Your favorite coffee table books (photography, artist monographs, fashion bible, etc)

[Tafkap]

of course it was lazy. that's why i put it in quotes. this is stylezeitgeist. i wasn't trying to write a thesis. anyway, i would never mention boltanski or tim burton in the same breath as a rothko or newman......i have a boltanski book in which he claims all art that is made outside of france is bullsh**, which is funny.

[Fuuma]

of course it was lazy. that's why i put it in quotes. this is stylezeitgeist. i wasn't trying to write a thesis. anyway, i would never mention boltanski or tim burton in the same breath as a rothko or newman......i have a boltanski book in which he claims all art that is made outside of france is bullsh**, which is funny.

Tafkap: can you try to make sense over the course of, say, 3-4 posts in a row? You sometimes manage to do it within one so maybe there is hope.

Boltanski expo was awful because it was the highly unaware, pontificating, overwhelming display of fascistic power of someone sitting near the top of the art world pile and the bastard had the audacity to make this a discourse on the holocaust.

[blacktulip]

[fncyths]

Just received the new Wright catalog :



as well as Herbert Bayer : From Bauhaus to Aspen

[sam_tem]

went crazy last night in honor of final no sales tax day on amazon. these are all books i was planning on getting in the next few months and since it's better to get them sooner rather than later, i went ahead and took advantage of the final 8% discount and bought what i could from amazon affiliates.

still, i think i went a bit too far.

yuichi hibi - neco
jh engstom - la residence
stephen gill - b sides
stephen gill - coming up for air
paul kooiker - sunday
araki - kaori
araki - it was once a paradise
araki - chiro my love
dayanita singh - sent a letter
sally mann - the flesh and spirit
the image to come
larry sultan - katherine avenue
asako narahashi - half awake and half asleep

[Ahimsa]

[Faust]

Is that from the exhibit?

[Ahimsa]

Yes!
Interestingly, the only way to actually order one is through a wire transfer.
It has this cohesiveness with an opening essay and an introduction/material list of each collection that really compels you to read the whole thing in one sitting.
Not to mention its size makes for a good bookend for keeping SZ mags from falling over

[sam_tem]

Yes!
Interestingly, the only way to actually order one is through a wire transfer.

looks like a nice book

you can order it through Amazon for $45, just have to wait a few weeks for it to ship over. Always a copy hiding on abebooks as well:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=iris+van+herpen&sts=t

Looking back at his first post i think Tafkap may be the proprieter of the One Year of Books blog, glad to see he's back from
vacation and cracking open the collection again.

In keeping with the theme, Photoeye just shipped out my copy of David Armstrong's Night & Day, hope it turns out as good as i expect it to be. Also just found a new copy of Dick Jewell's Hysteric Glamour book tucked away at Antenne Books site. Other than that, someone let me know if they know where to grab some Rafal Milach books for regular price still.

[Faust]

I found Fuuma's new favorite coffee table book.

[sam_tem]

I found Fuuma's new favorite coffee table book.

The Strand Bookstore had a few copies of this listed for $75 in Like New condition just 2 days ago. Worth giving them a call if this isn't just some in-joke.

i only know this cuz i just grabbed a copy on Tuesday. i'm as conflicted as anyone on Richardson, but i like to sit back and enjoy the spectacle of it all (just hope he'd not dropping trousers in all the pics). I really enjoyed his Mom/Dad book and i figure i should take another step into Terryland before his Terrywood book comes out later this year.

[Faust]

Definitely an in-joke. And yes, that's exactly where I saw it. It's enough to reignite the whole art or porn debate. I don't know what exactly do you aim to get out of it that you can't get on any run-of-the-mill porn website.

[Ahimsa]

you can order it through Amazon for $45, just have to wait a few weeks for it to ship over. Always a copy hiding on abebooks as well:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=iris+van+herpen&sts=t

I acquired mine several months ago as I assumed the price would only increase through other outlets overtime, like every other fashion book I want ...At least mine is signed I guess...

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

EGON SCHIELE
THE RONALD S. LAUDER AND SERGE SABARSKY COLLECTIONS
Edited by Renée Price
Neue Galerie, Prestel(2005)

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

Pablo Picasso
"Art Can Only Be Erotic"
Diana Widmaier Picasso
Prestel(2005)