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Rachel Whiteread has created some of the most remarkable and resonant public sculptures of recent years. House (now demolished) cast in concrete the interior of a terraced house in London’s East End. Monument is a moving memorial in Vienna to the victims of the holocaust in Austria. Yet she also frequently works on a
In October 2002 Anish Kapoor completed his extraordinary sculpture Marsyas for The Unilever Series of commissions in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, London. A challenging and overwhelming artwork, Marsyas is a vast red PVC membrane stretched between three massive steel rings. The title refers to a satyr in Greek mythology who was flayed alive by the god Apollo.
Modern art, reflecting and defining new intellectual, scientific and technological developments, has radically extended the conventional media of sculpture and painting. Following innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in Cubism Futurism and
Surrealism-particularly in the work of Duchamp-artists abandoned strict adherence to traditional hierarchies of media and embraced any means, including technological, which best served their purposes.
Each volume presents a selective, particular and stylish portrait of a great world city. From off-beat cafés and cutting-edge restaurants to the most specialized boutiques, chic hotels and interesting neighbourhoods, StyleCity seeks out and reveals all those wonderful places you’ll find only in that city, where in-the-know locals and discerning travellers will find a vibrant and idiosyncratic experience.
A revolution in travel publishing, this exciting series draws out the vitality and uniqueness of the world’s greatest cities – strikingly photographed, superbly designed and produced, and yet ingeniously practical with easy-to-read maps and pacy, informed and enjoyable texts.
From conceptual art’s use of the banal and ‘artless’ snapshot to the carefully constructed tableaux of Jeff Wall, The Photograph as Contemporary Art considers the full range of ways that today’s artists engage with photography to make art.
As a mirror of the book and media world and one of its driving forces, the Frankfurt Book Fair has a history dating back 500 years. Today, it is the biggest market-place worldwide for ideas, books, electronic media and the international rights trade.
Every day we use dozens of small objects, from teabags to paper clips to tweezers. If they work well, the chances are we don’t pay them much attention – but life would be unthinkable without them. Although modest in size and price, these objects are true masterpieces of design.
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