Bohdan Hostiňák je výraznou maliarskou osobnosťou strednej generácie na Slovensku. Je pre neho typické zanietenie pre maľbu a kresbu, ktoré kontinuálne spracováva do tematických celkov. Žije a tvorí v Bratislave. Album autorského výberu kresieb Bohdana Hostiňáka (nar.
THE SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFaith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave's inner life. Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O'Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave's own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.
Part man and part monster, Two-Face has been one of Batman's greatest and most fearsome villains for more than 75 years!
Prvú monografiu maliara Františka Studeného pripravila Nitrianska galéria v spolupráci s Vydavateľstvom SLOVART. Publikácia sa pokúša o doteraz najkomplexnejší pohľad na dielo a život autora, zároveň je i prehodnotením inštitucionálnych dejín a vzťahu Nitrianskej galérie k umelcovi.
1961, three years after meeting Jeanne-Claude in Paris, Christo made a study of a mammoth project that would wrap one of the city's most emblematic monuments. 60 years, 25,000 square meters of recyclable fabric, and 3,000 meters of rope later, the artists' vision finally came true.
Monografia Ladislava Čarného je, podobne ako jeho tvorba, procesuálnym, živým dielom. Veď ako na papier preniesť zážitok napríklad zo svetelnej inštalácie maľovanej fosforom na steny trnavskej synagógy, ktorej podstatou je fyzická prítomnosť diváka a jeho mentálna spoluúčasť na tvorbe diela?
The lengths to which the underworld will go for a legendary prize is unparalleled. What started as a simple logbook with a piece of valuable information was soon stolen, traded, and smuggled around the outer rim and shady ports.
Sebastião Salgado’s haunting black-and-white photographs from the GENESIS project record landscapes and people unchanged in the devastating onslaught of modern society and development. Salgado calls GENESIS “my love letter to the planet.”
Escape to our world’s most remote destinations with photographer David De Vleeschauwer and travel journalist Debbie Pappyn. Immerse yourself in 12 journeys that unfold through fascinating firsthand texts and enthralling photographs. With personal accounts revealing useful travel tips, discover an extraordinary tour of our globe from north to south.
THE TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, TELEGRAPH, THE TIMES, IRISH TIMES, ROUGH TRADE, MOJO, CLASH, ROLLING STONE, UNCUT BOOK OF THE YEARFrom award-winning musician and composer Warren Ellis comes the unexpected and inspiring story of a piece of chewing gum.
Hip hop has long been a vehicle for protest in the United States, used by its primarily African American creators to address issues of prejudice, repression, and exclusion. But the music is now a worldwide phenomenon, and outside the United States it has been taken up by those facing similar struggles.
“My breath is a part of the universe pulsating.” Czech-born Slovak sculptor Maria Bartuszová (1936 – 1996) studied at the Ceramics and Porcelain Studio at Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, and spent most of her life in Košice, Slovakia.
This collection of quotes demonstrates the elegant simplicity of Ai Weiwei's thoughts on key aspects of his art, politics, and life. A master at communicating powerful ideas in astonishingly few words, Ai Weiwei is known for his innovative use of social media to disseminate his views.
Essential quotations from renowned artist and pop icon Keith Haring Keith Haring remains one of the most important and celebrated artists of his generation and beyond.
Helmut Newton was in his sixties and already a well-established photographer when he and his wife moved to the French Riviera. At an age when many people would consider retirement, Newton instead plunged headfirst into one of the most prolific and liberating stages of his career.
Exotic plants, corals and crocodiles, birds and butterflies. Albertus Seba’s extraordinary catalog of natural specimensis not only one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements but also one of the most prized natural history books of all time.
The latest publication by designer Kenya Hara following his acclaimed Designing Design. White is not a book about color. It is rather the author's attempt to explore the essence of "white," which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics-symbolizing simplicity and subtlety.The central concepts discussed are emptiness and the absolute void.
- A collection of the most beautiful and unusual contemporary photography of birds From wild parrots in the streets of Tokyo to prize pigeons outside New York, this book brings together the world's best contemporary photography of birds and asks us to look anew at these mysterious winged creatures in all their complexity and majesty.
John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W.
Her sensual Nanas-buxom, colorful female figures laid the foundation for her international success beyond the art world: Niki de Saint Phalle.