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Производитель TransGlobe pub.

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Frozen Dreams is the first comprehensive survey of contemporary art from Russia. Culturally and geographically thought of as part of Europe while at the same time a vast country stretching over nine time zones, Russia is a major world power with seemingly endless natural resources and undeniable political significance. How has Russia’s rapidly changing political and economic landscape shaped its art? And how does art affect social and cultural change within Russia? Russia has undergone an amazing cultural and political transformation over the past forty years. How has its rapidly changing social landscape shaped its art? And how does art effect social and cultural change within Russia? This generously illustrated volume explores these questions by presenting a broad but balanced selection of work by eighty Russian artists working from the 1970s to the present day. It features many newcomers within diverse media and styles, including Alexei Kallima, Kerim Ragimov and Olga Chernysheva alongside such well-established names as Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Eric Bulatov, Boris Mikhailov and AES+F. With more than 600 colour illustrations, perceptive interviews, in-depth profiles and three essays by leading scholars and collectors, «Frozen Dreams» will be an essential guide to a hitherto neglected area and an up-to-the-minute cultural portrait of an exciting artistic arena.

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Книга Застывшие сны - это первый подробный обзор русского современного искусства. В какой степени стремительно меняющийся в конце ХХ века политический и экономический ландшафт России сформировал ее искусство? и как искусство связано с социальными и культурными переменами в стране? Застывшие сны - это сборник статей, посвященных творчеству восьмидесяти российский художников, работавших в период с 1970 годов до настоящего времени. В издании содержится свыше 580 высококачественных цветных иллюстраций.

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Equine Journeys casts an unprecedented eye on Britain's horse world, focusing on people, places and organizations instrumental in the breeding, racing, keeping and showing of breeds in the UK - one of the world's foremost equine universes. From Scottish hill farmers breeding Highland ponies, Shetlands and Icelandics to the luxurious world of Arabian horse breeders, from neighbourhood stables to studs that foster some of the world's greatest horses (creating multi-billion-pound businesses in the process and supporting the global racing calendar), the book shows how that business is defining the long-standing relationship between horse and human. In words and pictures, Equine Journeys explores the fundamentals that underpin the economics, politics and sporting components of some of the UK's greatest breeding and racing studs. Up close and personal profiles provide unequalled access to owners, breeders, trainers, jockeys, stable lads and lasses, and polo fanatics. Enriched by a wealth of exclusively commissioned photographs, Equine Journeys features compelling images reflecting both the fantasy and the reality of breeding and racing in Britain today. Specially commissioned essays by leading experts elaborate on the history of the horse and it's place in British history, as well as looking inside the fiercely competitive contemporary breeding and racing scene. It provides an invaluable survey of current trends and key players while shining a light on the exotic and the extraordinary in the realm of racehorses and gymkhana ponies, Shetlands and Clydesdales, gypsy cobs and police horses, polo clubs and the London and Counties social scene. Equine Journeys will explore the landscape and the sociology of horses, horse sense and horsemanship in Britain at a time when the horse has lost it's millennia long economic and strategic importance, becoming a companion to humans, a source of natural beauty and the inspiration for sport.

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In the perpetual quest for the new, the exciting and the innovative, the attention of the global art community has in recent years been more and more focused on the Middle East. Exhibitions and articles have highlighted a remarkable burst of creativity in the region, as Arab countries from Syria to Algeria, Egypt to Lebanon and Palestine to Saudi Arabia have launched some of the most fascinating artists in recent years. The conceptual playfulness of Hassan Khan, the charged paintings of Jeffar Khaldi, the organic sculptures of Diana Al-Hadid, and the moving photography of Yto Barrada have dazzled audiences with their variety, innovation and thoughtfulness. Until now, however, nobody has captured the vitality of the region's art in a single book. "New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century" offers the most comprehensive, scholarly and in-depth survey yet of what is currently happening at the cutting-edge of art in the Arab world. It begins with five groundbreaking essays that offer the best context to date for contemporary Arab production. Between them they discuss the critical issues of diaspora, globalization, identity and audience, and also explore the origins of the current boom in the political upheavals of the late 20th century. These essays are then followed by some 90 superbly illustrated profiles of key artists, organizations and galleries. Mixing the well known (such as Mona Hatoum or Susan Hefuna) with the up and coming (for example, Steve Sabella or Mireille Astore), this section offers a vibrant perspective on the current state of Arab art.