Francis Alÿs, born in Belgium in 1959, is one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. After studying architecture in Venice, in 1986 he moved to Mexico City, where he has lived ever since. Alÿs works at scales ranging from the humblest drawing to the creation of epic events involving hundreds of participants, in media including [...]

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Unknown Author, English, Monograph, Softcover, 24.5 x 19cm, 200pp, ISBN: 9781854378408,
Price: (ZA)R 260

Gabriel Orozco was born in Veracruz in Mexico in 1962. Since the early 1990s, his career has been characterised by constant surprise and innovation. He roams freely and fluently between drawing, photography, sculpture, installation and painting, creating a body of work that resists categorisation. Ranging from subtle interventions in the landscape to meticulously executed sculptures [...]

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Author: Ann Temkin, English, Monograph, Softcover, full colour, 241x305mm, 256pp, ISBN: 9781854379214,
Price: (ZA)R 450

The Russian Revolution instigated some of the most startling advances in the fields of art, photography and graphic design seen in the twentieth century; their impact on the development of modernism was immeasurable and is still felt today. Through an amazing array of material including posters, photographs, paintings, magazine covers, book jackets, advertisements, pamphlets and [...]

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Author: David King, English, Art General, Hardcover, 290x245mm, 352pp, 550 full colour, black and white, ISBN: 9781854376862,
Price: (ZA)R 550.00

Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), Man Ray (1890 -1977) and Francis Picabia (1879-1953) each made a huge contribution to the development of early modernism, pioneering new ideas about art and art-making that continue to reverberate today. Although involved successively with Cubisim, Dada and Surrealism they remain individual figures, despite their intermittent friendships and occasional collaborations with one [...]

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Author: Edited by Jennifer Mundy, English, Art General, softcover, 248 pages, 290 x 215 mm, illustrations, ISBN: 978 1854377319,
Price: (ZA)R 500.00

‘Not since Lord Snowdon’s Private View in the sixties has such an important archive been produced to such impressive effect’ -Tatler

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Author: Gautier Deblonde, English, Multimedia, Soft cover, 255x205mm, 131pp, ISBN: 1854372912,
Price: (ZA)R 255.00

This is the first book to tell the story of British photography as a coherent whole, from the pioneers of early photography to photographers today who may display their images on websites, as projections or on i-Pods. The authors have travelled the length and breadth of the UK, both researching well-known oeuvres and uncovering many lost masterpieces.

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Author: Val Williams & Susan Bright, English, Monograph , Soft cover, 245x205mm, 224 pp, 150 illustrations, ISBN: 978 1854 377142,
Price: (ZA)R 400.00

This book will explore the impact of the history of art and cinema on Wall’s practice, revealling how he meshes documentary techniques with staged settings and digital collage.

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Author: Sheena Wagstaff, English, Monograph, Softcover, 79 Pages, Full colour, 28x24cm, ISBN: 1 85437 613 6,
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A selections of Nan Goldin’s most memorable artworks, produced in collaboration with the artist. Includes many iconic images, as well as more recent forays into landscape photography and produced in a luxuriously bound, eminently collectable edition.

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Author: Jonothan Weinberg; Joyce Henri Robinson, English, Monograph, Hardcover; 44 Colour plates; 88 Pages; 26x24cm, ISBN: 1 85437 660 8,
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Making History is the first book to explore the impact of the documentary on British artists in the twentieth Century. The term was originally applied to film by John Grierson, often cited as the founding father of British documentary, who described it as ‘the creative use of actuality’, a definition that could equally be applied to the work of many contemporary artists.

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Author: David Company; Lynda Morris; Mark Nash; Tanya Barson, English, Softcover; Colour and b&w illustrations; 103 Pages; 23x18.5cm, ISBN: 1 85437 682 9,
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Singular Images on Remarkable Photographs has essays by renowned writers on art and photography, including Geoffrey Batchen (a regular contributor to Art Forum) Liz Jobey (an editor at Granta who put together the latest edition that included photographs by Santu Mofokeng and writing by Ivan Vladislavic), and Marina Warner (author of many essays on art and culture).

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Author: Sophie Howarth, English, Softcover; Colour illustrations; 127 Pages; 21.5x13.5cm, ISBN: 1 85437 654 3,
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