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The first comprehensive study on the work of famed sculptor Huma BhabhaHuma Bhabha is a Karachi-born, New York-based artist known for her sculptures depicting the strangeness and vulnerability of the contemporary figure. Bhabha’s hybridized forms, which exist at the intersection between ancient and modern art, are conspicuous for their pathos, humor, and ability to address some of the most sensitive issues of our time. Posing questions about the alien qualities of unfamiliar beings, and the criteria by which lifeforms are considered monsters, Bhabha’s sculptures are defined by a sense of timelessness and technical mastery.This eagerly anticipated monograph, created in close collaboration with the artist, reveals the breadth and impact of Bhabha’s work. Part of Phaidon’s acclaimed Contemporary Artists Series, the book includes a conversation with the artist; text contributions from writers and experts including Shanay Jhaveri, Dan Nadel, and Danielle Shang; a studio visit with specially commissioned photography by Jason Schmidt; and a comprehensive chronology of Bhabha’s career.

The first comprehensive monograph on visual artist and filmmaker Rosa Barba, one of the most critically acclaimed artists working todayRosa Barba is a Berlin-based artist whose work offers a crucial deconstruction of film and sculpture and how the two relate to each other. While her installations and site-specific interventions challenge and reconstitute the viewer’s notions of cinema and its staging vis-à-vis gesture, genre, documents, and information, her films settle at an ambiguous point between experimental documentary and fictional narrative, thriving in a contemporary moment while hinging on fleeting memory and encroaching uncertainty.Predicated by extensive study in a variety of places, and occasionally enhanced by live performances conceived to activate her pieces, Barba’s art provides an experience that brings back the audience to the bewildered, complex reality that surrounds us every day.Extensively illustrated with more than 150 photographs, this first monograph on the groundbreaking artist includes essays and texts from art-world luminaries, an illuminating new interview with Barba, studio photography, and more.

Featuring the work of around 30 artists in a wide array of mediums, this exhibition catalog captures a unique moment in modern Indian art, one marked by immense creativity and innovation.The period between 1975 and 1998 was a tumultuous time in India, as the country witnessed significant political, economic, and social upheavals, shaping the nation's trajectory for decades to come. It was also a time of artistic audacity highlighted by a shift away from traditional themes and styles.This richly illustrated volume explores the myriad ways Indian artists responded to and engaged with this period of change. Thematic chapters look at issues such as the urban transformation of the 1970s and '80s; the institutionalization of indigenous and vernacular art practices; photography and street theater; and installation-based work. Accompanied by illuminating texts by scholars in the field, this book also features vibrant reproductions and photographs of the work of thirty major artists, including painters Bhupen Khakhar and Arpita Singh, photographers Sheba Chhachhi and Sunil Gupta, and installation artists Sheela Gowda and Nalini Malani.Readers will learn how artists began to experiment with new forms and techniques; how the aftermath of the Emergency led to a surge of socially conscious art that critiqued the government; and how prominent women artists challenged traditional gender roles and addressed issues of female identity and experience. This unique volume explores the way each of these developments helped to establish India as a major force in the contemporary art world, and reveals how the artists who emerged during this time continue to have a profound influence on Indian art today.

Discover the work of Susan Rothenberg in this captivating new publication, which brings together paintings from throughout the acclaimed American artist’s career.Over five decades, Susan Rothenberg developed a charged visual language that carries immense physical presence, emotional intensity, and psychological nuance, redefining the medium of painting while capturing her unique vision of the world. This new publication offers a holistic representation of Rothenberg’s work, tracing her career from the monumental horse paintings that brought her to prominence in the 1970s, to the fragmented limbs and figures in motion that defined her production in the 1980s, through to the natural drama of New Mexico’s desert landscape which infused her work throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s. Introduced by Alexis Lowry, brilliant reproductions and striking details of Rothenberg’s paintings are paired with thought-provoking responses by writers, artists, and thinkers including curator Shanay Jhaveri, artist Joan Jonas, and critic Lynne Tillman, while a meticulously researched biography provides insight into Rothenberg’s remarkable life.

"A generously illustrated, wide-ranging selection of essays on American films helmed by non-American filmmakers.” ­–Film CommentThe cities, landscapes and people of America have been the subject of many a film, but when seen through an outsider’s perspective, new and often significant aspects of its culture are revealed. America: Films from Elsewhere examines film and America from the perspective of auteurs from around the world—from anyplace but America—covering the half-century from the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 to the election of Donald Trump in 2017. Masters of the medium such as Chantal Akerman, Joyce Wieland, Michelangelo Antonioni, Lars von Trier, Jacques Demy, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Chris Marker are discussed, alongside lesser-known greats such as Yolande du Luart and Babette Mangolte. The book also features specially commissioned portfolios by artists, including Camille Henrot, Harun Farocki, Lucy Raven, the Otolith Group and Ute Aurand.