• Contemporary Art in PrintOut of stock

    Contemporary Art in Print

    R850

    Arguably the most significant book on printmaking published in the last five years, showcasing rare works on paper created for the Paragon Press by 25 leading artists – including The Chapman Brothers, Peter Doig, Damien Hirst and Gary Hume. Edited by Patrick Elliott. Designed by Peter Willberg.

  • Deborah Bell: A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008 - 12Out of stock

    Deborah Bell: A Far Country: Sculpture and Painting 2008 – 12

    R250

    John Martin Gallery was pleased to present South African artist Deborah Bell’s exhibition A Far Country. This was Deborah’s second UK exhibition which brings together recent sculptures and paintings from the last four years including her major series based on the song, See Line Woman. The show also provided an opportunity to exhibit two of…

  • Fashion Print Design: From Idea to the Final Print

    Fashion Print Design: From Idea to the Final Print

    R500

    This book guides readers through the complete process of creating fashion prints from designing prints and patterns to the final appearance of finished prints on a garment.

  • Gerhard Richter - PanoramaOut of stock

    Gerhard Richter – Panorama

    R700

    Gerhard Richter: Panorama is the first and most complete overview of Richter’s whole career. Where previous monographs have focused on a single aspect of his work, this stunningly illustrated survey encompasses his entire oeuvre, now stretching across more than a half-century of activity. It includes his photo- paintings, abstracts, landscapes and seascapes, portraits, colour charts, glass and mirror works, sculptures, drawings and photographs, providing the definitive account of Richter’s colossal artistic achievements.

  • Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian

    Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian

    R600

    “Grand Scale” brings to light rare surviving examples of mural-size prints – a Renaissance art form nearly lost from historical record.

  • How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet

    How to Identify Prints: A Complete Guide to Manual and Mechanical Processes from Woodcut to Inkjet

    R320


    Is it a woodcut, an etching, or a lithograph? Is it an original stipple engraving or a photogravure reproduction? Is the colour printed or added by hand?

    Since its first publication in 1986, this comprehensive guide has established itself as the essential reference book for print and book collectors, dealers in prints and illustrated books, art librarians, art professors and students, and everyone interested in graphic art.

  • Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Prints

    Howard Hodgkin: The Complete Prints

    R480

    Howard Hodgkin’s prints represent an extraordinary body of work, a parallel and very different achievement from his paintings. They have been internationally celebrated and passionately collected, but never brought together, until now. This first ever comprehensive survey and catalogue raisonné, compiled by Liesbeth Heenk, includes a major essay by Nan Rosenthal, Senior Consultant in the Department of Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

  • Installation Art

    Installation Art

    R420

    What has been loosely termed installation Art dominates the exhibition programmes of galleries worldwide. However, while it is much discussed it has rarely been clearly defined. In this book author Claire Bishop provides both a history and a full critical examination of installation art, in a survey of the form that is both thorough and…

  • Kiki Smith: Prints, Books And ThingsOut of stock

    Kiki Smith: Prints, Books And Things

    R480

    Well-known as a sculptor, Kiki Smith has also worked extensively as a printmaker – in fact her printed works and other editioned art, including books and multiples, are arguably as important as her sculpture.

  • Magical Secrets about Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised Lines

    Magical Secrets about Line Etching & Engraving: The Step-by-Step Art of Incised Lines

    R600

    Author Catherine Brooks is a master printer at Crown Point Press, printers and publishers of etchings since 1962, and she draws on the venerable history of that institution to create an inspirational and highly usable how-to book. Crown Point Press founder, Kathan Brown, adds an appendix on hand-wiping and printing that teaches you to ink…

  • Master Prints Close -UpOut of stock

    Master Prints Close -Up

    R300

      Is a work of art still a work of art if it exists in several hundred identical examples? This illuminating introduction to masterpieces of printmaking reveals why prints can be considered to be every bit as original as any other visual art form. Offering a fresh look at printmaking, this stunningly illustrated book explores…

  • Paula Rego: Printmaker

    Paula Rego: Printmaker

    R200

    There are two central pillars to an understanding of Paula Rego the artist. Firstly that she is pre eminently a draughts-woman of extraordinary range, both stylistically and emotionally, and secondly that she is the quintessential storyteller. Together, these two attributes make printmaking a highly appropriate medium within which to explore her fertile and often dark…

  • Rembrandt's Journey - Painter, Draftsman, Etcher

    Rembrandt’s Journey – Painter, Draftsman, Etcher

    R660

    The first comprehensive survey of Rembrandt in years concentrates on his talent for visual storytelling, via paintings, prints, and drawings. Rembrandt changed the course of art history not only as a painter but also as a draftsman and printmaker. His output of some 300 etchings and drypoints represents a lifelong commitment to printmaking unequaled by…

  • Songs of Innocence and of ExperienceOut of stock

    Songs of Innocence and of Experience

    R220

    Reissued with gilded page edges to celebrate Tate Britain’s William Blake exhibition, this beautiful book of The Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an authentic edition of this rare and wonderful collection of poetry reproducing William Blake’s own illumination and lettering from the finest existing example of the original work.

  • Stephen Hobbs: Be Careful In The Working RadiusOut of stock

    Stephen Hobbs: Be Careful In The Working Radius

    R100

    The catalogue, “Be Careful In The Working Radius, was printed alongside the namesake exhibition. This exhibition is the culmination of the most recent work Stephen Hobbs has been making at DKW.

    Early in his career, Stephen Hobbs recognised the need to develop his practice across the disciplines of artistic production, curatorial practice and cultural management. Through committed urban investigation and experimentation, focused primarily on Johannesburg since 1994, he has sustained a dialogue with urban space through video, installation, curated projects, photography and sculpture.

  • Terra - Jeannette Unite

    Terra – Jeannette Unite

    R850

    It is hard to imagine anything less obviously poetic than the machineries of mining or the scarred landscapes left over when mineral wealth has been extracted from the earth.