Search Results: Authors starting with V from Arcana: Books on the Arts

(V23) (OLIVER, VAUGHAN) (4AD). Oliver, Vaughan. VAUGHAN OLIVER AND V23: POSTER FOR 4AD'S 1998 "ALL VIRGOS ARE MAD" WEEK AT LOS ANGELES' TROUBADOUR. Los Angeles: 4AD, 1994. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Concert Poster. Fine. One 29 x 14" sheet printed in colors, recto only. Designed by Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg and Paul McMenamin. This is the striking V23-designed poster from 1994 publicizing a weeklong series of concerts by artists recording for the innovative British label 4AD entitled "All Virgos Are Mad". Held at Los Angeles' legendary Troubadour club, the participants included Lisa Germano, Michael Brook, Air Miami, Red House Painters, The Wolfgang Press, His Name is Alive, Pale Saints, Lisa Germano, Kristin Hersh, Throwing Muses, Michael Brook, Heidi Berry, Defever and Masters, Lisa Gerrard, Mark Kozalek, Kendra Smith, and numerous "special guests". A brand new, flat, most handsome example of this uncommon Vaughan Oliver item that… Read More

(VALLANCE, JEFFREY). Vallance, Jeffrey. JEFFREY VALLANCE: APARICIONES. Prineville, OR: Oregon Guadalupe Research Center, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. 26pp, 17 b&w illustrations + color covers. Text in Spanish. This is the slender twenty-six page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1994 Mexican exhibition by noted Los Angeles-based artist Jeffrey Vallance that republishes in Spanish the text of his tract "Searching for Bigfoot in the Eye of Guadalupe". A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025561

(VALLANCE, JEFFREY). Vallance, Jeffrey & Ralph Rugoff. JEFFREY VALLANCE: DIE HEILIGE LANZE UND DAS SCHWEISSTUCH DER VERONIKA (ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXHIBITION LAX). Vienna, AUSTRIA: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine. np (22pp), 8 b&w and 2 color illustrations + color cover. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition + performance histories. This is the slender twenty-two page catalogue published in conjunction with several religious-themed projects Jeffrey Vallance presented as part of the 1992 Viennese gallery exhibition of Los Angeles-based artists entitled "LAX". A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025560

Van Der Marck, Jan. ART BY TELEPHONE: AN EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF CHICAGO - THE ORIGINAL 33 1/3 RPM LONG PLAYING RECORD ALBUM. Chicago, IL: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1969. First Edition. Large Square 4to. 12" Vinyl LP in Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine. (But Incomplete)/No Jacket. One 12", two-sided vinyl 33 1/3 rpm long playing phonograph record in an unprinted cardstock sleeve, no illustrations. "Shortly after its opening, the Museum of Contemporary Art planned an exhibition to record the trend, incipient then and pervasive today, toward conceptualization of art. This exhibition, scheduled for the spring of 1968 and abandoned because of technical difficulties, consisted of works in different media, conceived by artists in this country and Europe and executed in Chicago on their behalf. The telephone was designated the most fitting means of communication in relaying… Read More

(VAN DONGEN, RON). Van Dongen, Ron & Steven Jenkins. RON VAN DONGEN: ALBA NERO. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 1999. First Edition 1/1000. Folio. Cloth with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 30 color illustrations. Published in 1999 by Nazraeli Press, "Alba Nero" is the oversized, beautifully designed and printed first book devoted to Ron Van Dongen's sumptuous and detailed flower imagery. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 3-923922-74-4 Inventory Number: 018259

(VAN KESTEREN, GEERT). van Kesteren, Geert & Michael Hirsh. Foreword by Jan Gruiters. WHY MISTER, WHY? GEERT VAN KESTEREN, IRAQ 2003-2004. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Artimo, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine. np (544pp), 245 color illustrations. Text in English and Arabic. "Why Mister, Why?" is a compelling account from Dutch photojournalist Geert van Kesteren. For the most part of 2003 and into 2004, van Kesteren made these images in a struggling Iraq, intertwining them with his personal experience of the situation in diary-like notes. In that way, this body of work resonates with an honesty found only when the narrator and photographer of a story are one and the same. The situation in Iraq, following the declaration of "mission accomplished," represented a culture clash of rare proportions, and van Kesteren was witness to what went wrong. He saw clouds of sadness coming from the mass graves created by the Saddam regime, while… Read More

van Kooij, Barbera, Oswaldo Costa & Robin Resch, Editors. WITTE DE WITH: THE LECTURES 1992. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art, 1993. First Edition 1/650. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. 128pp, 30 b&w illustrations. Text in English. Cover image by Jean-Luc Moulene. The final of three annual volumes, this is a collection of the transcribed contemporary art history lectures presented during 1992 at Rotterdam's Witte De With Center for Contemporary Art. The contents and participants are: Guy Brett, Catherine David, Rodrigo Naves, and Sonia Salzstein-Goldberg - "I Aspire to the Great Labyrinth", Walter Nikkels - "The Catalogue: An Ordered List of Works", Craigie Horsfield - "30.8.92 on Walker Evans", Stephen Prina - "We Represent Ourselves to the World: Institutional Narrativity", Stephan Balkenhol, Jean-Francois Chevrier, Chris Dercon, Ludger Gerdes, Martin Kreyssig, and Jeff Wall - "The Body is the… Read More

(VAN LIESHOUT, JOEP). Baerwaldt, Wayne & P. Groot. ATELIER JOEP VAN LIESHOUT. Winnipeg, CANADA, Santa Monica, CA & Rotterdam: Plug In Editions / Smart Art Press / Atelier Van Lieshout, 1996. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Trademark, Amsterdam. "Rotterdam-based artist Joep van Lieshout creates engaging but enigmatic containers; streamlined, curvilinear molds decorated with occasional dashes of paradoxical materials like fur and liqueur bottles - which mimic sterile architectural spaces like mobile homes, office units, deprivation chambers, washbasins, toilet bowls, and shelving units. This jewel-like book accompanied a 1996 traveling exhibition of Atelier Van Lieshout's work". A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 018018

(VAN SANT, GUS). Van Sant, Gus. GUS VAN SANT: 108 PORTRAITS - DELUXE SIGNED SLIPCASED EDITION. Signed and Dated by the Photographer. Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishers, 1992. First Edition #30/100 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (124pp), 108 b&w gravure illustrations. Designed by Jack Woody. This is the beautifully designed and printed book of portraits taken in Portland, New York, and Los Angeles between 1988 and 1992 by the renowned American film director Gus Van Sant. It features unadorned, stark black and white images of friends and associates the likes of Robert Altman, Traci Lords, William S. Burroughs, David Byrne, Annie Leibovitz, Dennis Hopper, Ken Kesey, Keanu Reeves, Flea, Kevin and Matt Dillon, Allen Ginsberg, River Phoenix, Heather Graham, Anthony Kiedis, Kelly Lynch, David Bowie, Udo Kier, Francis Ford, Roman and Sofia Coppola, Tod Haynes, John Waters, Patti D'Arbanville, Peter Boyle, Steve Buscemi, Faye Dunaway,… Read More

Veigas, Jose, Cristina Vives, Adolfo V. Nodal, Valia Garzon & Dannys Montes De Oca. MEMORIA: CUBAN ART OF THE 20TH CENTURY (WITH A CD-ROM). Los Angeles: California / International Arts Foundation, 2002. First Edition. Large 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Art Monograph. Fine/Fine. 576pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With biographies, exhibition histories, bibliography and accompanying CD-ROM which contains artist biographies. "Memoria: Cuban Art of the 20th Century" is the first comprehensive publication on Twentieth Century Cuban art. For the first time, more than four hundred and fifty major Cuban artists from 1902 to the present are unified in this reference. Along with painting and sculpture, it includes the work of primitive or naive artists, together with engraving, photography, graphic design, comic drawings, ceramics, illustrations, installation and performance art. "Memoria" includes a compilation of the most significant critical… Read More

(VENUS TODAY). Fried, Charlie, Editor. VENUS TODAY: THE AMPUTEE MAGAZINE - VOL. 2, NO. 1. Mission Hills, CA: Majestic Press, 1982. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Disability Periodical. Very Good. 25pp, profusely illustrated with in b&w. "Venus Today" was Californian Charie Fried's short-lived, fascinating, and very DIY periodical devoted to normalizing the world of young adult amputees. Published, edited, and dedicated to Fried's differently-abled wife Penny, this early issue features in-depth illustrated articles on Andy, Soozie, Becky, and "Venus of the Month" centerfold Monica. While there is no nudity here, this may have been the only newsstand title to appeal to the early eighties acrotomophiliac. A handsome example of this exceptionally uncommon (only a single entry for "Venus Today" is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat) periodical showing a bit of light wear and soiling to its covers with a descriptive full page… Read More

(VERSACE). Versace, Gianni. GIANNI VERSACE: COLLEZIONE UOMO PRIMAVERA ESTATE 1991, N.20. Milan, ITALY: Versace, 1994. First Edition. Large 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. Near Fine. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Italian and English. This semi-annual collection catalogue of men's fashion and accessories by Gianni Versace is photographed primarily on the runway by Paolo Castaldi, Doug Ordway, Lorenzo Riva, Pasquale Abbattista, and Beppe Caggi. A most handsome example showing a bit of overall light wear and handling. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 026569

(VH 101). Essellier, Francoise, Editor. VH 101 / REVUE TRIMESTRIELLE / NUMERO 1 / PRINTEMPS 1970. Paris: Editions Essellier, 1970. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Arts Journal. Good -. 128pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in French. Cover design by Yvaral. This initial installment of the important early seventies French avant-garde theory/music/art journal "VH 101" includes articles by, or interviews with Otto Hahn, Peter Handke, Andy Warhol, Martial Raysse, Gyorgi Ligeti, David Lamelas, Daniel Buren, Carl Andre, Michael Heizer, Piero Manzoni, and Jean-Ludovic Kaufner. A serviceable example of this uncommon item showing a pronounced dent through the covers and textblock at the lower foredge corner as well as a single neat ink ownership stamp (but no additional stamps, pockets or accession markings of any kind.) of an institutional library that deaccessioned it directly to our store on the front free endpaper. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 015065

(VIEW: THE MODERN MAGAZINE). Ford, Charles Henri, Editor. VIEW: THE MODERN MAGAZINE - DECEMBER 1945 (SERIES V, NO.5). New York: View, Inc., 1945. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Surrealist Periodical. Very Good. 22pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover illustration by Andre Masson. This is the December 1945 installment of "View" - Charles Henri Ford's legendary American magazine of Surrealism and the avant-garde. The contributors to this issue include Kurt Seligmann, Paul Bowles, Ramon J. Sender, Jean Ferry, Gina Hohens, Rene Renne and Claude Serbanne, George Platt Lynes, Charles Henri Ford, Parker Tyler, Paul Goodman, Marius Bewley, Lou Harrison, etc. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some overall light wear, handling and soiling to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 018355

(VIONNET, MADELEINE). Demornex, Jacqueline. Preface by Madeleine Chapsal. MADELEINE VIONNET. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Fashion Monograph. Fine/Fine. 305pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. This lavishly printed, massive hardbound volume is still the major monograph on the chic twenties and thirties haute-couture of influential French designer Madame Madeleine Vionnet. The majority of the fashions were newly photographed for this book by Patricia Canino, but also included are numerous vintage images by the likes of Cecil Beaton, Dorvyne, Horst, Edward Steichen, and more. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1991 Rizzoli International Publications first English language printing. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-8478-1387-8 Inventory… Read More

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. VISIONAIRE NO. 12: DESIRE (FALL 1994) - DISPLAY COPY. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual illustrated sheets laid into a debossed silk-over-boards portfolio, profusely illustrated. Designed by Gregory Foley. Published in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the twelfth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "This was our collaboration with Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS, and an opportunity to support a cause very close to Visionaire. Anneliese Estrada, DIFFA's creative director and our friend, came to us to raise awareness and money through art. The art dealer Paul Morris helped us gather all the original artwork printed in the issue, which was then exhibited at Charles Cowles Gallery and auctioned, with all of the proceeds… Read More

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. VISIONAIRE NO. 6: THE SEA (SUMMER 1992). New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1992. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 12pp, 10 illustrations in color and b&w. Published in a numbered edition of one thousand five hundred copies, this is the sixth installment of everyone's favorite long-running fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The contributors to this elaborately designed issue on the theme of "The Sea" are editor Stephen Gan, Elaine Gan, Ruben Toledo, Adeline Andre, Pierre et Gilles, David McDonough, Juan Botas, Bernard Figueroa, Satoshi Saikusa, Karen Park, Stephane Sednaoui, Olivier, Guillemin, J.C, de Castelbajac, Edward Maxey, Guzman, Ted Muehling, Don Freeman, and Sybilla - who has designed a black anodized fish brooch especially for this. A most handsome individually numbered example of the uncommon inaugural Summer 1992 issue. PLEASE NOTE:… Read More

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. Text by Glenn O'Brien. VISIONAIRE NO. 25: VISIONARY (10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE). New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1998. First Edition 1/2500. Small Square Folio. Loose Contents in Slipcase. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual plates laid into a sliding plastic slipcase, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the twenty-fifth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Visionaire presents here "twenty five visionaries in art and fashion" whose stellar contributors include Craig McDean, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Sorrenti and Jane Howe, David Bowie, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, D.J. Towa Tei, Tony Oursler, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Beth B., and more. A most handsome individually numbered example… Read More

(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos. Text By Glenn O'Brien.. VISIONAIRE NO. 30: THE GAME - JAPAN. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2000. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp) + 16 six-sided pictorial blocks housed in a Lucite case. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the thirtieth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Issued in conjunction with the Louis Vuitton Cup Trials to determine the finalists for the 2000 America's Cup yacht race, Visionaire assembled teams of artists, photographers and image makers from the seven participating countries. Six contributors each from the U.S., Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland produced an image that occupies one side of each of the enclosed blocks; the sixteen cubes placed in the correct configuration form one of the six different images. The six Japanese contributors… Read More

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. Text by Glenn O'Brien. VISIONAIRE NO. 25: VISIONARY (10TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE). New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1998. First Edition 1/2500. Small Square Folio. Loose Contents in Slipcase. Fashion Quarterly. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual plates laid into a sliding plastic slipcase, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the twenty-fifth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Celebrating its tenth anniversary, Visionaire presents here "twenty five visionaries in art and fashion" whose stellar contributors include Craig McDean, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Helmut Lang, Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Sorrenti and Jane Howe, David Bowie, Inez Van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, D.J. Towa Tei, Tony Oursler, Tracey Emin, Gavin Turk, Beth B., and more. A brand new, most handsome individually numbered… Read More