ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Drawing: Antony Gormley
A comprehensive overview of Antony Gormley’s drawings from 1980 to the present, with insightful texts from the artist and major contributors.
‘What is drawing?’ the artist asks in the prologue to Drawing: Antony Gormley. ‘What does it mean to draw?’ This beautifully illustrated volume presents the first comprehensive overview of Antony Gormley’s drawings from 1980 to the present day, offering an intimate and enlightening window into the artist’s vision.
Anni Alberts: A Life
Nicholas Fox Weber
The first major biography on Anni Albers traces the complex personality and influential artistic career of the groundbreaking modern artist.
Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a pioneer of twentieth-century modernism. As a textile designer, weaver, writer, and graphic artist, she inspired a reconsideration of fabrics as an art form, both in their functional roles and as wall hangings, and took the processes of printmaking into uncharted territory.
This intimate biography draws on personal conversations with Albers from the 1970s up until Albers's death and on unprecedented archival research to tell a fresh and full story of Albers's life and the development of her unique and influential artistic vision.
Metamorphoses: Ovid and the Arts
The Roman poet Ovid’s Metamorphoses is among the most important works of Classical Antiquity, described in the seventeenth century as a ‘Bible for artists’.
The compelling epic intertwines tales of chaos and the cosmos, encounters between gods, humans and nature, and the countless transformations to which they gave rise.
Catherine Opie
Contemporary artist Catherine Opie documents the ebb and flow of human culture. Opie’s photography redefines portraiture, probing the complex questions of who we are, how we present ourselves, and why representation matters.
British Landscapes: A Sense of Place
Simon Martin
British Landscapes explores how artists responded to the landscape of England, Scotland, Wales during the 20th century.
It explores the concept of placemaking, and how artists have conveyed the spirit or sense of a particular place in their artworks. It not only includes pastoral idylls but also urban, suburban and industrial landscapes.