Jean-Michel Basquiat
The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with New York in the 1980s, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as...
Jean-Michel Basquiat. 40th Ed.
The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as part o...
Jean-michel Basquiat. 40th Ed.
The legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems on the walls of the city. He appeared as part of a thriving underground scene of visual arts and graffiti, hip hop, post-punk, and DIY filmmaking, which met in a booming art world. As a painter with a strong personal voice, Basquiat soon broke into the established milieu, exhibiting in galleries around the world. Basquiat's expressive style was based on raw figures and integrated words and phrases. His work is inspired by a pantheon of luminaries from jazz, boxing, and basketball, with references to arcane history and the politics of street life-so when asked about his subject matter, Basquiat answered "royalty, heroism and the streets." In 1983 he started collaborating with the most famous of art stars, Andy Warhol, and in 1985 was on the cover of The New York Times Magazine. When Basquiat died at the age of 27, he had become one of the most successful artists of his time. First published in an XXL edition, this unprecedented insight into Basquiat's art is now available in a compact, accessible volume in celebration of TASCHEN's 40th anniversary. With pristine reproductions of his most seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook sketches, it offers vivid proximity to Basquiat's intricate marks and scribbled words, further illuminated by an introduction to the artist from editor Hans Werner Holzwarth, as well as an essay on his themes and artistic development from curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne. Richly illustrated year-by-year chapter breaks follow the artist's life and quote from his own statements and contemporary reviews to provide both personal background and historical context.
David Hockney. A Chronology. 45th Ed.
As a special edition to mark TASCHEN's 40th anniversary, this volume presents the life and work of David Hockney year by year as a dialogue between his works and voices from the time period. From the London of the Swinging Sixties, via Californian swimming pools, to the expansive landscapes of his native Yorkshire, we discover how Hockney...
Georg Baselitz
Known for the audaciously simple but game-changing strategy of painting the motif on its head, Georg Baselitz has been a consistently challenging artist since the start of the 1960s. His work is always highly charged but surprisingly diverse, beginning with the raw, existential male figures famously removed from his first solo exhibition for indecency, and the series of “Heroes” that portrayed disabled and exposed figures in a destroyed landscape. During this development, the picture space became more and more fractured, and by the end of the decade the artist fully turned the world upside down: trees, factories, eagles, or nude self-portraits actually painted on their heads. This soon allowed him to freely paint and to engage with conceptual color schemes or off-beat themes, such as men eating oranges, Soviet propaganda paintings, or more recently so-called remixes in a reengagement with his own earlier work as a dialogue in time. Already a master of drawing, woodcut, and engraving,
Modern Art. A History from Impressionism to Today
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street life for s...
Modern Art. A History from Impressionism to Today
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street life for s...
Beatriz Milhazes
In her vibrant works, the Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes fuses two very different worldviews. Her abstract compositions, which can be seen in a line with modernist masters from Henri Matisse to Bridget Riley, are saturated with the colors and ...
Ai Weiwei. 40th Ed.
As his personal circumstances move in constant flux, Ai Weiwei remains a cultural magnet. Renowned for his political activism and social media activity almost as much as for his social interventions, contemporary approach to the readymade, and knowledge of Chinese traditional crafts, Ai's fame extends throughout and beyond the art world. Drawn from TASCHEN's limited Collector's Edition, this monograph explores each of Ai's career phases up until his release from Chinese custody. It features extensive visual material to trace Ai's development from his early New York days right through to his recent practice. Focus moments include his international breakthrough in the early 2000s, his porcelain Sunflower Seeds at the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern, his response to the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, and his police detention in 2011. With behind-the-scenes studio pictures, production shots, and numerous statements derived from exclusive interviews with Ai, we gain privileged access to the artist's process, influences, and importance. The book includes texts from Uli Sigg, Ai's longtime friend and former Swiss ambassador to China and Roger M. Buergel, who curated the 2007 documenta and hosted the artist's Fairytale piece.
Jean Dubuffet
In 1940s occupied Paris, Jean Dubuffet began to champion a progressive vision for art; one that rejected classical notions of beauty in favor of a more visceral aesthetic. Taking a pioneering approach to materiality and technique, the artist vario...
Lee Krasner
A monograph on the life and work of an outstanding abstract expressionist painter, now emerging as one of the most important women artists of the 20th century. Lee Krasner, a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism, was one of the few female artists to ...
Det Var Det Fräckaste! Med Dragflikar
Om den lilla mullvaden som ville veta vem som hade gjort det... Humoristisk bilderbok för barn i en alldeles speciell ålder och deras luttrade föräldrar. När Mullvaden sticker upp huvudet ur sin håla på morgonen så dunsar något avlångt och brunt ner på hans huvud. Närsynt börjar han leta efter förövaren. Han frågar de andra djuren vem som har gjort det. Ingenstans får han napp. Men till slut råkar han på ett par riktiga experter som snabbt identifierar den skyldige.Här kommer boken som en ny finurlig interaktiv boardbok med dragflikar. I jakt på den som bajsat på hans huvud får vi hjälpa mullvaden att dra fram de olika djurens bajs. Både stora och små kan skratta högt tillsammans!2017 belönades konstnären Wolf Erlbruch med Almapriset.
Det Var Det Fräckaste!
Om den lilla mullvaden som ville veta vem som hade gjort det... Humoristisk bilderbok för barn i en alldeles speciell ålder och deras luttrade föräldrar. När Mullvaden sticker upp huvudet ur sin håla på morgonen så dunsar något avlångt och brunt ner på hans huvud. Närsynt börjar han leta efter förövaren. Han frågar de andra djuren vem som har gjort det. Ingenstans får han napp. Men till slutråkar han på ett par riktiga experter som snabbt identifierar den skyldige.
Det Var Det Fräckaste! Mina Vänner
En bok för dig och dina vänner! Här fyller ni i älsklingsrätt, favoritbok, vart man helst skulle vilja åka samt en massa annat kul. Illustrerad med bilder ur klassikern Det var det fräckaste!
The Story Of The Little Mole Who Knew It Was None Of His Business
A phenomenal success since its publication in 1989, The Story of the Little Mole has delighted adults and children alike to become an all-time humour classic. CELEBRATING 30 YEARS AND OVER 3 MILLION SALES OF A PICTURE BOOK PHENOMENON! This hilarious picture book tells the tale of a little mole who wakes up one morning only to have one of the other animals 'do its business' on his head. The Little Mole then sets out to track down the culprit to exact his revenge in his own little way. This new anniversary edition is a fantastic way to introduce children to the amazing world of books. This children's classic by story and illustrator duo Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch is now reissued in a special anniversary edition, with accompanying marketing and publicity campaign. This children's classic by story and illustrator duo Werner Holzwarth and Wolf Erlbruch is now reissued in a special anniversary edition, with accompanying marketing and publicity campaign.
HR Giger
"At its essence, Giger's art digs down into our psyches and touches our very deepest primal instincts and fears. His art stands in a category of its own. The proof of this lies in the intensity of his work and imagination, which I can only co...
Hr Giger. 45th Ed.
Enter a world of haunting power and dark psychedelia with this tribute to the biomechanic visions of HR Giger. The anniversary edition spans the artist's painting, sculpture, film design, iconic album covers, and unique artist's museum, with an essay by Andreas J. Hirsch, and an extensive biography based on contemporary quotes and Giger's own...
Green Paradox
The Green Paradox
The Euro Trap
This book offers a critical assessment of the history of the euro, its crisis, and the rescue measures taken by the European Central Bank and the community of states. The euro induced huge capital flows from the northern to the southern countries ...
Economics of Target Balances
Target balances are the largest single item in some of the balance sheets of the Eurosystem's national central banks (NCBs), and yet very little is known about them by the general public and even by economists. This book shows that Target balances...
Casino Capitalism
In Casino Capitalism Hans-Werner Sinn examines the causes of the banking crisis, points out the flaws in the economic rescue packages, and presents a master plan for the reform of financial markets. Sinn argues that the crisis came about because l...
Prosocial Behaviour
How can social bonds in society be strengthened? How do we learn and develop prosocial behaviour? This comprehensive textbook provides up-to-date coverage of the social phenomenon of prosocial behaviour, incorporating all the major developments in...
The Euro Trap
This book offers a critical assessment of the history of the euro, its crisis, and the rescue measures taken by the European Central Bank and the community of states. The euro induced huge capital flows from the northern to the southern countries ...
The Book of Job
The Book of Job
Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners
The theft of high-profile works of art is not new and recurs on a fairly regular basis. In 1994 two important paintings by J.M.W. Turner (then valued at £24 million) were stolen from a public gallery in Frankfurt while on loan from the Tate in Lon...
