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Andy Warhol (1928–1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, media, and celebrity. Drawing on contemporary advertisements, comic strips, consumer products, and Hollywood’s most famous faces, Warhol proposed a radical reevaluation of what constituted artistic subject matter. Through Warhol, a Campbell’s soup can and Coca Cola bottle became as worthy of artistic status as any traditional still life. At the same time, Warhol reconfigured the role of the artist. Famously stating “I want to be a machine,” he systematically reduced the presence of his own authorship, working with mass-production methods and images, as well as dozens of assistants in a studio he dubbed the Factory. This book introduces Warhol’s multifaceted, prolific oeuvre, which revolutionized distinctions between “high” and “low” art and integrated ideas of living, producing, and consuming that remain central questions of modern experience.

This book tracks the career of the artist over six decades, revealing his retained interest in lighthearted subjects while casting them in traditional modes of painting. It celebrates the artist’s regard for the delights of the quintessentially American summer experience, from its sweet ice creams and chilled soda pops to beach games and barbecues, melting a gray winter into a fading memory. The catalogue features paintings from the 1960s through the 2000s of beach scenes, hot dogs, ice creams, beach balls, and bathing suits.

Dicen que la Historia la escriben los vencedores. En el rock, los grandes momentos se escriben en primera persona. A través de quince entrevistas y perfiles biográficos, Jacobo Celnik recorre con los protagonistas del libro varios momentos esenciales en el desarrollo de un género musical que cambió para siempre en octubre de 1962 con el lanzamiento de “Love Me Do” de The Beatles. Desde la llegada de Andrew Loog Oldham al management de The Rolling Stones, pasando por grandes hitos relacionados con la historia de The Who, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Animals, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, Roxy Music, ELP, Queen, Van Der Graaf Generator y Jethro Tull, este libro es un viaje a la inmortalidad y la atemporalidad de varias edades de oro que tuvo el rock.

The extraordinary paintings and watercolors of this contemporary British abstract artist, deeply influenced by the romantic English landscape tradition of Constable and Turner. This is the first major look at the work of the renowned yet intensely private and reclusive artist William Tillyer (b. 1938), best known for his abstract oil paintings, watercolors, and prints. Tillyer’s skill and hugely varied body of work make him one of Britain’s most respected artists, in the same generation as Lucian Freud and David Hockney. Tillyer is finally getting the recognition he deserves. While Tillyer’s paintings are largely abstract, they are based on the landscape of North Yorkshire, where he has lived and worked for most of his life. The book covers Tillyer’s experiments with nontraditional materials and techniques—his 3D panels, cut canvases, constructed works with found objects, printmaking with a wide range of processes, and paintings on wire mesh.

Despite its chilly weather and barren landscapes, wintertime has inspired some of the most magical and heartwarming stories in history. This season of celebration, frost and snow, religion, tradition, and adventure has produced such holiday classics as Clement Moore’s ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, and such colorful tales as the account of a pre-Christmas Posada parade in Mexico City. A Treasury of Wintertime Tales pays homage to this rich variety of winter storytelling with 13 tales dating from 1823 to 1972. Featuring authors and illustrators of American, German, Hungarian, Italian, Mexican, Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish descent, it includes stories about playful snowflakes that have come to life, losing one’s mittens, encounters with the Sami people in Northern Scandinavia, celebrating the Chinese New Year, and more. Each tale has been chosen for its inspiring artwork and soulful plot, resulting in a carefully curated collection of adventure, community, and culture.

Un documento inigualable para todos los interesados en la magnífica trayectoria vital y profesional de este auténtico gigante del cine El escritor Richard Schickel realizó una exhaustiva entrevista televisiva al genial cineasta Woody Allen. Pese a que sólo se emitió una parte de cuanto en ella se dijo, el resultado de dicha conversación recibió una excelente acogida por parte de críticos y aficionados. Woody Allen por sí mismo reproduce la totalidad de la charla que tuvo lugar entre ambos personajes e incluye un profundo análisis de la carrera profesional del cineasta.