books by Jean-Hubert Martin
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Jean-Hubert Martin
Cautionary Tales: Critical Curating
Jean-Hubert Martin,
Sara Arrhenius
, ...
apexart
, 2007
Curation on the move
I bought this collection for the essay by Geeta Kapur, in conjunction with my work as curator of the forthcoming exhibition 'New Art from South Asia' scheduled to open at the Herbert, Coventry, in January 2009, to coincide with the opening of the new galleries. [...] ...
Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent
Jean Loup Amselle
,
Charlotte Boudon
, ...
Hatje Cantz Publishers
, 2005
Description: Africa Remix is one of the only comprehensive publications on young contemporary art of the last decade in and from Africa. It features more than 80 artists from nearly 30 countries, well representing the geographic diversity of Africa--from Egypt and Morocco to South Africa. Both well-known artists, who are already established in the ...
Artempo
MER/Paper Kunsthalle
, 2008
As Albert Einstein said, "The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science." This delightful, surprising and tactile exhibition catalogue examines the relationship between nature and the man-made world, reevaluating of our perceptions of reality, of ...
Wim Delvoye: Scatalogue
Peter Bexte
,
Pierre Sterckx
, ...
Merz
, 2002
Description: Scatalogue, a combination of catalogue and scatology--scatology being the study of fecal excrement and an obsession with excretory functions--is a fitting title for a publication devoted to Wim Delvoye's latest work. A smelly hit in its new and improved version at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York this past year, and an ...
Man Ray Photographs
Jean-Hubert Martin,
Man Ray
Thames & Hudson
, 2001
"I paint what cannot be photographed, I photograph the things I don't want to paint....I would photograph an idea rather than an object, and a dream rather than an idea." Man Ray's own words suggest the essence of his brilliant, original, and deeply influential photographic oeuvre. Taking up photography in 1915 for the purpose of reproducing ...
Words of Wisdom: A Curator's Vade Mecum
Carlos Basualdo
,
Rene Block
, ...
Independent Curators International, New York
, 2001
Not Only for Curators!
This is a great compendium of writings by some of the most prominent independent or affiliated curators working internationally today. Each was asked ten questions about curating and each responded in a different and fascinating way. This is an interesting book for ...
Richard Nonas
Angela Vettese
,
Sabrine Lotringer
, ...
Charta
, 2004
A trained anthropologist, Richard Nonas has spent long periods among the Canadian Inuit and in the deserts of Mexico. An environmental sculptor, Nonas returned to Italy after an almost thirty-year absence; there he worked with natural materials such as wood, stone, and metal, and taught 24 young international artists. This book documents the ...
Andy Warhol: The Late Work
Jean-Hubert Martin
Prestel Publishing
, 2004
Beautiful survey of Warhol's post-60s work
This set--catalogue for an exhibition currently traveling through Europe--is a nice survey of Warhol's underrated later work, including material not covered in any of the big retrospective volumes. The first part covers (mostly) paintings and (a few) wallpaper ...
Qu'est-ce que c'est que ce cirque!
Hubert Ben Kemoun
, Jean-François Martin
Flammarion
, 2000
Arte Religione Politica/Art, Religion, Politics
Jean-Hubert Martin,
Carlo Severi
5 Continents
, 2005
While Europe can be proud of its enlightened culture, oppressed communities in the Third World often form groups based on traditions with strong religious elements to give them a sense of identification and to oppose dominating central powers. Many struggling minorities, especially in countries with internal colonialism form groups based on ...
Das endlose Rätsel. Dali und die Magier der Mehrdeutigkeit.
Dwan Ades
,
Montse Aguer
, ...
Hatje Cantz Verlag
, 2003
Braco Dimitrijevic
Achille Bonito Oliva
,
Cornelia Lauf
, ...
Charta
, 2006
The Sarajevo-born artist Braco Dimitrijev'c has forged a strongly personal and original artistic path through the great movements of the postwar period, from kinetic and op art to conceptual and performance art. Throughout his work, he has returned to questions of fame and fate: what is it that catapults certain people into the historical ...
The Endless Enigma: Dalí and the Magicians of Multiple Meaning
Dawn Ades
,
Stephan Andreae
, ...
Hatje Cantz Publishers
, 2003
Fascinated by optical phenomena and curious to explore the limits of picture making, painters share a long history of creating visual puzzles, composite pictures with shifting perspectives. Ambiguous images whose various levels of meaning depend entirely on the observer's point of view have drawn more than a few painters' brushes over time. This ...
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