A condensed edition of the best-selling Basquiat monograph. Pristine reproductions of Basquiat's seminal paintings, drawings, and notebook sketches, as well as texts by editor Hans Werner Holzwarth and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne, bring us up close and personal to a legend synonymous with 1980s New York.
Over 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces trace the story of modern art's innovation and adventure. With explanatory texts for each work, and essays introducing each of the major modern movements, this is an authoritative overview of the ideas and the artworks that shook up standards, assaulted the establishment, and...
The creations of Jeff Koons (born 1955) are at once immediately accessible and eloquently art historical. From basketball tanks to flower puppies, his instantly recognizable work frolics with banal imagery as much as it integrates cultural references such as Surrealism and Pop Art. Koons’ art revels in visual pleasure, but also in the power to affront. He has made his name as much for stainless-steel rabbits as he has with his sinister sculpture of Michael Jackson, or his sexually explicit photographic series with then-wife Cicciolina. The result is mega-artist status. An indisputable king of contemporary visual culture, Koons is lauded by collectors, institutions, and the public alike. With landmark works and concise texts by Katy Siegel, Hans Werner Holzwarth, and Eckhard Schneider, this book offers the complete Koons at a glance, introducing an art world giant from his early inflatable flowers through to today. About the series Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions
Diese zweibändige Sonderausgabe präsentiert die 100 wichtigsten Künstler aus dem TASCHEN-Titel Art at the Turn of the Millennium und den Bänden der Art-Now-Reihe. Sie dient als umfassender Leitfaden zur zeitgenössischen Kunst zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts. Die Auswahl umfasst Werke von prägenden Künstlern wie Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marlene Dumas, Damien Hirst, Mike Kelley und Cindy Sherman sowie von herausragenden Künstlern der jüngeren Generation wie Glenn Brown, Natalie Djurberg und Mark Grotjahn. Zu den vertretenen Künstlern zählen unter anderem Franz Ackermann, Ai Wei Wei, Doug Aitken, Banksy, Matthew Barney, Cosima von Bonin, Cecily Brown, André Butzer, Cai Guo-Qiang, Maurizio Cattelan, George Condo, John Currin, Thomas Demand, Rineke Dijkstra, Peter Doig, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Urs Fischer, Günther Förg, Tom Friedman, Ellen Gallagher, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Douglas Gordon, Subodh Gupta, Andreas Gursky, Keith Haring, Mona Hatoum, Martin Kippenberger, Barbara Kruger, Paul McCarthy, Beatriz Milhazes, Takashi Murakami, Wangechi Mutu, Shirin Neshat, Albert Oehlen, Chris Ofili, Gabriel Orozco, Richard Phillips, Neo Rauch, Charles Ray, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Kehinde Wiley, Christopher Wool und viele mehr.
From the Publisher: A to Z magazine-style entries include short biographies, exhibition history and bibliographical information, and images of important recent work. The illustrated appendix features names and contact information for the galleries representing the artists featured as well as primary market prices and examples of auction results.