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Determined to Be
The Sculpture of John Rhoden
This richly illustrated book celebrates the groundbreaking work of an African American sculptor
Determined to Be explores the work of prizewinning American sculptor John Walter Rhoden (1916–2001). When Rhoden was young, his talent caught the attention...
ISBN: 9798987929322
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Louise Bourgeois
Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day?
Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010) was one of the most influential artists of the past century. Louise Bourgeois: Has the Day Invaded the Night or Has the Night Invaded the Day? explores the powerful emotional and formal...
ISBN: 9781741741681
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Calder: In Motion
The Shirley Family Collection
Showcases a collection that reflects the extraordinary variety and inventiveness of Calder’s oeuvre
In spring 2023 the Seattle Art Museum announced that patrons Jon and Kim Shirley had generously gifted the Shirley Family Collection to the...
ISBN: 9780932216632
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Art Fallen from Heaven
Modern Balinese Sculpture
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
A Place for Art, Environment, and an Open Mind
How a public-private partnership created an iconic Pacific Northwest park
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...
ISBN: 9780932216809
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René Lalique
Art Deco Gems from the Steven and Roslyn Shulman Collection
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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Art in Seattle’s Public Spaces
From SoDo to South Lake Union
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
The Center Holds
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
The Glass and Steel Sculptures of Albert Paley
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
Installations by Pascale Marthine Tayou
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
Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram
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
Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest
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
Laura de Santillana and Alessandro Diaz de Santillana
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
Beyond Boundaries, Aztlan y mas alla
“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
A Glass Primer
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
Intersecting Time and Place
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
From Painting and Sculpture to Video Art
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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