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Henry Moore
Dorothy Kosinski, Editor
Yale University Press
Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040
0-300-08992-9 $50.00 1-800-987-7323
Moore is one of the most beloved sculptors of the 20th century, yet his work
has fallen out of favor with the modern critics: this seeks to reassess Moore's
crucial contribution to art of the last century, examining his early
experiments with primitivism and his later probe into modernist pieces. The
focus on his early works in particular provides Moore enthusiasts with a body
of works and approaches not seen in many other considerations of his works.
Marvelous Murals You Can Paint
Gary Lord & David Schmidt
North Light/F&W Publications
1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45207
0-89134-969-3 $29.99 1-800-289-0963
Use this introduction to create stunning murals based on a presentation of
easily-mastered painting techniques applicable to home use. From tips on
spacing and room perspective to using texturing and overlay processes for added
finesse, Marvelous Murals You Can Paint is packed with color photos and easy
projects which will encourage use in the home.
O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes
Barbara Buhler Lynes & Russell Bowman
Thames & Hudson, Inc.
500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110
0500092990 $45.00 1-800-233-4830
Georgia O'Keeffe died in 1986 owning more than half the approximately two
thousand works she had produced during the eighty years she was active as an
artist. Four hundred of those works were oils, charcoals, pastels, pencils, and
watercolors. Additionally there were more than seven hundred sketches in her
personal collection. O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes: The Artist's Collection explores and
showcases the significance of Georgia O'Keeffe's collection of her own work and
comprises seventy-five seminal works reproduced in full color and dating from
around 1910 down through the 1960s. Unique, impressive, O'Keeffe's O'Keeffes is
an essential volume for students of American art history in general, and the
life and work of Georgia O'Keeffe in particular.
Watson Guptill
770 Broadway, New York NY 10003
These new releases are exceptional additions to any art school library and many
a general collection: each provides a focus not available in competing
publications. Roberta Gordon-Smith's Trompe L'oeil Home (0-8230-5446-2,
$24.95), for example, provides a whole-home focus with over twenty projects
covering every area of the house, with color photos throughout - quite a
difference compared to narrower focuses of simple one-room projects. Walt
Reed's Illustrator In America 1860-2000 (2523-3, $55.00) presents the third
revised edition of this title, providing the history of over a hundred forty
years of illustration up to 2000. Pictures and biographies of outstanding
artists of each decade accompany historical insights in this exceptional
catalog. Paul Scott's Painted Clay (3921-8, $40.00) reveals ceramics from
outside studio pottery projects, considering the visual artists who work with
ceramics from a graphic arts perspective. Color photos pack a display of
ceramics painting choices and a history of evolving applications. All are
exceptional.
Henry Sugimoto
Kristine Kim
Heyday Books
Box 9145, Berkeley, CA 94709
1-890771-43-0 $24.95 heydaybooks.com
Henry Sugimoto's life is a canvas of experience as a traveler and a
Japanese-American who used color and form to capture life. His internment
during World War II lead to images of his experiences and his awareness of his
Japanese heritage which are presented in Henry Sugimoto: Painting An American
Experience, an outstanding catalog accompanying a major exhibit.
Grandma Moses In The 21st Century
Jane Kallir
Yale University Press
Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040
0-300-08927-9 $65.00 1-800-987-7323
Grandma Moses In The 21st Century is a catalog of an elderly painter's folk art
and provides an excellent survey of her works including an intricate
examination of her working methods, her interpretive process, and her role in
the context of modern art and social movements of her times, in the 1940s and
50s. The result is an excellent catalog which features important analyses of
her achievements and displays her notable works in lavish, full page color.
Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors
Robert Fitzpatrick, et al.
Hudson Hills Press/NBN, dist.
1133 Broadway, Suite 1301, New York, NY 10010-8001
1555952054 $45.00 1-212-929-4994
Roy Lichtenstein is one of America's premier "pop art" painters and print
makers. His style is instantly recognizable and powerfully influenced the
popular culture of the last thirty years. Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors is an
informative, wonderfully illustrated introduction and analysis of his
"interior" paintings -- many published her for the first time. Robert
Fitzpatrick is Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and
effectively collaborates with Dorothy Lichtenstein, the late Leo Castelli,
Sidney B. Felsen, and Cassandra Lozano to present an impressive and fully
rounded presentation on the life, work, and artistic innovations of
Lichtenstein. Roy Lichtenstein: Interiors is a very highly recommended addition
to personal, academic, and community library American art history collections.
African Rock Art
Alec Campbell & David Coulson
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
100 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
0810943638 $60.00 1-800-759-0190
Alec Campbell's African Rock Art: Paintings And Engravings On Stone, superbly
and profusely illustrated with more than two hundred examples of David
Coulson's color photography, spectacularly and informatively showcases
Africa's rock art with examples drawn from the entire continent. The text
provides the reader with an authoritative and "reader friendly" historical and
interpretative analysis. Alec Campbell draws upon his many years of experience
as the founder and former director of the "National Museum of Botswana", and is
a resident of the area. David Coulson is founder and chairman of the "Trust for
African Rock Art" and combines his special expertise with skills as a
photography to provide a visual record of outstanding works, many of which are
now endangered by erosion, theft, and vandalism. African Rock Art is an
impressive and much appreciated addition to personal, academic and community
library African art history and cultural studies collections.
Collectors Press
PO Box 230986, Portland, OR 97281
Seaside Sweethearts (1-88054-48-4, $11.95) reproduced art of historic
significance from the Golden Age of Illustration in the late 1940s, gathering
beautiful pinup art of bathing beauties. Pin-Up Nudes (47-6 , $11.95) presents
artistic pinup nudes. Popular pin-ups with special beauty and merit have been
selected for each title: the result is superior quality and distinctive
illustrator talents.
Henry N. Abrams
100 - 5th Ave., New York NY 10011
Two excellent achievements are recommended art library picks. Art Cuba: The New
Generation (0-8109-5733-7, $49.50) by Holly Block provides a fine overview of
the contemporary art scene within Cuba, displaying some of the most notable
works and arts of the 20th century and providing the first major survey to show
the range of art issuing from Cuba. The full-page color illustrations are
excellent. Robin Hamlyn and Michael Phillips' William Blake (5710-8, $75.00)
provides a comprehensive survey of the entirety of Blake's visual output, from
prints and illuminated books to paintings. New research by Blake scholars
accompanies the catalog, which compliments the largest Blake exhibit ever
mounted.
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