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  • David Thomson – Murder and the Movies
    David Thomson – Murder and the Movies
    $8.00 | , ,

    How many acts of murder have each of us followed on a screen? What does that say about us? Do we remain law-abiding citizens who wouldn’t hurt a fly? Film […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William Kentridge : (October Files)
    William Kentridge : (October Files)
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    Critical texts and interviews that explore the drawings, animations, and theatrical work of the South African artist William Kentridge. Since the 1970s, the South African artist William Kentridge [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Roy Lichtenstein : (October Files)
    Roy Lichtenstein : (October Files)
    $9.00 | , ,

    The most comprehensive collection on Lichtenstein, from the earliest reviews to recent reassessments, including several hard-to-find and previously unpublished pieces. Roy Lichtenstein’s [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Richard Hamilton : (October Files)
    Richard Hamilton : (October Files)
    $9.00 | , ,

    Essays and articles about Richard Hamiton, “the intellectual father of Pop art.“ Still little-known in the United States, Richard Hamilton is a key figure in twentieth-century art. An original [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Martin Boyce: When Now Is Night
    Martin Boyce: When Now Is Night
    $10.00 | , ,

    Best known for his powerful sculptures and installations, Scottish artist Martin Boyce reconfigures everyday elements into alternate realities. Garbage cans are lopsided, trees consist of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Chaos and Awe : Painting for the 21st Century
    Chaos and Awe : Painting for the 21st Century
    $10.00 | , ,

    Fifty paintings, reproduced in color, by an international array of contemporary artists, show the aptness and relevance of painting in an era of uncertainty. In an age of global instability, […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Robert Rauschenberg : (October Files)
    Robert Rauschenberg : (October Files)
    $9.00 | , ,

    Critical essays on the artist Robert Rauschenberg, focusing on the important period of his development in the 1950s and 1960s. From the moment art historian Leo Steinberg championed his work […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Reason for the Darkness of the Night : Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science
    The Reason for the Darkness of the Night : Edgar Allan Poe and the For…
    $8.00 | , ,

    An innovative biography of Edgar Allan Poe―highlighting his fascination and feuds with science. Decade after decade, Edgar Allan Poe remains one of the most popular American writers. He is [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Chris Marker – Staring Back
    Chris Marker – Staring Back
    $15.00 | , ,

    Photographs by one of French cinema’s most influential and enigmatic artists. Any new film and any new book by French filmmaker Chris Marker is an event. Marker gave film lovers […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • High Religion : A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism
    High Religion : A Cultural and Political History of Sherpa Buddhism
    $20.00 | , ,

    An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Buddhist monasteries among the Sherpas of Nepal in the early 20th century — a religious development that was a major [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lucinda Williams – Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You : A Memoir
    Lucinda Williams – Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told Y…
    $9.00 | , ,

    Lucinda Williams’s rise to fame was anything but easy. Raised in a working-class family in the Deep South, she moved from town to town each time her father–a poet, a […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Memoir
  • Dangerous Rhythms : Jazz and the Underworld
    Dangerous Rhythms : Jazz and the Underworld
    $9.00 | , ,

    Dangerous Rhythms tells the symbiotic story of jazz and the underworld: a relationship fostered in some of 20th century America’s most notorious vice districts. For the first half of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • In the Mind but Not from There : Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art
    In the Mind but Not from There : Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art
    $8.00 | , ,

    Artists and critics explore the concept of Real Abstraction to help understand contemporary cultural production In the Mind, But Not From There: Real Abstraction and Contemporary Art considers [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Ravens and Red Lipstick : Japanese Photography Since 1945
    Ravens and Red Lipstick : Japanese Photography Since 1945
    $20.00 | , ,

    Ravens & Red Lipstick provides a visually bold survey of Japanese photography’s recent history. Drawing together extensive research and a succession of engaging dialogues with both [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat – The Notebooks
    Jean-Michel Basquiat – The Notebooks
    $14.00 | , ,

    A facsimile edition of the artist’s fascinating working notebooks Brooklyn-born Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) was one of the most important artists of the 1980s. A key figure in the New [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Vision Machines: Cinema, Literature and Sexuality in Spain and Cuba, 1983-1993
    Vision Machines: Cinema, Literature and Sexuality in Spain and Cuba, 1…
    $8.00 | , ,

    Over the last decade, visibility and sexuality have become a major theme in Spanish and Cuban cinema, literature and art. This book explores this development in the light of contemporary […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Robin Robertson – The Long Take : A Noir Narrative
    Robin Robertson – The Long Take : A Noir Narrative
    $7.00 | , ,

    From the award-winning British author–a poet’s noir narrative that tells the story of a D-Day veteran in postwar America: a good man, brutalized by war, haunted by violence and [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Alexander Von Humboldt : The Complete Drawings from the American Travel Journals
    Alexander Von Humboldt : The Complete Drawings from the American Trave…
    $60.00 | , ,

    At the dawn of the 19th-century, the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt was granted permission to charter an expedition to Spain’s colonies in the New World. Over the course of […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Bruce Grant – In the Soviet House of Culture : A Century of Perestroikas
    Bruce Grant – In the Soviet House of Culture : A Century of Pere…
    $17.00 | , ,

    At the outset of the twentieth century, the Nivkhi of Sakhalin Island were a small population of fishermen under Russian dominion and an Asian cultural sway. The turbulence of the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Revolution of the Eye : Modern Art and the Birth of American Television
    Revolution of the Eye : Modern Art and the Birth of American Televisio…
    $13.00 | , ,

    The aesthetics and concepts of modern art have influenced American television ever since its inception in the 1930s. In return, early television introduced the public to the latest trends in […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Art of Participation, 1950 to Now
    The Art of Participation, 1950 to Now
    $13.00 | , ,

    The first fully illustrated survey of participatory art and its key practitioners, published in association with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This new survey covers the rich and […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • American Genre Painting : The Politics of Everyday Life
    American Genre Painting : The Politics of Everyday Life
    $10.00 | , ,

    Drawing on contemporary literature, popular culture, news, and census reports, Johns convincingly shows that antebellum American genre painting was not a simple recording of an Edenic American [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Eileen Myles – A Working Life
    Eileen Myles – A Working Life
    $9.00 | , ,

    The first new collection since Evolution from the prolific poet, activist, and writer Eileen Myles, a “Working Life” unerringly captures the measure of life. Whether alone or in [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Alexandra Popoff – Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century
    Alexandra Popoff – Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century
    $8.00 | , ,

    If Vasily Grossman’s 1961 masterpiece, Life and Fate, had been published during his lifetime, it would have reached the world together with Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago and before [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pathetic Literature
    Pathetic Literature
    $9.00 | , ,

    “Literature is pathetic.” So claims Eileen Myles in their provocative and robust introduction to Pathetic Literature, a breathtaking mishmash of pieces ranging from poems to theater [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Live or Die : Philippe Vandenberg and Bruce Nauman
    Live or Die : Philippe Vandenberg and Bruce Nauman
    $13.00 | , ,

    This publication combines the works of Belgian artist Philippe Vandenberg (1952-2009) and American artist Bruce Nauman (b. 1941). At first, it may seem startling to see Nauman’s small but [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Jack Burnham – Dissolve into Comprehension : Writings and Interviews, 1964-2004
    Jack Burnham – Dissolve into Comprehension : Writings and Interv…
    $12.00 | , ,

    Influential writings by the legendary art critic and theorist Jack Burnham-a pioneer in new media systems aesthetics and an early advocate of conceptualism. Jack Burnham is one of the few […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Disappearing-California C. 1970 : Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Jack Goldstein
    Disappearing-California C. 1970 : Bas Jan Ader, Chris Burden, Jack Gol…
    $12.00 | , ,

    In 1971, Chris Burden disappeared for three days without a trace. This book, also entitled Disappearing, examines the theme of disappearance in the works of Burden and his contemporaries, Bas [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Dirty Pictures : How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfits, Geniuses, Bikers, Potheads, Printers, Intellectuals, and Art School Rebels Revolutionized Art and Invented Comix
    Dirty Pictures : How an Underground Network of Nerds, Feminists, Misfi…
    $10.00 | , ,

    In the 1950s, comics meant POW! BAM! superheroes, family-friendly gags, and Sunday funnies, but in the 1960s, inspired by these strips and the satire of MAD magazine, a new generation […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bio Art : Altered Realities
    Bio Art : Altered Realities
    $18.00 | , ,

    In an era of fast-paced technological progress and with the impact of humans on the environment increasing, the concept of “nature” itself seems called into question. Bio Art explores [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Bill Viola
    Bill Viola
    $22.00 | , ,

    The first monograph of one of contemporary art’s most powerful creative minds and perhaps the most successful multi-media artist working today. Bill Viola began producing video works in the early [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Thomas Crow – The Artist in the Counterculture : Bruce Conner to Mike Kelley and Other Tales from the Edge
    Thomas Crow – The Artist in the Counterculture : Bruce Conner to…
    $15.00 | , ,

    How California’s counterculture of the 1960s to 1980s profoundly shaped–and was shaped by–West Coast artists The 1960s exert a special fascination in modern art. But most [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg : Art, Happenings, and Cultural Politics
    Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg : Art, Happenings, and Cultural Polit…
    $15.00 | , ,

    This new interpretation of the structure and meaning of the Happenings produced by Allan Kaprow and Claes Oldenburg in the late 1950s and 1960s sheds light on the context, theoretical […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Eyeless In Gaza – Back From The Rains (1986 UK Pressing)
    Eyeless In Gaza – Back From The Rains (1986 UK Pressing)
    $28.00 | , ,

    “The final Eyeless in Gaza release before the duo’s temporary split, Back From the Rains builds on the pop sense of Rust Red September excellently. Beginning with the brief a […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A – The Quick Neat Job (Crépuscule Collection 1)
    V/A – The Quick Neat Job (Crépuscule Collection 1)
    $25.00 | , ,

    Crépuscule Collection No.1. Features tracks by Anna Domino, Be Music & Paul Haig Label: Les Disques Du Crépuscule – VIL-28048 Format: Vinyl, Compilation, LP Country: Japan Released: 1986 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • James White & The Blacks – Off White (1980 Japanese Pressing)
    James White & The Blacks – Off White (1980 Japanese Pressing)
    $50.00 | , ,

    “For Off White, James Chance, a veteran of New York’s avant-garde no wave scene, recast his seminal band the Contortions as a parody of a soul band, albeit one incorporating […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gershon Kingsley’s First Moog Quartet ‎– First Moog Quartet
    Gershon Kingsley’s First Moog Quartet ‎– First Moog Quartet
    $15.00 | , ,

    Gershom Kingsley had Robert Moog build three more synthesizers just so he could pull this thing off. The Moog Quartet played the first live performance of synthesized music at Carnegie […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
    Leo Cuypers ‎– Leo Cuypers
    $22.00 | , ,

    Live October 19, 1972 Label: BASF – 14 25182-9 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 1972 VG+/VG. Some noticeable sleevewear/discoloration

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – Rat Music For Rat People
    V/A – Rat Music For Rat People
    $32.00 | , ,

    Compilation of live performances from key 80’s hardcore bands such as Dead Kennedys, Flipper & Bad Brains. Label: Go! Records – GO 003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • R.E.M. ‎– Chronic Town (1982 Pressing)
    R.E.M. ‎– Chronic Town (1982 Pressing)
    $70.00 | , ,

    “Chronic Town established R.E.M.’s signature sound immediately, expanding the jangling riffs of their debut single, “Radio Free Europe,” into a full-fledged modus [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Pamelo Mounk’a Accompagné De Orchestre Afrisa International* Avec Rochereau* Et M’Bilia Bel* – 20 Ans De Carrière
    Pamelo Mounk’a Accompagné De Orchestre Afrisa International* Ave…
    $17.00 | , ,

    Groovy one from one of the biggest Congolese popstars Label: Genidia – GEN 106 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: France Released: 1983 VG+/VG+. Some sleeve discoloration

    GENRE: International
  • Keith LeBlanc ‎– Major Malfunction
    Keith LeBlanc ‎– Major Malfunction
    $25.00 | , ,

    “It is more than a little disingenuous to refer to this as a Keith LeBlanc album. While his considerable drumming skills and compositional abilities are major parts of why this […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Fripp & Eno ‎– Evening Star (check condition, plays w/noise)
    Fripp & Eno ‎– Evening Star (check condition, plays w/noise)
    $15.00 | , ,

    “Robert Fripp’s second team up with Brian Eno was a less harsh, more varied affair, closer to Eno’s then-developing idea of ambient music than what had come before in (No […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • False Prophets ‎– False Prophets
    False Prophets ‎– False Prophets
    $45.00 | , ,

    Classic NYC 80’s Hardcore. Label: Alternative Tentacles – VIRUS 48 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1986 VG+/VG. Light marks. Sleeve has some noticeable rubbing/edgewear

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Blue Cheer – Blue Cheer (German Pressing Comp)
    Blue Cheer – Blue Cheer (German Pressing Comp)
    $17.00 | , ,

    German comp including the entirety of Outsideinside, along with two extra tracks. Label: Philips – 6463 142 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo Country: Germany Released: VG/VG. light marks on [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1
    Thelonious Monk – Genius Of Modern Music Vol.1
    $50.00 | , ,

    “Thelonious Monk was a little-known figure on the New York City bebop scene when Blue Note founder Alfred Lion discovered and fell in love with the pianist’s utterly unique music […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jackie Mclean – Fat Jazz
    Jackie Mclean – Fat Jazz
    $32.00 | , ,

    The Jackie Mclean Sextet in full swing on this ripper. Label: Jubilee – YW-7562-RO Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Mono Country: Japan Released: 1977 VG+/VG+. Light marks/sleeve discoloration. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • George Russell, Don Cherry – At Beethoven Hall
    George Russell, Don Cherry – At Beethoven Hall
    $35.00 | ,

    “This intriguing double LP was innovative composer George Russell’s first recording after breaking up his young combo of the early ’60s… Most unusual is a suite dedicated [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
    Herbie Hancock – Maiden Voyage
    $75.00 | , ,

    “Less overtly adventurous than its predecessor, Empyrean Isles, Maiden Voyage nevertheless finds Herbie Hancock at a creative peak. In fact, it’s arguably his finest record of the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Elvin Jones, Richard Davis – Heavy Sounds
    Elvin Jones, Richard Davis – Heavy Sounds
    $65.00 | , ,

    Hard Bop from two greats. Label: Impulse! – IMP-88080 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo, Gatefold Country: Japan Released: 1973 VG+/VG+. Sleeve has noticeable wear. Light marks.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz