Искусство

New Worlds: German and Austrian Art 1890-1940 is the inaugural catalogue for Neue Galerie New York. A distinguished group of international scholars surveys the development of modern art complemented by biographies on the artists represented in the museum's collection. Emphasis is placed upon the American reception to their work, a previously little-explored area in this field. In this context, the role of museums, art dealers, patrons and critics are examined as well.

Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, and artists of the Wiener Werkstätte are among the featured artists. Leading figures, such as Max Beckmann, Peter Behrens, Otto Dix, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe are also examined in the context of key movements in Germany such as the Brücke, the Blaue Reiter, Neue Sachlichkeit, and the Bauhaus.

Nigel Henderson (1917–1985) has languished in relative obscurity since the mid-1950s. This is the first monograph on a pivotal artist, whose influence on British art in the 1950s and 1960s was immense.

This superbly illustrated volume provides an in-depth account of the artist’s extraordinary life and work, which included close friendships with a number of the Bloomsbury circle (he married Virginia Woolf’s niece) as well as such literary figures as Dylan Thomas, T. S. Eliot, Bertolt Brecht and W. H. Auden.

Adopted by Peggy Guggenheim in the mid-1930s, Henderson also benefited from friendships with a number of key French Surrealists, such as Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Yves Tanguy, Hans Arp and, later, Fernand Léger, Alberto Giacometti and Jean Dubuffet. Following the war, these friendships and their impact on his work would mark Henderson out from the younger artists with whom he was mixing, among them Eduardo Paolozzi, Francis Bacon, William Turnbull, Richard Hamilton, and architects Colin St. John Wilson and Alison and Peter Smithson, all of whom felt stifled by the post-war British art establishment.

Nigel Henderson: Parallel of Life and Art presents a comprehensive selection of Henderson’s work, including his documentary photographs of the East End (which had a significant impact on contemporary urban planning and architecture), and his experimental work with the photographic medium, collage and design. Many of the images are published here for the first time.

A wider public discovery of the Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918) is long overdue. Today, the autodidact is known not only as one of the most significant representatives of naïve art, but the story of his special reception is remarkable, as he painted his pictures for inns and pubs. Hardly known outside of Georgia these days, his work was nevertheless displayed alongside works by Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Kazimir Malevich, and Marc Chagall in the legendary 1913 exhibition Mischén (Target) in Moscow, where he was known as the “Rousseau of the East.” Pirosmani’s unique visual vocabulary is based on consistently reduced formal elements: against an always black background, the elementary colors of red, blue, yellow, green, and white developed refined effects, immediately appealing to the viewer.

Now, the Albertina in Vienna is devoting a first large retrospective to Pirosmani in the heart of Europe since a long time ago, examining his paintings in the context of art history.

Exhibition: 26.10.2018–27.1.2019, Albertina, ViennaMarch–October 2019, Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles

A wider public discovery of the Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918) is long overdue. Today, the autodidact is known not only as one of the most significant representatives of naïve art, but the story of his special reception is remarkable, as he painted his pictures for inns and pubs. Hardly known outside of Georgia these days, his work was nevertheless displayed alongside works by Natalia Goncharova, Mikhail Larionov, Kazimir Malevich, and Marc Chagall in the legendary 1913 exhibition Mischén (Target) in Moscow, where he was known as the “Rousseau of the East.” Pirosmani’s unique visual vocabulary is based on consistently reduced formal elements: against an always black background, the elementary colors of red, blue, yellow, green, and white developed refined effects, immediately appealing to the viewer.

Now, the Albertina in Vienna is devoting a first large retrospective to Pirosmani in the heart of Europe since a long time ago, examining his paintings in the context of art history.

Exhibition: 26.10.2018–27.1.2019, Albertina, ViennaMarch–October 2019, Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles

Almost twenty years after the creation of the Musee d’Orsay, the 19th century seems more than ever to be the “Golden Age” of French art. It boasts names such as Ingres and Delacroix, Manet and Puvis de Chavannes, Gustave Eiffel and Charles Garnier. French art became a universally accepted benchmark, spreading the discoveries of Impressionism, the Haussmann models, and the daring of art nouveau far beyond its borders, and receiving in return, in the form of the countless artists who flocked to its hub, numerous influences from abroad. Other key movements associated with the19th century include Romanticism; Neo-Classicism, “orientalism,” and japonisme; Realism; the Barbizon School and plein-air painting; Neo-Impression, Cloissonism, and the Nabis; and Symbolism.This complete, chronological history is illustrated by more than 400 illustrations and covers painting, sculpture, and architecture, as well as the advent of photography, its impact on painting, and its emergence as an art form of its own.

Henri Loyrette, president director of the Louvre Museum, was previously director of the Musee d’Orsay (1994). Loyrette has published articles and books on 19-century art and has presided over many exhibitions focusing on the Impressionistst. Sebastien Allard is Heritage Curator in the Painting Department at the Louvre. Allard has also published a book on Paris in 1820. Laurence des Cars is curator at the Musee d’Orsay. A specialist in late 19-century painting, des Cars has published Discoveries: Preraphaelites: Romance and Realism.

A kaleidoscopic overview of the influential artist and art director, cataloging thirty years of his work and his quest through the world of imagery.

Beginning in the early 1980s, artist Gianluigi Colin began to delve into the daily newspapers to extract words, images, and signs that caught his attention. With an eye on the world around him, Colin assembled a complex, varied, and layered vision, documenting daily life as it unfolded and became history. The mission he has set for himself is to “clothe” the news headlines and events, while systematically devising his own newspaper, creating an ongoing dialogue with the international press. This visual autobiography reveals the artist’s evolving confrontation between the two worlds of imagery and words, while offering a visual account of the graphic projects that Colin realized through his role as art director for the leading newspaper Corriere della Sera.

About the Author:

Gianluigi Colin is a multifaceted artist. During his years as art director of the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, he was also a lecturer and university professor, writing news items and essays on photography and on visual communication in general. He has exhibited around the world, and his artwork is in private collections, museums, and public institutions in Italy and abroad.

Как изменился культурный ландшафт после появления глобального супермаркета? Что произошло с современным искусством после Энди Уорхола, с поп-музыкой – после Нирваны и MTV, с кино – после «Звездных войн»?
И так ли важны сегодня, когда лейбл на вашей майке ценнее ее фасона, старые понятия вкуса и стиля?

Ответы на эти вопросы предлагает в своей книге Джон Сибрук, колумнист журнала New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar, GQ, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Village Voice. Его исследование – путеводитель по современной культуре, в которой информационный шум оказывается важнее самого события, качество равно актуальности, и уже никто не в состоянии отделить продукт от его позиционирования, а культурную ценность – от рыночной стоимости.

Добро пожаловать в мир Nobrow! Мир, в котором вы уже давно живете, хотя и боитесь себе в этом признаться!

Noovo is an aesthetic arbiter and a cultural mediator in the fields of fashion, photography and jewellery: a platform to show the highest level of creativity from around the world.

Contemporary Portraits of Fashion, Photography & Jewellery is a collection of designers and photographers profiles and their work. Contemporary fashion, photography and jewellery are brought together in this special edition, and each discipline is represented by emerging talents and established names who share a commitment to artistic integrity and an absolute devotion to their art. The profiles give us an insight into the work, thoughts and processes of some of the most celebrated artists and designers in their fields. Each of them speaks to us in his or her own highly distinctive voice.

Noovo is an æsthetic arbiter and a cultural mediator in the fields of fashion, photography and jewellery: a platform to show the highest level of creativity from around the world.

Jewellery has been a prominent means of artistic and cultural expression in every civilisation, and like all contemporary art, it has undergone a significant evolution in recent decades. Noovo 3: Unexpected Thoughts | Contemporary Jewellery contains a wonderful collection of pieces of jewellery as communicative and meditative objects. They are works of art that reveal the miracle of the unusual, providing a completely fresh artistic perspective.

Nora is the new girl in school and just wants to make friends. Then one day she spots something unusual out of the corner of her eye - a little blue bunny that only she can see. At last she has someone play with and talk to. When she discovers that a boy in class can also see the rabbit, she makes a real life friend who also has a secret of his own.

Nora's entire story ingeniously takes places on the walls in the photographs. Illustrated in a vibrant graffiti art style, this book comes with two stencils that allow kids and adults to recreate some of their favourite characters from the book.

150 full-colour illustrations and includes 8-limited edition prints

Originally published by Abrams in 1977, Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book is a holiday classic that has remained a bestselling family treasure for over 30 years. With over 85 images from Norman Rockwell's archive of art, this fully redesigned edition brings a fresh, contemporary appeal to the original vintage volume.

This holiday favourite features timeless art, including images of children sleigh-riding, families carolling, and Santa preparing for his big night, in addition to 15 new images culled from Rockwell's extensive archive and eight ready-to-frame limited-edition prints. Alongside these lush illustrations are Christmas poems and stories from beloved writers such as Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Hans Christian Andersen, and Lewis Carroll; as well as Christmas carol music and lyrics and Christmas dinner recipes from Fannie Merritt Farmer's 1896 cooking tome. Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book is the perfect present under the tree for Rockwell fans young and old.

About the Author:

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was a 20th-century American painter known for his illustrations of everyday life. His most famous images were created for the Saturday Evening Post magazine including Rosie the Riveter, Saying Grace, and the Four Freedoms series. The Norman Rockwell Museum holds over 574 original paintings and drawings of the artist and is located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Norman Rockwell spent the last 25 years of his life.

Once firmly accepted social concepts such as “body”, “masculinity” and “nudity” have become less concrete over the past few decades. This volume presents an enthralling expedition into art history, tracing representations of naked men from the Age of Enlightenment to the present day.

The human form has inspired some of the finest sculpture in art history. It also evokes in the viewer complex reactions.

Looking at magnificent nude sculptures by Michelangelo, Rodin, Henry Moore, and other great artists, we are in awe of the beauty and power of the art, as well as of the nude figure. But we may also experience other emotions, perhaps uncomfortably close to those we feel when we see an unclothed human body. This astonishing work provides a visual survey of nude sculpture throughout the ages, enhanced by an illuminating essay by noted critic Vicki Goldberg probing our various responses to this most realistic art form. While photographs distance us from the art works they depict, they also offer close-up details that permit us to see nude sculptures in new and surprising ways. Photographer David Finn, who has expanded the way we look at art in Abrams' How-to-Look-at titles, enables us — through his remarkable photographs — to glimpse the sculptor's creative process as well as the qualities of presence, texture, and detail that give the finest sculpture its grace and majesty.

About the Authors:

David Finn is a writer and photographer whose acclaimed images have illustrated several books on Italian Renaissance and contemporary sculpture. His Abrams books How to Look at Photographs, How to Visit a Museum, How to Look at Sculpture, and How to Look at Everything have delighted readers looking for an introduction to the appreciation of fine art. He lives in Westchester County, New York.

Vicki Goldberg has written extensively on art and photography for the New York Times, American Photo, and Vanity Fair. She lives in New York City.

The art of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is splendid with colour and laden with hidden sensuality. O'Keeffe's name rests mainly on the large-format flower pictures that have assured her an unusual place in the annals of art, between realist and abstract.

Our Basic Art Series study traces the idiosyncratic of O'Keeffe's career, and numerous illustrations document the most important periods in her lengthy life in art.

About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:

• a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
• approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
• a concise biography