Suspended Moment
The Architecture of Frida Escobedo
ISBN: PB: 9781588397867,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
April 2024
112 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm, 130 colour and black&white illus.
112 pp., 25,4x20,3 cm, 130 colour and black&white illus.
An illuminating profile of one of today's most innovative and forward-looking architects, whose materials-based practice explores how space can provoke emotional response.
Frida Escobedo's (b. 1979) designs for public spaces have received global ac...
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Lauren Halsey
The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: PB: 9781588397492,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
July 2023
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 40 colour illus.
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 40 colour illus.
Lauren Halsey's diverse artistic influences, including Afrofuturism, ancient Egyptian iconography, and the architecture and community in her native Los Angeles, feature prominently in her latest site-specific installation.
In her 2023 site-specific...
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Hector Zamora: Lattice Detour
The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: PB: 9781588396891,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
January 2021
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 50 colour illus.
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 50 colour illus.
Mexican artist Hector Zamora (b. 1974) engages with public spaces and the manmade environment, using his work to draw attention to architecture's connections to community and social structure. This compact volume presents images and analyses of Zamor...
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Alicja Kwade: ParaPivot
The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: PB: 9781588396679,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
June 2019
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 58 colour illus.
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 58 colour illus.
Contemporary artist Alicja Kwade (b. 1979) has received international acclaim for her minimalist, large-scale sculptures and installations intended to parse, but not resolve, various scientific and metaphysical conundrums. Kwade's site-specific insta...
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Design for Eternity
Architectural Models from the Ancient Americas
ISBN: PB: 9781588395764,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
November 2015
160 pp., 24,1x21,6 cm, 100 colour illus.
160 pp., 24,1x21,6 cm, 100 colour illus.
From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the 16th century, artists from across the ancient Americas created small-scale architectural effigies to be placed in the tombs of important individuals. These works in stone, ceramic,...
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Dan Graham
The Roof Garden Commission
ISBN: MIX MEDIA: 9780300208757,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
August 2014
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 60 colour illus.
64 pp., 18,4x11,0 cm, 60 colour illus.
The artist Dan Graham (b. 1942) has a wide-ranging practice that encompasses writing, performance art, installation, video, photography and architecture. Throughout his career, Graham has examined the symbiosis between architectural environments and...
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£6.95
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Cloisters
Medieval Art and Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9780300187205,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
January 2013
204 pp., 24,8x17,1 cm, 200 colour illus.
204 pp., 24,8x17,1 cm, 200 colour illus.
Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This splendid new guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy-fift...
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