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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 9 books in this booklist
£10.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780241965993 | ISBN 10: 0241965993
Move over Gombrich - there's a new art book in town! For sceptics, art lovers, and the millions of us who visit art galleries every year - and are confused - What Are You Looking At? by BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz is a wonderfully lively, acces ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781784781880 | ISBN 10: 1784781886
The collision of activism and contemporary art, from the Seattle protests to Occupy and beyond. What is the relation of art to the practice of radical politics today? Strike Art explores this question through the historical lens of Occupy, a ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780745335971 | ISBN 10: 0745335977
Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture? ‘Curate’ has become a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns su ... more
View book details£29.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780857858184 | ISBN 10: 0857858181
The Graphic Art of the Underground: A Countercultural History takes the reader on a dazzling journey through the visual art and design of alternative and youth cultures from the 1950s to the present day. Ian Lowey and Suzy Prince's compelling ... more
View book details£12.41 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780719096914 | ISBN 10: 071909691x
This book is premised on the view that the idea of the avant garde has an increased importance in these times of global political crisis. Much cultural production today is shaped by a biopolitics that construes all creative and knowledge production i ... more
View book details£19.95 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781907317682 | ISBN 10: 1907317686
The fifth title in Black Dog Publishing’s ARTWORLD series, Contemporary Art in the United Kingdom showcases the wealth of contemporary art being produced in the United Kingdom today. Contemporary Art in the United Kingdom is a diverse, in-depth ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780500290477 | ISBN 10: 0500290474
In this enjoyable and thought-provoking book Susie Hodge explains, thoroughly and conclusively, why modern art is not, and never has been, child’s play. The book examines 100 works of modern art that have attracted critical hostility – from ... more
View book details£19.95 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780500290262 | ISBN 10: 0500290261
Can an artist claim that an object is a work of art if it has been made for him or her by someone else? If so, who is the ‘author’ of such a work? And just what is the difference between a work of art and a work of craft? The Art of Not ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781854377494 | ISBN 10: 1854377493
Modern art arouses many different responses: suspicion, controversy and misunderstanding are among the most frequent. But it doesn't need to be like that. To help out, here is a clear, accessible, fully illustrated introduction to what can otherwise ... more
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