly defy their years of shuffling into categorization or conventional use. This box set is those photographs, finally liberated from that file labeled "Orphans & Misfits. Todd Hido's second B-Sides Box Set, "Homing In", offers a new glimpse into Hido's highly prolific process and unveils unpublished "House Hunting" photographs, overlooked images of his muse Khrystyna, and brand new work made this year from the original set of David Lynch's "Twin Peaks". A brand new, most handsome example of this charming little set of fifty collector-type trading cards additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Todd Hido" in silver ink on the title card housed in the publisher's Plexiglas box, as issued. 1-5323-5128-3 Inventory Number: E000THB-SHI
