Мистецтво

Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") is an art form that originated in the metropolitan culture of Edo (Tokyo) in the early seventeenth century and involved collaboration between artist, carver, printer and publisher. Printed on fragile paper using a technique of woodcut or woodblock printing, the early black and white designs soon gave way to delicate two-colour prints and then to multicoloured prints. Favourite subjects were portraits of beautiful geisha and courtesans, popular kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers, erotica, scenes from nature, historical subjects and even foreigners in Japan.

The charming, carefully selected ukiyo-e in this book reflect not only Japan's rich history and way of life but also reveal the author's love affair with an art form that has captured the imagination of people all over the world./p>

Модерністичні будинки України, які залишилися поза увагою, знаходяться під загрозою розвитку, декомунізації та війни. Фотограф Дмитро Соловйов перетнув Україну, задокументувавши їх, щоб створити найповнішу публікацію на цю тему.

Як виглядає українська модерністська архітектура і чому вона не більш відома на заході?

Фотограф та архітектурний екскурсовод Дмитро Соловйов бореться за збереження зникаючої модерністської спадщини рідної України.

Ці інноваційні будівлі є надзвичайним поєднанням функціональності, авангардної естетики та геніального дизайну, але, незважаючи на ці якості, вони залишаються здебільшого невизнаними. Це результат кількох факторів, зокрема клеймо приналежності до радянської епохи, корупція, занедбаність, а також постійна загроза руйнування як від недобросовісних забудовників, так і від війни.

Від таких шедеврів, як Київський крематорій і готель «Салют», до раніше незадокументованих прикладів, як-от термінал Ужгородського аеропорту та Новоархангельське відділення поліції, Соловйов подорожував Україною, фотографуючи екстер’єри та інтер’єри цих важливих будівель та їх монументальне мистецтво (мозаїки, вітражі та скульптури). У той час як увага нації поглинена більш екзистенціальними питаннями, він задокументував унікальну ідентичність одного з найменш каталогізованих періодів радянської архітектури, його зображення сформували унікальний запис несподіваної та швидко зникаючої спадщини.

Вступ відомого критика архітектури Оуена Хатерлі, доповнений історичними зображеннями, цементує ці будівлі в культурному та політичному контексті. Маючи понад 120 прикладів на 240 сторінках, ця публікація є найповнішою з доступних на цю тему.

About the Author:

Дмитро Соловйов – київський український фотограф-архітектура та дослідник, який документує модерністське мистецтво та архітектуру. Його місія протягом усього життя — збереження модерністської спадщини та популяризація її цінності. Дмитро проводить кампанії на захист визначних модерністських будівель і творів мистецтва, проводить архітектурні екскурсії та читає лекції на основі своїх досліджень, організовує проекти реставрації монументального мистецтва. На його акаунт в Instagram @ukrainianmodernism підписалися понад 100 000 користувачів по всьому світу.

Uncovered is an oral history of the stories behind the most ground-breaking and controversial magazine covers ever published, as told by the people who created them. 

Compiled by industry veteran Ian Birch, Uncovered gathers together the insights of the magazine world’s most important figures, including high-profile editors, creative directors, photographers, artists and cover stars. 

Featuring compelling and shocking covers from Vogue, Life, Esquire, The New Yorker, i-D, The Face, Private Eye, Time, Rolling Stone and many more, covering issues as varied as the civil rights movement and Vietnam war to the Trump presidency and Brexit debate, this is a unique social document celebrating and chronicling the art of magazine design.

Ambitious art in large formats

Unlimited, Art Basel's pioneering exhibition platform for projects that transcend the classical art-show booth, has been a vital part of the most important art fair since 2000. Every year, more than 70 artists are invited to contribute to this exceptional platform. The concept of this large exhibition is unique and popular with both collectors and visitors, showing oversized works to their best effect in a gigantic, 17,000 square-meter hall, including massive sculptures and paintings, video projections, large-scaled installations, and live performances. Like its predecessors, the 2022 edition of Unlimited promises to attract considerable attention. All contributing artists and their works shown are presented in the Unlimited catalog.

“Anyone who missed the big special show Unlimited at Art Basel can get an impression of it through this illustrated volume. This large, museum-quality exhibition has been expanding the boundaries of art since the year 2000.”– Bücher Magazin.

Figurative painting of the past five years, represented here by an exciting young generation of artists and vital practitioners, addresses the challenge of contemporary representation through expressionistic compositions and new techniques reflecting digital fluency.

Figuration is one of the oldest art forms, but it continually evolves, along with our changing understanding of human identity. The artists featured here often source imagery from the Internet, and draw on aesthetics developed in Internet-first channels. Digital techniques and affordances are incorporated into rendering processes with traditional media: brushstrokes are more precise, lines are sharper, and color is more highly keyed. In these works, expressionism is located more in the composition than in the paint handling.

This richly illustrated collection of figurative works is accompanied by texts that connect the present moment in painting to the early 1980s, when the emergence of artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel revitalized the art dialogue after the extended dissolution of Minimalism, and to its roots in the practice of painters like Picabia.

About the Author:

Jeffrey Deitch has helped to build the careers of some of the leading contemporary artists as a gallerist and curator. He is the former Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. His book Live the Art: Fifteen Years of Deitch Projects, was published by Rizzoli in 2015.

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Пролистать книгу Unrealism: New Figurative Painting

The French High Jewelry Maison through more than 500 creations and archival documents, from 1906 to nowadays 

This book presents the legendary jewellery and precious objects of Van Cleef & Arpels, and how they relate to time, nature and love. Time is a fundamental element for both creativity and craftsmanship. Time gives objects their shape; defines their style; determines their function, social utility, and the choice of materials and techniques; indicates origin; hones taste; and reveals context. Time is interpreted through eight values inspired by Italo Calvino’s Lezioni Americane, or Six Memos for the Next Millennium, to honor the iconic pieces created by Van Cleef & Arpels over the years, from Art Deco masterpieces to the illustrious Zip necklace, gravity-defying Mystery Set, or celebrated Minaudières ― some of the most important innovations in the history of 20th-century jewellery-making.

Nature plays an equally important role for Van Cleef & Arpels as an ever-present source of inspiration and tribute, embodied in unique gems and timeless masterpieces drawing on flora and fauna. Van Cleef & Arpels is founded on love, the most powerful energy in the world. Each object is handcrafted with love, and Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery has sealed some of the century’s most legendary love stories.

In a brilliant historical and critical essay, illuminated by a stunning iconographic selection of jewellery, precious objects and archive materials, this work describes the Maison’s eternal values of time, nature and love.

About the Authors:

Alba Cappellieri is Full Professor of Jewelry and Fashion Accessories Design at Politecnico di Milano, where she is Director of the International Master’s in Jewellery and Fashion Accessories and the Master’s in Fashion Design, and teaches Brand and Product Management at Milano Fashion Institute (under the consortium with Politecnico di Milano, Bocconi University and Università Cattolica).

From 2013 to 2016 she taught Design for Innovation at Stanford University. Alba Cappellieri is a member of the Scientific Council at the Van Cleef & Arpels School of Jewelry Arts in Paris and an advisor with the Creative Academy of the Cologni Foundation in Milan. She was appointed Ambassador of Italian Design for Italian Design Day in Osaka in 2017, in Sydney in 2018 and in Baku in 2019. Since 2014, she has been Director of the Museo del Gioiello jewelry museum in Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza, Italy’s first museum exclusively dedicated to jewelry.

Her recent publications include: Gioielli, Dall’Art Nouveau al 3d Printing (Skira, 2018), Catene, gioielli tra storia, funzione e ornamento(Silvana Editoriale, 2018), Brilliant (Corraini, 2016), Gioielli alla Moda (Corraini, 2016), Gioielli sentimentali (Marsilio, 2014), Il design italiano incontra il gioiello, with M. Romanelli (Marsilio, 2013).

The official book that accompanies the blockbuster exhibition in Ghent

Flemish painter Jan Van Eyck (c. 1390–1441) towered above his contemporaries. With his unprecedented technique, scientific knowledge and unparalleled powers of observation, Van Eyck lifted oil painting to previously unseen heights and helped determine the course of Western art. In Spring 2020 the Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium hosted the largest ever exhibition of Van Eyck’s work. An Optical Revolution included artworks by Van Eyck, several pieces from his studio and international masterpieces from the late Middle Ages, which made the world of Van Eyck more tangible than ever. Central to the exhibition were the eight restored exterior panels of the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, a highly exceptional loan from St Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent. After the exhibition the panels were returned to their original place in the cathedral and will never again be shown elsewhere.

This tie-in exhibition catalogue unravels some of the myths that surround Van Eyck and his technique while showing his complete oeuvre and his influence in a new perspective. With essays by leading experts from around the world, this book is an indispensable resource for Van Eyck fans and scholars alike.

About the Authors:

Maximiliaan Martens is a professor of art history at Ghent University.
Till-Holger Borchert is a German art historian and writer specialising in 14th- and 15th-century art. He has been artistic director of the Municipal Museums in Bruges since 2014.
Jan Dumolyn is a Belgian historian and professor at Ghent University.

Au Courant with the Art Scene

The history of the VanhaerentsArtCollection began in the 1970s, when a young Walter Vanhaerents laid the foundation of his now famous collection with works by Andy Warhol. Much has happened since then, but the focus on new and provocative art, often considered radical at the time, remained. From Bruce Nauman, Yoshitomo Nara, and Bill Viola to Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Katharina Fritsch, or Tom Sachs—across different genres and media, the Brussel-based collection reflects a keen sense of the latest developments in current art practices as well as a prescient intuition for emerging artists. The publication Looking Ahead celebrates the 50th anniversary of this unique collection and provides an overview of the exhibitions of the past 15 years.

Vasily Kandinsky became the pioneer of abstract art; he was a co-founder of the Blauer Reiter, an art theorist and an influential teacher at the Bauhaus. When he abandoned his promising career as a lawyer in favour of art at the age of 30, no one could have guessed that a few years later he would play a decisive role in determining and revolutionising twentieth-century art.

What the art critic Will Grohmann wrote in 1924 about Kandinsky in the historic series Junge Kunst, reflects current opinion at the time about the path Kandinsky had chosen towards abstraction, which was regarded as both irritating and bold. However, it was not just his radical views about art that polarised people; the charismatic painter also provoked them with his personality, prompting admiration and repudiation in equal measure. This volume is designed to appeal to book-lovers and is lavishly illustrated. It illuminates the principal milestones in Kandinsky’s artistic and private life, providing an insight into his legacy and focusing in particular on his years at the Bauhaus, where he taught together with artist colleagues like Paul Klee and Lyonel Feininger.

This is the first comprehensive book on Venetian mosaics of the nineteenth century. It illustrates work by both the Salviati Company and the Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company. A carefully researched work, Venetian Glass addresses the revival of the art of Venetian mosaic making in the mid-nineteenth century and discusses the complicity of both Antonio Salviati and Sir Austen Henry Layard in that revival. It is a comprehensive work, illustrating Salviati's earliest surviving mosaics, the 1860 mosaic decoration of the Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore and continuing through his company's last commission, the Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto, California.
The recovered art of Venetian mosaic in the late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century is now seen as one of the most important aesthetic achievements of the Victorian-Edwardian era. Neglected and unappreciated for decades, surviving mosaics are being cleaned and restored worldwide. Whether highly visible monuments in major cities or small achievements of Venetian manufacturers are now treasured for the splendid masterpieces they are.

Малярство та поезія – велике пробудження венеціанського живопису близько 1500 року.

У Венеції епохи Відродження такі майстри мистецтва, як Белліні, Джорджоне, Пальма Веккьо та Тіціан, досліджували сутність людства та природи та їхній зв’язок один з одним із безпрецедентною інтенсивністю. Цей привабливий том показує через важливі портрети та пейзажі новаторські інновації венеціанського живопису, які продовжували залишати свій слід аж до сучасності.

Картина «Місто над лагуною» захоплює нас не лише багатством фарб і нюансами світла, але й винятковою чутливістю, з якою художники зосереджувалися на своїх роботах. Вони створювали витончені портрети, спокусливі ідеалізовані образи та історичні картини, основним характером яких є атмосферний пейзаж. Видання детально розглядає шедеври з огляду на їхню дивовижну інноваційну силу, контекст, у якому вони були створені, та сучасні інтерпретації.

Про автора:

Андреас Шумахер є директором колекцій Старої пінакотеки в Мюнхені.

While Venice is better known for soft light and atmospheric painters, this elegant new volume transforms our understanding of Venetian sculpture and its place in the city’s artistic tradition.

A feast for the eyes and an entertaining, erudite read, this book opens with an illustrated survey of the 120 doges who led the Venetian Republic before continuing with a detailed survey of the incredible array of sculptures and monuments that memorialize them.

Although celebrated for painting and music, Venice has a sculptural tradition that was overshadowed by Florence and Rome. Based on new scholarship, this volume reveals the true magnificence of six centuries of Venetian sculpture. With the oldest works dating to the thirteenth century, these masterpieces fill the city’s churches and include pieces by great masters from the Lombardo family to Antonio Rizzo, Jacopo Sansovino, Alessandro Vittoria, and Baldassare Longhena.

The sculptural marvels of Venice tell the story of a procession of doges—politicians, scholars, conquerors, merchants, and even a saint, Pietro Orseolo — over a thousand-year history. Engaging text highlights the adventurous, eventful, and sometimes glorious lives of these legendary figures, while the newly commissioned photography showcases the grandeur and beauty of a neglected aspect of Venice’s cultural history. 

About the Author:

Francesco “Toto” Bergamo Rossi has been the head of the Venetian Heritage Foundation since 2010. Count Marino Zorzi, former director of the Biblioteca Marciana, comes from one of the oldest Venetian families with a doge in their lineage. Matteo de Fina specializes in photographing art, interiors, and architecture. Diane von Furstenberg is a noted philanthropist and celebrated fashion designer, best known for the wrap dress, as well as founder of her eponymous global luxury lifestyle brand now sold in over 55 countries. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America in 2005 and was named the most powerful woman in fashion by Forbes magazine in 2012 She is International Ambassador for Venetian Heritage Foundation. Peter Marino, FAIA, is the principal of Peter Marino Architect PLLC, the New York–based architecture firm he founded in 1978. Known for his residential and retail work for the most iconic names in fashion and art, his award-winning work includes large-scale commercial, cultural, and hospitality projects. He is Chairman of Venetian Heritage Foundation and on the board of directors for International Committee of L’Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs.

У цій книзі, яка супроводжує велику пересувну виставку, розглядається унікальний мистецький і культурний обмін між Венеціанською Республікою та турецькою османською культурою та ідентичністю протягом трьохсот років.

Від раннього Відродження до кінця вісімнадцятого століття Венеція займала центральне місце у світовій торговій мережі. Ця книга досліджує, як мистецькі та культурні ідеї, що виникли в Османській імперії, прибули до Венеції та були переосмислені через декоративне мистецтво, друковані книги, живопис, графіку та архітектуру.

Цей том містить широкий вибір із колекцій Громадського музею Венеції та демонструє творчий внесок відомих венеціанських художників, таких як Вітторе Карпаччо, Джентіле Белліні, Мікеле Джамбоно та Маріано Фортуні, а також твори, створені найкращими анонімними майстрами як у Венеції, так і в Османській імперії, включаючи текстиль, металообробку, обладунки та кераміка. Завдяки нещодавно дослідженим есе відомих міжнародних вчених на такі теми, як торговельні шляхи, участь міжнародних співтовариств у Венеції, дипломатичні взаємодії та динаміка військової сили, цей важливий том пропонує щойно переглянутий і новий погляд на складні художні відносини, які існували між Венецією та Османською імперією.

Про автора:

Стефано Карбоні був першим генеральним директором Комісії музеїв Міністерства культури Королівства Саудівська Аравія (2019–2023); директор і генеральний директор Художньої галереї Західної Австралії (2008–19); куратор і адміністратор відділу ісламського мистецтва Метрополітен-музею (1992–2008). Він є ад'юнкт-професором Університету Західної Австралії.

On Venini’s 100th anniversary, this book celebrates the excellence of Italian high artistic glass craftsmanship and the vases that made history.

From Venice to the world, this special book recounts the prolific and original manufacture of Venini, the glass art company founded 100 years ago in Murano, Venice, by the visionary genius of Paolo Venini and Giacomo Cappellin. Over the course of a century, Venini has pursued the goal of innovation in keeping with tradition: the brand has transformed the ancient art of glassmaking by “intersecting” it with the modern visions of artists and designers. It has gained international fame and become the obsession of collectors all over the world. Venini objects are present in private collections, as well as museums and public institutions.

The book describes the evolution of Venini’s taste, style, and innovation, thanks to the images and stories of key designers and art directors, such as Paolo Venini, Carlo Scarpa, Gio Ponti, Gae Aulenti, Ettore Sottsass, Alessandro Mendini, Tadao Ando, and Ron Arad. The imagery includes about 150 illustrations: photos of glass, archive documents, original drawings, and a photoshoot carried out in the furnace itself. These images will allow readers to enter the beating heart of Venini craftsmanship and observe all the stages of glassmaking.

About the Author:

Federica Sala is an independent curator. She edited the book Minimal/Baroque on the Italian artist Gianluca Pacchioni and has authored various publications on the history of Italian design.

Today we marvel at the shimmering light, the detail and hidden significances within the subtle techniques of Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Eyck, Frans Hals and their compatriots. 

The luminescent art of the Dutch Masters grew from the bounding confidence of the newly independent Netherlands in the early 1600s. Shed of religious conflict it encouraged a wealthy mercantile class that sought the oceans of the world in search of riches and influence, and a new sensibility in art that cast light across the actions and objects of daily life. 

The Dutch Masters are characterized by the abandonment of religious patronage, allowing, for the first time, a relentless focus on everyday subjects: the taverns, breakfast tables and living rooms of the newly wealthy and the places they loved to visit. 

This wonderful new book, also highlighting the work of the pioneering Rachel Ruysch, is the latest addition to Flame Tree’s highly successful Masterworks series.