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  • The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
    The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
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    The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
    Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
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    All across the Americas, from the sixteenth century onwards, enslaved Africans escaped their captors and struck out on their own. These runaways established their own communities or joined with [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Sarah Davachi – Barons Court (White Vinyl)
    Sarah Davachi – Barons Court (White Vinyl)
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    A landmark debut reissued: Barons Court finds Sarah Davachi crafting mesmerizing electroacoustic landscapes that invite deep listening and contemplation. Blending vintage synths and acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Murat Nemet-Nejat – Peripheral Space of Photography
    Murat Nemet-Nejat – Peripheral Space of Photography
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    This profound essay explores what separates photography from other artistic media. Murat Nemet-Nejat argues that photographic seeing is not a plastic experience, but a meditative one built around [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Cindy Sherman: Untitled Horrors (German Text)
    Cindy Sherman: Untitled Horrors (German Text)
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    Throughout her career, Cindy Sherman (*1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) has been interested in the derailed and deviant sides of human nature, noticeable both in her selection of subject […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • David Maisel: Black Maps
    David Maisel: Black Maps
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    Black Maps is the first in-depth survey of the major aerial projects by David Maisel, whose images of radically altered terrain have transformed the practice of contemporary landscape [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Marco Breuer: Early Recordings
    Marco Breuer: Early Recordings
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    “Early Recordings” presents the first comprehensive look at the work of the respected, conceptually driven artist, Marco Breuer. Boldly experimental, Breuer uses an extensive and [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • James Lee Byars : The Rest is Silence
    James Lee Byars : The Rest is Silence
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    Published on the occasion of the exhibition James Lee Byars: The Rest Is Silence, 27 April – 24 June 2006 at Michael Werner Gallery, New York (in collaboration with Mary […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Constructing an Avant-Garde: Art in Brazil, 1949-1979
    Constructing an Avant-Garde: Art in Brazil, 1949-1979
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    Brazilian avant-garde artists of the postwar era worked from a fundamental but productive out-of-jointness. They were modernist but distant from modernism. Europeans and North Americans may feel [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence + Black Mountain College
    Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence + Black Mountain College
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    This catalog accompanies Between Form and Content: Perspectives on Jacob Lawrence + Black Mountain College, the first exhibition to focus on a watershed moment in the seminal career of Jacob […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • David Carrier – Aesthetics of the Margins / The Margins of Aesthetics: Wild Art Explained
    David Carrier – Aesthetics of the Margins / The Margins of Aesthetics: Wild Art Explained
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    “Wild Art” refers to work that exists outside the established, rarified world of art galleries and cultural channels. It encompasses uncatalogued, uncommodified art not often recognized as such, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • William T. Vollmann – The Book of Dolores
    William T. Vollmann – The Book of Dolores
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    William T. Vollmann has travelled to Soviet-occupied Afghanistan with Islamic commandos, shivered out a solitary stretch at the North Magnetic Pole in winter, hopped freight trains, studied the [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Jim Dine: This is How I Remember, Now: Portraits: Photographs by Jim Dine
    Jim Dine: This is How I Remember, Now: Portraits: Photographs by Jim Dine
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    Jim Dine may be best known for his prints, paintings and sculptural works–and for being one of the founders of Pop art–but he has also been making photographs since 1996. […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture
    Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture
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    “In this lively narrative, award-winning author Michael Kammen presents a fascinating analysis of cutting-edge art and artists and their unique ability to both delight and provoke us. He [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Serpent and the Sacred: Fertility Images in Southwestern Rock Art
    The Serpent and the Sacred: Fertility Images in Southwestern Rock Art
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    “The Southwest holds a treasure trove of prehistoric rock art, the fascinating images of petroglyphs and pictographs spanning thousands of years of Indian culture. Fertility has been [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry
    Letters: Michael Morris and Concrete Poetry
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    “Letters profiles Canadian artist Michael Morris during the period between 1964 and 1971 with a particular focus on his relationship with concrete poetry, considered to be among the first [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era
    Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era
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    “Among German painter Gerhard Richter’s best-known works are his large-scale paintings based on—and sometimes applied directly to—photographs. A transplant to West Germany mere months [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Blurring The Boundaries: Installation Art 1969-1996
    Blurring The Boundaries: Installation Art 1969-1996
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    “A classic documentation of site-specific and multi-media installation artwork, Blurring the Boundaries surveys twenty-five years of the genre’s finest accomplishments. Included are [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Henry Davis Gift: A Collection of Bookbindings
    The Henry Davis Gift: A Collection of Bookbindings
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    “This much anticipated third and final volume of The Henry Davis Gift focuses on South and East European fine bindings, with additional sections on Oriental and American bindings. It [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Gao Minglu – Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art
    Gao Minglu – Total Modernity and the Avant-Garde in Twentieth-Century Chinese Art
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    “To the extent that Chinese contemporary art has become a global phenomenon, it is largely through the groundbreaking exhibitions curated by Gao Minglu: “China/Avant-Garde” [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • In the Atelier: Erik Desmazières Printmaker René Tazé Printer: An Artistic collaboration 1978-2018
    In the Atelier: Erik Desmazières Printmaker René Tazé Printer: An Artistic collaboration 1978-2018
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    “Erik Desmazières’s first love was drawing and he began engraving in the Ville de Paris studios from 1971. René Tazé joined the Leblanc studio, a famous and ancient Parisian intaglio [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson
    American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson
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    “This volume presents the first scholarly consideration of Morris Davidson (1898–1979), an influential painter and educator whose work has been neglected in the art history of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Bobby Would – MUMIA
    Bobby Would – MUMIA
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    In The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche wrote, “Without music, life would be a mistake.” Mumia follows that trajectory in its quiet unfolding. It lingers, seeps in. There is no drama […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
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    An exhibition catalogue of photos from the collection of Graham Nash The Nash Press, 1978 Softcover edition. Book is signed by Graham Nash. Noticeable amount of moisture damage and staining […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Sally Mann – What Remains
    Sally Mann – What Remains
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    “Sally Mann’s powerful new body of work explores mortality, both the separation of the body from the soul and the scars left behind in the process. Mann masterfully utilizes the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Marc Saporta – Composition No.1 (Very rare)
    Marc Saporta – Composition No.1 (Very rare)
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    “VE3 is a re-imagining of a book originally published in the 1960s. The book is the first ever “book in a box”, called Composition No.1 by Marc Saporta. When we […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
    Jenny Saville: Catalog (English/Italian Edition)
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    A monograph containing a selection of Jenny Saville’s paintings, along with writings on her work in English & Italian. MACRO, 2005 Softcover edition. Light general wear.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Matt Furie – Boy’s Club #2 (Very Rare)
    Matt Furie – Boy’s Club #2 (Very Rare)
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    Issue #2 of Matt Furie’s comic strip of anthropomorphic animals. Buenaventura Press, 2008 Comic magazine edition. Light wear to spine and corners.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Psychonaut* – The Witches’ Sabbath
    Psychonaut* – The Witches’ Sabbath
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    Tribal dark ambient filled with occult influences. Label: Athanor – ATNR 007 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: France Released: 2000 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • SiP – Leos Ultras
    SiP – Leos Ultras
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    [Out Nov 1st!] A full four years after Chicago organ maestro Jimmy Lacy’s maiden voyage as SiP (Leos Naturals, 2020), he returns with a lush, layered, long-awaited sequel: Leos Ultras. […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Alex York – The Tiger Is In The Library
    Alex York – The Tiger Is In The Library
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    Live set of field recordings & sampled sounds. “Recorded live December 10, 2023 In Yellow Springs Ohio At the Foundry Theatre, Antioch College At a live performance by myself & […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Elon Katz & Michael Vallera – Independence Day
    Elon Katz & Michael Vallera – Independence Day
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    Limited Edition – 125 Copies   NINA – Editorial (Staff Picks) On Nina, one of the tags used to describe Independence Day, the new collaborative release by the artists Elon […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Dahulagiri ‎– Spectral Pilgrimage
    Dahulagiri ‎– Spectral Pilgrimage
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    Haunted and decayed dungeon synth from Indonesia

    GENRE: Metal, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Katabasilisk / Kneipegeist – What Flowers Bloom In Velvet Night
    Katabasilisk / Kneipegeist – What Flowers Bloom In Velvet Night
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    Dark ambient/black metal split. Absolutely crushing.

    GENRE: Metal, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Franciska Og Emilie – Franciska Og Emilie
    Franciska Og Emilie – Franciska Og Emilie
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    Jonas Torstensen returns to Discreet Music with the second Franciska album, following up the much praised Tryghed (Discreet Music 12) that was released in early 2023. Since Tryghed came out, […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • 2814 – Lost Fragments
    2814 – Lost Fragments
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    “One of the defining electronic music acts of the 2010s, HKE and Telepath cap off their collaborative work as 2814 in this decade with a 10-track release of rare and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Diatom Deli – TQM
    Diatom Deli – TQM
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    “Serene ambient music that evokes guided meditation through the use of phase-shifting melodies, droning bass, and gauzy synth textures. Her live performance utilizes classical guitar, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • DSR Lines – Analogie Van De Dageraad
    DSR Lines – Analogie Van De Dageraad
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    “All tracks are live improvisations, recorded between october 1st and 8th 2014 at ElektronMusikStudion, Stockholm. Mixed and compiled at ll150, Antwerpen. The EMS Buchla 200 and Serge [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Dieter Roth: Souvenirs. (Text in English & German)
    Dieter Roth: Souvenirs. (Text in English & German)
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    Art polymath extraordinaire, Dieter Roth (1930-1998) maintained throughout his career an output so prodigious and various that art historians and fans are still struggling to keep up. Bringing [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
    Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
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    Julio Mario Santo Domingo (1957-2009) was a collector and visionary who filled his homes and warehouses with the world’s greatest private collection related to the subjects of drugs, sex, magic, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Midnight Minds – Echo Poems
    Midnight Minds – Echo Poems
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    Fantastic duo of new age / ambient tunes from Midnight Minds. Room recording for extra haze. 10/10 highest recommendation.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan, Alex Twomey – Saturday Night
    Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan, Alex Twomey – Saturday Night
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    “Saturday Night is the debut LP by old friends and collaborators Alex Twomey, Matthew Sullivan, and Sean McCann. Recorded over numerous evenings at the artists’ homes, and completed just [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Art & Power: The Avant-garde & the Soviet State, 1917-1928
    Art & Power: The Avant-garde & the Soviet State, 1917-1928
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    In Art and Power, Andrei Sarabyanov and Natalia Strizhkova explore the historical period between 1917 to the early 1930s, when avant-garde artists and Bolshevik leaders worked hand in hand to [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Dream Factory on the Nile: Pierre Sioufi Collection of Egyptian Cinema Lobby Cards.
    Dream Factory on the Nile: Pierre Sioufi Collection of Egyptian Cinema Lobby Cards.
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    Egyptian lobby cards combined a film’s poster art, still photographs from the set, and a credit list that usually included the production company, cast and crew, director, screenwriter, and music [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure.
    Trip: Andy Warhol’s Plastic Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure.
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    From the author of Strapless and Guest of Honor, a book about a little-known road trip Andy Warhol took from New York to LA in 1963, and how that journey—and […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance
    Astro Noise: A Survival Guide for Living Under Total Surveillance
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    The filmmaker, artist, and journalist Laura Poitras has explored the themes of mass surveillance, “war on terror,” drone program, Guantánamo, and torture in her work for more than ten years. […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, & Activisim in the Late Twentieth Century.
    Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, & Activisim in the Late Twentieth Century.
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    This is the story of how the xerographic copier, or “Xerox machine,” became a creative medium for artists and activists during the last few decades of the twentieth century. Paper […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Absence of Clutter: Minimal Writing as Art & Literature.
    Absence of Clutter: Minimal Writing as Art & Literature.
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    In the 1960s and 70s, minimal and conceptual artists stripped language down to its most basic components: the word and the letter. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
    Steve Roach, VidnaObmana* – Spirit Dome – Live Archive
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    “Spirit Dome returns with a perfect companion, Live Archive. Two out-of-print releases from this acclaimed ambient duo are brought together in this value-priced 2-CD release. Living proof [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Steve Roach – Darkest Before Dawn
    Steve Roach – Darkest Before Dawn
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    “Darkest Before Dawn is a long-form composition that is meant for continuous play. It is from Steve Roach, a master of that technique. His activity that preceded this CD had […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic