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1	The Guerilla Art Kit more books like this by Keri Smith add to wishlist We are living in a golden age of self-expression. The explosion of user-created content on blogs and social networking sites moved "Time" magazine to name 'You' their 2006 person of the year. But while we may be spending a lot more time in virtual worlds, we have not lost the urge to make our physical world more meaningful. By leaving art and ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $13.01! \| SVS
2	Skillful Huntsman: Visual Development of a Grimm Tale at Art Center College of Design more books like this by Khang Le, Mike Yamada, Felix Yoon add to wishlist see all copies from $19.82! new only from $19.82! \| SVS
3	Conceptual Art more books like this by Tony Godfrey add to wishlist Covering the entire 20th century, this text traces the roots of conceptual art to movements such as Dada, explaining its importance in the 1960s and 1970s and showing that it is still alive today. In 1917 Marcel Duchamp signed the name R. Mutt on a urinal and placed it in a gallery. Even the most strident modernists refused to accept this object ... see all copies from $13.81! new only from $15.31! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Art in Bloom more books like this by Victoria Jane Ream, Sjur Fedje (Photographer), Ron Morgan (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $5.05! signed copies \| first editions
5	Richard Prince more books like this by Richard Prince (Illustrator), Nancy Spector add to wishlist Text by Nancy Spector, Glenn O'Brien, Jack Bankowsky. see all copies from $20.00! new only from $24.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Envelopes: A Puzzling Journey Through the Royal Mail more books like this by Harriet Russell, Lynne Truss (Foreword by) add to wishlist This engaging book of illustrated envelopes that made it through the United Kingdom's postal system against all odds will appeal to puzzlers and punsters of all ages. Full color. see all copies from $13.38! new only from $13.38!
7	Barnett Newman more books like this by Barnett Newman add to wishlist This landmark book surveys the breadth of artist Newman's career, from his founding role in the New York School in the 1940s to his key influence on both minimalism and conceptual art in the 1960s. 3 8-page gatefolds. Over 300 illustrations. see all copies from $13.99! new only from $40.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Conceptual Art more books like this by Ursula Meyer add to wishlist see all copies from $2.16! first editions
9	Cowgirl Rising: The Art of Donna Howell-Sickles more books like this by Peg Streep, Donna Howell-Sickles (Photographer), Teresa Jordan (Introduction by) add to wishlist g cowgirl is a beautifully rendered metaphor for today's woman. Here, Streep weaves the story behind Howell-Sickles' vision of the cowgirl and places her in the context of world mythologies. The result is a celebration of the courage, self-reliance and exuberance of the cowgirl spirit, and indeed of the female spirit today. 120+ full-color photos. see all copies from $4.76! new only from $9.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Sol Lewitt more books like this by Sol Lewitt add to wishlist Sol LeWitt, who once worked as a draftsman for I. M. Pei, has said of his own directions for drawings executed by collaborators that, "The contribution brought by the draftsman may not be predicted by the artist, even when the artist is also the draftsman." This separation of the plan, the written score for a work, from its execution and the ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $32.73! \| first editions
11	Alighiero E Boetti: Mappa more books like this by Luca Cerizza add to wishlist A study of Boetti's 1988 work Mappa, a tapestry map of the pre-postcommunist world made of brightly colored, painstakingly woven national flags; illustrated with many color images. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $9.32! \| SVS
12 view cover	Contraptions more books like this by Heath Robinson, Geoffrey Beare (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $19.00! new only from $22.37! \| first editions
13 view cover	Timeless Beauty: In the Arts and Everyday Life more books like this by John Lane add to wishlist Once people were instinctively tuned to the beautiful. In those distant days before the advent of the motor car and the washing machine, the electric toothbrush and the wheel, craftsmen and musicians, masons and poets, painters and dancers simply did not know how to make an ugly thing; they could not close their hearts to the light of heaven. For ... see all copies from $7.95! new only from $14.53! \| SVS
14 view cover	Deer: The Ultimate Artist's Reference: A Comprehensive Collection of Sketches, Photographs and Reference Material more books like this by Doug Lindstrand add to wishlist Compiled with artistic attention to detail and texture, this book offers photographs, sketches, and field notes useful to environmental artists who want to render deer with greater accuracy. All species of North American deer are profiled in a wide variety of seasons and settings, ranging from the Florida Keys to the Alaskan frontier. Artists who ... see all copies from $11.70! new only from $11.70! \| SVS
15 view cover	Conceptual Art more books like this by Daniel Marzona, Uta Grosenick (Editor) add to wishlist This guide to conceptual art traces the issues and concerns of the first generation of artists involved in the foundation of the movement, with an essay exploring the historical basis of conceptual art, its relationship to the dominant aesthetics of the 1960s, namely the modernist theory of Clement Greenberg and his disciples, and the influence of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
16 view cover	Eye Magic: Visual Trickery in Art more books like this by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Creator) add to wishlist A beautifully illustrated, imaginatively designed book is packaged here with several unusual "eye magic" items. This fascinating set explores the subject of visual illusions in art and technology. Consumable. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Artists' Books: A Critical Anthology & Sourcebook more books like this by Joan Lyons (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $9.95! first editions
18 view cover	Essays on Art & Language more books like this by Dr. Charles Harrison add to wishlist These essays by art historian and critic Charles Harrison are based on the premise that making art and talking about art are related enterprises. They are written from the point of view of Art and Language, the artistic movement based in England-and briefly in the United States - with which Harrison has been associated for 30 years. Harrison uses ... see all copies from $5.65! new only from $8.08! \| first editions
19 view cover	Design Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread more books like this by Dr. Barbara Bloemink, Barbara Bolemink, Joseph Cunningham add to wishlist The most comprehensive and authoritative book available on the domestic furniture, lighting and design objects of Minimalist and Post-Minimalist artists from the 1960s to the present, including Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin, Robert Rauschenberg, John Baldessari, Rachel Whiteread, Richard Tuttle, Scott Burton and Isamo Noguchi. see all copies from $75.00! new only from $178.98! \| first editions
20 view cover	Working Girl more books like this by Cindy Sherman (Photographer) add to wishlist Witty, provocative and searching, this lively catalogue of female roles inspired by the movies crystallizes widespread concerns in our culture, examining the ways we shape our personal identities and the role of the mass media in our lives. see all copies from $17.19! new only from $17.19! \| first editions
21 view cover	Out of the Box: The Reinvention of Art: 1965-1975 more books like this by Carter Ratcliff add to wishlist A study of art during the years 1965 to 1975. It is not limited to any particular art, such as conceptual art or performance art, but seeks to offer an integrated view of all the significant developments in art during this decade. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Conceptual Art and Painting: Further Essays on Art & Language more books like this by Dr. Charles Harrison add to wishlist In "Conceptual Art and Painting", a companion to his "Essays on Art and Language", Charles Harrison reconsiders Conceptual Art in light of renewed interest in the original movement and of the various forms of "neo-Conceptual" art. He discusses developments in the Art and Language movement since 1991, during which time there have been major ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $6.03! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Midsummer snowballs more books like this by Andy Goldsworthy add to wishlist Just after midnight on 21 June 2000 - midsummer's day - Andy Goldsworthy supervised the unloading of 13 huge snowballs from refrigerated trucks parked by Smithfield Market in the City of London. Each snowball was several feet in diameter and weighed about a ton. Over the next few hours, they were carefully manoeuvred into predetermined sites on ... see all copies from $17.50! first editions
24 view cover	James Coleman more books like this by George Baker (Editor) add to wishlist James Coleman has emerged in recent years as one of the most important artists of visual postmodernism. His work has transformed critical debates about the status of the image in contemporary culture and influenced an entire generation of younger artists in ways that have not yet been fully acknowledged. Until recently, Coleman has enjoyed ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98!
25 view cover	Stefan Gec more books like this by Stefan Gec (Illustrator), Andrew Patrizio add to wishlist Stefan Gec is an artist whose work has been gaining critical acclaim with his site-specific installations across North America and Europe. Drawing on his Ukrainain heritage, Gec's work primarily deals with issues of migration and displacement, using the sea as a metaphor to reflect on political concerns and questions. In post Cold War Europe, Ge ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions

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