"Die strahlende Kraft der FarbenDie Sammlung Merzbacher-Mayer zählt zu den bedeutendsten Privatsammlungen der klassischen Moderne. Das hochkarätige Ensemble moderner Malerei und Skulptur erreichte in seiner großen Expressivität, dynamischen Energie und der strahlenden Kraft seiner Farben eine mitreißende Qualität. Dieser farbenprächtig produzierte Band verfolgt die Geschichte einer langen Sammlerlaufbahn. Hervorgegangen aus der kleinen, ..."
"Silk Cut smokes, high-end pens and watches, jewelry dangling into cleavage, the Marlboro Man, the very young Brooke Shields in that movie still, bare-chested blondes on bikes--this is the stuff of Richard Prince's photographs. Sexist jokes, Playboy magazine cartoons, and grafittied doodles are the stuff of his paintings. Or rather, all of these icons of mass culture are the materials that Prince recycles and processes in order to make h ..."
"This first major publication on British artist Ed Atkins (born 1982) features a detailed selection of his installations and video works. With powerful surround sound, Atkins' digital compositions use saturated colors and precise editing rhythms, exhibiting archival material as well as computer-generated animations."
"A prominent figure in Glasgow's vibrant art scene, Luke Fowler's cinematic collages break down conventional approaches to biographical and documentary filmmaking. Fowler's films have often been linked to the British Free Cinema of the 1950s, and Fowler likewise avoids didactic voice-over and narrative continuity in favor of impressionistic sound and editing. However, Fowler moves beyond simply referencing the work of his predecessors. M ..."
"(ADD ASTERIX AFTER Mhz)Los Angeles conceptualist Christopher Williams, born in 1956, studies the conditions of presentation and representation in order to call into question spoon-fed perceptions, "realistic" reproductions, communication mechanisms and aesthetic conventions that influence our perception and understanding of reality. This volume presents recent works from 2003-2007."
"Swedish artist and poet Karl Holmqvist (born 1960) makes text works that explore pattern and permutation, while also overtly alluding to twentieth-century culture (Arakawa, Cadere, Fischli, Xenakis). These works are designed for reproduction both on the page and on the gallery wall. This volume compiles several of his text sequences, and includes a fold-out poster with exhibition installation shots."