Contemporary Art Books


Peter Doig: Works on PaperPeter Doig: Works on Paper
Best Price: $195.00
Doig has been gaining quite a following over the last few years. His art is exploratory and...
A Bathing ApeA Bathing Ape
Best Price: $198.40
great book for anyone into bape and nigos genius empire. there is some writing but more pics....
Jeff Koons: Hulk ElvisJeff Koons: Hulk Elvis
Best Price: $58.36
There is perhaps no other artist that engenders such diametrically opposed reactions in the art...
John HoylandJohn Hoyland
Best Price: $129.53
Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of SevenPainting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven
Best Price: $50.99
Tom Thomson developed an artistic language that captured the unique qualities of the Canadian...


A Modern Garden: The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern ArtA Modern Garden: The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at The Museum of Modern Art
Best Price: $7.49
In the Fall of 2004, The Museum of Modern Art completed a major expansion and renovation of its...
Caught in the Act: The Viewer as PerformerCaught in the Act: The Viewer as Performer
Best Price: $42.00
This original essay collection looks at sculpture, not as an inanimate object, but as an art...
Head Space: Five Deacdes of Bruce HeadHead Space: Five Deacdes of Bruce Head
Best Price: $35.00
Bruce Head has been a leading Canadian painter and designer for more than fifty years. This...
Lucio Fontana: Venice/New YorkLucio Fontana - Lucio Fontana: Venice/New York
Best Price: $34.99
Far from being a retrospective, this book, the catalogue for an exhibition held at the Peggy...
Yolanda M. López (A Ver: Revisioning Art History, Volume 2)Yolanda M. López (A Ver: Revisioning Art History, Volume 2)
Best Price: $41.22
?It is important for us to be visually literate; it is a survival skill. The media is what...


Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Jewish Museum)Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 (Jewish Museum)
Best Price: $34.95
Catalog for a 2008 exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York City, this monograph contains a...
End Game: British Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Collection (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)End Game: British Contemporary Art from the Chaney Family Collection (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston)
Best Price: $10.08
British artists such as Damien Hirst and Antony Gormley have transformed the art world with...
The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Best Price: $39.47
This handsome book is the first comprehensive examination of the Pictures Generation, a loosely...
Bye Bye Kitty!!!: Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art (Japan Society Series)Bye Bye Kitty!!!: Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary Japanese Art (Japan Society Series)
Best Price: $22.28
In recent decades Japanese art has achieved immense popularity in the West while being little...
Contemporary British Studio Ceramics (Mint Museum of Craft and Design)Contemporary British Studio Ceramics (Mint Museum of Craft and Design)
Best Price: $37.26
In Britain today the output of excellent ceramics seems more eclectic than elsewhere. This...

Glenn Ligon: AMERICA (Whitney Museum of American Art)Glenn Ligon: AMERICA (Whitney Museum of American Art)
Best Price: $41.25
American artist Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) is best known for his landmark body of text-based...
Sherrie Levine: MAYHEM (Whitney Museum of American Art)Sherrie Levine: MAYHEM (Whitney Museum of American Art)
Best Price: $37.80
Although the American artist and conceptual photographer Sherrie Levine (b. 1947) has...
The Clarks of Cooperstown: Their Singer Sewing Machine Fortune, Their Great and Influential Art Collections, Their Forty-Year FeudThe Clarks of Cooperstown: Their Singer Sewing Machine Fortune, Their Great and Influential Art Collections, Their Forty-Year Feud
Best Price: $15.00
Debby Applegate in the May 20, 2007 NY Times describes this as a "flawed family...
De Kooning's Bicycle: Artists and Writers in the HamptonsDe Kooning's Bicycle: Artists and Writers in the Hamptons
Best Price: $17.00
I got this book because the title was intriguing. I would have been happy with good personal...
Installation ArtInstallation Art
Best Price: $126.51
While not comprehensive by any means, this book is a great starting point for developing a...

Art:21 - Art in the Twenty First Century 5Art:21 - Art in the Twenty First Century 5
Best Price: $29.88
Mirroring the unique strengths of the Peabody Award winning television series broadcast on PBS,...
Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)Talking Prices: Symbolic Meanings of Prices on the Market for Contemporary Art (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)
Best Price: $17.04
How do dealers price contemporary art in a world where objective criteria seem absent? Talking...
Minimalism (Themes & Movements)Minimalism (Themes & Movements)
Best Price: $39.99
This is my favorite book in my art book collection. If you like minimalism this is a great read...
Christo: John Kaldor Art Project, 1990Christo: John Kaldor Art Project, 1990Comedians in the MistComedians in the Mist
An engaging collection of interviews with 21 of Australia's leading comedians, including...

Contemporary Art and Classical MythContemporary Art and Classical Myth
Best Price: $109.79
Contemporary art is deeply engaged with the subject of classical myth. Yet within the literature...
VasarelyVasarely
Best Price: $164.20
Widely considered the father of Op Art, the Hungarian-born artist Victor Vasarely (1906-1997)...
Contract With The Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970sContract With The Skin: Masochism, Performance Art, and the 1970s
Best Price: $21.99
O'Dell's text is one of the few, and quite possibly the best, exploration into the...
Roy Lichtenstein's ABCRoy Lichtenstein's ABC
Best Price: $22.22
I originally bought this book for my husband, who loves Roy Lictenstein, to read to our son. I...
Richard EstesRichard Estes
Best Price: $56.53
This is the most perfect example of photorealistic painting I personally have ever seen. Estes...

Andy Warhol and the Can that Sold the WorldAndy Warhol and the Can that Sold the World
Best Price: $0.01
"The Can" is often used as slang for the toilet and that is where Mr. Indiana believes...
David NashDavid NashGilbert and George: The Singing SculptureGilbert and George: The Singing Sculpture
Best Price: $15.45
Art of the Digital AgeArt of the Digital Age
Best Price: $78.83
ART OF THE DIGITAL AGE represents the first major illustrated survey of digital art and gathers...
Video Art, Second EditionVideo Art, Second Edition
Best Price: $21.55
N. Harrison pretty much nails it - this is just a coffee table book. Blowups of individual...

New Art from LondonNew Art from London
Best Price: $10.95
An original, incisive, and provocative survey of what's happening at the heart of...
Sean ScullySean Scully
Best Price: $17.98
"The best single source on his compelling work."? Chicago Tribune Over more than...
Antony Gormley: Inside AustraliaAntony Gormley: Inside Australia
Best Price: $25.99
The story of the creation of sculptor Antony Gormley's Insiders in remote Western Australia....
Collaborations: Relations--ConfrontationsCollaborations: Relations--Confrontations
Best Price: $39.95
Richard Hamilton first made contact with Dieter Roth in 1961, having first seen some of his...
New HistoriesNew Histories

Aftershock Conflict Violence & ResolutAftershock Conflict Violence & Resolut
Best Price: $31.60
Carmel Mooney, a Sense of PlaceCarmel Mooney, a Sense of Place
Best Price: $96.75
Amanda Coogan (Art Profiles)Amanda Coogan (Art Profiles)
Best Price: $34.00
Surfacing: Polly Binns MonographSurfacing: Polly Binns MonographTextText

Asia Triennial Manchester 08Asia Triennial Manchester 08
Best Price: $47.39
Paul Gopal-Chowdhury - Habits of Eating Sleeping and Anxiety: Paintings 2006Paul Gopal-Chowdhury - Habits of Eating Sleeping and Anxiety: Paintings 2006Yayoi KusamaYayoi KusamaThe Things Is for 3The Things Is for 3
Best Price: $15.80
The Accident of Art (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)The Accident of Art (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)
Best Price: $8.85
This rather short book - about 100 pages - is made up of a discussion (of sorts) about art. Two...

Provincetown DogsProvincetown Dogs
Best Price: $18.00
At first glance, browsers will think this is a children's book. Children will enjoy it, but...
Monday Hearts for MadaleneMonday Hearts for Madalene
Best Price: $4.75
This is a very special book, and I plan to buy multiples and give it as gifts. Yes, these are...
CLAMP North SideCLAMP North Side
Best Price: $119.99
I absolutely love this book! It's amazing! Don't think you can just get the pics off the...
The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, InnovationThe Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation
Best Price: $26.77
Art should be an integral and natural part of the community. In Australia, four art facilities -...
Bairns O Adam: The Paintings of Sheila MullenBairns O Adam: The Paintings of Sheila Mullen
Best Price: $27.34

Site-Writing: The Architecture of Art CriticismSite-Writing: The Architecture of Art Criticism
Best Price: $19.87
The prominent cultural critic Mieke Bal defines the new discipline of "art writing"...
The Animal Within: Explaining the Bizarre and Ludicrous in Modern ArtThe Animal Within: Explaining the Bizarre and Ludicrous in Modern Art
Best Price: $21.99
Modern art is a hot topic. Everyone has an opinion about Damien Hirst's shark in...
Bryan WynterBryan Wynter
Best Price: $47.47
Bryan Wynter (1915-75) was a major figure in post-war British art. This is the first full-length...
New Perceptions of Old Appearances in the Art of Samuel BakNew Perceptions of Old Appearances in the Art of Samuel Bak
Best Price: $60.16
Showcases the distinctive work of one of the most innovative artists of our time. Samuel...
The Accident of Art (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)The Accident of Art (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)
Best Price: $8.85
This rather short book - about 100 pages - is made up of a discussion (of sorts) about art. Two...

Provincetown DogsProvincetown Dogs
Best Price: $18.00
At first glance, browsers will think this is a children's book. Children will enjoy it, but...
Monday Hearts for MadaleneMonday Hearts for Madalene
Best Price: $4.75
This is a very special book, and I plan to buy multiples and give it as gifts. Yes, these are...
CLAMP North SideCLAMP North Side
Best Price: $119.99
I absolutely love this book! It's amazing! Don't think you can just get the pics off the...
The Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, InnovationThe Art of Engagement: Culture, Collaboration, Innovation
Best Price: $26.77
Art should be an integral and natural part of the community. In Australia, four art facilities -...
Bairns O Adam: The Paintings of Sheila MullenBairns O Adam: The Paintings of Sheila Mullen
Best Price: $27.34

Site-Writing: The Architecture of Art CriticismSite-Writing: The Architecture of Art Criticism
Best Price: $19.87
The prominent cultural critic Mieke Bal defines the new discipline of "art writing"...
The Animal Within: Explaining the Bizarre and Ludicrous in Modern ArtThe Animal Within: Explaining the Bizarre and Ludicrous in Modern Art
Best Price: $21.99
Modern art is a hot topic. Everyone has an opinion about Damien Hirst's shark in...
Bryan WynterBryan Wynter
Best Price: $47.47
Bryan Wynter (1915-75) was a major figure in post-war British art. This is the first full-length...
New Perceptions of Old Appearances in the Art of Samuel BakNew Perceptions of Old Appearances in the Art of Samuel Bak
Best Price: $60.16
Showcases the distinctive work of one of the most innovative artists of our time. Samuel...
As If Something Once Mentioned, Now Plain to SeeAs If Something Once Mentioned, Now Plain to See

Ana GenovesAna GenovesJames White PaintingsJames White Paintings
Best Price: $77.95
Re-imagining October: Curated by Mark Nash and Isaac Julien (Calvert22 Foundation Exhibition Catalogues)Re-imagining October: Curated by Mark Nash and Isaac Julien (Calvert22 Foundation Exhibition Catalogues)Abi Kremer Colour and Inspiration: Paintings 1979-2009Abi Kremer Colour and Inspiration: Paintings 1979-2009Art UpstartArt Upstart

New Contemporaries 2010New Contemporaries 2010
Best Price: $21.92
John Piper in Kent & SussexJohn Piper in Kent & Sussex
Best Price: $256.36
New Land Marks : Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of PlaceNew Land Marks : Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Place
Best Price: $21.97
New*Land*Marks: Public Art, Community, and the Meaning of Place, edited by Penny Balkin Bach, is...
Harold Klunder: Amorphous AmoebaeHarold Klunder: Amorphous Amoebae
Best Price: $28.00
The first major monograph dedicated to a senior artist whose painting rests ambiguously between...
Sam Durant: Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres, and MonumentsSam Durant: Scenes from the Pilgrim Story: Myths, Massacres, and Monuments
Best Price: $687.27

The Way We Wore: Black Style ThenThe Way We Wore: Black Style Then
Best Price: $25.33
This book is really great becuase it emphasizes how crucial a role African-American fashion has...
Liza LouLiza Lou
Best Price: $138.88
Famed for the labor intensiveness of her works, Liza Lou here attains new levels of technical...
The Men of VietnamThe Men of Vietnam
Best Price: $14.00
I commend the authors in their tremendous efforts to preserve the Vietnamese art, tradition, and...
PenleyPenley
Best Price: $39.99
This full-color book offers a vibrant collection of paintings by popular Atlanta artist Steve...
Temple of Confessions: Mexican Beasts and Living SantosTemple of Confessions: Mexican Beasts and Living Santos
Best Price: $3.43

Sonic Order of HappinessSonic Order of Happiness
Best Price: $19.11
This book has amazing pictures of Dalek's artwork. The full page picture spreads make this a...
Warhol/ Makos in ContextWarhol/ Makos in Context
Best Price: $11.99
A behind-the-scenes, in-depth record of his photographic life from 1976 to 1987, Warhol |...
DunlapDunlap
Best Price: $32.02
When art reviewers have attempted to pin him down, Mississippi-born artist William Dunlap has...
Betty WoodmanBetty Woodman
Best Price: $13.01
One of the most wonderful art books in my collection, not only the extensive coverage on such an...
 
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