Landscape Architecture

Intersection of Nature and Art James Doyle Design Associates

James Doyle Design Associates

This stunningly illustrated monograph represents the evolution of James Doyle Design Associates (JDDA), its thought processes, and the exciting ever-changing world of landscape architecture. For JDDA, the path of its design work is reflective of a new generation of landscape architects. A connection with nature is in demand now more than ever, whether the space is urban or rural, grand or intimate. JDDA believes that the art and practice of designing the outdoor environment should not be devoid of a respect for nature and its impact on change and growth. This work reflects the intersection of nature and art; the juxtaposition of the designed and the natural; with bold, contemporary, dynamic gestures in the form of sculptural plant material, innovative hardscaping and an infusion of landscape art. JDDA cares about the world we live in and that our landscapes have the power to become our sanctuaries, to be uplifting, relaxing and thought provoking, with an appreciation for nature.

This stunning book showcases the beautiful works of James Doyle Design Associates as contemporary practitioners of the discipline of landscape architecture, with an origin in garden design.

9781864709254

The Images Publishing Group 13 x 10in. 304pp. September 2022 $75.00/CDN$97.50 Hardback

Alexis Smith The American Way

Anthony Graham, Cecile Whiting, Elliott Hundley

This fully illustrated catalog is the first comprehensive monograph on Alexis Smith in 30 years and presents the full range of the artist’s dynamic artistic output, from her intimate artist books and collages to large wall paintings and installations. Providing new insights into Smith’s work, this volume connects the themes that have persisted throughout the artist’s career, from her exploration of identity and self-invention to her preoccupation with stereotypes and clichés in film and literature. This publication will introduce Smith’s expansive body of work to a new generation of viewers. Situated alongside movements of conceptual and pop art and shaped by the feminist movements of the 1970s, Smith’s singular career expands our understanding of American art and provokes us to think critically on the culture we share.

Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, 1 October 2022-26 February 2023.

As the first comprehensive monograph on Alexis Smith in 30 years, this elegantly designed volume presents the full range of the artist’s dynamic artistic output.

9781785514296

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc. 9 x 10in. 240pp., 200 col. October 2022 $49.95/CDN$64.95 Hardback

Halim A. Flowers Love is the Vaccine

Ted Vassilev, Eleanor Heartney, Lilly Wei

Known for his colorful, irreverent, and often politically charged paintings, Halim Flowers is a contemporary visual artist, spoken word performer, and author who has become one of the hottest newcomers in the contemporary art scene. As a minor, Flowers was arrested and wrongfully sentenced to two life sentences in Washington, DC, later to be released under a new juvenile lifer resentencing law. His experiences aired on HBO in the Emmy awardwinning documentary Thug Life in DC as well as Kim KardashianWest’s film The Justice Project. Since his release, Flowers has produced a stunning spectrum of paintings expressing his ardent advocacy for human rights, and his resonant, up-lifting mantra “Love is the vaccine”.

This beautifully illustrated volume provides the first full treatment of Flower’s artistic vision, with insightful interpretation from leading scholars of this star on the rise.

This stunning volume provides the first full treatment of contemporary artist Halim Flower’s artistic vision, offering insight from leading scholars of this star on the rise.

9781785514272

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc. 12 x 12in. 128pp. November 2022 $65.00/CDN$85.00 Hardback

Rod Penner Paintings, 1987–2022

Foreword by Louis K. Meisel, contributions by Terrie Sultan and David Anfam

The abandoned and forgotten landscapes of rural southwestern towns are the favored subjects of Rod Penner’s paintings. The artist’s keen eye combines photojournalism and photorealism to create images of small-town America. His deft use of contrasts in his images — despondency and hope, isolation and nostalgia — evokes memories of The Last Picture Show and elicits complex responses from viewers. “I’m interested in the look of things and the quality of being there,” he says. “A moment that is completely frozen with all the variety of textures; rust on poles, crumbling asphalt, light hitting the grass.” Penner’s works are based on his photographs, digital video stills, and his experience of the rural landscapes of Texas and New Mexico. He depicts desolate, often deserted locations, the character of old houses and abandoned buildings, weather, and unique geography. His chosen scenes are infused with a cinematic quality that is the result of the exquisite light that he captures with his meticulous process. “The finished paintings should evoke contrasting responses of melancholy and warmth, desolation and serenity,” he says.

9781732986442

The Artist Book Foundation 11 x 12in. 180pp., 250 col., 10 b.&w. October 2022 $65.00/CDN$85.00 Hardback The abandoned and forgotten landscapes of rural southwestern towns are the favored subjects of Rod Penner’s paintings, and his keen eye combines photojournalism and Photorealism to create images of small-town America.

Gyöngy Laky Screwing with Order

Edited by Tom Grotta

Renowned American textile artist and sculptor Gyöngy Laky (b. 1944) was once described as a ‘wood whisperer.’ Her highly individual, puzzle-like assemblages of timber and textiles helped to significantly propel the growth of the contemporary fiber-arts movement. Laky’s art traverses an extraordinary personal story: Born amid the bombings of World War II, she escaped from post-war, Soviet-dominated Hungary; was sponsored by a family in Ohio, went to grade school in Oklahoma, and went on to study at the University of California, Berkeley. She followed this by founding the Fiberworks Center for Textile Arts in the 1970s and fostering innovations as a professor at the University of California, Davis. This book provides insight into her studio practice, activism, and teaching philosophy, which champions sustainable art and design, original thinking, and the value of the unexpected.

9783897906549

Arnoldsche Art Publishers 9.875 x 11in. 328pp., 250 col. August 2022 $85.00/CDN$110.00 Hardback The first comprehensive monograph on Hungarianborn textile artist and sculptor Gyöngy Laky, offering insight into her studio practice, activism, and teaching philosophy, which champions sustainable art and design, original thinking, and the value of the unexpected.

Maria Sibylla Merian Changing the Nature of Art and Science

Marieke van Delft, Kay Etheridge, Hans Mulder, Bert van de Roemer, Florence Pieters

The revolutionary artist and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) has come into the spotlight in recent years. The life and work of this German-born woman, who would later settle in the Netherlands, has been studied internationally by entomologists, botanists and historians and are a source of inspiration for contemporary artists and writers.

This well-illustrated book assembles the most recent scientific knowledge about this remarkable woman. The authors examine, among other things, Merian’s pioneering work on the reproduction and development of insects, the methods and materials she used for her work, her remarkable journey to Suriname, her network of family, friends and patrons and her widespread influence on the history of art and science. Her work is compared to that of early modern and contemporary artists and scientists.

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Lannoo Publishers 8.25 x 10.25in. 304pp., 250 col. October 2022 $70.00/CDN$91.00 Hardback A beautifully produced book with the latest scholarship on Maria Sibylla Merian’s life and work, which inspired generations of scientists, artists and enthusiasts.

The Flemish Masters From Van Eyck to Bruegel

Matthias Depoorter, Till-Holger Borchert

The lavishly illustrated art book The Flemish Masters: From Van Eyck to Bruegel takes in almost a century and a half of painting, from around 1430 until the death of Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1569. In the course of those years, painting in the Low Countries (modern-day Belgium and parts of the Netherlands and northern France) reached unprecedented heights. The Flemish Masters: From Van Eyck to Bruegel offers a representative survey of the most important and influential painters of the period and of all the genres of painting that were developed or renewed in the region. The author, Matthias Depoorter, explores what made these paintings so new and special. This approach is both genre-based and thematic, revealing something about the different artistic styles, formats, functions and strands, as well as the artistic and societal context in which they arose.

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Ludion 9 x 11in. 280pp. September 2022 $50.00/CDN$65.00 Hardback The Flemish Masters is a lavishly illustrated art book that takes in almost a century and a half of painting (from around 1430 until 1569) when it reached unprecedented heights in the Low Countries.

Masterpiece in Residence Sánchez Cotán Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber

Peter Cherry

Celebrating masterpieces of Spanish art in US collections, each book in this exciting new series focuses on a single work of art on the occasion of its exhibition at the Meadows Museum in Dallas, TX. An in-depth essay by a contemporary scholar illuminates the work, along with detailed photography of the object featured in a lively design. Written by Peter Cherry and full of sumptuous illustrations, this inaugural volume of the Masterpiece in Residence series highlights the stunning painting Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber (c. 1602) by Juan Sánchez Cotán (1560–1627) from the San Diego Museum of Art.

Masterpiece in Residence Velazquez’s King Philip IV of Spain

Giles Knox

The Meadows Museum in Texas is famed for its collection of Spanish art. This new series documents exceptional loans from other American collections, offering audiences the singular opportunity to view them within the context of Meadows’s permanent collection. The Frick’s magnificent King Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) is the subject of this volume.

100 Masterpieces of National Galleries Barberini and Corsini

Edited by Yuri Primarosa

The National Galleries Barberini and Corsini contain paintings and sculptures of exceptional historical and artistic value. Page after page, through the masterpieces of many of the greatest Italian artists from the Middle Ages to the 18th century (Angelico, Raphael, Piero di Cosimo, Bronzino, Lotto, Tintoretto, Cortona, Caravaggio, Bernini, Reni, Guercino, Batoni, Canaletto) the reader can follow the development of art history. The collections also include artwork by Holbein, Murille and Van Dyck, besides a few antique pieces. In addition to the 100 entries, there are descriptions of particularly important elements that are part of the palaces’ architecture, such as Borromini’s spiral staircase, Bernini’s main staircase and the huge ceiling frescoed by Pietro da Cortona.

9781785514180

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc. 6.5 x 7.5in. 40pp. November 2022 $14.95/CDN$19.95 Paperback

9781785514449

Scala Arts Publishers, Inc. 6.5 x 7.5in. 40pp. January 2023 $14.95/CDN$19.95 Paperback

9788833670546

Officina Libraria 6.5 x 9.5in. 232pp., 135 col. July 2022 $22.50/CDN$29.00 Paperback

The Great American Paint In Artists Sharing their Pandemic Stories

William C. Weinaug, Mary Weinaug

“We are living history right now. I believe we need to do more to document this unique moment in America, and who better to convey the emotions we’re all feeling than the country’s great artists? In 50 years, art history classes will pull this book off the shelf and feel the passion of this time.” — Bill Weinaug

Around the world, many individuals and families have faced isolation due to COVID-19. Our lives have been changed as we face a historical crisis of unprecedented scale. But beauty has also come from this hardship. The Great American Paint In® was birthed to allow artists to paint their emotions during the pandemic, capturing this period of history in a unique way — through art. This book curates the products of the Paint In, revealing the responses of over 50 artists from across the continent.

9781788841962

ACC Art Books 10.25 x 10.25in. 256pp., 300 col. October 2022 $50.00/CDN$65.00 Hardback The first book to document the COVID19 pandemic through the eyes of American artists in all 50 states. Includes contributions from at least one celebrated artist from every U.S. state, plus several from Canada.

Leon Löwentraut Painting for Passion

Albrecht Behmel

The first, lavishly produced monograph on the work of Leon Löwentraut, (b.1998) a young and upcoming star on the German and international art scene. His pop, hyper-expressionist paintings - inspired by Picasso, Matisse, Baselitz, and Basquiat – mix vibrantly colorful figurative subjects with abstract elements. He has an enthusiastic following among young audiences, is highly visible on social media, and the openings of his exhibitions are art world events. He has done several projects in support of UNICEF and UNESCO, including the Global Gate, a work that incorporates 17 UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals, which was on display at the Frankfurt airport. In 2020, he was included in the German Forbes “30 under 30” list of people destined to change the world.

9783961714230

teNeues 11.375 x 14.625in. 320pp., 220 col. October 2022 $170.00/CDN$221.00 Hardback English, German The first, lavishly produced monograph on the paintings, drawings, and sculpture of Leon Löwentraut, (b.1998) a young and upcoming star on the German and international art scene.

Arts and Crafts is Cactus

Sabine Runde, Matthias Wagner K

This exhibition catalog of nearly 600 pages explores the meaning of craftsmanship in the context of the outstanding collection of the Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt, Germany) in a monumental survey of 700 items dating from 1945 to the present. Scale reproductions of plates, furniture, cutlery, jewelry and vases highlight their surprising variety of form. In their essays, the ten authors take diverse approaches to the broad terrain of craftsmanship: from the relationship between East Asia and Western ceramics, via the handicrafts of the Romantic period, to the adventure that is arts and crafts today. The title plays on the perceived parallel between the ability of the cactus to survive and thrive in adverse conditions, and the future of the hand-made object in an industrial world.

AfterGlow New Nordic Porcelain

Edited by Bettina Køppe, Catrine Danielsen, Andreas Rishoved

AfterGlow documents the New Nordic Porcelain Forum, a project which focuses on the Nordic tradition of porcelain production. The focal point is the collaborative work of 13 ceramic artists from the Scandinavian regions, who gathered for a residency in Denmark in 2019 and in 2021 for a two-week stay in various workshops associated with porcelain production in Norway, Sweden, and Finland. This publication not only serves as an exhibition catalog, it offers insights into the important industrial and design histories of northern Europe, as well as into today’s use of porcelain as an artistic medium. In doing so, it is hoped that the production of Nordic contemporary ceramics will advance to a new collaborative practice in order to transform and therefore preserve this important cultural heritage.

Little People Magical Creatures from Woodcut Remains

Sebastian Kusenberg

Berlin-based artist Sebastian Kusenberg (b.1958) is well known for his photographic work, but he is also a sculptor, and for the past 15 years has been working on a whimsical series of small wooden figures. Romantic and quietly comical, his LITTLE PEOPLE have been constructed with cuttings and scraps from his larger wooden sculptures, bits of wood which he has not altered, but has used as they are.

The book features a text in eight chapters by the well-known author Sten Nadolny. “...Some people still believe they have an unbroken, linear origin. Nonsense! Our genes don’t care about that one bit. You have two parents, four grandparents, sixteen great-grandparents, you are a hodgepodge of large-scale swept-together snippets!...” - Sten Nadolny

9783897906532

Arnoldsche Art Publishers 9 x 12.25in. 588pp., 2600 col. July 2022 $85.00/CDN$110.00 Hardback

9783897906563

Arnoldsche Art Publishers 9.5 x 11.75in. 208pp., 100 col. June 2022 $65.00/CDN$85.00 Hardback English, Danish, Finnish

9783949070167

Seltmann Publishers 7 x 9.5in. 96pp., 50 col. August 2022 $39.95/CDN$49.95 Hardback