• 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…

  • Dieter Roth in America

    Dieter Roth in America

    R600

    Contains interviews with and photographs of the 25 people who knew or worked with Roth during his time spent in Chicago, Providence, New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Many of the works Roth created during that period are illustrated here in full colour.

  • Donald Saff: Art In Collaboration

    Donald Saff: Art In Collaboration

    R400

    This book reveals the story of Donald Saff s pioneering work in collaborative editions, unique paintings, and sculptures, chronicling Saff s role working with significant artists. For decades Saff has worked closely and intensely with artists as they navigated the tumultuous journey from conception to finished product, offering solutions and ideas that helped bring their…

  • Edoardo Villa - Changing Worlds

    Edoardo Villa – Changing Worlds

    R180

    In March / May 2008 a curated exhibition of South African sculptor Edoardo Villa’s work, entitled Changing Worlds, was presented at the Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind.

  • Edward Krasinski

    Edward Krasinski

    R400

    Sculptor, painter, author of spatial forms, artistic installations, and happenings, Edward Krasinski (1925–2004) was one of the most important protagonists of the Polish neo avant-garde in the 1960s and ’70s. This richly illustrated book investigates the development of Krasinski’s unique formal language, showcasing works spanning more than 50 years of his remarkable career.

  • Erwin Hauer: Continua, Architectural Screens and Walls

    Erwin Hauer: Continua, Architectural Screens and Walls

    R360

    “This elegant volume documenting the work of Erwin Hauer demonstrates the rich results that can emerge from disciplined experimentation with geometry. Following a geometric recipe of his own divining, Hauer was able to discover extraordinarily complex patterns that possess a large measure of depth and beauty.” – Architecture

  • Gerard de Leeuw (1912-1985): A Centenary Exhibition

    Gerard de Leeuw (1912-1985): A Centenary Exhibition

    R150

    “Gerard de Leeuw believed he could make rain. Or, to be more precise, he believed that the bronze smelting that he practised from his suburban foundry in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, had the unintended but inevitable effect of producing rain, regardless of the season.” So writes Federicho Freschi, formerly senior lecturer in the Department of History…

  • Guy Du Toit: Discovering The Object

    Guy Du Toit: Discovering The Object

    R800

    Discovering the Object refers, in the first place, to the work of Guy du Toit. In the second place, it proposes the book itself as an object to discover.

  • Henry Moore

    Henry Moore

    R500

    Concentrating on Henry Moore’s early and mid-career, this thorough and perceptive reassessment reinstates the sculptor as a key figure in international modernism. The scale of Henry Moore’s success in later life has tended to obscure the radical nature of his achievement.

  • Jasper Johns The Museum of Modern Art

    Jasper Johns The Museum of Modern Art

    R80

    Jasper Johns made a tremendous impact on Modern art in the twentieth century. As a pioneer of Pop art, he was a key figure in the postwar tradition that brought American art to the forefront of the international scene. This new volume in the MoMA Artist Series, which explores important artists and favorite works in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, guides readers through a dozen of the artist’s most memorable achievements.

  • Kay Hassan: Urbanation

    Kay Hassan: Urbanation

    R150

    This exhibition seeks to look at the disillusion which many Black South Africans face with the advent of democracy. “A disillusion which [we] are complacent about, especially those of us who are privileged… It is this complacency that Urbanation seeks to tear asunder, though be it in the most poetic of ways.”

  • 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.

  • Meschac Gaba: Tresses and Other Recent Projects

    Meschac Gaba: Tresses and Other Recent Projects

    R200

    This catalogue features an essay by Johannesburg Art Gallery curator Khwezi Gule, and an interview with Gaba by Joost Bosland highlighting the importance of humour and play in Gaba’s work.

  • Michael Landy: Saints Alive

    Michael Landy: Saints Alive

    R350

    British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs), was first catapulted to the world spotlight when it was featured in the notorious Sensation exhibition (1997).

  • Moore In America

    Moore In America

    R230

    MetLife foundation is proud to present a landmark exhibition by the internationally acclaim Henry Moore. ‘Moore in America: Monumental Sculpture at the New York Botanic Garden, on display from May 24, to November 2, 2008, is the largest outdoor exhibition of Moore’s work ever presented in the United States.

  • Naum Gabo: Constructions For Real Life

    Naum Gabo: Constructions For Real Life

    R500

    Published to accompany  Naum Gabo’s exhibition of the same title, Constructions For Real Life marks the centenary of the Realistic Manifesto 1920, a set of pioneering artistic principles launched in Moscow by Gabo and his brother Antoine Pevsner. The statement declared that authentically modern art should engage with and reflect the modern age.

    Drawing primarily on the complementary collections of Gabo’s work held at Tate and the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, Germany, the exhibition focuses on key themes in his work.