The new catalogue to accompany the Tate Britain retrospective exhibition: 27 January – 16 May 2010. Edited by Judith Nesbitt with contributions by Okwui Enwezor, Ekow Eshun and Atillah Springer. The British painter Chris Ofili was born in Manchester in 1968 and is one of the most notable painters of his generation. He lives and [...]

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Author: Edited by Judith Nesbitt with contributions by Okwui Enwezor, Ekow Eshun and Atillah Springer, English, Monograph, Softcover, 255x210mm, full colour, 176pp,
Price: (ZA)R 360

For the first time, this book surveys the career of renowned British artist Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) through the artist’s own writings. Fully illustrating his most important works, from early representational paintings through to the abstract reliefs for which he is perhaps best known, Victor Pasmore:Writings and Interviews presents  an intimate account of the development of [...]

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Author: Alastair Grieve, English, Monograph, Softcover, 270x210mm, full colour, 160pp, ISBN: 9781854377913,
Price: (ZA)R 300

                Beautiful, flamboyant, daring and fiercely independent, Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002) emerged in the 1960s as a powerful and original figure in the male-dominated art world centred on Paris.  That city contains perhaps her best-known monument, the vibrant, colourful and hugely popular Fontaine Stravinsky, near the Pompidou [...]

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Author: Simon Groom, English, Catalogue, Softcover, 245 x 205 mm, 114 pp, colour,black and white, ISBN: 978 1854377841,
Price: (ZA)R 400.00

Gilbert and George are the pre-eminent artists of their generation. Exhibited worldwide since the early 1970s, their art has attracted both enormous acclaim and fierce controversy. At last, on the eve of a massive retrospective that will tour six venues across the globe, a book is published that does justice to the scale, depth and ambition of their artitic achievement.

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Author: Rudi Fuchs, English, Monograph, Hardback with dustjacket in a unique carrying case 2 volumes, 260 x 300 mm, 1200pp, 1500 full colour llustrations, ISBN: 978 1 85437 681 7,
Price: (ZA)R 1200.00

Sculpture conservators now have to work with such diverse materials as plastics, video and tapioca, as well as traditional stone and bronze. This publication focuses on a number of works that have recently received conservation treatment at Tate, challenging common assumptions about the durability of works of art.

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Author: Jackie Heuman, English, Soft cover, 277x219mm, 128pp, ISBN: 978 1854 372888,
Price: (ZA)R 160.00

Tate Modern and the British Museum in London are the two most famous galleries in the United Kingdom with millions of visitors every year. The Tate galleries have grown and now consist of 4 separate locations in England: Tate Britain and Tate Modern, which are both in London, as well as Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.

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‘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

As a painter, illustrator and critic, Paul Nash (1889- 1946) was at the forefront of Britsh art in the first half of the twentieth century. Inspired by William Blake, Samuel Palmer and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, he produced some of the greatest paintings of the First and Second World Wars.

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Author: david boyd haycock, English, Monograph, Soft cover, 241x170mm, 80pp, 60 illustrations in colour & b&w, ISBN: 978 1854 374363,
Price: (ZA)R 175.00

In 2007, Tate Liverpool will present the first major retrospective of the work of Peter Blake in Britain since 1983. A key figure in the history of British Pop Art, Blake is one of the most influential and original artists working in Britain today.
Central to Blake’s work since the 1950s has been his fascination with popular culture, ranging from music to Hollywood icons and wrestling stars.

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Author: Christoph Grunenberg and Laurence Sillars, English, Monograph, Soft cover, 270x210mm, 96 pp, 65 illustrations, ISBN: 978 185437 7173,
Price: (ZA)R 500.00

Turner’s lifetime was also the classic age of English watercolour, and his mastery and perfection of the medium coincided with its establishment as an independent art form. Turner was at the forefront of these developments, but he also stood apart from them.

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Author: David Blayney Brown, English, Monograph, Soft cover, 230x265mm, 128pp, ISBN: 978 1 85437 771,
Price: (ZA)R 400.00