Born in Bristol in the UK in 1965, Damien Hirst is one of the most controversial and highly regarded artists of his generation. His wideranging practice, which includes installation, painting, sculpture and drawing, challenges the boundaries between art, science and popular culture. Published to accompany Hirst’s first retrospective exhibition in the UK, staged at Tate Modern during the Olympics in 2012, this book will trace Hirst’s career from his emergence on the art scene in the late 1980s to his present status as one of the best- known artists working today.

With an introduction by curator Ann Gallagher, a new interview by Nicholas Serota, Director of Tate, and essays by curator Andrew Wilson, author and critic Brian Dillon and art historian and critic Thomas Crow, as well as shorter texts on key moments in Hirst’s career by Michael Craig-Martin and Michael Bracewell, this superbly illustrated survey is a fitting tribute to his ground-breaking achievements. Surveying 25 years of the artist’s practice, from young Turk of the British art scene to internationally respected figure, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding and appreciation of one the most significant artists of our time.

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Author: Edited by Ann Gallagher, English, Monograph, Paperback, 275mm x 230mm, 224pp, ISBN: 9781849760102,
Price: (ZA)R 400.00

In 1966 an exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art grabbed the headlines. The artist was an unusual one to find in a modern art gallery: JMW Turner. While that exhibition’s presentation of Turner as an influence on Abstract Expressionism is contentious, it succeeded both in presenting his work in a contemporary context and [...]

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Author: Jeremy Lewison, English, Group Show, Hardcover, 285 x 225mm, full colour, 272pp, ISBN: 9781849760126,
Price: (ZA)R 400

Accompanying a major touring exhibition, Picasso and Modern British Art is the first book to explore Pablo Picasso’s lifelong connections with the United Kingdom. Picasso’s enormous impact on British modernism is examined through seven artists in particular for whom he proved an important stimulus: Duncan Grant, Wyndham Lewis, Ben Nicholson, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon, Graham [...]

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Author: Edited by James Beechy and Chris Stephens, English, Group Show, Softcover, 295x240mm, full colour, 240pp, ISBN: 9781854378903,
Price: (ZA)R 400

Tracey Emin first came to public attention in the early 1990s and has gone on to achieve a level of visibility unparalleled for an artist in recent times. Her use of intensely personal, everyday materials gives her work an intimate quality, combining avant-garde ideas with traditions of craft. Employing a variety of media that have [...]

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Author: Neal Brown, English, Monograph, Softcover, 270 x 210mm, full colour, 126pp, ISBN: 978 1 85437 542 3,
Price: (ZA)R 195

The American Artist Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) has worked in a variety of media including painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, books and film, to produce art that is at once playful and profound. Based in Los Angeles since the late 1950s, he was influential in the development of Pop Art on the west coast, particularly through [...]

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Author: Mary Richards, English, Monograph, Softcover, 270 x 210mm, full colour, 126pp,
Price: (ZA)R 195

A ground-breaking series on contemporary artists, including 100 colour illustrations and six key works examined in depth. Artists included in this series (click on the artist name for more information): Peter Blake Louise Bourgeois Tracey Emin Douglas Gordon Antony Gormley William Kentridge Sarah Lucas Julian Opie Gabriel Orozco Paula Rego Ed Ruscha Jeff Wall Rachel [...]

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The Book with a Hole blasts a hole through the middle of the book itself. Sometimes the hole is an eye the reader can look through; sometimes it is a mouth and the reader’s fingers make the teeth! The next minute it is a plate (with food drawn by the reader on a sheet of [...]

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Author: Hervé Tullet, English, Design, Softcover, 320 x 250mm, 96pp,, ISBN: 978-1854379467,
Price: (ZA)R 150

Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum, [is] a witty and insightful account of the extraordinary life of Richard Dadd, a 19th-century artistic visionary ¿ Tromans must be congratulated for his no-nonsense criticism and his brisk insights¿ ¿ The Telegraph The most brilliant young artist of his generation, Richard Dadd (1817-1886) made his name with [...]

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Author: Nicholas Tromans, English, Monograph, Hardcover, 280 x 210 mm, full colour, 208pp, ISBN: 978 1 85437 959 7,
Price: (ZA)R 400

It is your book. It reflects you, what you see and what you think and sometimes, through drawing or writing, you discover what you didn’t know you were thinking.  – Felicity Allen The importance of a sketchbook for stimulating creative thinking for students studying art at GCSE and A-level is now widely recognised and is [...]

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Author: Felicity Allen, English, Children, Softcover, 270 x 210 mm, 48pp,
Price: (ZA)R 130

The sculptor Barry Flanagan (1941¿2009) was one of Britain¿s most original and inventive artists and a key figure in the development of British and international sculpture. He is best known for the large-scale bronze hare sculptures that he began producing in the early 1980s and that can be seen in major galleries and public spaces [...]

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Author: Clarrie Wallis, English, Monograph, Softcover, 275 x 220 mm, full colour, 160pp, ISBN: 978 1 85437 997 9,
Price: (ZA)R 275