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A study of African traditional figurative arts that reflects the continents rich artistic and cultural heritage. It reveals the achievements of African artists over thousands of years.

Kata Legrady (Hungary 1974) belongs to that long line of artists for whom an object offers the stimulus for artistic thought. This is a monograph on Kata Legradys works presenting a collection of drawings, photographs, sculptures and video-installations.

Over a period of thirty years, Erling Neby has been building up a collection which is unequalled in the Nordic countries and is of international standards and fame. This book gives an insight into the international constructivist art from the 1940s to today.

Deals with the hidden soul of a group of creative individuals which, since the beginning, has always expressed itself in images. This book illustrates the life of the studio, tracing an unconventional figurative path made up of suggestions, inspirations, memories, faces and places.

An account of one of the most interesting phenomena of contemporary architecture: the return to the structure and methods with which contemporary constructions are realized.

David Breuer-Weil, one of Britain's most powerful and original contemporary artists. He studied at the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Clare College, Cambridge. From the late 1980s until the late 1990s he worked as a specialist in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art at Sothebys, London. This title deals with the work of David.

Gino De Dominicis (1947-1998) is one of the most emblematic and mysterious figures on the post war Italian art scene. A complex and elusive artist, Gino De Dominicis (1947-1998) is considered one of the key figures in contemporary Italian art and a reference point for both the artists of his time and younger generations. His life has always been shrouded in mystery. He chose to stay outside the sphere of media communications and due to this intransigent position no catalogues or books on his works were published. This catalogue brings together more than 700 artworks, each one accompanied by a dossier which, alongside the usual technical data, provides information regarding the circumstances that led to the work's creation. It also includes a section devoted to the artist's writings, a critical anthology and a general catalogue of his works.

Emilio Vedova's artistic career began in Venice in the mid-1930s. He immediately felt the deep allure of grand Venetian painting and sculpture and, guided by the restless agitation and dynamic mobility of the baroque, was soon plunged into total and extreme three-dimensional involvement. This title presents the sculptural journey of this master.

Alberto Lattuada is a fashion illustrator and a stylist. This is a selection of the themes Alberto Lattuada proposed to his students during his fourteen years at Polimoda in Florence, accompanied by beautiful drawings.

Eleonora Abbagnato is the prima ballerina at the Opera de Paris. This volume reveals her artistic versatility through the photographs of four celebrated ballets. It opens with an original interview by Valeria Crippa, journalist and ballet critic.

A collection of ads selected by the Art Directors Club Italia. It investigates the relationships between economic austerity and the media, arts, fashion, technology, music, environment, social responsibility and the future.

Offers an interpretation of contemporary reality of India and South America through the language of images.

In the reformulation of values in contemporary Chinese art, Wang Luyan's concepts and methodologies differentiate his from those that have been most popular. This title presents the monograph on an artist in contemporary Chinese art.

Beverly Pepper has spent her lifetime at the forefront of monumental sculpture worldwide. From her first twenty-foot sculpture in Spoleto in 1962 to her four forty-foot columns in the Federal Plaza, New York, her work ranges in varying scales across three continents. This title presents an illustrated biography of her life's work.

Bahraini-born Saudi national Faisal Samra graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked as an art and graphic design consultant for the Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris). This title gives his portrait.

A monograph of Marianne Heske, one of Norway's most important contemporary artists.

Describes the macro-architecture and how it constructs our landscape and ways of living and interacts with the various urban spaces.

For a place that few can pin-point on a map or in their minds, Angola is the most important economic leader in Africa. After almost three decades of civil war, the Angola of is an anomaly the country is not only aggressively rebuilding, but economically blooming in the midst of a global financial crisis. This book of photography portrays Angola.

Alongside his work in cinema and documentary, Luciano Rigolini has also carried out intense and rigorous research in the field of photography. This title deals with his works.

Through a comprehensive examination of a number of international architectural projects, this book offers a compelling new perspective on modern living and contemporary architecture.

Fifty-six international designers and architects celebrate the Hogan labels the collections. This title presents the story in pictures, in which, the different aspects of planning in design, architecture, fashion and photography are brought to the fore, showing little distinction between sectors.

With over 400 sculptures, this volume documents the entire plastic work of a major protagonist of contemporary art. Alongside painting, sculpture is a fundamental part of the work of Paladino, who is considered one of the most well-known representatives of the Transavanguardia. Theorized in 1980 by Achille Bonito Oliva, this movement immediately stood out as one of the most significant tendencies of Post-modernism, challenging the artistic experimentalism of previous decades and advocating a return to more traditional expressive practices.

The genius of Italian painting, symbol of grace and beauty, Raphael is considered one of the greatest and most popular artists of all time. This title gives an introduction to the life of the artist. It includes his masterpieces.

What is art? What is its function? What is the importance of using colour? What is the meaning of using different materials? What is the relationship between art and reality? Is art information or communication? These are just some of the questions Achille Bonito Oliva directed to 65 of the greatest and most controversial artists of our time, such as Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Gilbert&George, Robert Ryman, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Giulio Paolini, Alighiero Boetti, Jimmy Durham, Marina Abramoviˇc, Mimmo Paladino, William Kentridge, and Dennis Oppenheim.