JOHN STEZAKER

Film Stills

British artist Stezaker’s latest book comprehensively catalogs works in his series of film still collages, a project that began in 1979. The phenomenally popular series moves with Stezaker’s changing interests, using stills from classic American-period Hitchcock films as raw material before shifting towards the indistinguishable mass of 1940s and early 1950s low-budget studio films. Featuring collages based on a combination of film still excisions and superimpositions, this volume includes previously unpublished works. Bringing together Stezaker’s earliest film still collages to his most recent, this publication follows on from Ridinghouse titles Masks and Marriages, with full color illustrations accompanied by an essay and interview between David Campany and the artist.

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ANTONI TÀPIES

Image, Body, Pathos

Eva Schmidt

With a distinguished career stretching back to the 1940s, Barcelona-born surrealist painter Antoni Tàpies is one Spain’s most renowned artists, considered a peer of Dalí, Miró and even Picasso. This beautifully produced retrospective catalog gathers work from his entire career, and a top-flight group of curators and critics contribute texts which re-interpret his importance in contemporary terms. Included in the collections of the world’s most influential museums (such as MoMA NY, the Reina Sophia and Dia:Beacon). He layers the texture of his paintings with sand, cement and marble dust, and incorporates found objects such as clothes or items of everyday use. The artist himself assisted with this life-spanning exhibition; this oversized volume is an essential reference for one of the masters of 20th-century painting.

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