2010, ISBN: 9780961909550

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2003. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 310 pp, profusely illustrated with 260 color plates. … Mehr…

New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2003. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 310 pp, profusely illustrated with 260 color plates. "For more than twenty years the work of iconoclastic sculptor Steve Tobin has affected the public, curators, and critics on a profound level in its transformation of the wonders of nature into monumental sculptures in bronze, steel, glass, and ceramics. In seeking to formalize nature, Tobin, who was trained as a mathematician, has turned his technical understanding of process and materials into an exploration of form and energy, order and chaos, as inspired by the creative events in nature. His work captures in unique, memorable, and often allegorical form the wonders of nature we see, and meaning and implications we may have overlooked. In this important volume, Tobin's principal bodies of work are explored, from his early blown glass Cocoons and cast-glass Doors, through his luminous Waterglass, to the more recent Shelters and Earth Bronzes (including his highly acclaimed African Termite Hills, Bone sculptures, and signature Roots) and his provocative new Exploded Clay. Copiously illustrated, and complemented by a probing investigation of the artist by critic Donald Kuspit, Steve Tobin's Natural History offers the first comprehensive treatment of Tobin's work, and helps to place his contribution to art and sculpture in the larger context of the discourse of art in our time."--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-301) and index., Hudson Hills Press, 2003, 3, Los Angeles Times, 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 208 pages. Profusely illustrated with the best work of one of the leading political cartoonists of the 20th century, Paul Conrad (1923-2010). This extraordinary retrospective collection, containing more than 300 cartoons, from 1963 to the present, displays the wit, strong opinion and skillful drawing that have won Conrad three Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for excellence in journalism. The cartoons, arranged by decade, represent the work of a man who has become a legend in cartooning and an institution in American journalism. The book is very good. The DJ has some light edge wear. Record # 372072, Los Angeles Times, 1993, 3<

ISBN: 9780961909550

Good., 2.5