El príncipe Narancho y el misterio de las nueces

A major monograph on the monumental sculptures of Peraza (b. México 1959). Fine edition with close to 600 photographs that illustrate the life and art of Peraza as recalled by his brother, the author.

Trabajo de investigación que sale a escena, en un principio, como una introducción teórica a los cotidianos escollos que presenta el análisis de un campo semántico concreto (el de las "vías de comunicación"), pero que fue creciendo poco a poco, a la vez que se teje una apasionante urdimbre en la que el autor se sentía preso. Todos los problemas están tremendamente ligados. Algunos remiten a reexaminar las piedras fundamentales de esta disciplina. Y surge el reto: ¿se podría afrontar la tarea de ajustar la teoría del significado al engranaje de la moderna lingüística?

One day some stretched-out gentlemen come and ask a father to be king. It seems a good opportunity, but in the end one must choose between being king and being a father. In a simple story, the authors invite us to reflect on the relationship of fathers and sons.

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...