A comprehensive monography of a Slovak artist Michal Studený. He is considered to be a part of the „lost generation“ who were trying to re-define the function of the paintings in the mid 60s whilst keeping the distance from the contemporary international trends. In 1968 Studený exhibited a canvas with 401 real four-leaf clovers.
With a foreword by Paul McCartney'It's semi-devotional -- a really special place' Florence Welch'There are certain things that are mythical. Abbey Road is mythical' Nile RodgersMany people will recognise the famous zebra crossing. Some visitors may have graffitied their name on its hallowed outer walls.Others might even have managed to penetrate the iron gates.
A vibrant survey of the trends and talents across the globe fuelling street photography today and a fresh take of what street photography is and can be.
Why are we creative? Why are we not?
Bohdan Hostiňák je výraznou maliarskou osobnosťou strednej generácie na Slovensku. Je pre neho typické zanietenie pre maľbu a kresbu, ktoré kontinuálne spracováva do tematických celkov. Žije a tvorí v Bratislave. Album autorského výberu kresieb Bohdana Hostiňáka (nar.
THE SUNDAY TIMES MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA TELEGRAPH BEST MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEARA NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEARFaith, Hope and Carnage is a book about Nick Cave's inner life. Created from over forty hours of intimate conversations with Sean O'Hagan, it is a profoundly thoughtful exploration, in Cave's own words, of what really drives his life and creativity.
Prvú monografiu maliara Františka Studeného pripravila Nitrianska galéria v spolupráci s Vydavateľstvom SLOVART. Publikácia sa pokúša o doteraz najkomplexnejší pohľad na dielo a život autora, zároveň je i prehodnotením inštitucionálnych dejín a vzťahu Nitrianskej galérie k umelcovi.
1961, three years after meeting Jeanne-Claude in Paris, Christo made a study of a mammoth project that would wrap one of the city's most emblematic monuments. 60 years, 25,000 square meters of recyclable fabric, and 3,000 meters of rope later, the artists' vision finally came true.
Monografia Ladislava Čarného je, podobne ako jeho tvorba, procesuálnym, živým dielom. Veď ako na papier preniesť zážitok napríklad zo svetelnej inštalácie maľovanej fosforom na steny trnavskej synagógy, ktorej podstatou je fyzická prítomnosť diváka a jeho mentálna spoluúčasť na tvorbe diela?
The lengths to which the underworld will go for a legendary prize is unparalleled. What started as a simple logbook with a piece of valuable information was soon stolen, traded, and smuggled around the outer rim and shady ports.
Sebastião Salgado’s haunting black-and-white photographs from the GENESIS project record landscapes and people unchanged in the devastating onslaught of modern society and development. Salgado calls GENESIS “my love letter to the planet.”
For six years Sebastião Salgado traveled the Brazilian Amazon and photographed the unparalleled beauty of this extraordinary region: the rainforest, the rivers, the mountains, the people who live there—this irreplaceable treasure of humanity in which the immense power of nature is felt like nowhere else on earth.
Hip hop has long been a vehicle for protest in the United States, used by its primarily African American creators to address issues of prejudice, repression, and exclusion. But the music is now a worldwide phenomenon, and outside the United States it has been taken up by those facing similar struggles.
“My breath is a part of the universe pulsating.” Czech-born Slovak sculptor Maria Bartuszová (1936 – 1996) studied at the Ceramics and Porcelain Studio at Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, and spent most of her life in Košice, Slovakia.
Helmut Newton was in his sixties and already a well-established photographer when he and his wife moved to the French Riviera. At an age when many people would consider retirement, Newton instead plunged headfirst into one of the most prolific and liberating stages of his career.
As functional as it is beautiful, this substantial book presents some of the world's greatest art in an elegant package that will look good at home or in the office.
John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W.
Táto nádherná knižka prináša sugestívne obrazy mladého výtvarníka Mareka Ormandíka, komentované múdrymi, vtipnými textami Milana Lasicu.
„Peter Lipa spieva moje texty tak, ako keby si ich sám napísal," hovorí Milan Lasica. Počas vyše tridsaťročnej spolupráce oboch autorov ich Lipa naspieval viac ako päťdesiat. Prosperita, Valutový cudzinec, Balada o štyroch koňoch patria v tomto výbere piesňových textov Milana Lasicu k najznámejším.
