Jasper Johns: A Retrospective2 reviews Roberta Bernstein, Lilian Tone, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006 A magnificent retrospective of this great artist's life work + jasper johns Did you miss the Johns retrospective at NY MOMA? This book captures the essence of an American Michaelangelo. Subjective? You bet! If you have even the slightest interest in modern art your library is not complete without this retrospective. The many color and b&w photographs are superb, and ...             Andy Warhol Portraits5 reviews Tony Shafrazi, Carter Ratcliffe, ... Phaidon Press, 2007 Face-to-Face Comparisons Reveal Warhol's Perspectives + Fascinating and lovely + full and detailed + A less familiar Warhol + An influence that continues down to the present             Jim Dine: Aldo et Moi Jim Dine Steidl/Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, 2007 Aldo et Moi is a record of the 115 etchings Jim Dine made between 1975 and 1997 in collaboration with the famous printer Aldo Crommelynck in Paris. Crommelynck has worked with many American artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Jasper Johns, Robert Morris and Ed Ruscha, but his relationship with Dine has proved especially durable and fruitful. Dine painted "The Crommelynck Gate," ...             Dada: Zurich, Berlin, Hanover, Cologne, New York, Paris8 reviews Leah Dickerman, Dorothea Dietrich, ... D.A.P./The National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005 DADA:ZURICH,BERLIN,HANOVER,COLOGNE,NEW YORK,PARIS + Superb + dada: zurich, berlin, hanover, cologne, new york, paris + A great book! + Remarkable             Glitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s (Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications)9 reviews Sabine Rewald, Ian Buruma, ... Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006 Long Wait for an Excellent Book + Nice Book + Incredible artwork + A beautiful exhibition + Glitter and Doom             Renoir Landscapes: 1865-1883 (National Gallery Company)4 reviews Colin B. Bailey, Christopher Riopelle National Gallery London, 2007 An unusual Renoir, the best Renoir + A Selected Look at Renoir's Landscapes + Landscapes by the beloved portrait artist + Beautiful book with origional idea             Cindy Sherman2 reviews Regis Durand, Jean-Pierre Criqui, ... Flammarion, 2007 Who are you? Who, who, who, who? + with no problems I bought this book several months ago after reading about Cindy Sherman and her boyfriend's adventures in various European cities where her retrospective was being exhibited in art galleries. Her boyfriend, by the way, has one of the most kicka*s online journals (he doesn't like you to call it a ...             Edvard Munch: Signs of Modern Art2 reviews Ulf Kuster, Philippe Buttner, ... Hatje Cantz, 2007 A lovely tribute to Munch, kudos to Hatje-Cantz + Mostly good When I first saw this book I was immediately won over. The plates are large, many if not most are full page. There is much of his graphic work, the color is very good, even the text is large and very legible. Art historians have ruined the art book. They believe that their words are more important ...             Willem de Kooning: Works, Writings, Interviews (Ediciones Poligrafa)1 review Sally Yard, James Valliere, ... Poligrafa, 2007 a great overview about the life and work of a great artist this book is a very good "compendio" about the complex "figura" of De Kooning. There are many of his first and anusual works, often ignored by other pubblications. It is a great contribution to the understanding of the panorama of the art scene of New York in the 50's             The Big Monograph Robert Mapplethorpe Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH, 2007             Robert Rauschenberg: Transfer Drawings of the 1960s Lewis Kachur, Robert Rauschenberg Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, 2007 Featuring 42 of Robert Rauschenberg's pioneering Transfer Drawings of the 1960s, this book reproduces almost half of the works that were made in that tumultuous decade. The historical watershed of 1968 is especially well represented by 23 drawings, at least 15 of which were shown in the influential Ileana Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, in October of that year. They have never been seen before now in ...             Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era Christoph Grunenberg Tate, 2005 Colorful, thought-provoking, eclectic, and readable, Summer of Love is the definitive guide to the art of the psychedelic era. Richly illustrated, the book presents a wide range of images of artworks-including posters, record covers, photography, and film-alongside a wealth of contextual material and a number of informative essays by leading academics, cultural theorists, and critics. Moving ...             Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years4 reviews Kynaston McShine, Lynne Cooke, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2007 STUNNING + excellent purchase + Complete Serra in black and white... This book is a stunning collection of Richard Serra's work over the years. Truly an American master. I am always intrigued by the choice to do Serra in black and white, but it works. I consider this book an essential addition to my collection of art texts.             Picasso and American Art2 reviews Michael FitzGerald Yale University Press, 2006 A catalogue better than the exhibition it illustrates + Picasso & American Art - great show, great catalog! The exhibition "Picasso and American Art" was very much criticized because of its tendency to mixing everything that counts in modern American art (or rather, in New York art) and linking it somewhat arbitrarily to Picasso, which, in a way, is stating the obvious. Now what remains of it is this ...             Rauschenberg: Art and Life1 review Mary Lynn Kotz Harry N. Abrams, 2004 An Expanded Biography of Robert Rauschenberg 'Notes to accompany an exhibition' would be a fitting title for this book for those who are unaware of Mary Lynn Kotz' revised/updated biography of Robert Rauschenberg as they currently enjoy the spectacular traveling exhibition of his works, COMBINES, currently filling the generous spaces of the ...             Hannah Hoch: Album, Limited Edition Hannah Hoch Hatje Cantz, 2007 An important representative of the Berlin Dada movement, Hannah Hoch (1889-1978) was a dedicated collagist, noting in her appointment calendar for 1939 that she had been "busy for days going through magazines and cutting things out." The sheer abundance of Hoch's collection of visual material is suggested by an album that was presumably compiled in 1933, a singular work that poses a number of ...             Francis Bacon in the 1950s3 reviews Michael Peppiatt Yale University Press, 2007 Francis Bacon: The Formative Years + Always interesting.... + The man behind the artist The shelves in the art section of bookstores, public and private libraries contain many publications about the important 20th Century figurative artist Francis Bacon: one would think there was little left to be said about the bizarre genius who influenced so many artists and thinkers. But this new ...             Impressionism and Post Impressionism (Two books in slip case) (Prestige Series) Nathalia Brodskaya; Parkstone Press Parkstone Press, 2007             Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper5 reviews Walter Wells Phaidon Press, 2007 Stunning with rich commentary + Solid work + A new way of seeing Hopper + Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper             Odd Nerdrum: Themes7 reviews Odd Nerdrum, Li Bj0rn Press Publishing, 2007 Wonderful! + Wonderful + Excellent + bold, heavy and beautiful