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Accumulation
Alternative Iran
The Art, Architecture, and Media of Climate Change Edited by Nick Axel, Nikolaus Hirsch, Daniel Barber, Anton Vidokle
Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial Practice Pamela Karimi August 2022 432pp 9781503631809 £26.99 / $35.00 PB 9781503630017 £84.00 / $105.00 HB
February 2022 248pp 9 b&w illus. 9781517911515 £22.99 / $30.00 PB 9781517911508 £95.00 / $120.00 HB
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Offers a unique contribu�on to the field of contemporary art, inves�ga�ng how Iranian ar�sts engage with space and site amid the pressures of the art market and the state's regulatory regimes. Since the 1980s, poli�cal, economic, and intellectual forces have driven Iran's crea�ve class toward increasingly original forms of artmaking not meant for official venues.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS Images of accumula�on help open up the climate to cultural inquiry and poli�cal mobiliza�on and have formed a cultural infrastructure focused on the rela�onships between humans, other species, and their environments. Addresses this cultural infrastructure and the methodological challenges of its analysis. Excludes Japan & ANZ
Burnished
Chromatic
Zulu Ceramics between Rural and Urban South Africa Elizabeth Perrill June 2022 304pp 90 color illus., 2 b&w tables 9780253061874 £22.99 / $30.00 PB 9780253061867 £64.00 / $80.00 HB
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Troeung
Showcases the lives and work of individual Black South African ar�sts, mostly women, whose contribu�ons and accomplishments have not been well recognized. Approaches Zulu po�ery making not to define a norma�ve style but to treat ceramic produc�on as an important mode of self-defini�on for Zulu women.
Ten Meditations on Crisis in Art and Letters Purang Abolmaesumi, Jennifer Black, Lara Boyd, Carrie Jenkins , Hoi Kong, M.V. Ramana, Steven Reynolds, Michelle Stack, Sheila Teves and Y-Dang
December 2021 78pp 31 full page orginal artworks 9781775276654 £11.99 / $15.95 PB
UBC PRESS
Asks what it means to be in crisis and grapples with the personal and societal impacts of crisis during a �me of unprecedented global upheaval. Excludes SE Asia, Indian sc & ANZ
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
Creating African Fashion Histories
Art, Weaving, Vision Edited by Laura E. Pérez and Ann Marie Leimer
Politics, Museums, and Sartorial Practices Edited by JoAnn McGregor, Heather M. Akou and Nicola Stylianou
July 2022 384pp 95 color illus. 9781478018322 £22.99 / $29.95 PB 9781478015697 £88.00 / $109.95 HB
April 2022 360pp 81 color illus., 7 b&w illus. 9780253060129 £22.99 / $30.00 PB 9780253060112 £60.00 / $75.00 HB
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
The contributors to this volume examine the ar�s�c prac�ce of Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, whose innova�ve art and urgent engagement with a range of pressing contemporary issues mark her as one of the most vital ar�sts of our �me.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Examines the stark disjuncture between African self-fashioning and museum prac�ces. Voices in this collec�on reveal fascina�ng histories and geographies of circula�on within and beyond the con�nent and its diasporic communi�es.
Emily Carr
Art
Life & Work Lisa Baldissera
Divining Chaos
The Autobiography of an Idea Aviva Rahmani , Foreword by Lucy R. Lippard
January 2022 128pp 80 color illus. 9781487102326 £36.00 / $45.00 HB
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS Traces Carr’s trajectory from her early years in Victoria, where she struggled to receive acceptance, to her eventual status as one of Canada’s most influen�al painters. With insight and intelligence, Baldissera shows how Carr, despite enduring hardships and rejec�on, persevered to create an iconic vision.
June 2022 336pp 12 color illus., 6 b/w illus. 9781613321669 £22.99 / $30.00 PB
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY A spirited memoir by ar�st Aviva Rahmani, offering a relatable narra�ve to discuss trigger point theory and the importance of eco-art ac�vism. Divining Chaos is an in�mate personal memoir of unparalleled transparency into the moments in Rahmani's life that shaped her as an ar�st and ac�vist. Excludes Taiwan, Japan, SE Asia & ANZ
Hilma af Klint
Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean
The Secret Paintings Edited by Sue Cramer and Nicholas Chambers
Edited by Margaret S. Graves and Alex Dika Seggerman
October 2021 256pp 200 color illus. 9781741741520 £40.00 / $50.00 HB
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS
May 2022 284pp 145 color illus. 9780253060341 £22.99 / $30.00 PB 9780253060334 £60.00 / $75.00 HB
Hidden from view for decades, the work of Hilma af Klint (1862–1944) has captured the imagina�on of contemporary audiences. She is now widely regarded as a pioneer of twen�eth-century abstract art. This book includes over 125 artworks, ranging from enormous canvasses to small watercolors; pages from her detailed notebooks; and a selec�on of photographs and other images.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Reveals how 19th-century ar�sts in the Middle East and North Africa reckoned with new tools, materials, and tastes from local perspec�ves. Contributors focus on the shi�ing methods of produc�on, reproduc�on, circula�on, and exchange ar�sts faced as they worked in fields such as photography, metalwork, and even transporta�on.
Overlooking Damage
Robert Heinecken and the Art of Appropriation
Art, Display, and Loss in Times of Crisis Jonah Siegel
Matthew Biro
July 2022 280pp 9781503632158 £20.99 / $28.00 PB 9781503630550 £72.00 / $90.00 HB
March 2022 344pp 90 color plates 9781517904647 £32.00 / $39.95 PB 9781517904630 £95.00 / $120.00 HB
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
What does it mean to look? How does looking relate to damage? These are the fundamental ques�ons addressed in Overlooking Damage. From the Roman triumph to the iconoclasm of ISIS and the Taliban to the aerial views of looted landscapes and destroyed temples visible on Google, the rela�onship between beauty and violence is far more in�mate than we some�mes acknowledge.
This is the first book-length study dedicated to the ar�st Robert Heinecken, whose innova�ve photographic prac�ces sought to interrogate how mass media imagery facilitated the construc�on of individual and collec�ve iden��es. Excludes Japan & ANZ
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Spatial Dunhuang
Subject to Change
June 2022 381pp 188 color illus., 1 map, 2 tables 9780295750200 £52.00 / $65.00 HB
June 2022 290pp b&w and colour photos and illus. 9781988111339 £52.00 / $64.95 PB
Experiencing the Mogao Caves Hung Wu
Writings and Interviews Liz Magor
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS Constructed over a millennium from the fourth to fourteenth centuries CE near Dunhuang, an ancient border town along the Silk Road in northwest China, the Mogao Caves comprise the largest and best-preserved treasure trove of Buddhist art in the world. Examines the caves from the perspec�ve of space, trea�ng them as physical and historical sites that can be approached, entered, and understood sensually.
UBC PRESS Subject to Change presents catalogue statements, essays, interviews, lecture notes, communica�ons with gallerists and authors, and unpublished and out-ofprint wri�ngs by Liz Magor, one of the most important contemporary ar�sts of the last fi�y years. Excludes SE Asia, Indian sc & ANZ
Technics Improvised
The Fountain of Latona
Activating Touch in Global Media Art Timothy Murray
Louis XIV, Charles Le Brun, and the Gardens of Versailles Thomas F. Hedin
February 2022 272pp 27 b&w illus. 9781517912871 £20.99 / $28.00 PB 9781517912864 £89.00 / $112.00 HB
Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture May 2022 320pp 9780812253757 £56.00 / $69.95 HB
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS
Seeing new media art as an entry point for be�er understanding of technology and worldmaking futures. In this challenging work, a leading authority on new media art examines that curatorial and aesthe�c landscape to explore how art resists and rewires the poli�cal and economic structures that govern technology.
In a many-sided examina�on of the ar�s�c, cultural, and poli�cal worlds of Louis XIV, Thomas F. Hedin masterfully reveals how and why an elaborate fountain depic�ng the origin of frogs came to be the centerpiece of the gardens of Versailles.
Excludes Japan & ANZ
The Impossible Arises
The Missing Pages
Oscar Reutersvärd and His Contemporaries Chris Mortensen
The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh
Special Publica�ons of the Lilly Library August 2022 152pp 65 color illus. 9780253062338 £40.00 / $50.00 HB
April 2022 436pp 9781503632608 £17.99 / $24.00 PB
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Offers a detailed look at the philosophy guiding Reutersvärd's art and presents a rich array of stories from his eccentric personal life. It is an essen�al introduc�on to the life and career of one of the most fascina�ng ar�sts of the twen�eth century. An essen�al introduc�on to the life and career of one of the most fascina�ng ar�sts of the twen�eth century.
The biography of a manuscript that is at once art, sacred object, and cultural heritage. Its tale mirrors the story of its sca�ered community as Armenians have struggled to redefine themselves a�er genocide and in the absence of a homeland. Watenpaugh uncovers the rich tapestry of an extraordinary artwork and the people touched by it. 3
The Museum
Tsuchi
April 2022 224pp 9781479809332 £18.99 / $24.95 HB
March 2022 312pp 76 b&w illus., 10 color plates 9781517911911 £26.99 / $34.95 PB 9781517911904 £111.00 / $140.00 HB
A Short History of Crisis and Resilience Samuel J. Redman
Earthy Materials in Contemporary Japanese Art Bert Winther-Tamaki
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS Explores the concepts of “crisis” as it relates to museums, and how these historic institutions have dealt with challenges ranging from depression and war to pandemic and philosophical uncertainty. A captivating examination of crisis moments in US museum history from the early years of the twentieth century to the present day, The Museum offers inspiration in the resilience and longevity of America’s most prized cultural institutions.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS Referred to by the word tsuchi, earthy materials such as soil and clay are prolific in Japanese contemporary art. Explores the many aesthe�c manifesta�ons of tsuchi and their connec�on to Japan’s environmental history, inves�ga�ng how Japanese ar�sts have sought a passionate and redemp�ve engagement with earth. Excludes Japan & ANZ
Excludes Taiwan, Japan, SE Asia & ANZ
Viral Cultures
Photography
Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS Marika Cifor
Edible Plants
A Photographic Survey of the Wild Edible Botanicals of North America Jimmy Fike
May 2022 280pp 18 b&w illus. 9781517909369 £20.99 / $27.00 PB 9781517909352 £86.00 / $108.00 HB
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS
February 2022 248pp 113 color illus. 9781684351718 £18.99 / $25.00 HB
Serving as a vital supplement to the exis�ng scholarship on AIDS ac�vism of the 1980s and 1990s, Viral Cultures is the first book to cri�cally examine the archives that have helped preserve and create the legacy of those radical ac�vi�es. Marika Cifor charts the efforts ac�vists, archivists, and curators have made to document the work of AIDS ac�vism in the United States.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Jimmy Fike traveled across the con�nental United States in an epic effort to photograph wild edible flora. Features over 100 photographs that Fike has selec�vely colorized to highlight the comes�ble part of the plant. Sumptuously illustrated and deligh�ully informa�ve.
Excludes Japan & ANZ
Photographs from Detroit, 1975–2019
Rare Merit
By Bruce Harkness, Edited by John J. Bukowczyk
Women in Photography in Canada, 1840–1940 Colleen Skidmore
July 2022 200pp 9780804012386 £22.99 / $29.95 PB
June 2022 325pp 161 photos, 2 maps 9780774867054 £32.00 / $39.95 PB
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS
UBC PRESS
With these in�mate social documentary photographs and oral histories, Bruce Harkness and John J. Bukowczyk have sensi�vely collaborated with and amplified the stories of Detroit’s o�en overlooked people and lost neighborhoods. The result is an unforge�able portrait of Detroit’s hard-won resiliency.
Rare Merit surveys the lives and photographs of nearly eighty women in the century following photography’s inven�on. Presen�ng the excep�onal range and impact of their work, Colleen Skidmore proves that women’s prac�ces and images – knowingly omi�ed from founding narra�ves of photographic history – were diverse, compelling, widespread, and influen�al. Excludes SE Asia, Indian sc & ANZ
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Selfie Aesthetics
Shadow Traces
Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art Nicole Erin Morse
Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic Archives Elena Tajima Creef
June 2022 216pp 44 illus. 9781478018148 £18.99 / $24.95 PB 9781478015512 £76.00 / $94.95 HB
Asian American Experience April 2022 192pp 9780252086472 £19.99 / $26.00 PB 9780252044403 £88.00 / $110.00 HB
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS Examines how trans women feminine ar�sts use selfies and self-representa�onal art to explore how selfies produce poli�cally meaningful encounters between creators and viewers in ways that envision trans feminist futures. By demonstra�ng the aesthe�c depth and poli�cal poten�al of selfie crea�on, distribu�on, and recep�on, Morse deepens understandings of gender performa�vity and trans experience.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS Images of Japanese and Japanese American women can teach us what it meant to be visible at specific moments in history. Employs an Asian American feminist vantage point to examine ways of looking at indigenous Japanese Ainu women. Excludes SE Asia, Indian sc & ANZ
The Devil's Highway
TV Snapshots
On the Road in the American West Joan Myers and William deBuys
An Archive of Everyday Life Lynn Spigel July 2022 352pp 165 color illus. 9781478018285 £21.99 / $28.95 PB 9781478015642 £84.00 / $104.95 HB
July 2022 168pp 86 photos 9781953480156 £36.00 / $45.00 HB
DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESS
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
Explores historical snapshots of people posing in front of their television sets in the 1950s through the early 1970s, showing how TV snapshots were a popular photographic prac�ce through which people visualized their lives in an increasingly mediated culture. Spigel highlights how TV snapshots complicate understandings of the significance of TV in everyday life.
Haun�ng new collec�on of photographs documents the changing landscape and culture of the American West. The themes she examines are reflected in The Devil’s Highway, a powerfully evoca�ve short story by Pulitzer finalist William deBuys, first published in 1992 in Story magazine and reproduced here for the first �me.
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