Getty Research Institute, 2012. “Farewell to Surrealism” is the title of a 1943 essay by Austrian artist-critic Wolfgang Paalen published in the inaugural issue of the journal Dyn. The journal was founded by Paalen and an international group of writers and artists taking refuge in Mexico City during World War..... More

Hatje Cantz, 2005. Limited Edition, Out of Print. Clothbound, Hard Cover. The brothers Zhou -- Shan Zuo, born in 1952, and Da Huang, born in 1957 -- harken from the autonomous Chinese province of Guangxi. They studied art in Shanghai and Beijing and became the best-known young painters of their..... More

New York: Chambers Fine Art, 2006. Minor smudges on otherwise spotless copy of limited edition catalogue. More

Getty Research Institute, 2012. This collection of essays—the first major account of surrealism in Latin America that covers both literary and visual production—explores the role the movement played in the construction and recuperation of cultural identities and the ways artists and writers contested, embraced, and adapted surrealist ideas and practices..... More

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Princeton University Art Museum, 2009. The art world is currently enthralled with contemporary Chinese art. This thoughtful book argues, however, that American audiences have been exposed only to a narrow range of what is available―with the majority of attention having been given to “avant-garde,” “experimental,” or politically charged art. Outside..... More

China Institute, 2006. In the final decades of the Ming dynasty, the potters of Jingdezhen produced blue-and-white porcelain, kosometsuke, and an underglaze-blue and polychrome porcelain ware, ko’akae, for the Japanese market, particularly for use in the popular tea ceremony. Chinese decorative themes and manufacturing standards were transformed to accommodate traditional..... More

Munich, London, NewYork: Prestel, 2013. Hardcover. A collaboration between a contemporary painter and an award-winning poet, this 21st-century bestiary is a spellbinding artistic meditation on the mysteries and diversity of the animal kingdom. Originating in the Middle Ages, bestiaries were illustrated volumes that described various animals--some real, some mystical. The..... More

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Prestel, 2012. Produced in close collaboration with the artist, this volume documents new projects commissioned for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, alongside Cai Guo-Qiang’s own survey of his artistic journey and the personal cosmology that informs his work. It features a rich sampling of Cai’s wonderfully diverse oeuvre..... More

Privately Printed. 9 x 11.75", cloth, d.j., slipcase, Hong Kong, 2010. Part 1: 255 pp., 219 select items in color, all with multiple views, abbreviations, bibliography Part 2: 255 pp., items 220 to 437 in color, all with multiple views, abbreviations, bibliography, pictorial end papers... More

China Institute, 1999. The Chinese qin, an ancient seven-stringed zither, was an integral part of literati culture in East Asia. Its mythic origins, the beauty and efficacy of its music, and the legendary heroism of its musicians are all part of the vast canon and lore that developed around the..... More