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Thank You Andy Warhol by Catherine Johnston
The Thank You Andy Warhol project began one morning in January, 2011, when author Catherine Johnson realized she was in the middle of the economic depression that was crippling her creative community. She wondered, ‘What would Andy do?' and realized he would adapt the way he had time and again during his lifetime. His work and ethos had always inspired her and she was sure it had had the same effect on others, and decided to pose the question of his influence on more than 80 of his friends, friends of friends, and those who had been touched by his life and work. She was astonished by the speed, variety, breadth, and abundance of considered responses and the artworks that each found most influential in his or her life.
Just some of the luminaries interviewed here include, Frances Grill, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, Brigid Berlin, Danny Fields, Ken Heyman, Bibbe Hansen, George Lois, Gretchen Berg, Vincent Freemont, Bob Colacello, Sylvia Miles, Christopher Makos, Liza Minnelli, Patrick McDonald, Kenny Scharf, Vik Muniz, Simon Doonan, Ryan McGinness, Eric Shiner, Jamie Warhol, Diane von Furstenberg, and Stefan Sagmeister. What started as a single inquiry has resulted in the only truly personal biography of the greatest artist of our time.
ISBN: 978-0-9851696-0-2
271 pages; 8 1/2 x 9 1/2"; hardcover;
75 4/c and b/w artworks
inside the favelas by douglas mayhew
Foreword by Sérgio Cabral Filho, Governor of Rio de Janeiro.
This first and extraordinary investigation by author and photographer Douglas Mayhew takes readers to places -- both physical and intellectual -- that most Brazilians themselves have never visited, never mind the rest of the world: the notorious shantytowns called favelas.
Ruled as fiefdoms by drug lords and other criminals, the favelas have sprung up illegally throughout Rio and captured Mayhew's attention. This gifted photographer is the first to not only enter and report, but also to create a visual story explaining these environments through photos and essays. Exhibitions are planned for Geneva, Madrid, London, Germany, among others, in tandem with the Brazilian government, which has supported this project and will facilitate its worldwide publication.
ISBN: 978-0-9823799-4-3
308 pages; 8 1/2 x 11"; hardcover;
268 4/c and b/w photos
Tattoos, hornets, fire by Christopher makos + paul Solberg
Tattoos Hornets Fire: The Millenium Sweden presents a first-time pictorial dimension to the Sweden of Stieg Larsson's luminous novels. Stirring photography of the locations from Larsson's trilogy provides an ambiance of the entirety of this beautiful, intriguing, and widely unexplored country.
Here is a wonderful cultural excursion for the armchair traveler, a memento for the coffee table of the reader who has visited Sweden, and a first-time visual introduction for the soon-to-be traveler to Sweden to the places made so memorable and mesmerizing by Larsson's descriptions.
Makos and Solberg created this collection with the important collaboration and support of VisitSweden, the Swedish tourist board. Their compelling images created exclusively for this book appear with definitive VisitSweden explanations of the sites and their histories, a combination resulting in both a compelling read and a visual tour de force.
ISBN: 978-0-9851696-1-9
192 pages; 8 5/8 x 10 7/16"; hardcover;
300 4/c and b/w photos
