” Natasja Kensmil’s suite of paintings of Queen Elizabeth I effectively serve as posthumous counterpoints to traditional state portraits, exposing the anguished inner life and tragedy of their subject”.This catalogue contains a conversation between the artist and Michael Stevenson. “Kensmil comments that her imagery of fear and of anxiousness is derived from history, religion and [...]

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Author: Sophie Perryer, English, Catalogue, Softcover, 20pp,
Price: (ZA)R 60

Gilbert and George-Major Exhibition Tate Modern Accompanying the retrospective exhibition of their work at Tate Modern opening February 2007, the largest ever staged at the museum, “Gilbert & George” provides a highly affordable introduction to the career of these extraordinary artists. Featuring chronologically arranged reproductions of all the works feautured in the show, the catalogue [...]

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Author: Jan Debbaut, Michael Bracewell, Marco Livingston, English, Catalogue, Softcover, 208pp, 24.5 x 30.0cm,, ISBN: 9781854376664,
Price: (ZA)R N/A

Matthew Ritchie – More Than the Eye Acclaimed in the art world for his room-size installations of paintings, sculpture, and digital projections, Matthew Ritchie’s work investigates architecture and the dynamics of culture. Named by Time magazine in 2001 as one of 100 innovators for the new millennium, his rich work draws from subjects as diverse [...]

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Author: Matthew Ritchie and Klaus Kertess, English, Monograph, Hardcover, 240pp, 252 x 311mm, ISBN: 9780847831081,
Price: (ZA)R 450

Kara Walker – After the Deluge Since she first came to the attention of the art world nearly ten years ago, Kara Walker has become one of the most important artists of her generation. Championed by the art world for her fearless embrace of challenging subject matter, Walker has created a body of work that [...]

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Author: Kara Walker, English, Catalogue, Hardcover, 80pp, 269 x 224mm, ISBN: 9780847829811,
Price: (ZA)R 300

Morandi 1890-1964 – “Nothing is More Abstract Than Reality” This volume showcases 116 masterpieces arranged into the four major themes that characterize Giorgio Morandi’s work: self portraits, still lifes, landscapes, and flowers. The collection represents all the various expressive techniques used by Morandi over the years, including paint, etching, drawing and watercolor.The volume is the [...]

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Author: Maria Cristina Bandera and Renato Miracco, English, Catalogue, Hardcover, 368pp, 280 x 238mm, ISBN: 9788861307162

Botero – Works 1994-2007 Botero is one of the most popular artists alive today and is exhibited in countless institutions throughout the world. He gained international fame painting corpulent and comical figures who embody the sometimes whimsical tragedy of life. The dilation of his subjects gives them abstract, unreal, and grotesque dimensions that are studies [...]

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Author: Erica Jones and Rudy Chiappini, English, Monograph, Hardcover, 208pp, 280 x 240mm, ISBN: 9788861302952,
Price: (ZA)R 300

Miffy The Artist is the perfect book all budding artist. Miffy has always wanted to be an artist. Today her dream comes true. Join Miffy as she discovers what fun it can be making her own pictures.

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Author: Dick Bruma, English, Art General, Hardcover, 28pp, 185 x 185mm, ISBN: 978 154378231,
Price: (ZA)R 120.00

An insightful and candid portrait of the artist Balthus. Presented in the form of ABC questions, Balthus: In His Own Words reveals his personal universe. “B” for beauty, “H” for Homer, “M” for Mozart, “S” for SOS, Balthus takes us through his intimate thoughts and views on everything from Paris to Chinese calligraphy. Balthus (1908-2001) [...]

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Author: Cristina Carrillo De Albornoz, English, NonArt, Hardcover, 215x115mm, full colour, 80pp, ISBN: 9782843233012,
Price: (ZA)R 190

Mexico witnessed an exciting revival of printmaking alongside its better-known public mural program in the decades after the 1910–20 revolution. Major artists such as José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo produced numbers of prints that furthered the social and political reforms of the revolution and helped develop a uniquely Mexican [...]

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Author: John Ittmann, English, Hardcover, 302pp, 305 x 235mm, ISBN: 978 0300120042,
Price: (ZA)R 585.00

For a painter who has so successfully neutralized the declarative potential of his medium, Gerhard Richter has committed to print a surprisingly large amount of discussion on his work. Perhaps it is only natural that an artist whose painting incarnates the Cagean premise that there is nothing to communicate should be moved to address that [...]

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Author: Dietmar Elger and Hans Unrich Obrist, English, Monograph, Hardcover, 600pp, 240 x175mm, ISBN: 978 193304948,
Price: (ZA)R 495.00