Exhibition Publications
International Arts & Artists publishes art catalogues to accompany its traveling exhibitions. All exhibition catalogues were designed by International Arts & Artists’ Design Studio unless otherwise noted. All proceeds from the Bookstore support IA&A’s programs.
Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens
by Wendy A. Grossman
8.75”x 11.5” Soft Cover, 184 pages
Published: 2009
ISBN 978-0-8166-7017-8
Price: $39.95
Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens is a groundbreaking study in which the confluence of Modernist photography and the “discovery” of African art by the early twentieth-century avant-garde is closely examined for the first time. Featuring more than seventy photographs by Man Ray—some never previously reproduced—this book reveals a virtually unknown chapter in the life of this celebrated artist. Meticulously researched and compellingly presented, Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens and the exhibition it accompanies raise thought-provoking questions about how photographs of African objects have shaped our ideas about African art and, in turn, how these images contributed to multiple Modernist viewpoints.
Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens single-handedly resuscitates the photograph as a critical and almost completely overlooked medium in promoting the popularity and understanding of l’art negre for a western audience. The monumental studies of Robert Goldwater and William Rubin—comprehensive and engaging though they may have been—overlooked the influential role played by the photograph in this context, a regrettable lacunae this endeavor seeks to fulfill. Not only does this exhibition and catalogue complete a chapter in our understanding of Man Ray’s work, but its cross-cultural approach allows us to see how the medium of photography influenced the infusion and comprehension of African and other non-western arts in the west, not only among artists, but by the general public as well.
—Francis M. Naumann
Frank Lloyd Wright
+ the House Beautiful
Designing an American Way of Living
by Virginia Terry Boyd, Marjorie F. Leighey, and Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
10”x11” Hard Cover, 168 pages
Published: 2005
ISBN #0-9767102-0-x
Price: $45
To make a dwelling place a complete work of art, in itself as expressive and beautiful and more intimately related to life than anything detached such as sculpture or painting, lending itself freely and suitably to the individual needs of the dwellers. . . . this is the American opportunity.
—Frank Lloyd Wright from House Beautiful magazine
During his remarkably prolific 70-year career, Frank Lloyd Wright was committed not only to the development of a truly American style of architecture, but also to the creation of furnishings and accessories that were both functional and beautiful to enhance the surroundings in his revolutionary spaces. This exhibition catalogue accompanies the national tour of Frank Lloyd Wright and the House Beautiful and presents his passion for creating a new way of life for Americans through architecture. In particular, it focuses on his skill in creating harmony between the architectural structure and interior design while fulfilling the needs of a modern, American lifestyle. With more than 100 original objects including furniture, metal work, textiles, drawings, publications, and accessories from the collection of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Scottsdale, Arizona, and other public and private collections, the exhibition is the first devoted to the noted architect’s decorative and graphic designs since the 1970s.
Persian Visions:
Contemporary Photography from Iran
by Robert Silberman
10”x7” Soft Cover, 68 pages
Published: 2005
ISBN #0-9662859-8-0
Out of print
Persian Visions: Contemporary Photography from Iran is the first survey of contemporary Iranian photography to be presented in the United States. The exhibition provides a rare, revealing view of Iranian life and experiences with more than 80 photographs by renowned Iranian photographers. The twenty artists in the exhibition are among Iran's most celebrated photographers, all of whom use the medium for cultural expression and self-exploration. Many of the artists are well known throughout Europe where they have extensively exhibited their works. Several artists have lived abroad and experienced western culture before returning to Iran to re-experience and document their own culture. This perspective of life in Iran contradicts the way many foreign photographers use the medium--which is to represent Iran and its people as purely exotic.
James McNeill Whistler
Selected Works from the Hunterian Art Gallery
by Peter Black
9.5”x11” Hard Cover, 218 pages
Published: 2004
ISBN #0-9662859-7-2
Price: $45
Never before toured, selected works from the world-famous collection of the artist’s estate are offered for exhibition in the United States for the first time. These works, along with some of Whistler’s personal effects, were donated to the Hunterian by Rosalind Birnie Philip, youngest sister of Whistler’s wife Beatrix. The items provide an intimate portrait of the life and times of this famed American expatriate. The Hunterian Art Gallery has by far the most extensive collection of Whistler’s art, ranging from paintings to prints to sketch designs for costumes, interiors and graphic images. Included in this exhibition of 129 works are a dozen paintings, 57 prints, and personal belongings such as silverware, porcelain, manuscripts and books.
Material Terrain
A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place
by Carla Hanzal and Glenn Harper
8”x8” Soft Cover, 76 pages
Published: 2005
ISBN #0-9662859-9-9
Price: $20
Material Terrain: A Sculptural Exploration of Landscape and Place is a traveling exhibition featuring indoor and outdoor works of eleven artists who employ diverse materials and techniques to address the uneasy balance between the natural and the constructed environment. Probing myriad associations of landscape and place, the artists reveal the fantasy of nature as a place of retreat and wonder; nostalgia for a pristine pre-industrialized landscape; and desire and eroticism evident in cycles of cultivation, production and consumption. By employing richly symbolic objects and installations, the artists in Material Terrain reveal complex affiliations to the environment. Through exposing what partnerships are forged, they allow us to consider the variety of ways in which we view ourselves in the context of nature.
Tradition Transformed
Contemporary Korean Ceramics
10”x10” Hard Cover, 144 pages
Published: 2007
ISBN #0-9767102-3-4
Price: $30
Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Korean Ceramics assembles 29 Korean ceramists whose pieces incorporate traditional techniques with new influences and innovative methods to create sculptural works that express the inventive and modern spirit of the Korean people. The 87 enchanting pieces in the exhibition are both large- and small-scale and date from 1998 through 2006, with many created especially for the tour. The artists in the exhibition range in age from 30 to 60 and come from many regions and schools, providing works that spotlight the distinct trends in contemporary Korean ceramics. Despite the differences in artistic approaches, the works reveal the adventurous spirit of Korea’s ceramic tradition, 5,000 years after it began.
Tools as Art
The Hechinger Collection
by Sarah Tanguy
8.5”x11” Soft Cover, 92 pages
Published: 2002
ISBN #0-9662859-1-3
Price: $15
The Hechinger Collection celebrates the ubiquity of tools in our lives with art that magically transforms utilitarian objects into fanciful works of beauty, surprise and wit. The traveling exhibition Tools as Art features 65 highlights from the unique holdings of hardware industry pioneer John Hechinger.
From a painting of a giant hammer pulling out a misplaced nail to a full-scale stepladder made entirely out of paper, this landmark exhibition explores the Collection’s breadth and creativity and shows how broadly a single theme in art can be interpreted.
This full-color catalogue produced by IA&A features all the works in the Tools as Art exhibition, accompanied by the artists' biographies. Additional text includes an introduction by David Furchgott, President of IA&A, a preface by Arman, and an essay about the Hechinger Collection by curator Sarah Tanguy.
From the Fire
Contemporary Korean Ceramics
by Cho, Chung Hyun
10”x10” Hard Cover, 140 pages
Published: 2004
ISBN #0-9662859-3-x
Price: $30
From the Fire: Contemporary Korean Ceramics is a compelling exhibition that brings the finest of contemporary Korean ceramics in the largest survey of works to come to North America. The exhibition also marks the first time a Korean curator has selected an exhibition of contemporary ceramics from Korea for tour in United States. This exhibition assembles 54 contemporary Korean ceramic artists whose pieces incorporate traditional techniques with new influences and innovative methods to create both functional and sculptural works. The 108 works in the exhibition date from the early 1990s through 2003, with many created especially for the tour. Despite the differences in artistic approaches, the works reveal the adventurous spirit of Korea’s ceramic tradition, 5,000 years after it began
Sculpture Transformed
The Art of Marjorie Schick
by Tacey A. Rosolowski
8.25”x 9.75” Soft Cover, 36 pages
Published: 2006
ISBN #978-0-9767102-2-6
Price: $15
Sculpture Transformed incorporates 67 objects that exemplify 40 years of Schick’s experimentation with form, texture, and color. Her “body sculptures” are most often seen in the form of large-scale head ornaments, massive ceremonial collars, cloaks, and back sculptures that seem to soar from the wearer. This hallmark exhibition highlights these acclaimed “body sculptures,” while taking the viewer on a voyage through a visual evolution of Schick’s style. In addition to representing Schick’s wearable art constructions, this spectacular retrospective will include Schick’s renowned trompe l’oeil creations of everyday objects. These pieces vividly transform and interpret the mundane: a bracelet masquerades as a teapot while a portion of a brick sidewalk becomes a cloak; a necklace entangles the wearer in glowing threads reminiscent of a dew spangled spider web. Works in this second grouping will invite the visitor into a unique artistic sensibility that generates uniquely aesthetic connections from everyday experience.
Changing Identity
Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam
6.6”x8.25” Soft Cover, 96 pages
Published: 2007
ISBN #0-9767102-4-2
Price: $20
Changing Identity introduces the work of ten contemporary Vietnamese women artists who challenge the stereotypes and traditional roles of women in Vietnamese society. This exhibition is the first survey of women artists from Vietnam to tour the United States. Through the use of various media, subject matters, and aesthetic sensibilities, two generations of artists share views of their country and the changing status of women. Together their work provides a diverse view of Vietnam itself, reflecting a range of opinions and experiences.
Victorian Visions
Pre-Raphaelite Drawings and Watercolours from the National Museums & Galleries of Wales
by Bethany McIntyre
8.5”x11” Soft Cover, 116 pages
Published: 2003
ISBN #0-9662859-2-1
Price: $20
This exhibition of 64 exquisite drawings and watercolors is comprised of works by Victorian artists, primarily from England, and examines methods and motivations behind drawings and paintings of this era. Victorian Visions reflects the wide range of styles found in this collection. Some of the pieces are careful portraits of recognizable individuals, while others are fleeting sensory images or idealized impressions of people and landscapes. The exhibition includes a unique combination of works that were completed for sale, and studies for larger oil paintings. Artists in this exhibition include Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Sir William Morris, William Burges, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, and Sir Edward Poynter. Victorian Visions has been shown in Cardiff (Wales) and Finland’s Helsinki City Art Museum.
Kara Walker
Slavery! Slavery! 25th International Bienal of Sao Paolo, Brazil
by Robert Hobbs
10.5”x8” Soft Cover, 52 pages
Published: 2001
Price: $15
A fully illustrated catalogue of Kara Walker's works as the official US representative at the 25th Sao Paulo Bienal in 2002. The exhibition was organized by IA&A and curated by Dr. Robert Hobbs; Hobbs’ essay on the artist is included. The centerpiece of Walker's installation was a cyclorama 85 feet in circumference; built on site and filled with near life-sized, cut-paper silhouettes (the catalogue includes a double fold-out of this work). The San Paulo Bienal is the largest international contemporary art event in the western hemisphere.
Eloquent Line
Contemporary Japanese Calligraphy
9”x9” Soft Cover, 112 pages
Published: 1992
ISBN #0-9633638-1-6
Price: $15
This exhibition presented contemporary Japanese calligraphy to an American audience and began its tour at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, in 1993 before traveling to ten other US locations. The illustrations and essays introduce the history and art of calligraphy, as well as its influence on American art and its present status in Japan. The exhibition was organized by IA&A's President David Furchgott during his involvement with the International Sculpture Center (catalogue publisher).
Albrecht Dürer
Art in Transition
8.5”x11” Soft Cover, 136 pages
Published: 2008
ISBN #978-0-9767102-6-4
In German and English
Out of print
The life and times of Albrecht Dürer are well illustrated in this comprehensive catalogue featuring 100 images. Drawing from the formidable collection of Dürer graphics at the Hessiches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, this exhibition is a chronological presentation of the artist’s life and times and the advances he made to improve the popular perception of graphics as a higher art form. Dürer was instrumental in utilizing the medium of printmaking to disseminate his views on religion, mathematics and the humanities.
Hsin-Hsi Chen
Expanding Into The Unspeakable*
Hsin-Hsi Chen is an artist in the traveling exhibition Leaded: The Materiality and Metamorphosis of Graphite.
8" x 8" Soft Cover, Sewing Binding
76 pages with 175 images
Published: 2008
Price: $30
A complete collection of 2D and 3D pencil drawings created between 1993 and 2007 by artist Hsin-Hsi Chen. Exclusive introduction by N. Elizabeth Schlatter, Deputy Director and Curator of Exhibitions at University of Richmond Museums, and reviews from art critics and major newspapers.
"... Using only pencil on paper or on wood that she shapes into three-dimensional objects, Hsin-Hsi Chen makes incredibly precise and vertiginous renderings of imaginary architectural spaces. With a sense of beguiling whimsy, these "settings" disorient the viewer with both actual and illustrated planes and recesses that alternate in a seemingly illogical sequence... Chen pushes the conventions of the medium of drawing in new and unexpected way..."
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* Designed by the artist, Hsin-Hsi Chen