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Art Fallen from Heaven

Art Fallen from Heaven

Modern Balinese Sculpture

By Koos van Brakel

Art Fallen from Heaven offers a new perspective on the origin of modern Balinese sculpture in the 1930s and an overview of its evolution from 1932 to 1973. Thoroughly illustrated with photos of traditional and...

ISBN: 9789460220517

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Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park

Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park

A Place for Art, Environment, and an Open Mind

By Mimi Gardner Gates

The Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, where Alexander Calder’s The Eagle soars over Puget Sound, Roxy Paine’s stainless-steel Split glistens in the rain, and Richard Serra’s Wake beckons visitors to walk within its towering...

ISBN: 9780932216809

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René Lalique

René Lalique

Art Deco Gems from the Steven and Roslyn Shulman Collection

By Katie Buckingham and Rachel Belle

René Lalique: Selections from the Steven and Roslyn Shulman Collection introduces the artistic innovations and legacy of renowned French Art Deco artist René Lalique. Born outside of Paris in 1860, Lalique was recognized as one...

ISBN: 9780972664974

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Form and Relation

Form and Relation

Contemporary Native Ceramics

By Jami C. Powell, Anya Montiel, Sequoia Miller, Courtney Leonard, and Morgan E. Freeman

Form and Relation showcases the versatility of ceramics and its many forms through the work of seven contemporary Indigenous artists from across what is now the United States. Bringing together recent acquisitions, commissioned works, and...

ISBN: 9780944722534

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Art in Seattle’s Public Spaces

Art in Seattle’s Public Spaces

From SoDo to South Lake Union

By James Rupp and Miguel Edwards

From cedar totem poles to high-tech video installations, downtown Seattle sparkles with hundreds of artworks adorning plazas, lobbies, parks, and waterfront piers and paths. This impressive collection, comprising works by artists with regional or international...

ISBN: 9780295744087

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Julie Speidel

Julie Speidel

The Center Holds

By Matthew Kangas. Foreword by Rock Hushka

In this richly-illustrated monograph, the art of Julie Speidel is seen as one of myth and materiality, encompassing the creation more than four decades of numerous objects that inhabit a variety of locales and fulfill...

ISBN: 9780692991251

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Complementary Contrasts

Complementary Contrasts

The Glass and Steel Structures of Albert Paley

By Tina Oldknow and Paul Greenhalgh

Complementary Contrasts: The Glass and Steel Sculptures of Albert Paley highlights the significance of glass in the work of the celebrated sculptor Albert Paley. Though best known for his large-scale metal sculptures, Paley has incorporated...

ISBN: 9780972664943

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World Share

World Share

Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou

By Gemma Rodrigues and Leora Maltz-Leca

World Share: Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou gives us a large-scale immersive environment that combines the artist's sculpture, drawings, and poetry with Fowler artworks. Assembled from a stunning diversity of materials and found objects, Tayou’s...

ISBN: 9780990762607

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Making Strange

Making Strange

Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram

By Saloni Mathur, Miwon Kwon

This volume juxtaposes for the first time two striking bodies of work by Delhi-based and internationally recognized contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. Gagawaka, the first project, consists of twenty-seven sculptural garments made from a bizarre assortment...

ISBN: 9780984755097

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Links

Links

Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest

By Vicki Halper, Margot Osborne, Grace Cochrane, and Lani McGregor

Links documents the first presentation of a broad spectrum of contemporary Australian studio glass to an American audience. The book explores an international network of craft influences and exchanges that started in the mid-1970s, clarifies...

ISBN: 9780295992655

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Scapes

Scapes

Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana

By Balkrishna Doshi, David Landau, and Francesco Da Rin De Lorenzo

This book celebrates Scapes, a gloriously colorful, dynamic new body of work in glass imagined and executed by siblings Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana. In addition to having a family history anchored...

ISBN: 9780295991887

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Ruben Trejo

Ruben Trejo

Beyond Boundaries, Aztlan y mas alla

By Ben Mitchell, Tomas Ybarra-Frausto, John Keeble

“Multiple backgrounds can form such two- and three-dimensional ideas that they take you to the brink of lunacy, but I have used this rich background and ethnic landscape for creating art. As a student at...

ISBN: 9780295990040

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Contrasts

Contrasts

A Glass Primer

By Vicki Halper

A first-century Roman cinerary urn. A Coca-Cola bottle from 1910. A contemporary sculpture of bandaged bones.

Contrasts: A Glass Primer presents a wide variety of remarkable glass objects in an accessible and lively format. These objects...

ISBN: 9780295987224

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Einar and Jamex de la Torre

Einar and Jamex de la Torre

Intersecting Time and Place

By Tina Oldknow

The de la Torre brothers combine exquisitely ornate blown and flame-worked glass works with cheap, mass-produced knickknacks, plastic flowers, fake fur, painted coins, and other found objects. Their art is a skillful combination of disparate...

ISBN: 9780295984681

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Doris Chase Artist in Motion

Doris Chase Artist in Motion

From Painting and Sculpture to Video Art

By Patricia Failing

Doris Chase has achieved international stature as a pioneer in the field of video art since she moved from Seattle to New York City in 1972. An artist of remarkable and continuous creativity, Chase now...

ISBN: 9780295971124

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