Chinese Cut-Paper Designs

Robert A. Ellison

George Ohr (1857 - 1918) was considered the most revolutionary art potter of his time and this exquisitely designed book contains over 300 works by Ohr, and the informative text combined with the number of photographs will make this the definitive essential reference on this extraordin- ary artist.

Chapters: Dale Chihuly, Paolo Venini, Andy Paiko, Karen Feldman, Alfredo Barbini. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 25. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Dale Chihuly (b. September 20, 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. Chihuly graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Tacoma. Supported by his mother, after his brother George's death in 1957 at a flight-training accident in Florida and his father's death of a heart attack a year later, he enrolled at the College of the Puget Sound in 1959. A year later, he transferred to the University of Washington at Seattle, where in 1965 he received a bachelor of arts degree in interior design. In 1967, he received a Master of Science in sculpture from the University of WisconsinMadison, where he studied under Harvey Littleton. In 1968, he studied...

Carmen Gimenez

A beautifully produced monograph on one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, comprising a critical essay, a superb selection of colour plates, and invaluable documentation of the artist's writings, interviews, bibliography and exhibition history.

Maria Lind, Friedemann Malsch, Dieter Roelstraete, Matts Leiderstam

Swedish installation artist Matts Leiderstam (born 1956) takes art history itself as his material, specifically portrait and landscape painting of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Using simple optical instruments (color filters, magnifying glasses, slide projections and computer animations, Leiderstam exposes buried narratives in these works, presenting his discoveries as archives and archival installations.

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