Arte social

Here we find the more physical approach to the craft of filmmaking: the famous and anonymous artists, enlightened or overshadowed by the spotlight. In the beginning it was just words, pure text. Then, facing the camera, it's time for a discontinuous action that will make sense on the editing table. Then, comes the viewer. An English teacher finds out that John Lennon is in Germany. He wants to know why and from there lines up his trip. The two are on their way: both fleeing something, and so begins the story of this great book.

This is the first major monograph on the work of one of Britain's most dynamic artists, Wolfe von Lenkiewicz. His striking paintings and drawings mine the hallowed halls of art history and popular culture in search of visual languages, imagery, themes, and motifs that he can appropriate, adapt, use, and abuse, bringing together different movements, genres, periods, and styles in dialogues that are surprising, innovative, and sometimes provocative. Lenkiewicz's imagination and energy seem to be inexhaustible, concocting endless amazing hybrids such as iconic Renaissance paintings invaded by...

Esta publicación reconoce la riqueza que Colombia posee en arte y arquitectura desde la mirada de Santiago Sebastián, español que llegó al Valle del Cauca en 1961 para emprender un recorrido por varias regiones del país con el fin de analizar las tendencias, los estilos y las formas locales frente a las propiedades arquitectónicas y artísticas predominantes en España y el resto de Europa. El estudio hecho por Sebastián no se limita a descripciones formales, pues enlaza tales descripciones a otros ámbitos como el literario.

A succinct, lively and successful fable about racism, pollution and war, in which children offer hope for a happier future. This book is a unique collaboration between Quentin Blake and 1,800 children from all over the world.