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Dan Nadel
The first biography of Robert Crumb-one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th century-whose iconic, radically frank and meticulously rendered cartoons and comics inspired generations of readers…
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R. Crumb
This volume brings together twenty-five of R. Crumb's most ambitious, acclaimed, and profound comics.
One of the most influential and iconic cartoonists of our time, R. Crumb is celebrated for…
Michael McMillan, Dan Nadel
The first-ever collection of comics and assorted artwork by Michael McMillan-not only a legendary underground cartoonist, but also a sculptor, painter, printmaker, filmmaker, animator, poster designer, and an avid rock…
Dan Nadel, Zak Smith
Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for 50 years, with his fame only growing in the years since his death. His high-energy oils of Tarzan…
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Dan Nadel, Thomas Crow, Clare Lilley
The definitive study of the work of KAWS, one of the most influential and much-loved forces in contemporary art and culture
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A collection of 30 years of drawings by Chris Martin, selected in conjunction with the artist himself.
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Ben Jones, one third of the artist collective Paper Rad and progeny of Providence’s Fort Thunder warehouse-based art scene, makes work that harks back to the Saturday morning cartoons and…
My Vibe is New York-based poet and writer Jeremy Sigler’s collection of diaristic tales by an only partly sympathetic struggling poet who flirts with–and often fails at–creating romance and playful…
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Statsinger’s intricate compositions describe vast, ethereal worlds evoking the biological systems and cellular structures of plants, as if viewed under a microscope
American painter Evelyn Statsinger (1927-2016) moved to Chicago…
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Ogden Whitney,Dan Nadel
By turns amusing and disturbing, this collection of 1960s romance comic strips provides a provocative window into male-female power dynamics as conceived by one of mid-century America’s foremost comic book…
Laurie Simmons,Laurie Simmons
DeSana staged photos of nude subjects in various evocative poses, entwined with everyday objects and lit with gel-covered tungsten lights. Rather than constructing a space, the suburban was a place…
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Dan Nadel,Charles Johnson
"Work by Tom Floyd, Grass Green, Seitu Hayden, Jay Jackson, Charles Johnson, Yaounde Olu, Turtel Onli, Jackie Ormes, Morrie Turner; essays by Charles Johnson, Dan Nadel, Ronald Wimberly"
"A monograph of paintings and films by Mike Henderson accompanying the artist's major retrospective exhibition "Mike Henderson: Before the Fire, 1965-1985"--
Packed with allusions to art history and full of rambunctious cartoon energy, Green's paintings eviscerate the gruesome imagery of racism
Bronx-based painter Jameson Green (born 1992) creates psychological parables rendered…
This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Michael Williams, curated by Eric Crosby and organized by Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, April 20-August 27, 2017.
Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed king of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 12 years since his death. With his paintings now breaking…
Dan Nadel,Nancy Princenthal,Trinie Dalton
Drawing on inspiration from Buddhism to Amy Winehouse, Chris Martin creates bold abstract works that explore the unknowable psychological tendencies of art. His canvases are characterized by flat-yet-textured planes of…
Jason Fox
Hybrid portraiture of humanoid monsters and existential figures
This book presents new paintings by acclaimed New York-based artist Jason Fox (born 1964), along with sketches, source material and works on…
Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 10 years since his death. His high energy oils of…
Hamza Walker, Dan Nadel, Lynne Tillman
The first comprehensive monograph on one of today's most innovative and successful painters - made in close collaboration with the artist
Themes of intimacy, race, sex and mortality seen through the prism of a single color
Focusing on the artist's pivotal "Green Period.," this publication compiles prints, drawings and paintings by…
Erratum: Page 38: The correct date for Bare Shouldered Beauty and the Pink Creature is 1965 (not 1968).
Garth Greenan
Chicago-based artist Gladys Nilsson (born 1940) combines drawings in ink and colored pencil with elements of collage and gouache watercolor for her large-scale compositions. Her figurative characters often appear contorted…
Takeshi Murata (born 1975) first became known as an early innovator of datamoshing, a form of glitch art that requires compressing two videos together until their respective pixels merge into…
A long-overdue survey of an essential West Coast artist whose humorous works delve into America’s underbelly and evolving counterculture.
