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"I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig-tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet." -Sylvia Plath
VAN DEN BOOG HARDCOVER BOOK
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We are taught to never take anything at face value, to delve beneath the surface whenever possible, and somehow unearth full meaning and full appreciation. There are always those that will by nature extract a silver lining from anything and everything that to the rest of us appears lost. In his latest body of works on black steel, Piet van den Boog flawlessly succeeds at the seemingly unattainable task of taking melancholy, desperation and violence and finding in it not only beauty, but understanding as well as peace.
VAN DEN BOOG HARDCOVER BOOK
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Sofi Zezmer aims for immaculacy-an impression reinforced by the use of perfectly sterile medical implements ordered straight from the catalogue. The intravenous tubes and air pipes she handles refer to passage, and thus to time and the stages of life. One imagines hearing the sounds of pumps, heavy breathing and running or dripping fluids, when in the presence of some of her organic constructions. Zezmer is interested both in the transience of open structural systems and in the fleeting quality of individual experiences. Surprisingly, these undertones underlie an art that can be remarkably sensuous and even outright joyful.
ZEZMER HARDCOVER BOARD BOOK
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Distinctive among the many noteworthy works by Chinese contemporary artists, the sculpture of Liao Yibai uniquely explores a child's views of America during and immediately following the Cultural Revolution. In a profound, thoughtful, yet humorous way, it demonstrates how the Chinese people imagined the myth and threat of America as the world's Evil Empire. The key to understanding the Imaginary Enemy sculptures is through the stories and narratives arising from the artist's memories and dreams.
YIBAI BOOK - SPECIAL SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 100
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Upon viewing the painterly excess of Austrian-born artist Hermann Nitsch, for the first time, one may want to ask the following: What are these blood-stained canvases mixed with primary pigments trying to symbolize? After a few minutes with the work, it soon becomes apparent that Nitsch is not exactly a light-hearted provocateur. For those who have participated in his theatrical happenings at the Schloss Prinzendorf in northern Austria where his paintings are produced, Nitsch-who wears a black suit with a gray beard in the manner of Brahms-orchestrates something more than a conventional performance or installation. His paintings are the result of a massive theatre project, involving the coordination of many people.
NITSCH HARDCOVER BOARD BOOK
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The Watcher Paintings are about vigilance, about apertures, about the act of looking and about healing oneself through acute self-observation. At the core is a studio window, through which he obsessively watches, day in, day out, in sunlight, shadow and moonlight, and is, in turn, silently watched by sphinxlike pigeons. His window frames another window in a derelict turn-of-the-century building, through which can be seen yet a third window; an image that is both urban and apocalyptic, banal and haunting: Hopper paintings as ghost stories. Ozeri spent 13 months minutely observing every nuance of this deceptively simple splinter of cityscape.
OZERI HARDCOVER BOARD BOOK
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