ART BOOKS

Roger Gastman, Caleb Neelon, Chris Pape
Gingko Press

Wall Writers explores graffiti's eruption into mainstream society in the period of social turmoil in the late 1960s and early '70s, and takes a closer look not only at early graffiti's place on the wall but its place in the culture of the time. More comprehensive than any other book on the subject, Wall Writers explores not only early graf writing itself but the writers creating it, the new technology of spray paint that made it possible, and the culture that drove them to write -- be it a need to rebel against the government, to pass a message, or simply be recognized by society. Hundreds of images of everything from spray paint advertisements to commercial greeting cards to images of buildings completely covered in spray painted monikers are included, and reveal the context of the beginnings of a movement that would eventually grow to "transform city life, public transit, public art, and ultimately visual art the world over." Includes interviews and profiles of some of the most prolific writers of the time, including TAKI 183, Cornbread, and dozens more.

Emanuele Luzzati
Tormena editore

Salvo Esposito
Provincia di Roma

Marco Fazzini
Skira Editore / Moret

The first book to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts: a unique collection of art carpets. Cleto Munari was born in Gorizia and he lives and works in Vicenza. After meeting Carlo Scarpa in 1973, who encouraged him in his work, he decided to focus his attention on the area of industrial design, and began to work for some of the most important companies in the world. Constantly in search of original ideas, over the years he has tirelessly been engaged in analyzing and experimenting with both forms and material. In 1985 he opened a laboratory-studio-jeweler's, where, together with a group of worldclass architects, he designs and produces silver jewelry and other objects for avant-garde collections that truly represent historical revolutions in jewelry both in Italy and abroad, and have also led to the production of watches, pens and furniture. Cleto Munari's objects have entered the permanent collections of some of the world's top museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This book is the first to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts. After his jewelery, silverware, watches and furnishings, the great designer has involved ten other designers and artists in the creation of a unique collection of art carpets. Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dario Fo, Mario Botta, Alessandro Mendini, Javier Mariscal, Ettore Mochetti, Deisa Centazzo, Sandro Chia, Mimmo Paladino and by Cleto Munari himself, these creations are full-fledged works of art and represent the high point of the skills and expertise of one of the greatest creative designers in the world, who has been designing and producing for over forty years.

Federico Cavalieri, Mario Comincini
Società Storica Abbiatense

Erwin Heinle, Fritz Leonhardt
Arnoldo Mondadori Arte

Mario Marubbi
Banca popolare di Cremona

AA.VV.
Silvana Editoriale d'Arte

Judith Watt
V&A Publications

This text covers the work of fashion designer, Ossie Clark - a key figure in 1960s and 1970s London. His golden era lasted from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s, when fashion, photography, art and music all flourished as never before in the glamorous world of Swinging London.

Giorgio Antei
Skira Editore

Massimiliano Gioni
Hatje Cantz Verlag

Anna Bernardini
Salon Verlag

Jacques Bousquet
Bramante Editrice

Gaspero Del Corso
Publistyle International Srl

Francesco Ruggiero, Sebastiano Palumbo, Patrizia Basile
Nuova Stampa

Elisa Debenedetti
Multigrafica Editrice

Luigi Fusi
Editrice Adiemme

AA.VV.
s.e.

Alberto Milano, Elena Villani
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Henry Glassie
Harry N. Abrams

Amassed in over 50 years of global travel by the noted architect and designer Alexander Girard, the Girard Collection, at Santa Fe's Museum of International Folk Art, encompasses more than 100,000 works from 100 cultures worldwide. This book contains a selection of 300 objects from the collection.

Regione Piemonte
Giulio Bolaffi editore

s.a.
Sidalm

Riccardo Bergossi, Giampaolo Cisotto
Edizioni Lativa

Joseph Rykwert
Edizioni di Comunità