Recommended Art Books

[finlee]

Can anyone recommend any art books worth buying?

For example:
conor harrington see-saw?
Faile?
both on laz

any others?

[retep]

shepard fairey - supply and demand

[rosstierney]

Antony Micallef

Banksy - Existencilism, Wall & Piece

Kaws - C10, Exposed, One

Matt Small - This Is England

[hitme]

Is there anything in "Existencilism" that is not in "Wall and Piece" ?? I always wondered if there were any unique parts to the individual black books that were not in Wall and Piece.

[bankruptcreative]

Hi,

Not sure if you are just meaning artist catalogue type books or just any books that relate to one artist, but I've listed a few that might be worth looking at...

(and just to note i have pasted these as it saves me looking them up again direct, so these links go to my amazon store, please ignore them or use them as appropriate!)


Fuzz One - A Bronx Childhood

astore.amazon.co.uk/bankruptculture-21/detail/0972592016/202-7642036-9866238


Blek le Rat - Getting through the walls

astore.amazon.co.uk/bankruptculture-21/detail/050028735X/203-4365430-8842329


Supply and Demand - The art of Shepard Fairey

astore.amazon.co.uk/bankruptculture-21/detail/1584232447/202-7642036-9866238


Daim - Daring to push the boundaries

astore.amazon.co.uk/bankruptculture-21/detail/3939566020/202-7642036-9866238


and the obvious... Banksy - Existencilism

Which someone was kind enough to put this up as a PDF (it is difficult to get hold of), the link to the thread is here:

banksyforum.proboards82.com/index.cgi?board=banksystickers&action=display&thread=15063

[onemandown72]

Jose Parla - Memory Documents,

[kronoopus]

Os Gemeos Het Domien Book is off the hook!

[dogant]

Oh, topical and only just out.

Blek Le Rat. Getting through the wall

(I picked up a signed copy from Waterstone the week before last - they posted it out for £4 - could be worth a call to see if they have any left)

[sputnikeye]

anything from www.lederniercri.com

[lee3]

The Ultimate Picasso

Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne (3 books including all paintings and sculptures and amazing tidbits and photos from '61-'69 so far). Unfortunately, it's rather expensive, and a chaper alternative is the book "Giant Size".

I bought Andy Warhol (Richard Polsky) for a hilarious read on various artists, collectors, and dealers in the market.

Pop Art: A Continuing History (marco livingstone). The most complete and informative read on the last major movement covering both sides of the pond.

[chablis]

Stencil History X -

www.flickr.com/photos/14059260@N04/1709289092/

[shower]

graffiti world
street world
street sketchbook
the art of rebellion 1 and 2
the birth of graffiti
subway art
dondi white

[Ripper1331]

Stencil Nation by Russel of Stencil Archive just came out the other day:

www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933149221

[cedar]

I think there was a thread not so long back where somebody mentioned a good book about the money side of contemporary art that was a good read, can't find the thread but can anyone confirm it was this book ....


www.amazon.co.uk/Million-Stuffed-Shark-Economics-Contemporary/dp/1845133021/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213217673&sr=1-1

or perhaps not ... if it wasnt anyone know what it was or point me in the direction of something that would be a good read.

Cheers.

[cosmic]

'home sweet home' by steve wright
'home sweet home' by steve wright
'home sweet home' by steve wright
'home sweet home' by steve wright
'home sweet home' by steve wright
'home sweet home' by steve wright

the best read in a long long time !

[Winter]

www.whitecube.com/editions/fuckinghell/

Jake & Dinos Chapman
Fucking Hell Limited Edition Catalogue

[Coach]

In addition to lots of the above,

Sticker City - Thames and Hudson
Stencil Graffiti - " " " (Tristan Marco)
Berlin Street Art - Prestel

[bankruptcreative]

If you are feeling rich and interested in the history of graffiti as an artform or form of expression, then THE book to have is:

The Faith of Graffiti

You might be able to pick up a copy from Amazon but it will be pretty expensive.

[Heavyconsumer]

Jun 11, 2008 21:55:41 GMT 1 cedar said:

I think there was a thread not so long back where somebody mentioned a good book about the money side of contemporary art that was a good read, can't find the thread but can anyone confirm it was this book ....


www.amazon.co.uk/Million-Stuffed-Shark-Economics-Contemporary/dp/1845133021/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213217673&sr=1-1

or perhaps not ... if it wasnt anyone know what it was or point me in the direction of something that would be a good read.

Cheers.

If we're thinking of the same thread, I believe it was actually the above recommendation by Bigman that stuck in my mind from then. Collecting Contemporary, by Adam Lindeman

www.amazon.co.uk/Collecting-Contemporary-Adam-Lindeman/dp/3822849391/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213223482&sr=1-1

[purser]

slinkachu is gonna be realeasing a book soon based on his little people series. i'm sure that will be a pretty cool book to have:

little-people.blogspot.com/

www.amazon.co.uk/Little-People-City-Foreword-Will/dp/0752226649/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211124032&sr=8-1

[kingleopald]

The Hungry Caterpillar

[Blind Angle]

I'll add:

Stencil Graffiti Capital Melbourne (Smallman & Nyman)
1000 Stencils, Argentina Graffiti (Guido Indij)
Icepick, Icelandic Street Art (Thordis Claessen)
Street Art Chile (Rod Palmer)

Paris Underground (Archer & Parre)......not quite about street art as such, but about all the paintings etc in the 177 miles of tunnels under Paris, including work by f.ex. Mesnager. A beautifully illustrated and very interesting read!

......and one o my favourites which is mentioned above is Tristan Manco "Street Sketchbook"

Good Thread!

Ragnar

[Pattycakes]

I'd say two of the most usefull books I own are Contemporary Art in Print II and III these are published by Charles Booth-Clibborn and the Paragon Press, and are a complete catalogue of the editions he's published, great if you are into Hirst, Chapmans, Doig, Quinn to name a few.

[curiousgeorge]

I'm lazy and have a migraine from hell, Got £100 in amazon vouchers to spend, suggestions please

I had a big spend a couple of months ago, covering graf from back in the day, so pretty much have that area covered.Suggestions on the current scene would interest me the most.

"Getting up" is a must for old school graf fans

[finlee]

excellent thanks for the links as well! gonna check them all out.

[scavos]

A kind forum member bought me the Micallef book which is fookin' ace! Thank you kind sir.
Taschen pubished a remarkable little tome (sic) on erotic art that indeed carried said title. In which Jeff Koons demonstrates how he has produced some very interesting work in his time; none more so than with his then wife, Cicciolina.
Seriously, it's also (literally) fookin' ace!

[Cocteau 101]

Action / Abstraction - Jewish Museum.
Check it out on Amazon - it's beautiful and superbly written.
Also buy the Cy Twombly monograph.
Victor Pasmore - the Norbert Lynton book - if you like British abstract ary - part of the Euston Road school.
Armsrock - All My Friends Are Made Of Paper - beautiful little book.
They'll keep you going and all stunning.

[retrome]

Jun 11, 2008 21:55:41 GMT 1 cedar said:

I think there was a thread not so long back where somebody mentioned a good book about the money side of contemporary art that was a good read, can't find the thread but can anyone confirm it was this book ....


www.amazon.co.uk/Million-Stuffed-Shark-Economics-Contemporary/dp/1845133021/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213217673&sr=1-1

or perhaps not ... if it wasnt anyone know what it was or point me in the direction of something that would be a good read.

that's the one

Cheers.

[scavos]

'If I Ruled The World' - Steve Laz

[hlarmy]

Great post - just finished reading I Bought Andy Warhol and Collecting Contemporary, both well worth a read.

Does anyone have any further suggestions of good art books - I'm looking for more books on how the art world works etc rather than books about specific artists.

Cheers