Skulptur

Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930-2017) was a Polish artist who revolutionised the use of woven forms in art. In the mid 1960s, she transformed the modest material of sisal into monumental hanging sculptures, known as Abakans, which captivated audiences...

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Vattenvägen var länge den mest naturliga färdvägen, och skeppen som människor reste med fungerade även som uttryck för ägarens status och makt. På Engelsbergs bruk finns en ovanlig maritim samling bestående av ett fyrtiotal galjonsfigurer, utsmyck...

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This is the sixth volume in Lund Humphries series of monographs on British sculptor Anthony Caro and the first publication to focus on his use of stainless steel as a distinct body of work. Caro employed stainless steel extensively, from intimatel...

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This book presents a variety of ritual figures from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Figurative sculpture is considered the best expression of African ritual arts and was one of the most important sources of inspiration for early twentieth-centur...

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"Far from child's play. An astonishing collection." -Publishers Weekly Mix hundreds of thousands of LEGO bricks with dozens of artists, and what do you get? Beautiful LEGO , a compendium of LEGO artwork that showcases a stunning array of pieces ra...

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'What makes Art is Magic so rewarding is that Deller can write. Strikingly, he finds the literary process "mortifying . . . as though I am slowly dying". Perhaps it is that painful intensity that electrifies his prose, which comes a...

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The first and only comprehensive volume exploring the artists best-known and most spectacular series This book presents world-renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusamas most famous series, the Infinity Mirror Rooms, and charts its influence on the cou...

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The female face and the female figure have been drawn, sculpted, carved and painted by artists and craftsmen from around the world for centuries. In this book and DVD, author and teacher Ian Norbury offers his expertise and experience to help carv...

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Kaj Engström är en spännande konstnär som alltid gått sin egen väg i livet och konsten. Fåröprofilen återkommer alltid till sin ö där hans fars ateljé har blivit hans egen och där de dagliga vandringarna leder till nya tankar och berättelser. Engs...

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Neon Guides Me är den första boken tillägnad konstnären Anne Katrine Senstad. Senstads arbete rör sig mellan installationskonst, skulptur och ljuskonst, med fokus på sensorisk estetik och det transformativa - konstens och filosofiska praktikens tr...

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Clay-sculpting royalty The Shiflett Brothers offer unique insight into their practices and the techniques used to create their stunning fantasy characters. Learning from the biggest and best creators in any industry is a rare and sought after oppo...

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The author makes it easy for you to create a tiny paper mache dog of your own. You only need a few basic tools and some materials that you may already have lying around the house. The only thing you may need to purchase is a few feet of aluminum w...

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Italian-born Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (14751564) was a tormented, prodigiously talented, and God-fearing Renaissance man. His manifold achievements in painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry, and engineering combined body, spir...

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Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) en av den Skandinaviska konsthistoriens största och mest särpräglade konstnärer. Influerad av antiken, medeltiden, renässansens och inte minst Auguste Rodin, gick han likväl sin egen väg och bröt ny mark. Hans konst prä...

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Bernini and His World is a unique exploration of Gian Lorenzo Bernini the sculptor, offering new insights and including discussions of the artist's stylistic innovations and the ways in which he approached sculpture. Placing his life and work with...

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A feast for the eyes and an entertaining, erudite read, this book opens with an illustrated survey of the 120 doges who led the Venetian Republic before continuing with a detailed survey of the incredible array of sculptures and monuments that mem...

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The only comprehensive volume on James Turrell is back in printfrom early prints and light projections to his monumental Roden Crater project This definitive book illuminates the origins and motivations of James Turrells incredibly diverse and exc...

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The Parthenon frieze, one of Western civilization's major monuments, has been the subject of intense study for over two hundred years. Most scholarship has sought an overall interpretation of the monument's iconography and therefore neglects the v...

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Richard Nonas war einer der amerikanischen Künstler, die in den 1970er Jahren daran arbeiteten, dem etablierten Minimalismus etwas Neuartiges entgegenzusetzen. Zu dieser Gruppe gehörten nicht nur Bildhauer, sondern auch Musiker und Tänzerinnen. De...

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In July 1798, a triumphant procession made its way through the streets of Paris. Echoing the parades of Roman emperors many years before, Napoleon Bonaparte was proudly displaying the spoils of his recent military adventures. There were animals - ...

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The Professional Approach to Sculpting The Human Figure is the first book by Andrew Sinclair MRSS SWAC, recognised as a master of world-class figurative sculpture.It is based on Andrew's ground-breaking Sinclair Method, as taught at The Sculpture ...

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Jean-Leon Gerome (1824-1904) was an undisputed success during his life. Crowds flocked to see his vibrant compositions and thanks to mass marketing of his work through mechanical reproduction, he reached audiences on an unprecedented scale. Despit...

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Studies major works by important sculptors since Rodin in the light of different approaches to general sculptural issues to reveal the logical progressions from nineteenth-century figurative works to the conceptual work of the present.

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Inspired by Antoni Gaudí's Parc Güell in Barcelona and the Mannerist park Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo, Niki de Saint Phalle, together with her partner Jean Tinguely, created her sculpture park in Garavicchio, in the southern-most part of Tuscany. ...

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A master of what he called "the sculpturing of space," Isamu Noguchi was a vital figure for modern public art. Born to an American mother and a Japanese father, Noguchi never felt like he belonged anywhere and spent his life assembling i...

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Richard Long has been at the forefront of land art for more than half a century. A pioneer of conceptual practices in the 1960s, his expanded approach to sculpture has consistently taken the medium out of the studio into the natural world and arou...

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An expansive and revelatory study of Robert Smithsons life and the hidden influences on his iconic creations This first biography of the major American artist Robert Smithson, famous as the creator of the Spiral Jetty, deepens understanding of his...

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Pierre Forssell (1925-2004) förnyade modern svensk bruksdesign, och han gjorde den internationellt uppmärksammad. För Gense formgav han vickningsgaffeln Piruett i rostfritt stål och han gav liv och form åt Skultunas mässing. 

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Shaun Tan fans get to see his extraordinary talent applied to sculpture in this award-winning, lavishly presented collection of art based on fairy tales told by the Brothers Grimm. Artist Shaun Tan is world renowned for his singular vision and sto...

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