Product Description: An American sculptor, painter, and installation artist, Paul Thek (1933--1988) is primarily known for hyper-realistic works of human body parts executed in fleshlike beeswax and for his strongly symbolic, room-size installations constructed from transitory materials...read more

Product Description: In the past two decades, there have been major developments in Korean art, as the country has opened up under the influence of globalization. This unprecedented book focuses on the work of twelve of Korea’s most significant artists...read more

Product Description: Essays by Norman Bryson, Thomas Frick, Lynn Zelevansky.

Product Description: In the decades following World War II artists in Europe, North America, and South America began experimenting with geometric forms. Rebelling equally against the mathematical purity of earlier geometric modernism and what many saw as the emotional excesses of abstract expressionism and Art Informel, these artists emphasized three-dimensionality, the repetition of modular elements, the conceptual underpinnings of art, and the performative to engage the viewer in the creative process and achieve broader intellectual, sensual, and emotive range in their work...read more

Product Description: Contemporary artist Keith Edmier has long been exploring the impact of public history on personal memory in his work. The pop icons of his youth-- such as Evel Knievel-- were seminal figures in the developing artist's psyche. Perhaps the most important figure in the artist's pantheon of inspiration is Farrah Fawcett...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Published to accompany an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this volume presents contemporary art from the private collections of Eli and Edythe Broad. The exhibition contains work by twenty-two artists designed to exemplify the major trends from the latter half of the 20th century, including American Neo-Dada and Pop, German Neo-Expressionism, painting and conceptual art from the 1980s, and current art from Los Angeles...read more

Product Description: Kusama has influenced the direction of American art more than any other post-war Japanese artist. Her work combines elements of expressionism, minimalism, surrealism and pop art. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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