Romanian-born, Amsterdam-based artist Veron Urdarianu (born 1951) paints pale, melancholy landscapes, with silhouettes of houses and figures hovering vulnerably on an indeterminate or unstable pictori
"The Circus as a Parallel Universe" takes the circus as a metaphor for the art world--a platform for transgression against the existing world order. Artists brought forward to exemplify this perspecti
This volume gathers Rainer Ganahl's numerous works devoted to Alfred Jarry, the playwright, novelist, avid cyclist and chief theorist of Pataphysics. Ganahl, in whose art bicycles are a recurrent moti
"Hong Kong Artists" is the first international publication dedicated to a new generation born between the late 70s and early 80s, currently emerging in the Hong Kong art scene. This catalogue introduc
Despite a career that was curtailed at the age of 29, Vladimir Jindrich Bufka (1887-1916) was one of the most distinctive early-twentieth-century art photographers in Prague and indeed in all of Austr
The Czech photojournalist Jindrich Marco (1921-2000) is best known for his World War II photographs, which, rather than depicting killing fields, captured the ordinary citizens of war-torn cities like
Czech artist Jan Svoboda (1934-1990) spent a lifetime laboring to redefine the language of photography. This catalogue gives an overview of his career, from early still lifes to works that questioned
Like the previous volumes "The Window of My Studio" and "Still Lifes," this new Josef Sudek monograph collects a series of photographs made within the confines of the Czech photographer's workspace. S
Norwegian photographer Dag Alveng's new project, "Racing," has allowed him to combine his vocation of photography with his passion for car racing (specifically 1980s Italian motorcars). Alveng's lustr
In our thirst for Hollywood action heroes and caped crusaders, we sometimes overlook the everyday heroes in our midst. U.S.-based Mexican photographer Dulce Pinzon (born 1974) pays homage to Mexican i
Edward Kienholz's life-size tableau "Five Car Stud" (1969-72) depicts four automobiles and a pickup truck, arranged on a dirt floor in a dark room with their headlights illuminating a shocking scene:
In the spring of 1624 the painter Anthony Van Dyck (1599 -1641) moved from Genoa to Palermo in Sicily. Soon after Van Dyck's arrival, plague struck Palermo and most of the population died. In the same
Water management runs in the blood of the Dutch. Draining the Netherlands and keeping it dry is a process they started centuries ago and continue to this day. But will this still suffice? In the proje
Nowhere in the world have architects built homes as small as in Japan, and nowhere have they done so with such ingenuity and success. "How to Make a Japanese House" presents 21 lessons in how to desig
This issue of "DASH" examines the history and the future of the sustainable home, with particular attention to technical issues such as solar energy and ventilation and material-use concepts. Essays a
Finnish video artist and photographer Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959) tells the stories of ordinary human beings undergoing what seem to be bouts of insanity or supernatural occurrence. This volume reco
"Behold, America!" is an ambitious collaboration between three prominent San Diego art museums. Bringing together the best works from the American art collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art San
Comprised of Nicholas Aoki, Stephen Appleby-Barr, Christopher Buchan, Lauchie Reid and Jacob Whibley, the Canadian collective Team Macho spans the worlds of both fine art and illustration, producing w
Lee Friedlander is one of the few artists in any medium to have sustained a body of influential work over five decades. To make the photographs in "Mannequin," he returned to the hand-held, 35-mm came
"Conversations" comprises a selection of more than 100 photographs drawn from the Bank of America Collection. The publication traces the history of photography through the eyes and imagination of icon
