{"title":"Sheena Wagstaff","description":"\u003cp\u003eSheena Wagstaff’s works delve deeply into the world of contemporary art, offering insightful perspectives that illuminate both the creative process and its cultural resonance. Readers can expect richly detailed explorations that bring to life the nuances of visual expression and artistic innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on arts and culture, her books provide thoughtful analysis and captivating narratives that appeal to anyone interested in understanding the complexities of modern artistic practice. Themes of perception, materiality, and meaning are woven seamlessly throughout her writing, inviting reflection and discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gerhard-richter-by-sheena-wagstaff-9781588396853","title":"Gerhard Richter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGerhard Richter\u003c\/em\u003e by Sheena Wagstaff and Benjamin H. D. Buchloh is a lavishly illustrated monograph that spans the entire career of Gerhard Richter, one of the most celebrated contemporary artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book spans the contemporary German artist's six-decade career and serves as a stirring exhibition in its own right. As cited by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, it “[s]pans the contemporary German artist's six-decade career. . . . [A] stirring exhibition in [its] own right.” The \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e also highlights it as a \"[w]eighty catalogue... illuminat[es] some less-visited corners of Richter's oeuvre.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of his acclaimed 60-year career, Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) has employed both representation and abstraction as a means of reckoning with the legacy, collective memory, and national sensibility of post–Second World War Germany, in both broad and very personal terms. This handsomely designed book features approximately 100 of his key canvases, from photo paintings created in the early 1960s to portraits and later large-scale abstract series, as well as select works in glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNew essays by eminent scholars address a variety of themes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSheena Wagstaff evaluates the conceptual import of the artist’s technique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBenjamin H. D. Buchloh discusses the poignant Birkenau paintings (2014).\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePeter Geimer explores the artist’s enduring interest in photographic imagery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBriony Fer looks at Richter’s family pictures against traditional painting genres and conventions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBrinda Kumar investigates the artist’s engagement with landscape as a site of memory.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAndré Rottmann considers the impact of randomization and chance on Richter’s abstract works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHal Foster examines the glass and mirror works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs this book demonstrates, Richter’s rich and varied oeuvre is a testament to the continued relevance of painting in contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by The Metropolitan Museum of Art\/Distributed by Yale University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Met Breuer, New York\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (March 4–July 5, 2020)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuseum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (August 14, 2020–January 19, 2021)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430799720684,"sku":"9781588396853","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781588396853.jpg?v=1774558566"},{"product_id":"like-life-by-luke-syson-9781588396440","title":"Like Life","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplores how artists from the European Renaissance to the global present have used sculpture and colour to evoke the presence of the living body.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have explored the boundaries between sculpture and the physical materiality of the body. This groundbreaking volume examines key sculptural works from 13th-century Europe to the global present, revealing new insights into the strategies artists deploy to blur the distinction between art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSculpture, which has historically taken the human figure as its subject, is presented here in myriad manifestations created by artists ranging from Donatello and Degas to Picasso, Kiki Smith, and Jeff Koons. Featuring works created in traditional media such as wood and marble, as well as the unexpected, such as wax, metal, and blood, \u003cem\u003eLike Life\u003c\/em\u003e presents sculpture both conventional and shocking, including effigies, dolls, mannequins, automata, waxworks, and anatomical models.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eContaining texts by art and cultural historians as well as interviews with contemporary artists, this is a provocative exploration of three-dimensional representations of the human body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by The Metropolitan Museum of Art\/Distributed by Yale University Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Met Breuer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (03\/21\/18–07\/22\/18)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932298592492,"sku":"9781588396440","price":119.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781588396440-like-life.jpg?v=1783858975"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/sheena-wagstaff.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}