{"title":"Arts \u0026 Culture","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"pao-houa-her-my-grandfather-turned-into-a-tiger-and-other-illusions","title":"Pao Houa Her: My Grandfather Turned Into a Tiger ... and Other Illusions","description":"\u003cb\u003ePao Houa Her's first major monograph, \u003ci\u003eMy grandfather turned into a tiger ... and other illusions\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the fundamental concepts of home and belonging: illusion, desire, and loss.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePao Houa Her's work draws inspiration from a myriad of sources: apocryphal family lore; portraits of the artist's community and self; and reimagined landscapes, with Minnesota and Northern California standing in for Laos. The compelling and personal narratives are grounded in the traditions and contemporary metaphors of the Hmong diasporic community. \u003ci\u003eMy grandfather turned into a tiger\u003c\/i\u003e brings together four of the artist's major series, including the title work which reimagines her family's history before leaving Laos. Other work deals with a scandal within the Hmong community in which hundreds of elders were swindled as part of a fraudulent investment scheme built around the promise of a new Hmong homeland. In another series, tonally rich black-and-white still lifes of silk flowers collected by her mother are presented alongside images of flowers that adorn the digitally manipulated, hyper-colored popular backdrops used in Hmong photo studios and on dating apps. This beautifully designed monograph showcases Her's keen eye on the line between ersatz and authenticity; as the artist has stated, photography is \"a truth if you want it to be a truth.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy grandfather turned into a tiger\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of the Next Step Award, a partnership between Aperture and Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, in collaboration with the 7G Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach cover is unique, featuring up to thirty-two jacket iterations, but is anchored by the same sticker on the front and back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41875184484427,"sku":"9781597115650","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_5904bab7-51f5-49b7-a98b-164ce6bd201c.jpg?v=1762333983"},{"product_id":"yoko-ono-music-of-the-mind","title":"Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first major retrospective of Yoko Ono in a decade foregrounds her impact on activism and invites readers to engage dynamically with her work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYoko Ono (b. 1933) firmly established herself as a leading figure in the Fluxus movement by the mid-1960s. Since that time, her multimedia practice, encompassing sculpture, film, performance, instruction, and music, has had a significant impact on the trajectory of contemporary art. The first major publication on Ono's work in more than a decade, this important volume celebrates her career at a pivotal moment and illustrates the prescient themes that the artist has long championed and that have become central to today's art practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handsome volume traces Ono's career across continents, beginning with the artist's early work in Tokyo. Ono's time in 1960s London is also centered, and the survey looks critically at the development of her work in that period against the more public specter of her relationship with John Lennon and The Beatles. The book then focuses a wider lens on Ono's transnational networks, including her impact on continental Europe and her extended residency in New York. Throughout her career in each of these places, Ono championed feminist, antiwar, and environmental ideas that have only grown in relevance. Drawing on key themes of audience participation, play, and music, the book also employs Ono's own words to encourage readers to experience Ono's work through actions that she finds particularly resonant: reading, enacting, imagining, and wishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in association with Tate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTate Modern\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(February 15-September 1, 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eK20, Dusseldorf\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(September 28, 2024-March 16, 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMuseum of Contemporary Art Chicago\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(October 18, 2025-February 22, 2026) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41875199492171,"sku":"9780300276343","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_975c3d92-5ab1-4019-a778-3fd5b520352f.jpg?v=1762334242"},{"product_id":"heji-shin-the-big-nudes","title":"Heji Shin: The Big Nudes (VIII)","description":"\u003cb\u003eHeji Shin's photographic practice pushes boundaries and challenges societal ideals surrounding fashion, celebrity, and sexuality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The German artist . . . is one of the wildest experimentalists working in photography today.\" --\u003ci\u003eInterview\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShin's practice oscillates fluidly between the commercial and fine-art realms, and the work she exhibits in gallery and museum contexts is strongly influenced by the editorial work she produces. For \u003ci\u003eTHE BIG NUDES\u003c\/i\u003e, a title that reappropriates Helmut Newton's series of the same name, Shin photographed pigs at close range, employing the vernacular of fashion photography to transform the pigs into models who appear to flirt with and pose for the camera. The photographs are paired with MRI scans and a holographic model of Shin's brain--an impression of the self that troubles and transforms our foundational ideas of what constitutes a portrait. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside a curator's note from Ebony L. Haynes, this publication features a text by Benoît Lamy de La Chapelle that explores the interplay between Shin's commercial and fine-art practices. This insightful analysis provides a deeper understanding of Shin's work, shedding light on the nuances of her artistic choices.","brand":"David Zwirner Books\/52 Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889233731659,"sku":"9781644231395","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_b831da99-90cf-404d-8fd3-23d07e3488aa.jpg?v=1762892632"},{"product_id":"shodo-the-quiet-art-of-japanese-zen-calligraphy-learn-the-wisdom-of-zen-through-traditional-brush-painting","title":"Shodo: The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy, Learn the Wisdom of Zen Through Traditional Brush Painting","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this beautiful and extraordinary zen calligraphy book, Shozo Sato, an internationally recognized master of traditional Zen arts, teaches the art of Japanese calligraphy through the power and wisdom of Zen poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle-line Zen Buddhist koan aphorisms, or \u003ci\u003ezengo\u003c\/i\u003e, are one of the most common subjects for the traditional Japanese brush calligraphy known as \u003ci\u003eshodo\u003c\/i\u003e. Regarded as one of the key disciplines in fostering the focused, meditative state of mind so essential to Zen, \u003ci\u003eshodo\u003c\/i\u003e calligraphy is practiced regularly by all students of Zen Buddhism in Japan. After providing a brief history of Japanese calligraphy and its close relationship with the teachings of Zen Buddhism, Sato explains the necessary supplies and fundamental brushstroke skills that you'll need. He goes on to present thirty \u003ci\u003ezengo\u003c\/i\u003e, each featuring: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn example by a skilled Zen monk or master calligrapher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn explanation of the individual characters and the Zen koan as a whole\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStep-by-step instructions on how to paint the phrase in a number of styles (Kaisho, Gyosho, Sosho)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA stunning volume on the intersection of Japanese aesthetics and Zen Buddhist thought, \u003ci\u003eShodo: The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy\u003c\/i\u003e guides both beginning and advanced students to a deeper understanding of the unique brush painting art form of \u003ci\u003eshodo\u003c\/i\u003e calligraphy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShodo calligraphy topics include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Art of Kanji\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Four Treasures of Shodo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeogram Zengo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudents of Shodo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889241071691,"sku":"9784805312049","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_2543a828-6614-4f4f-b6e4-4170858e630d.jpg?v=1762892949"},{"product_id":"making-of-modern-korean-art-the-letters-of-kim-tschang-yeul-kim-whanki-lee-ufan-and-park-seo-bo-1961-1982","title":"Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961-1982","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracing the correspondence and careers of four artists blazing a path for Korean modern art across the globe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with Tina Kim Gallery.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the birth of Korean Informal to the emergence of Dansaekhwa, this book is the first comprehensive survey of modern Korean abstraction through the lives of four protagonists: Kim Tschang-Yeul (1929-2021), Kim Whanki (1913-74), Lee Ufan (born 1936) and Park Seo-Bo (1931-2023). These four artists strove for \"international contemporaneity\" in four different cities: Seoul, Tokyo, Paris and New York. This landmark volume foregrounds the personal correspondences between these pioneering artists as critical documents charting the development of modern Korean art. Newly translated, previously unpublished letters are reproduced here alongside groundbreaking artworks, offering an unprecedented window into the artistic, philosophical and logistical challenges of forging a distinctly Korean modernism.","brand":"Gregory R. Miller \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889241399371,"sku":"9781941366769","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_eeaffff3-7b66-498c-b41e-12f8a9f61d56.jpg?v=1762892953"},{"product_id":"kim-chong-hak-painter-of-seoraksan","title":"Kim Chong Hak: Painter of Seoraksan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlouting the postmodern trends of 1960s South Korea, Kim's Mount Seorak landscapes mark a poignant return to figuration\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with High Museum of Art.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince debuting his mature style in 1984, Kim Chong Hak (born 1937) has become one of the most widely recognized artists in South Korea. Known as the \"Painter of Seoraksan,\" Kim has a relationship with Mount Seorak that is as essential to the history of Korean contemporary art as Cezanne's depictions of Mont Sainte-Victoire are in Western art history. Like many others in the postwar generation, Kim found himself grappling with questions of identity and persistent cultural memories within a deeply embedded colonial consciousness. Rejecting abstraction, he relocated to Gangwon Province, where his views of Seorak in the Taebaek Mountains encouraged the expressive figurative style for which he is known. Thus, \u003ci\u003eKim Chong Hak: Painter of Seoraksan\u003c\/i\u003e is both the record of a generation's cultural reclamation and a reflection on the joys, sorrows, pain and fulfillment of coming into one's own language as an artist.","brand":"Delmonico Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889241464907,"sku":"9781636811864","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_42d724a9-b68d-454a-97fd-4fb791f18adf.jpg?v=1762892955"},{"product_id":"ruth-asawa-all-is-possible","title":"Ruth Asawa: All Is Possible","description":"\u003cb\u003eRevealing rarely seen work alongside her iconic looped-wire sculptures, this catalogue celebrates Ruth Asawa's unique vision and intimate subject matter. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKnown for her intricate and distinct artistic language, Asawa produced numerous sculptures, drawings, and prints that are built on simple, repeated gestures that accumulate into complex compositions. Her works on paper and \"continuous\" looped-wire sculptures suggest a field of fluctuating positive and negative forms, a means of reshaping how we perceive the world. Personal motifs reappear throughout in the most comprehensive look at the artist's oeuvre to date--ceramic casts of faces of her family, friends, and neighbors; the carved front door Asawa and her family made for their home; and drawings of her children, grandchildren, and husband sleeping--all providing an expansive look into the artist's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A document of the breathtaking and surprising exhibition \u003ci\u003eRuth Asawa: All Is Possible\u003c\/i\u003e, organized by Helen Molesworth, this book records and expands upon the show, offering new insight from writers and curators with a selection of sixty-four works from Asawa's spectacular oeuvre. With an introduction by Molesworth, this book features focused texts from Makeda Best, Taylor Davis, Ruth Erickson, Briony Fer, Jennifer L. Roberts, and John Yau.","brand":"David Zwirner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889241530443,"sku":"9781644230787","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_cf7ac10d-f57b-4992-b447-aebf757de6a3.jpg?v=1762892956"},{"product_id":"sung-hwan-kim-a-record-of-drifting-across-the-sea","title":"Sung Hwan Kim: A Record of Drifting Across the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eA richly illustrated exploration of Sung Hwan Kim's complex record of migrant stories, displacement and belonging, border-crossings and translation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Record of Drifting Across the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (2017-), Sung Hwan Kim turns to past histories of migration. The artist parses the traces--archival and bodily--left by undocumented Korean migrants who came to the US by way of Hawai'i at the turn of the last century, and ponders over their impact on other migrant and indigenous communities. As an ongoing film and installation series, comprising two chapters and a third in progress, \u003ci\u003eA Record\u003c\/i\u003e unsettles the limits of the \"one work\" with its distributive, open-ended and collaborative nature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this speculative inquiry, Janine Armin explores each chapter in Kim's multilayered work as a mycelial network of feelers entangling and extending the wider work in process. Engaging history through the senses, folklore and myth, as much as through archival material, Kim navigates and crosses the boundaries between displacement and belonging. Focusing on the artist's attempt to escape from representation, Armin illuminates and attends to the different stories and non-sovereign ways of being together towards which his work points us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis title is part of the \u003ci\u003eOne Work\u003c\/i\u003e book series, which focuses on artworks that have significantly changed the way we understand art and its history.","brand":"Afterall Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889241727051,"sku":"9781846382703","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_3ffc772d-a997-4ba9-a73e-60828f6f1ddd.jpg?v=1762892960"},{"product_id":"huong-ngo-ungrafting","title":"Ungrafting Huong Ngô","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNgô tackles the legacy of French colonialism in Vietnam through its invasive introduction of foreign trees and grafts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHuong Ngô (born 1979) is a Hong Kong-born artist based in Santa Barbara. Her conceptual, research-based practice often takes the form of installation, printmaking and nontraditional mediums. \u003ci\u003eUngrafting\u003c\/i\u003e looks at histories of colonial violence, specifically French colonialism in Vietnam, as well as resistance movements, through image-making, translations and material investigations. Ngô turns to a series of early 20th-century photographs showing foreign trees and tree grafts planted in Vietnam by the French. For the artist, grafting--a procedure that involves cutting and splicing different species into a single plant--serves as a powerful metaphor for the physical violence inherent in colonialism. An essay by Justin Quang Nguyên Phan, and conversations between Ngô and Aline Lo and Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi and Chadwick Allen, reflect on the connection between Ngô's exhibition and global anticolonialism, the trans-Indigenous and the role of the archive in artistic production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inventory Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889242087499,"sku":"9781941753651","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_2f90c204-5ff9-4996-b8fa-9fbd6f7e2f20.jpg?v=1762892965"},{"product_id":"sea-contemporary-art-in-southeast-asia","title":"Sea: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible, clothbound compendium of leading artists in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and Malaysia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilling a noticeable void in art publishing, \u003ci\u003eSEA: Contemporary Art Practices in Southeast Asia\u003c\/i\u003e presents the work of 60 artists and collectives practicing in the region. Organized alphabetically, \u003ci\u003eSEA\u003c\/i\u003e highlights points of connection between the artists: community engagement and organization, social and political commentary, gender and identity, environment and ecology, and material traditions and processes.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eArtists include\u003c\/b\u003e: Agus Suwage, Alfredo and Isabel Aquilizan, Amanda Heng, Anida Yoeu Ali, Anne Samat, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Apitchatpong Weerasethakul, Arahmaiani, Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook, Arin Rungjang, Cemeti--Institute for Art and Society, Charles Lim, Chiang Mai Social Installation, Chris Chong, Dinh Q Le, Eisa Jocson, Erika Tan, F.X. Harsono, Green Papaya Art Projects, Ho Tzu Nyen, Htein Lin, I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih, Khvay Samnang, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Lee Wen, Lostgens', Martha Atienza, Melati Suryodarmo, Ming Wong, Moe Satt, Montien Boonma, Nguyen Trinh Thi and ruangrupa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weiss Berlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889242153035,"sku":"9783948318154","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_ceccc56e-462e-4de2-a8e6-80f0f6b2830b.jpg?v=1762892967"},{"product_id":"jade-fon-woo-watercolor-paintings","title":"Jade Fon Woo: Watercolor Paintings","description":"Jade Fon Woo was a well-known and respected California plein-air watercolor painter known as one of the adherents of the \"California Style.\" He did scenes from cityscapes to wildlife in natural surroundings.\u003cbr\u003eThe present work showcases a fine array of new photographic images of watercolor paintings by Jade Fon utilizing the Kvamme process of digital enhancement.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41889242218571,"sku":"9798371491916","price":20.37,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_286d863a-9709-42aa-bf9e-fafd34a98879.jpg?v=1762892967"},{"product_id":"butterfly-print-m","title":"Butterfly Print M","description":"","brand":"8-Bit Ichigo - David Henry Hwang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41893893898315,"sku":"2512637","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/IMG_0442.heic?v=1771531223"},{"product_id":"south-flows-the-pearl","title":"SOUTH FLOWS THE PEARL","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xia Books, Café \u0026 Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41893998362699,"sku":"9781761540264\n1761540262","price":70.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"hokusais-thirty-six-views-of-mount-fuji-from-the-collection-of-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art","title":"Hokusai's Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: From the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe full set of 46 glorious prints of Mt Fuji by Japan's most famous artist!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful Japanese-bound volume presents the complete set of prints \u003ci\u003eThirty-six Views of Mount Fuji\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most famous series created by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), including ten prints he added to the series at a later date. Mt Fuji is magnificently represented by the master thanks to his highly personal conception that combines the sacred dimensions of the mountain with earthly views representing many different human activities. Each print is accompanied by a technical explanation that helps the reader to understand the image, with descriptions where possible of the actual places depicted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41911487168587,"sku":"9784805319383","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_b3044ed1-6977-4fc8-a146-86c902c10320.jpg?v=1763503187"},{"product_id":"hiroshiges-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo-the-definitive-collectors-edition-woodblock-prints","title":"Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of EDO: The Definitive Collector's Edition (Woodblock Prints)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Honorable Mention 2025 International Fine Print Dealers Association Book Award** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A feast for the eyes...the most complete volume you're ever likely to find about Hiroshige's monumental masterwork [...] [A] rare compendium.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Japan Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA landmark book presenting the early \"deluxe\" versions of Hiroshige's Edo prints for the first time!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige's unique landscape series \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo\u003c\/i\u003e (modern-day Tokyo), first published in the 1850s, is among the best-known collections of Japanese prints and was revolutionary in its day. Individual prints from this collection are regarded as among the finest works in all of Japanese art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this series, Hiroshige captures 118 locations in and around Edo, today's Tokyo, during all four seasons and often from hitherto unknown and unique perspectives. These views were first printed in exquisite luxury versions, incorporating innovative woodblock printing features like color gradation. No complete set of the early versions exists today and this is the first book to present a complete set of the deluxe early printings, sourced from 32 different museums and private collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Andreas Marks consulted 4,700 prints in order to compile this definitive guide to Hiroshige's \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Famous Views of Edo.\u003c\/i\u003e Marks presents the various printed versions along with reference images showing how and where Hiroshige sourced his ideas for each view--from previous books and illustrations. The result is a definitive guide to understanding the complexity of Hiroshige's great work as well as the dynamics of the Japanese print market during this period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarks' introduction discusses the genesis of the series in the context of Japanese landscape art as well as Hiroshige's personal biography. The book then presents all 118 prints together with their source materials and a map showing the locations of each view, followed by a detailed appendix discussing the great color variations found in subsequent printings of the series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41911487332427,"sku":"9784805317716","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_acd65d00-9832-49b2-bdf3-593e1c70b352.jpg?v=1763503189"},{"product_id":"hiroshige-one-hundred-famous-views-of-edo-45th-ed","title":"Hiroshige. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUtagawa Hiroshige \u003c\/strong\u003e(1797-1858) was \u003cstrong\u003eone of the last great artists in the \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e tradition\u003c\/strong\u003e. Literally meaning \"pictures of the floating world,\" \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to characterize the Western world's visual idea of Japan. In many ways images of hedonism, \u003cem\u003eukiyo-e\u003c\/em\u003e scenes often represented the \u003cstrong\u003ebright lights and attractions of Edo (modern-day Tokyo)\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e beautiful women, actors and wrestlers, city life, and spectacular landscapes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Though he captured a variety of subjects, Hiroshige was most famous for landscapes, with a final masterpiece series known as \u003cstrong\u003e\"One Hundred Famous Views of Edo\" \u003c\/strong\u003e(1856-1858), which depicted various scenes of the city through the seasons, from \u003cstrong\u003ebustling shopping streets to splendid cherry orchards.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This reprint is made from one of the finest complete original sets of woodblock prints belonging to the Ota Memorial Museum of Art in Tokyo. It pairs each of the 120 illustrations with a description, allowing readers to immerse themselves in these beautiful, vibrant vistas that became paradigms of \u003cem\u003eJaponisme\u003c\/em\u003e and inspired \u003cstrong\u003eImpressionist, Post-Impressionist \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eArt Nouveau\u003c\/strong\u003e artists alike, from Vincent van Gogh to James McNeill Whistler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41911487594571,"sku":"9783754403495","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_48b29a91-4b6a-4dbd-aed9-df8b50d789b3.jpg?v=1763503191"},{"product_id":"korean-national-treasures-2-000-years-of-art","title":"Korean National Treasures: 2,000 Years of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn epic journey through the world of Korean art, ranging from the first century BCE to the mid-twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 150 artworks showcased in this elegant book represent the vast and varied traditions and the extraordinary range of media encompassed in the Korean art world. The objects--which include paintings, sculptures, ceramics, books, and scrolls--have, with one exception, never been published or exhibited outside Korea, and over twenty of them have been designated as National Treasures under the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration. Serving as a comprehensive introduction to Korean art, the book includes essays by renowned experts in the United States and in Korea that explore key subjects, from secular Joseon-period paintings to Buddhist art, ceramics, and modern painting. The featured works are all part of the diverse Lee Kun-Hee Collection, one of the largest and most impressive private art collections ever assembled in Korea, which was donated to the state in 2021 in order to share with the public the depth and diversity of Korean artistic traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDistributed for the Art Institute of Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Museum of Asian Art, Washington DC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(November 8, 2025-February 1, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Art Institute of Chicago \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e(March 7-July 5, 2026)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art Institute of Chicago","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41911487758411,"sku":"9780300284065","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_80867543-ffab-48bf-a69d-9c092c3e2463.jpg?v=1763503193"},{"product_id":"spirit-house-hauntings-in-contemporary-art-of-the-asian-diaspora","title":"Spirit House: Hauntings in Contemporary Art of the Asian Diaspora","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContemporary artists of the Asian diaspora challenge the boundary between life and death through art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopublished with the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, this book accompanies \u003ci\u003eSpirit House\u003c\/i\u003e, a significant exhibition related to the museum's Asian American Art Initiative (AAAI). A thematic exploration of the work of 33 Asian American and Asian diasporic artists, \u003ci\u003eSpirit House\u003c\/i\u003e asks the question, what does it mean to speak to ghosts, inhabit haunted spaces or enter different dimensions? Inspired by spirit houses, small devotional structures found throughout Thailand that provide shelter to the supernatural, this book considers how art can collapse the distance between the past and present, as well as between this world and the next. Here, contemporary artists reckon with the spiritual and spectral in our visual culture, question the many forms that ghosts can take and challenge data-driven, scientific methods of understanding the world around us. Featuring many previously unpublished works, this first publication of the AAAI includes an essay by preeminent Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul and four ghost stories by artists included in the exhibition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtists include: \u003c\/b\u003e Kelly Akashi, Korakrit Arunanondchai, James Clar, Binh Danh, Dominique Fung, Pao Houa Her, Greg Ito, Tommy Kha, Heesoo Kwon, Timothy Lai, An-My Lê, Dinh Q. Lê, Kang Seung Lee, Tidawhitney Lek, Jarod Lew, Reagan Louie, Cathy Lu, Nina Molloy, Tammy Nguyen, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Catalina Ouyang, Maia Cruz Palileo, Namita Paul, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Kour Pour, Jiab Prachakul, Stephanie H. Shih, Do Ho Suh, Masami Teraoka, Salman Toor, Lien Truong, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Wanxin Zhang.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregory R. Miller \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41911488184395,"sku":"9781941366738","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_639dfa18-7a23-4edd-8f46-94c9049d2367.jpg?v=1763503195"},{"product_id":"wish-for-spring-print-jamie-kalakaru-mava","title":"Wish for Spring Print - Jamie Kalakaru-Mava","description":"","brand":"XIA Books \u0026 Café","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253999112267,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/154E18FD-FB48-49B3-969A-D3CBCF22FC3C_1_105_c.jpg?v=1774711567"}],"url":"https:\/\/xiabooks.org\/collections\/arts-culture.oembed","provider":"XIA Books \u0026 Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}