Random House New Releases - Art - Conceptual

Contemporary Drawing by Margaret Davidson

2013-11-27T00:30:00-05:00

Contemporary Drawing Key Concepts and Techniques
Written by Margaret Davidson

eBook, 192 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Drawing; Art - Reference; Art - Conceptual | $18.99 | 978-0-8230-2718-7 (0-8230-2718-X)

Drawing is experiencing an unparalleled surge in the art world. Passé notions that once defined drawing as being a preparatory stage for painting or sculpture have long since been cast aside. Drawing is now fully recognized as its own art form—in the biennials, art fairs, museum exhibitions, and beyond. Drawing has come of age.

Contemporary artists are increasingly discovering that drawing is something unique and different from painting. It is an intense, sensitive, compelling, personal, and utterly direct art form, one with its own concepts, characteristics, and techniques. In addition, contemporary drawing is not governed by any particular imagery, but rather encompasses a variety of approaches, including realist, abstract, modernist, and post-modernist.

Contemporary Drawing delves into the essential and far-reaching concepts of this medium, exploring surface, mark, space, composition, scale, materials, and intentionality in turn. Key techniques, such as using nature to induce marks and working with a checklist to determine a drawing’s problems, are introduced throughout. Plus, an in-depth chapter examines a number of artists, such as William Kentridge and Gego, who are breaking traditional boundaries that separate one artistic discipline from another.

Lushly illustrated by a wide range of highly accomplished contemporary artists, Contemporary Drawing offers a broad perspective on this expansive and energized field of art.

From the Hardcover edition.

The Surrealist Home by Will Hobson

2013-09-03T00:30:00-05:00

The Surrealist Home A Box of Domestic Games
Written by Will Hobson

Boxed Set | Shambhala Redstone Editions | Psychology & Psychiatry; Humor; Art - Conceptual | $24.95 | 978-1-61180-028-9 (1-61180-028-5)

A quirky compendium of questionnaires, tests, and games that explore the psychology of home and domestic relationships, from the creators of Mind Games and Psychobox.

How do your personality and your home reflect each other? What about your relationships with your spouse, children, and guests? The Surrealist Home answers these questions and more. You'll never see your home life in the same way again.

The box includes
•Questionnaires and tests to help you understand and avoid domestic ruts
•Notices and mood boards to help you tell other people how you're feeling
•Notes-to-Self cards to help you get a different perspective on things
•Plans to help you transform your home into a Buddhist cave, a retail environment, and more
•A Household Manual to guide you on everything from the mundane drudgery to the pleasing harmony that make up domestic life

Infinite Instances by Olga Ast

2011-08-30T00:30:00-05:00

Infinite Instances Studies and Images of Time
Written by Olga Ast

Hardcover, 224 pages | Mark Batty Publisher | Science - Time; Design - Graphic Arts - Illustration; Art - Conceptual | $50.00 | 978-1-935613-21-3 (1-935613-21-9)

Filmmaker Phillip Adams once said, “Of all the big questions of existence… none impacts our daily lives more than the problem of time.” The notion of time has always mystified and attracted the speculation of societies and civilizations. Each major stage of our lives is delineated by a construct of time: birth, death, marriage, retirement. Deadlines rule our working days and, increasingly, our leisure activities.

Artist and designer Olga Ast, thanks to the contributions of approximately sixty international artists, writers, scientists, architects and filmmakers, has compiled in Infinite Instances an astounding compendium of studies of time.

Contemporary Drawing by Margaret Davidson

2011-04-19T00:30:00-05:00

Contemporary Drawing Key Concepts and Techniques
Written by Margaret Davidson

Hardcover, 192 pages | Watson-Guptill | Art - Drawing; Art - Reference; Art - Conceptual | $35.00 | 978-0-8230-3315-7 (0-8230-3315-5)

The Art of Dove Bradshaw by Thomas Mceviley

2003-03-01T00:30:00-05:00

The Art of Dove Bradshaw Nature, Change, and Indeterminacy
Written by Thomas Mceviley

Hardcover, 112 pages | Mark Batty Publisher | Art - Individual Artist; Art - Conceptual | $75.00 | 978-0-9724240-1-1 (0-9724240-1-6)

The Mission of Art by Ken Wilber

2001-03-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Mission of Art
Written by Alex Grey
Foreword by Ken Wilber

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Shambhala | Self Help - Creativity; Art - Conceptual; Art - Individual Artist | $18.95 | 978-1-57062-545-9 (1-57062-545-X)

This is an inspirational book about art's power to bring about personal catharsis and spiritual awakening. Alex Grey's reflections combine his extensive knowledge of art history and his own first-hand experiences in creating art on the boundaries of consciousness. Included are practical techniques and exercises that can be used to explore the spiritual dimension of art. Challenging and thought-provoking, The Mission of Art will be enjoyed by everyone who has ever contemplated the deeper purpose of artistic expression.

Graffito by Michael Walsh

1996-10-09T00:30:00-05:00

Graffito
Written by Michael Walsh

Trade Paperback, 144 pages | North Atlantic Books | Art - Conceptual | $27.50 | 978-1-55643-231-6 (1-55643-231-3)

The graffiti phenomenon taking place in urban America has erupted into a full scale war. The main weapons: aerosol spray paint versus hundreds of taxpayer-funded abatements programs. To the graffiti writer, graffiti is a secret language, an empowering form of self-expression, a screaming voice against an unjust, alienating society. To the upholders of social law and order, graffiti is "vandalism," an ugly and terrifying threat to social value, which cost U.S. taxpayers four billion dollars in 1995.

For two years, beginning in the fall of 1994, Michael Walsh immersed himself in the graffiti world of the San Francisco Bay Area. He took thousands of photographs, frequented train yards, went on all-night "bombing runs" with graffiti writers, prowled the Muni train tunnels at 3a.m., rode with graffiti abatement crews, spoke with small business owners who are frequent targets of graffiti, and tracked down key city officials and personnel directly involved with graffiti removal.

This powerful book delivers a raw, in-your-face account of this complex and controversial subject. It contains nearly 200 photographs, and quotes from over fifty interviews regarding both sides of the issue, and dispels many of the media-generated myths concerning graffiti. In this moving, articulate, visual account, Michael Walsh presents to us an urban phenomenon begging to be understood.

The Knowing Body by Louise Steinman

1995-11-29T00:30:00-05:00

The Knowing Body The Artist as Storyteller in Contemporary Performance
Written by Louise Steinman

Trade Paperback, 176 pages | North Atlantic Books | Performing Arts - Theater; Art - Conceptual | $20.00 | 978-1-55643-202-6 (1-55643-202-X)

Steinman's book really stands alone among performance art books. While there are many that document what particular artists are doing, this one offers a way in for a person who wants to perform (or know more about how performance artists work). Must reading for anyone interested in performance art, it will also be fascinating to those in theatre, playwriting, visual arts and performance of any sort.

Random House New Releases - Art - Conceptual

Contemporary Drawing by Margaret Davidson

Contemporary Drawing Key Concepts and TechniquesWritten by Margaret Davidson

The Surrealist Home by Will Hobson

The Surrealist Home A Box of Domestic GamesWritten by Will Hobson

Infinite Instances by Olga Ast

Infinite Instances Studies and Images of TimeWritten by Olga Ast

Contemporary Drawing by Margaret Davidson

Contemporary Drawing Key Concepts and TechniquesWritten by Margaret Davidson

The Art of Dove Bradshaw by Thomas Mceviley

The Art of Dove Bradshaw Nature, Change, and IndeterminacyWritten by Thomas Mceviley

The Mission of Art by Ken Wilber

The Mission of Art Written by Alex Grey Foreword by Ken Wilber

Graffito by Michael Walsh

Graffito Written by Michael Walsh

The Knowing Body by Louise Steinman

The Knowing Body The Artist as Storyteller in Contemporary PerformanceWritten by Louise Steinman

Contemporary Drawing Key Concepts and Techniques
Written by Margaret Davidson

The Surrealist Home A Box of Domestic Games
Written by Will Hobson

Infinite Instances Studies and Images of Time
Written by Olga Ast

Contemporary Drawing Key Concepts and Techniques
Written by Margaret Davidson

The Art of Dove Bradshaw Nature, Change, and Indeterminacy
Written by Thomas Mceviley

The Mission of Art
Written by Alex Grey
Foreword by Ken Wilber

Graffito
Written by Michael Walsh

The Knowing Body The Artist as Storyteller in Contemporary Performance
Written by Louise Steinman