Humanity Magazine > From Citizens of Humanity
The good people at Citizens of Humanity produce a sumptuous and thoughtful book-like journal, HUMANITY (which you can pick up for free at Arcana!).
Issue 10 (Spring 2017) includes a great feature about Arcana's owner, Lee Kaplan, amongst the likes of the esteemed Venus Williams, Steve McCurry, Massimo Bottura, Norman Lear, Julian Schnabel, Gustavo Dudamel and more! Come in for a copy or read the full arcticle here.
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FANTASY LIFE: BASEBALL AND THE AMERICAN DREAM - SIGNED BY PHOTOGRAPHER TABITHA SOREN
Soren, Tabitha. With a short story by Dave Eggers and contributions by former and current minor league picks including Joe Blanton, Jeremy Brown, Drew Dickinson, Ben Fritz, Mark Kiger, Steve Obenchain, Chris Shank, Brian Stavisky, Nick Swisher, and Mark Teahen. New York: Aperture, Inc., 2017. First Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued.
In 2002, Tabitha Soren first began photographing a group of minor league draft picks for the Oakland A’s - young men coming into the major league farm system straight from high school or college. Since then, she has followed the players through their baseball lives, an alternate reality of long bus rides, on-field injuries, friendships and marriages entered and exited, constant motion, and very hard work, often for very little return. Some of the subjects, like Nick Swisher and Joe Blanton, have gone on to become well-known, respected players at the highest level of the game. Some left baseball to pursue other lines of work such as selling insurance, and coal mining. Others have struggled with poverty and even homelessness.
Fifteen years after that first shoot, Fantasy Life portrays a selection of these stories, gathering together a richly textured series of photographs taken on the field and behind the scenes at games, along with commentaries by each of the players and memorabilia from their lives from kindergarten-age baseball cards to x-rays of career injuries. Dave Eggers contributes a five-part short story that compellingly condenses the roller-coaster ride of the minor-league everyman, from youthful pursuit of stardom through the slog of endless hardscrabble games, to that moment of realization that success may not be just around the corner after all. Additionally, a number of the featured players add their own real-life experiences of trying to make it to “The Show.” Together, these elements evoke the enduring spirit of this quintessential American fantasy of making it in the major leagues.
PLEASE NOTE: Ms. Soren will be signing her book at Arcana on Saturday, April 29th. Orders will begin shipping Tuesday, May 2nd.
978-1-59711-385-4 Inventory Number: 000TSFL -
dosa | Arcana limited edition utility pouch
WHITNEY'S PICK.
Limited Edition dosa | Arcana foil stamped utility pouch. 5 1/4” x 8 1/4”
Organic cotton with pomegranate dye. Inventory Number: 000SP1617 -
Salad For President: A Cookbook Inspired By Artists - Signed by Julia Sherman!
Sherman, Julia. Abrams, 2017. New/No Jacket - As Issued.
The creator of the immensely popular Salad for President blog presents a visually rich collection of more than 75 salad recipes, with contributions and interviews by artists/creative professionals like William Wegman, Tauba Auerbach, Laurie Anderson, and Alice Waters.
Julia Sherman loves salad. In the book named after her popular blog, Sherman encourages her readers to consider salad an everyday indulgence that can include cocktails, soups, family style brunch dishes, and dinner-party entrées. Every part of the meal is reimagined with a fresh, vegetable obsessed perspective. This compendium of savory recipes will tempt readers in search of diverse offerings from light to hearty: Collard Chiffonade Salad with Roasted Garlic Dressing and Crouton Crumble, Heirloom Tomatoes with Crunchy Polenta Croutons, or Flank Steak and Bean Sprouts with Miso-Kimchi Dressing. On the lighter end there are Grilled Hearts of Palm with Mint and Triple Citrus, Persimmon Caprese, and fresh Blood Marys. The recipes, while not exclusively vegetarian, are vegetable-forward and focused on high-quality seasonal produce. Sherman also includes insider tips on pantry staples and growing your own salad garden of herbs and greens.
Salad—with its infinite possibilities—is a game of endless combinations, not stifling rules. And with that in mind, Salad for President offers a window into how artists approach preparing their favorite dishes. She visits sculptors, painters, photographers, and musicians in their homes and gardens, interviewing and photographing them as they cook. Utterly unique in its look into the worlds of food, art, and everyday practices, Salad for President is at once a practical resource for healthy, satisfying recipes and an inspiring look at creativity.
Books will be signed by Ms. Sherman on Sunday, 6/4 and sent on Tuesday, 6/6.
9781419724114 Inventory Number: 000SFP -
Scraps: Fashion, Textiles, and Creative Reuse by Susan Brown and Matilda McQuaid
Brown, Susan, and Matilda McQuaid. Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, 2016. The textile and fashion industries produce millions of tons of solid waste every year through the many processes used—from yarn production, weaving, knitting, dyeing, and finishing to apparel construction, quality inspection, and unsold goods—generating waste at each step. Typically, this waste is sent to landfills, incinerated, or, at best, recycled into low-quality fibers used for industrial applications. Scraps, published for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s exhibition of the same name, presents three designers’ alternative approaches to the shockingly high human and environmental costs of textile industry waste.
Christina Kim, founder of Los Angeles–based brand dosa; Reiko Sudo, cofounder of Tokyo textile firm NUNO; and Luisa Cevese, founder of Milan-based accessories and home goods company Riedizioni, all share a profound respect for scraps as repositories of raw materials, energy, labor, and creativity. Inspired by the long tradition of using handcraft to give new life to scraps and castoffs, each takes an entirely different approach to contending with textile waste, but all agree that there is much to be gained—aesthetically and financially, as well as environmentally and socially—by making recycling an integral part of their design practice.
The delicate beauty of the fabrics featured here ensures a seductive visual experience, framing the exploration of sustainable design practices: using materials and resources efficiently, providing meaningful labor, sustaining local craft traditions, and exploring new technologies as integral to the recycling process. Each copy of the book is bound in its own unique discarded Indian woodblock-printed textile with foil stamping.
Please note: This will be signed by Ms. Kim at our event on December 16th and shipped on December 19th. 9781942303176 Inventory Number: 000scraps -
RANCHES: HOME ON THE RANGE IN CALIFORNIA - SIGNED!
Appleton, Marc. Photographs by Melba Levick. Rizzoli, 2016.
The romantic and intriguing homes set in the idyllic landscapes of the great California ranches. The lure of the West has been strong in American history, representing the promise of beautiful, wild landscapes, broad vistas, clean air, and bright skies. Set on this magnificent land are the homes and their interiors—from the 150-year-old Rancho Camulos of Ramona fame to Jack London’s Beauty Ranch on the slopes of Sonoma Mountain to the working ranches of today. Ranches: Home on the Range in California presents an expression of a lifestyle steeped in self-sufficiency, love of the land, and unpretentiousness. Arising from the tradition of the Mexican land-grant ranchos and the spread of Spanish Catholic missions, the ranches of California have a long and multifaceted history, which is examined by author Marc Appleton, who himself can attest to the challenges and charms of ranch life. Located in dramatic landscapes of rolling hills, upon the sides of mountains, or in vast plains bordered by snow-capped mountains, the featured homes demonstrate archetypal types—from the Spanish-style hacienda form of historic Rancho Camulos, with its open porch and broad eaves, to the New England clapboard traditional, as seen in Jack London’s Beauty Ranch. At once a tribute to a historic form and a fading way of life, as well as a celebration of renewal, architectural beauty, and the romance of the West, this book offers the reader an immersive experience of living on the land.
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be signed by Marc Appleton and Melba Levick at Arcana on December 18th, and will ship on the 20th.
978-0847848669 Inventory Number: 000RANCHES -
Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community - Signed by Author John Chaich!
Chaich, John and Todd Oldham. Ammo Books, 2017. Hardcover. New.
Queer Threads: Crafting Identity and Community spotlights an international, intergenerational, intersectional mix of thirty artists who are remixing fiber craft traditions, such as crochet, embroidery, quilting, and sewing, while reconsidering the binaries of art and craft, masculine and feminine, and gay and straight.
Designed by Todd Oldham and edited by John Chaich, this 192-page, hardcover, 8 x 10-inch book features full-color spreads of each artist's work, along with intimate details of selections and artist studios, as well as an introductory essay by Chaich, who curated the exhibition of the same name that inspired this book.
To further examine how queerness informs their work in fiber and textiles, or vice versa, the artists are interviewed by makers and thinkers from the worlds of dance, design, fashion, media, music, museums, scholarship, and more—many members of the LGBTQ community themselves, and otherwise passionate allies.
Smart yet playful, critical yet celebratory, the resulting dialogues are as colorful, challenging, personal, and universal as the works discussed and talents showcased.
Queer Threads is not just an exploration of fiber art and crafts, but also a celebration of the creativity, diversity, and vibrancy of contemporary queer culture.
Books will be signed by Mr. Chaich on Saturday, 6/10 and mailed on 6/13.
9781623261054Join us on 6/10 for a book signing and exhibition with John Chaich as part of the Helms Day of Design! We'll be showing work from the book, drinking a special cocktail from Bar & Garden, and enjoying the ice cream stylings of CoolHaus!
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MIKE SLACK: WALKING IN PLACE 1 - NEW ORLEANS
Slack, Mike. The Ice Plant + Perimeter Editions, 2016.
Walking in Place 1: New Orleans is the first in a series of standalone books by Los Angeles-based photographer Mike Slack, each taking in a different city, town or geographical locale. In this volume, Slack records various points of reference on a five day meander through The Big Easy, creating an inner travelogue both meditative and playful. Driven by an almost unconscious process of seeing, recording and cumulation, his gaze settles on architectural details, local flora, street ephemera, and the curious neighborhood cats that cross his path. Led by his keen eye for street-side formalism, and a canny sensitivity to the poetics of light and tonality — and their unlikely urban iterations and combinations — Slack has crafted another telling contribution to what has emerged as a genuinely unique photographic language. The book itself assumes the form of an elegant, pocket-sized paperback — a non-linear, non-verbal journal for the perpetual wanderer.
Books will be signed by Mr. Slack on November 12th and shipped on November 15th.
9780994388384 Inventory Number: 000MSW1 -
MOSHE BRAKHA: L.A. BABE THE REAL WOMEN OF LOS ANGELES 1975-1988 - PRE-ORDER A SIGNED COPY!
Brakha, Moshe. New York: Universe / Rizzoli Publications International, 2017. First Edition. 4to. Photography Monograph. As New.
Photographer Moshe Brakha’s acidly crisp, otherworldly images evoke a certain stylistic sensibility and a knack for innovative and sensual photography that engages the viewer. L.A. Babe: The Real Women of Los Angeles 1975-1988 collects his most compelling subjects from the late seventies and early eighties - the various women he encountered all over Los Angeles. The book includes vintage portraits of legendary proto-punk band the Runaways, LaToya and Janet Jackson, Patricia Arquette, longtime Los Angeles staple Angelyne, and many, many others. From Beverly Hills High School cheerleaders to brash bartenders and groupies, L.A. Babe captures the essential Los Angeles at its sunniest, coolest, grittiest glam and punk peak.
In a career spanning five decades, Moshe Brakha has created scores of iconic editorial images including work for the legendary Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing and Beyond, and album covers for the likes of Devo, The Ramones, Sparks, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, Pat Benatar, The Weirdos, and Alice Coltrane.
Books will be signed by Mr. Brakha at Arcana on Sunday 4/9 and orders will be shipped beginning Tuesday 4/11.
Inventory Number: 000MBLAW -
GOD SAVE SEX PISTOLS - ULTRA DELUXE EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR JOHAN KUGELBERG
Johan Kugelberg w/ 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 Pistols 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 500.
Ultra 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 heavy cotton print (8.5” x 6”)
- Shatter Logo heavy cotton print embossed and endorsed by Zevs
- God Save the Queen heavy cotton print stamped and endorsed by Jamie Reid
- 4 new silkscreen prints designed by Boo-Hooray (8.5” x 6”)
- Handcrafted clamshell case housing
- Custom stainless steel stand
- Sex Pistols canvas tote bag
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.
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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: 000GSSP-DLX -
GORDON B. KAUFMANN: MASTER ARCHITECTS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1920-1940 - SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS
Marc Appleton, Bret Parsons, and Steve Vaught . Los Angeles: Tailwater Press / Angel City Press, 2016. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Architecture Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.
Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940 is a new twelve volume series overseen by Marc Appleton, Bret Parsons, and Steve Vaught that showcases the work of the Golden Era’s most important residential architects. Featuring period photographs of the work of legendary names in the region's architecture, these monographs are devoted to the period when oil barons, film industry moguls, bankers, and successful entrepreneurs who were new to Los Angeles sought to hire the most accomplished and talented architects they could find.
In the premiere volume, the authors showcase Gordon B. Kaufmann, whose design for Greystone - the famed Beverly Hills domicile he created for E.L. Doheny Jr. and Lucy Doheny - catapulted him to the top of his field. Combining elements of English Gothic and Jacobean styles, the fifty-five room manor for the son and daughter-in-law of the then-richest man in the United States became the largest private residence in Southern California.
Though Kaufmann’s name and legacy have since dimmed to all but architectural historians and savvy realtors, his stamp is all over Southern California, and Greystone is far from his crowning achievement. GORDON B. KAUFMANN includes a detailed career biography that chronicles numerous residential projects he designed, including homes for legendary Los Angeles families with names like Chandler, Janss, Adamson, Getz, and Hampshur-Jones, to name a few. In addition, Kaufmann designed Hoover Dam, the Los Angeles Times Building, Caltech’s Athenaeum, Santa Anita Park, and other important Southern California landmarks.
The period from 1920 to 1940 was an era of incredible homes that utilized the very best building materials available, prior to their being needed for the nation's World War II effort. Notes co-author Bret Parsons “Artisans were still crafting the best details from those remarkable materials; redwood two-by-fours still measured two-inches by four-inches”. These residences defined Los Angeles as a city whose architectural heritage was in the making. “These were the homes that made architectural history, yet few were properly documented.”
Co-author and renowned architect Marc Appleton of Appleton Partners notes of Kaufmann, “His great homes needed to be memorialized, since one-by-one they are disappearing. The masterpieces of the era must be documented - so that’s the purpose of the series Master Architects of Southern California 1920-1940.” The authors’ premiere volume includes numerous of-the-era photographs that document the exteriors and interiors, as well as lists of previous owners (the current owners’ names are withheld for privacy concerns).
Researching Kaufmann’s life, co-author/historian Steve Vaught says he found the details of the architect’s projects fascinating. “His work became so renowned that he was equally sought after for residences and public buildings. He was hailed as a virtuoso of Spanish, Mediterranean, and other romantic revival designs, yet when the mania for such designs subsided, he exhibited the same masterly embrace of modern design.”
Parsons, who is director of the architectural division at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Beverly Hills, notes, “A Kaufmann home in Hancock Park recently sold for more than $15 million, and was only on the market a few days. Buyers have always been willing to pay a premium for the old-world craftsmanship and charm of a Gordon B. Kaufmann design.”
Please Note: Books will be signed by the authors at Arcana on March 11th and posted to buyers beginning Tuesday, March 14th. Inventory Number: 000GBK -
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: 000EPA2 -
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: 000dosa -
I SCARE MYSELF: A MEMOIR BY DAN HICKS - SIGNED BY EDITOR KRISTINE McKENNA
Hicks, Dan. Edited by Kristine McKenna. Afterword by Tommy LiPuma. Foreword by Elvis Costello.. London, UK: Jawbone Press, 2017. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Music Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, 100 b&w and color illustrations.
Please join us on Sunday, June 18th (4:00 - 6:00 PM) for a Book Signing and Panel moderated by Kristine McKenna with Van Dyke Parks, Maria Muldaur, Jim Kweskin, and Hot Licks guitarist Paul Robinson!
This vivid memoir of a man described as “one of America’s greatest songwriters” by Elvis Costello, and a cat that was “fly, sly, wily, and dry” by Tom Waits. Dan Hicks had a front-row seat to the birth and death of counter culture -- San Francisco, 1966 -- it would affect both him and his music.
"I Scare Myself" captures the highs and lows of a lifelong adventure in music. You’ll get to see Hicks’ memories of one of the changes the sixties brought, working with great musicians, plus, a foreword by Elvis Costello, afterword by producer Tommy LiPuma, and annotations by his close friend Kristine McKenna.
“I just started taking ingredients I liked and putting them together to see what came out,” Hicks writes. What came out was an amazing blend of complex time signatures, unusual instrumentation, and intricate vocal harmonies that took him to the top of the 70s rock world but also into a downward spiral of drink and drug abuse.
Hicks passed away in early 2016, but his music, and the stories he tells here, remain as fresh and irresistible as ever. I Scare Myself takes readers on a journey behind the music, and into the life and mind of the fantastic artist who created it.
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be signed by Ms. McKenna on June 18th, and posted starting Tuesday, June 20th.
978-1911036234 Inventory Number: 000DHISM -
ARI MARCOPOULOS: ROME - MALIBU -- SIGNED!
Marcopoulos, Ari. Roma Publications, 2016.
Rome - Malibu from Amsterdam's Roma Publications presents photographs taken this year by Ari Marcopoulos in Rome and Malibu, and features a textual contribution by Kara Walker: "Rome. (...) Here, no image or structure is complete without symbolic framing devices, which also require framing devices, and so on. Ad infinitum. Malibu. Rockstars and fallen rocks and the edge, here is where the European conquest of the New World meets its fountain of youth endgame. We have reached the end, and it is vast."
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be signed by Mr. Marcopoulos on November 18th and shipped on November 22nd.
978-9491843785 Inventory Number: 000AMRM -
ARI MARCOPOULOS: NOT YET - SIGNED!
Marcopoulos, Ari, Foreword by Robert Slifkin, Text by Catherine Taft and Neville Wakefield. Rizzoli.
Newly published by Rizzoli, Not Yet is the definitive publication on the work of Ari Marcopoulos. For nearly four decades this renowned photographer whose explicit and startling visual intimacy bridges art and street photography has broken conventions with his candid and raw style. His images documenting subcultures such as skateboarding, snowboarding, and hip-hop; his tendencies to photograph stark landscapes, portraits of artists, and celebrities; and his extremely quiet and intimate pictures of his family and friends have all been hugely influential in helping to establish the visual rawness of youth culture, as well as the ephemeral aesthetic of contemporary photography. Ari Marcopoulos: Not Yet is an unprecedented journey through the artist’s celebrated career including both iconic and never-before-published photographs from the 1980s to now. Each chapter is edited by a different celebrated artist or family member close to Marcopoulos, and it is through these personal reflections on the artist’s work that this monograph takes on a deeper level of intimacy, drawing a more complete portrait of his oeuvre.
PLEASE NOTE: Books will be signed by Mr. Marcopoulos on November 18th and shipped on November 22nd.
978-0847848881 Inventory Number: 000AMNY -
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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HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: THEATERS - DELUXE LIMITED EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAVURE PRINT
(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Sugimoto, Hiroshi & Dr. Hans Belting. New York & London: Sonnabend Sundell Editions & eyestorm.com, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, 95 illustrations in b&w. Designed by Takaaki Matsumoto. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound survey of Hiroshi Sugimoto's meditative images of films projected in empty movie theaters jointly published in 2000 by Sonnabend Sundell Editions and eyestorm.com. A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's silver paper-over-boards slipcase of the deluxe edition limited to one thousand copies accompanied by the lovely 17 1/8 x 21 1/8" photogravure print entitled "U.A. Walker, New York, 1978" NUMBERED AND SIGNED "H. Sugimoto" in pencil on the the lower right margin in the publisher's piano-hinged, brushed aluminum casse with limitation pastedown, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-615-11596-9 Inventory Number: 025761
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WILLIAM EGGLESTON: CHROMES
(EGGLESTON, WILLIAM). Eggleston, William & Thomas Weski. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Printed Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 144pp + 144pp + 144pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. Designed by Steidl Design. "William Eggleston's standing as one of the great masters of color photography is widely acknowledged, but the gradual steps by which he transformed from an unknown into a leading artist are less well known. Steidl has undertaken to trace these steps in an ambitious series of publications. "Chromes" selects from more than 5,000 Kodachromes and Ektachromes taken from ten chronologically ordered binders found in a safe in the Eggleston Artistic Trust. This archive had once been used by John Szarkowski, who selected the forty-eight images printed in the seminal book "William Eggleston's Guide", while the rest of the archive has remained almost entirely unpublished. This book presents Eggleston's early Memphis images, his testing of color and compositional strategies, and the development towards the "poetic snapshot.". "Chromes" shows a master in the making". A bright, most handsome example of the first edition of this extraordinary three volume set in the publisher's slipcase showing a slight crease at the heel of the spine. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weighjt and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-86930-311-5 Inventory Number: 025760
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PICTURES BY JEFF BRIDGES - SIGNED AND DATED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER
(BRIDGES, JEFF). Bridges, Jeff. Foreword by Peter Bogdanovich. New York: powerHouse Books, 2003. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. With a filmography. This is Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges' book of candid on-set images taken during the production of many of his films, including Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 cinematic cult classic "The Big Lebowski". A photographer at heart, Bridges has since the late eighties chronicled the making of each of his films. Featured here in chronological order are images of "Tucker", "The Fabulous Baker Boys", "Texasville", "The Fisher King ", "American Heart", "Fearless", "Blown Away", "Wild Bill", "White Squall", "The Mirror Has Two Faces", "The Big Lebowski", "Arlington Road", "Simpatico", "The Contender", "K-Pax", "Masked and Anonymous" and "Seabiscuit". A brand new, most handsome example of this fascinating tome additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jeff Bridges 2003" in the year of publication in black ink on the half title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-57687-177-0 Inventory Number: 025759
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VISIONAIRE NO. 8: THE ORIENT (SPRING 1993)
(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1993. First Edition 1/1500. Tall Narrow 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, loose illustrated sheets laid into a die-cut printed portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred copies, this is the eighth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Sponsored by Espirit, and devoted to the theme of "The Orient", its contributors include editor Stephen Gan, Pierre et Gilles, Ruben Toledo, Bill Cunningham, Mats Gustafson, Mario Testino, Gregory Foley, Mika Mizutani, Satoshi Saikusa, Michel Haddi, Andrew Brucker, Michael Capotosto, Michael Stratton, Stephane Sednaoui, Jessica Tan Gudnason, Adeline Andre, Issey Miyake, Kareem Iliya, Francesco Scavullo, Steven Klein, Marcus Leatherdale, Steven Klein, Javier Vallhonrat, Gene Krell, Orlando Pita, Tom Bonauro, Victoria Bartlett, Gaston Marticorena, Koji Tatsuno, James White, Filip Pagowski, Gemma Kahng, Philip Newton, Mei Tao, Martin Margiela, Carlos Aponte, Anna Sui, Henry Yuen, and Christina Dimitriadou. An internally bright, most handsome complete example of this exceedingly uncommon early issue limited to one thousand, five hundred copies NUMBERED (184/1500) by hand in black marker showing some mild wear and creasing to the exterior portfolio. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025758
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A MAGAZINE # 11: CURATED BY RODARTE
(RODARTE) (A MAGAZINE). Mulleavy, Kate & Laura, Guest Editors. Van Den Eynden, Dirk, Editor. Antwerp, BELGIUM: A Publishe BVBA, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. Fine.. 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Madelein Wermenbol. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity". This eleventh installment from 2011 of the luxe Belgian fashion periodical was guest curated by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy, and contains contributions on or by Autumn De Wilde, Tom Petty, Jay DeFeo, Kirsten Dunst photographed by David Armstrong, Lake Tahoe, the California Grizzly Bear, John Baldessari, Mt. Wilson Observatory, Todd Cole, The LA River, Frank Wiedmann and Andrew Durhams's "Shark", Elle Fanning photographed by Bill Owens, Joss Whedon, The Garbage Pail KIds, and many, many more. A most handsome example. 90-77745-10-6 Inventory Number: 025757
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A MAGAZINE # 6: CURATED BY VERONIQUE BRANQUINHO
(BRANQUINHO, VERONIQUE) (A MAGAZINE). Branquinho, Veronique, Guest Editor. Debo Kaat, Editor. Antwerp, BELGIUM: A Magazine & The Flanders Fashion Institute, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. As New.. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Paul Boudens. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity". This sixth installment from 2008 of the luxe Belgian fashion periodical was guest-curated by "Pin Cushion Queen " Veronique Branquinho, and contains contributions on or by Tim Burton, Alex Salinas, Michael Borremans, Oscar Van Den Boogaard, Luc Tuymans, David Lynch, Manon De Boer, Marc Meulemans, Serge Leblon, and many, many more. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 90-77745-02-5 Inventory Number: 025756
