Book of the Day Posted Mar 10, 2020

Book of the Day > Stones From the Inside: Rare and Unseen Images

Book of the Day > Stones From the Inside: Rare and Unseen Images. Photographs by Bill Wyman. Published by ACC Art Books. "As soon as Bill Wyman was given a camera as a young boy, he quickly developed a passion for photography. After joining what would become the world's greatest rock 'n' roll band, Wyman continued his hobby. When he didn't have his bass, he had his camera. The result is an arresting, insightful and often poignant collection of photographs, showing his exclusive inside view of the band. From travelling to relaxing, backstage and on, Stones From the Inside is a unique view captured by a man who was there, every step of the way. Along with the images of the band at work and play, Wyman includes remarkable images of those along for the ride, from John Lennon, Eric Clapton, David Bowie and Iggy Pop to John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. To accompany his photographs, Wyman offers up wonderful insights, anecdotes and behind-the-photo stories, giving all us a front-row seat and backstage pass to what it was like to be there, as music history was made as a member of The Rolling Stones. Bill Wyman was the bassist for the Rolling Stones between 1962 and 1993. An avid photographer from a young age, he started experimenting with a camera at 11. However, it wasn't until a tour in Paris, 1966, that he started to take it seriously. Since then, he has exhibited in galleries across the globe. Wyman now enjoys photographing landscapes and wildlife."
Book of the Day Posted Mar 08, 2020

Book of the Day > Dali: Tarot

Book of the Day > Dali: Tarot. Published by Taschen. “Dalí poses as the Magician, his wife Gala becomes the Empress, and the death of Julius Caesar is reinterpreted as the Ten of Swords in the artist’s extraordinary custom tarot deck. First published in a 1984 limited edition that has since long sold out, this lush box set brings back all 78 cards, each dazzling in color, along with a companion book on the making-of and practical instructions.”

Book of the Day Posted Mar 06, 2020

Book of the Day > Charles Gaines: Palms Trees and Other Works

Book of the Day > Charles Gaines: Palm Trees and Other Works. Published by Hauser & Wirth. “Published alongside Charles Gaines’s 2019–20 exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, this monograph charts the evolution of the palm tree in Gaines’s work from the 1980s to the present. In a new text, David Platzker explores the cultural and art historical contexts of the series, particularly the recent ‘Numbers and Trees’ works, shown for the first time in Los Angeles, that take palm trees as their subject. Also featured is a conversation between Gaines and Cherise Smith, which delves into the conceptual underpinnings of the artist’s work. Additionally, this publication documents and discusses other works from Gaines’s decades-long career, including the ‘Manifestos’ series (2008–18), exploring the threads that unite various parts of his practice.”

Book of the Day Posted Mar 05, 2020

Book of the Day > Lorena Lohr: Tonight Lounge.

Book of the Day > Lorena Lohr: Tonight Lounge. Published by COB Gallery. Tonight Lounge is the first complete survey of Lohr’s photographic still life documentation of her journeys across America for the last decade. This hardback publication comprehensively brings together each chapter of Lohr’s ongoing series ‘Ocean Sands’.
Book of the Day Posted Mar 03, 2020

Book of the Day > Nan Goldin: The Other Side.

Nan Goldin: The Other Side. Published by Steidl. "This is a book about beauty. And about love for my friends." –Nan Goldin “This is an expanded and updated version of Nan Goldin’s seminal book The Other Side, originally published in 1993, featuring a revised introduction by Goldin, and, for the first time, the voices of those whose stories are represented. Published at a time when discourse around gender and sexual orientation is evolving rapidly, The Other Side traces some of the history that informs this new visibility. The first photographs in the book are from the 1970s, when Goldin lived in Boston with a group of drag queens and documented their glamour and vulnerability. In the early 1980s, Goldin chronicled the lives of transgender friends in New York when AIDS began to decimate her community. In the ’90s, she recorded the explosion of drag as a social phenomenon in New York, Berlin, Bangkok and the Philippines. Goldin’s newest photographs are intimate portraits, imbued with tenderness, of some of her most beloved friends. The Other Side is her homage to the queens she has loved, many of whom she has lost, over the last four decades.”
Book of the Day Posted Mar 01, 2020

Book of the Day > Donald Judd: Spaces

Book of the Day > Donald Judd: Spaces. Published by Judd Foundation & Delmonico Prestel. “This book presents an unprecedented visual survey of the living and working spaces of the artist Donald Judd in New York and Texas. Filled with newly commissioned and previously unpublished archival photographs alongside five essays by the artist, this book provides an opportunity to explore Judd's personal spaces, which are a crucial part of this revered artist's oeuvre. From a 19th-century cast-iron building in Manhattan to an extensive ranch in the mountains of western Texas, this book details the interiors, exteriors, and lands surrounding the buildings that comprise Judd's extant living and working spaces. Readers will discover how Judd developed the concept of permanent installation at Spring Street in New York City, with artworks, furniture, and decorative objects striking a balance between the building's historic qualities and his own architectural innovations. His buildings in Marfa, Texas, demonstrate how Judd reiterated his concept of integrative living on a larger scale, extending to the reaches of the Chinati Mountains at Ayala de Chinati, his 33,000-acre ranch south of the town. Each of the spaces was thoroughly considered by Judd with resolute attention to function and design. From furniture to utilitarian structures that Judd designed himself, these residences reflect Judd's consistent aesthetic. His spaces underscore his deep interest in the preservation of buildings and his deliberate interventions within existing architecture. “

Book of the Day Posted Feb 28, 2020

Book of the Day > To Exalt the Ephemeral: Alina Szapocznikow, 1962–1972.

Book of the Day > To Exalt the Ephemeral: Alina Szapocznikow, 1962–1972. Published by Hauser & Wirth. “Sensuality and abjection in the sculpture of an artist who expressed the female experience unapologetically and presciently Tracing a body of work by Alina Szapocznikow from 1962 to 1972, this book considers pivotal turning points in the Polish artist’s life and career. It considers her experimental approach to materials, ranging from plaster and bronze, to her groundbreaking use of polyester resin in the mid-1960s. Szapocznikow’s oeuvre maps her engagement with the human form, using body casting and particularly through the lens of her own body as it transformed from healthy to ailing. Featuring new photography, the publication aims to render the tactility and spatiality of these works in brilliant new detail.”
Book of the Day Posted Feb 27, 2020

Book of the Day > African Ceramics: A Different Perspective.

Book of the Day > African Ceramics: A Different Perspective. Published by Walther König. “A fresh look at ceramic production in Africa, examining form, decor and materiality. This extensive catalogue presents 250 African ceramic objects from the collection of HRH Franz, Duke of Bavaria, widely considered to be one of the most internationally significant collections of African ceramics. Featured here are objects dating from the 19th to the 21st century, across the wealth of forms and functions of African ceramics, although primarily focused on ceramic items crafted using a hand-building technique, forgoing the use of a potter’s wheel. Each object is accompanied by insights and analyses from international experts. The “different perspective” alluded to in the title is first and foremost an artistic point of view. This volume establishes a different, design-focused viewpoint. Instead of a presentation organized by region, as is customary in ethnographic museums and contexts, this book offers a design-historical examination of the vessels and figures.”
Book of the Day Posted Feb 26, 2020

Book of the Day > Chillida: Open-Air Sculptures

Book of the Day > Chillida: Open-Air Sculptures. Published by Hauser & Wirth and Polígrafa. "The sculptural work of Eduardo Chillida is non-figurative and characterized, in the artist’s own words, by the dialogue between masses and voids of often monumental proportions, elements that he endows with conceptual unity thanks to his mastery of the laws of movement and balance. In this book Carandente, far from restricting himself to commenting on the most visible aspects of the artist’s career, analyzes the conceptual and technical dimensions of his activity, both the individual task of searching and perfecting and the socio-cultural context that acts as a framework to the Basque sculptor’s output. Chillida is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding figures in the sculpture of the second half of the twentieth century."
Book of the Day Posted Feb 25, 2020

Book of the Day, in memory of James Brown > > James H.D. Brown: Life and Work in Mexico.

Book of the Day, in memory of James H.D. Brown > James H.D. Brown: Life and Work in Mexico. Published by USC Fisher Museum of Art. “Born in 1951 in Glendale, CA, James H.D. Brown relocated with his family to Oaxaca, Mexico in 1995 where he founded Carpe Diem Press. Collaborating with Linotípográfica Quintas, Brown created limited edition art books featuring the work of influential artists from the US and Mexico. Brown often included original prints made by the artists to be inserted in the books themselves. USC Fisher Museum of Art highlights Brown’s unique artist press, featuring approximately twenty books and related ephemera. Some of the artists in the Carpe Diem series include Joan Jonas, Graciela Iturbide, Kiki Smith, and Francisco Toledo. The exhibition will also feature Brown’s "My Other House,” begun in 2009 and worked on continuously since then. The idea for this project came to Brown after his two sons discovered a staircase in their home, leading to an “almost secret” mezzanine. Nobody else was allowed in this place, a sanctuary that the boys called “my other house”. Brown began investigating the idea of having another physical or imaginary place that is fundamental to one's creative and imaginative life.”
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