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Recommend A Book Thread, by futureworldleaders on Dec 30, 2008 13:25:23 GMT 1, I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to art books and have a rather impressive collection. I was thinking it'd be nice if we could have a thread where everyone can suggest books worth reading and where they can be purchased from. I'll start...
Andy Howell - Life, Skateboarding and Art.
A great insight into the life of Andy Howell, with words from people like Obey, Dave Kinsey, David Choe, and just about everyone who's anyone in skateboarding.
www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Skateboarding-Life-Andy-Howell/dp/1584232617/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230638650&sr=8-1
Toast - Black ink
Swiss based artist Ata Bozaci AKA toast. Over 200 pages with loads of illustrations, sketches and pieces.
www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Ink-Ata-Bozaci/dp/1584232943/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1230638884&sr=1-1
123KLAN - design and designer
Small book with few words but loads of pictures of their work, both commercial illustration and spraypaint pieces.
I had to email them to get hold of it in the UK but they are super friendly. www.123klan.com
Street Sketchbook - Tristan Manco
Always inspiring to see other artists sketchbooks and this book is huge and very diverse.
Half price on amazon at the mo!
www.amazon.co.uk/Street-Sketchbook-Graphics-Art/dp/0500513627/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230639197&sr=8-1
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Deleted on Dec 30, 2008 13:52:00 GMT 1, great idea FW!
I have 5 absolute favourites that I read very/watch very often..
when you think you know nothing and dont understand anything of the work on the streets: Cedar Lewisohn and Henry Chalfant - Street Art (the graffiti revolution).. really a great book..
available at amazon for usd 16,47.. bargain..
To see some of the best work from Adam Neate AND Ron English (amazing artist too, almost no talk about him on this forum but what a talented guy..): The Adam and Ron show, available at the bay (WITH FAKE SIGNINGS, what else do you want uh!) or via Elmslesters site.
Another great book is the one by Phil Frost, hardly any text, just images, but its great.. Available at amazon I think for 30 USD (unsigned) and sometimes a signed one on the bay (I have two signed ones and willing to sell one.. just pm me).
other two: Both the Jose Parla books.. dont need any further explanation I think
Edit: Graffiti world, published by thames and hudson and written by Nicholas Ganz can give you some fine moments too!!!
great idea FW!
I have 5 absolute favourites that I read very/watch very often..
when you think you know nothing and dont understand anything of the work on the streets: Cedar Lewisohn and Henry Chalfant - Street Art (the graffiti revolution).. really a great book..
available at amazon for usd 16,47.. bargain..
To see some of the best work from Adam Neate AND Ron English (amazing artist too, almost no talk about him on this forum but what a talented guy..): The Adam and Ron show, available at the bay (WITH FAKE SIGNINGS, what else do you want uh!) or via Elmslesters site.
Another great book is the one by Phil Frost, hardly any text, just images, but its great.. Available at amazon I think for 30 USD (unsigned) and sometimes a signed one on the bay (I have two signed ones and willing to sell one.. just pm me).
other two: Both the Jose Parla books.. dont need any further explanation I think
Edit: Graffiti world, published by thames and hudson and written by Nicholas Ganz can give you some fine moments too!!!
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Recommend A Book Thread, by slowmo on Dec 30, 2008 14:08:02 GMT 1, Jean Michel Basquiat - written by Leonhard emmerling. Loads of images and a well written biography to boot. A great introduction to the artist and his life, you can pick up a paperback of it for about ยฃ5.
Jean Michel Basquiat - written by Leonhard emmerling. Loads of images and a well written biography to boot. A great introduction to the artist and his life, you can pick up a paperback of it for about ยฃ5.
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Recommend A Book Thread, by maadbeats on Dec 30, 2008 16:04:04 GMT 1, Definitely prefer 1st edition hardcovers. Signed is even better
This might be one my favorite books
Tom Sachs
www.tomsachs.org/item/prada-book
Jose Parla Books are the s**t.
Blk Market 1 & 2 are nice for the library.
The new Elms Lester Monster book looks absolutely stunning.
Phil Frosts new book is butter
Definitely prefer 1st edition hardcovers. Signed is even better This might be one my favorite books Tom Sachs www.tomsachs.org/item/prada-bookJose Parla Books are the s**t. Blk Market 1 & 2 are nice for the library. The new Elms Lester Monster book looks absolutely stunning. Phil Frosts new book is butter |
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Recommend A Book Thread, by mose on Dec 30, 2008 16:55:53 GMT 1, Cy Twombly - Cycles and Seasons amazon(in print)
Cy Twombly - A Monograph ebay/amazon/abebooks(out of print)
Gary Simmons - Gary Simmons(hardcover) amazon
Terry Winters - Paintings, Drawings and Prints amazon(in print)
Terry Winters - Whitney Museum catalogue amazon/ebay/abebooks(out of print)
Jose Parla - Cityscapes O.H.W.O.W.(in print)
Jose Parla - Adaptation/Translation Elms Lesters(in print)
Mimmo Rotella - Selected Works amazon(in print)
Rudolf Stingel - Rudolf Stingel(hardcover, 2007) amazon(in print)
Christopher Wool - MOCA 1998 hardcover amazon/ebay/abebooks(out of print)
Christopher Wool - 2006 hardcover amazon/ebay/abebooks(out of print)
Campana Brothers - Campana Brothers Moss Online
Phil Frost monograph Amazon(in print)
Dan Flavin - A Retrospective Amazon(in print)
Pop Art: A continuing History(buy used from amazon)
and a quadrilogy:
review Basquiat catalogue(the paperback form the travelling show)
read Collecting Contemporary
read Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art
read True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World
Cy Twombly - Cycles and Seasons amazon(in print)
Cy Twombly - A Monograph ebay/amazon/abebooks(out of print)
Gary Simmons - Gary Simmons(hardcover) amazon
Terry Winters - Paintings, Drawings and Prints amazon(in print)
Terry Winters - Whitney Museum catalogue amazon/ebay/abebooks(out of print)
Jose Parla - Cityscapes O.H.W.O.W.(in print)
Jose Parla - Adaptation/Translation Elms Lesters(in print)
Mimmo Rotella - Selected Works amazon(in print)
Rudolf Stingel - Rudolf Stingel(hardcover, 2007) amazon(in print)
Christopher Wool - MOCA 1998 hardcover amazon/ebay/abebooks(out of print)
Christopher Wool - 2006 hardcover amazon/ebay/abebooks(out of print)
Campana Brothers - Campana Brothers Moss Online
Phil Frost monograph Amazon(in print)
Dan Flavin - A Retrospective Amazon(in print)
Pop Art: A continuing History(buy used from amazon)
and a quadrilogy:
review Basquiat catalogue(the paperback form the travelling show)
read Collecting Contemporary
read Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art
read True Colors: The Real Life of the Art World
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Recommend A Book Thread, by curiousgeorge on Dec 30, 2008 17:30:43 GMT 1, Might be stating the obvious but Subway Art and Spraycan Art are a must
Might be stating the obvious but Subway Art and Spraycan Art are a must
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Ruggs on Dec 30, 2008 18:03:29 GMT 1, I would recommend Paul Insect's 'Poison' from his recent solo show (ยฃ20) and Steve Lazarides 'Outsiders' (ยฃ10) both from LAZinc. Really like them both.
I would recommend Paul Insect's 'Poison' from his recent solo show (ยฃ20) and Steve Lazarides 'Outsiders' (ยฃ10) both from LAZinc. Really like them both.
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Recommend A Book Thread, by skelly on Dec 30, 2008 22:12:45 GMT 1, Goya - 67 Drawings
Goya - 67 Drawings
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Recommend A Book Thread, by onemandown72 on Dec 31, 2008 0:01:59 GMT 1, If you can still get the original 3 Banksy books - Cut it out, Banging your head against a brick wall and Existencilism then I'd recommend these over Wall and piece from a collectors point of view.
If you can still get the original 3 Banksy books - Cut it out, Banging your head against a brick wall and Existencilism then I'd recommend these over Wall and piece from a collectors point of view.
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Recommend A Book Thread, by dbnetherleigh on Dec 31, 2008 0:26:00 GMT 1, Have the original 3 Banksy books - never bothered with Wall and Piece - just wondered, is there any difference between the content, or is W&P just a compilation?
Have the original 3 Banksy books - never bothered with Wall and Piece - just wondered, is there any difference between the content, or is W&P just a compilation?
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Recommend A Book Thread, by onemandown72 on Dec 31, 2008 0:29:12 GMT 1, Ever so slightly more in W&P, but doesn't have the resonance of the 3 little books for me
Ever so slightly more in W&P, but doesn't have the resonance of the 3 little books for me
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Recommend A Book Thread, by dbnetherleigh on Dec 31, 2008 0:34:29 GMT 1, Yeah - theres something nice about the size and feel of those little books - that I guess you just don't get with the 'coffee table' approach......
Yeah - theres something nice about the size and feel of those little books - that I guess you just don't get with the 'coffee table' approach......
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Recommend A Book Thread, by rosstierney on Dec 31, 2008 1:22:01 GMT 1, I wonder if the member Ideabolo on here had something to do with it, I seem to remember he has an impressive collection of Kaws, Kubrick etc etc. Anyway, I fully recommend it.
pretty sure he did mate
futureworldleaders, i wonder if it's the same toast who bombed liverpool with the following characters recently:
I wonder if the member Ideabolo on here had something to do with it, I seem to remember he has an impressive collection of Kaws, Kubrick etc etc. Anyway, I fully recommend it. pretty sure he did mate futureworldleaders, i wonder if it's the same toast who bombed liverpool with the following characters recently: |
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Cocteau 101 on Dec 31, 2008 11:41:23 GMT 1, There's loads of those little fellas around town, a few saying I Like Doubtpacks - whatever that is.
There's loads of those little fellas around town, a few saying I Like Doubtpacks - whatever that is.
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Recommend A Book Thread, by rosstierney on Dec 31, 2008 13:55:44 GMT 1, 
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Guy Denning on Dec 31, 2008 21:56:25 GMT 1, My favourites:
Art...
Art in Theory, 1900-1990. An Anthology of Changing Ideas by Charles Harrison and Paul Wood
The Black Paintings of Goya by Juan Jose Junquera
Balthus: Time Suspended - Paintings and Drawing 1931-1960 by Sabine Rewald
A Different Man: Peter Howson's Art, from Bosnia and Beyond by Alan Jackson
Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle by Nancy Spector and Neville Wakefield
Not art...
The Anarchist Reader by George Woodcock
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray
The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
My favourites:
Art...
Art in Theory, 1900-1990. An Anthology of Changing Ideas by Charles Harrison and Paul Wood
The Black Paintings of Goya by Juan Jose Junquera
Balthus: Time Suspended - Paintings and Drawing 1931-1960 by Sabine Rewald
A Different Man: Peter Howson's Art, from Bosnia and Beyond by Alan Jackson
Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle by Nancy Spector and Neville Wakefield
Not art...
The Anarchist Reader by George Woodcock
Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray
The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
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dbnetherleigh
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Recommend A Book Thread, by dbnetherleigh on Jan 1, 2009 18:59:03 GMT 1, OBEY - 'Supply and Demand' is well worth a look - had to order my copy from Amazon US though, not sure if you can get it over here in the UK.
OBEY - 'Supply and Demand' is well worth a look - had to order my copy from Amazon US though, not sure if you can get it over here in the UK.
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Jef Aerosol on Jan 3, 2009 14:38:55 GMT 1, My favourite art book, a masterpiece, a real must-have, a mighty book :
Ernest Pignon-Ernest (Bartschi-Salomon Editions, 2006)
It's a beautiful object, 370 pages, high quality.
And Ernest is an incredible artist.
It is still available there (but seems to be sold out everywhere else) :
www.amazon.fr/gp/offer-listing/294029206X/ref=dp_olp_0/275-5759444-9278851?ie=UTF8&condition=all
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Recommend A Book Thread, by simpo on Jan 3, 2009 17:40:07 GMT 1, Subway art already got a mention above, but this is my favourite of all time - got it as a present when i was little - classic. 'Burners' is worth a look too, by the same co-author;
Street art & the war on terror has some interesting pieces from all over the world, some best taken with a pinch of salt but worth a look
Subway art already got a mention above, but this is my favourite of all time - got it as a present when i was little - classic. 'Burners' is worth a look too, by the same co-author; Street art & the war on terror has some interesting pieces from all over the world, some best taken with a pinch of salt but worth a look |
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Coach on Jan 4, 2009 1:34:57 GMT 1, Not art - really not art at all, I have really enjoyed reading Bill Bryson's "A Short History Of Nearly Everything"
It covers everything from big bang, dinasaurs, evolution, atoms, cells, .......etc
Really a very good read indeed.
Art - my favorite book of last year was Blu 2004-2007, from our friends at studiocromie - incredible.
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Not art - really not art at all, I have really enjoyed reading Bill Bryson's "A Short History Of Nearly Everything"
It covers everything from big bang, dinasaurs, evolution, atoms, cells, .......etc
Really a very good read indeed.
Art - my favorite book of last year was Blu 2004-2007, from our friends at studiocromie - incredible.
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Recommend A Book Thread, by futureworldleaders on Jan 5, 2009 15:48:59 GMT 1, ross- pretty sure that'll be by another artist with the same name, very different style. This fella is www.toastone.com
That Blu book is brilliant, definitely recommend that too!
I recently purchased the Maclaim book which is great, some of their photo realism stuff will blow you away. They are a crew of 4, one of them is Akut (half of Herakut). Only slight problem is that the text is in German. You can download a pdf preview of the book here... www.maclaim.de/preview-maclaim-pdf.zip
and buy it from their site or on ebay.
ross- pretty sure that'll be by another artist with the same name, very different style. This fella is www.toastone.comThat Blu book is brilliant, definitely recommend that too! I recently purchased the Maclaim book which is great, some of their photo realism stuff will blow you away. They are a crew of 4, one of them is Akut (half of Herakut). Only slight problem is that the text is in German. You can download a pdf preview of the book here... www.maclaim.de/preview-maclaim-pdf.zip and buy it from their site or on ebay. |
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Backpack Punk on Jan 6, 2009 6:07:29 GMT 1, Anyone have a suggestion which Francis Bacon book would be the best to get?
Anyone have a suggestion which Francis Bacon book would be the best to get?
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 22:53:56 GMT 1, in addition to the post I did before I really have to say Elms did a magnificient job with their book. The printing quality they used is suberb, you can really feel the ink on the paper on some of the dalek pieces, it has a very distinct smell (normally I dont smell my books, but I couldnt resist  ), and the interviews are top quality.. not too much text, the images do the job.
It is a lot of money (175 gbp) but I think it was worth it, here must be about 700 left? I received number 232 or so.. I'd say: go and get it
in addition to the post I did before I really have to say Elms did a magnificient job with their book. The printing quality they used is suberb, you can really feel the ink on the paper on some of the dalek pieces, it has a very distinct smell (normally I dont smell my books, but I couldnt resist ), and the interviews are top quality.. not too much text, the images do the job. It is a lot of money (175 gbp) but I think it was worth it, here must be about 700 left? I received number 232 or so.. I'd say: go and get it |
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Recommend A Book Thread, by Coach on Jan 12, 2009 1:20:10 GMT 1, ross- pretty sure that'll be by another artist with the same name, very different style. This fella is www.toastone.comThat Blu book is brilliant, definitely recommend that too! I recently purchased the Maclaim book which is great, some of their photo realism stuff will blow you away. They are a crew of 4, one of them is Akut (half of Herakut). Only slight problem is that the text is in German. You can download a pdf preview of the book here... www.maclaim.de/preview-maclaim-pdf.zip and buy it from their site or on ebay.
I would also recommend the Maclaim book - and you can get it in English (tho' I didn't - Doh!). Superb.
ross- pretty sure that'll be by another artist with the same name, very different style. This fella is www.toastone.comThat Blu book is brilliant, definitely recommend that too! I recently purchased the Maclaim book which is great, some of their photo realism stuff will blow you away. They are a crew of 4, one of them is Akut (half of Herakut). Only slight problem is that the text is in German. You can download a pdf preview of the book here... www.maclaim.de/preview-maclaim-pdf.zip and buy it from their site or on ebay. I would also recommend the Maclaim book - and you can get it in English (tho' I didn't - Doh!). Superb. |
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