Wegman, William: FUNNEY / STRANGE.
Author: Simon, Joan
Country: Connecticut
Code: 6442
Language: English
Year Published: 2006
No. of pages: 292
Illustrations: 133 Color Illustrations. 153 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10 1/2” x 7 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 19.50
This fascinating book reveals the full range of William Wegman’s art. Beloved by the general public for signature photographs of his troupe of Weimaraners, Wegman is also an immensely important figure in the contemporary art world. A pioneer video-maker, conceptualist, performer, photographer, painter, draftsman, and writer, Wegman moves fluidly among various media: from conceptual works to commissioned magazine shots; from videos shown in museums to television segments made for Sesame Street and Saturday Night Live; from artist’s books parodying nineteenth-century naturalist studies to children’s books revealing tongue-in-cheek portraits of town and country life; from photographic “landscapes” employing his canine muses to his most recent cycle of landscapes combining found scenic souvenir postcards with drawing, collage, and painting. Underlying all his creations is the light humor of “funny” mediating the darker human comedy of “strange.” Speaking to the absurdities of daily life, Wegman’s work is universally appealing. Funny/Strange is the first retrospective volume to consider the artist’s entire career from the 1960s to the 2000s and is an essential book for any fan of Wegman’s work. Includes complete exhibition history. Descriptions of all films and videos.
Widstrand, Staffan: WILD SWEDEN. Exploring an Outdoor Wonderland
Author: Widstrand, Staffan
Country: Sweden
Code: 6530
Language: English
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 215
Illustrations: 136 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9 1/2”x 11 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 89.50
Join photographer Staffan Widstrand on a fantastic image Odyssey, to the wild side of Sweden. Through mythical old-growth forests, wild mountain ranges and unique archipelagoes. Meeting its most charismatic wildlife inhabitants and trying out the best of the best of Sweden's outdoor adventure travel possibilities. Wilderness dog sledding, reindeer trekking with the Saami in Lapland, fly fishing for trout and arctic char, wolf tracking, archipelago sea kayaking, horse riding treks, white water rafting, reindeer sledding, seal safari, canoeing, bird watching, midwinter camping expeditions, timber rafting, long-distance ice skating, farm stays, family adventures, mountain biking, tall ship sailing, moose safari, bear watching, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, moose hunting, snowshoeing, wilderness hiking and camping... and a lot more Northern adventures.
WILKE, HANNAH: A RETROSPECTIVE.
Author: Delin Hansen, Elisabeth, Kirsten Dybbol, and Donald Goddard, eds
Country: Denmark
Code: 4614
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 95
Illustrations: 81 Color Illustrations. 52 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11”x 7 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 250.00
The retrospective exhibition of Hannah Wilke's almost 30 year long work, was its first major presentation in Europe. It consists of about 80 works: sculptures in clay, latex, chewing-gum and kneaded eraser, as well as photographs, sketches, water-colours and video. The controversial feminist exhibition took place in the 70’s and created an artistic expression based on Wilke's own (beautiful) body, with language interfering with the visual image.
Winther, Jan Kofod: HIMMELSKUD (Aerial Photography). Danmarksbilleder fra Mit Fly (Pictures of Denmark from My Plane)
Author: Winther, Jan Kofod
Country: Denmark
Code: 6136
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 218
Illustrations: 126 Color Illustrations. 2 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11 1/2”x10”
Weight: 4.00
Price: 79.50
This book gives a fantastic view from above Denmark, just as the birds experience every day, but which most of us only see now and then through the small window of a passenger aircraft. Air photographer Jan Kofod Winther has captured Denmark as seen from above with a manual Hasselblad camera, flying alone in a single-passenger aircraft and taking pictures with his right hand while controlling the plane with his left. The author, Michael Stoltze, comments on the many breathtaking images of a beautiful and diverse Denmark.
ZACKENBERG. on the edge of winter
Author: Forchhammer, Mads C.
Country: Denmark
Code: 6943
Language: English
Year Published: 2013
No. of pages: 175
Illustrations: 146 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9 1/2x 11”
Weight: 3.00
Price: 75.00
Zackenberg (or ZERO - Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations) is an ecosystem research station and monitoring facility situated in the Northeast Greenland National Park in north-eastern Greenland. Zackenberg is owned by The Government of Greenland and is operated by the Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University. The books beautiful photographs document the people living at the station during winter and their field research in harsh conditions.