AMERICAN ILLUSTRATORS A compilation of work from both acclaimed and new illustrators, providing us with a peep into this marvellous world of American Illustrators. This is an ideal book not just for creative professionals and students, but also all illustration fans. 96 pages, PB, Monsa, ISBN 9788415223016, $20
ART AND ACTIVISM IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION An examination of contemporary activist art, both the criticism of engagement as a mere pose and the need for cultural activism in today’s society, as well as urban activism and activism by anonymous networks. 334 pages, PB, NAi, ISBN9789056627799, $45
EUROPEAN ILLUSTRATORS A selection of different illustration styles from the hands of some of the best European artists working today. Each portfolio consists of a election of their favourite works and includes full contact information. 96 pages, HB, Monsa, ISBN9788415223009, $20
INTERIOR MUSIC: JENNY BOLIS In this exquisite and intimate book Jenny Bolis creates a series of enticing photographs, a realm of unspoken poetry and shadowy mystery where she allows the imagination of the viewer to choose their own Interior Music to play. Designed with restraint and elegance, a collectors item to be cherished. 96 pages, HB, Bolis, ISBN9780980653014, $20
MARTIN BELL: FROM THE FOURTH DIMENSION From The Fourth Dimension further explores Martin Bell's obsessions with collage, drawing and everyday life ephemera providing an in depth study and exploration of the orb phenomena. 240 pages, PB, ISBN 9780980419429, $45
OPEN 20: THE POPULIST IMAGINATION This edition of OPEN addresses imagination and myth in the political arena, within populism and beyond. Includes an interview with Ernesto Laclau by Rudi Laermans, as well as contributions by Yves Citton, Jolle Demmers and Sameer Mehendale. 160 pages, PB, NAi, ISBN 9789056627690, $43
POLITICS OF THE IMPURE This book investigates the urge for the pure in art and advocates a much deeper need for the impure, with technology as an agent for the impure and the imperfect. Technology, long an agent for homogeneity and purity, is now turning into one for heterogeneity and global contingency. 208 pages, PB, NAi, ISBN 9789056627485, $49
RAPTURE OF DEATH by Prue Gibson. An exploration of artists' work that is inspired by death from taxidermy and the wunderkammer to Victorian mourning. Featuring work by Ricky Swallow, Adam Cullen, Kate Rhode and Fiona Hall. 256 pages, HB, Boccalatte, ISBN 9780980631210, $35
SMUDGE: POLLY BORLAND A series of photographs in which Polly Borland directs and dresses different models, among them musician Nick Cave, according to her own world. Borland manipulates and changes the models’ presence through a highly original use of visual devices, costume and light, to produce an arresting and ambiguous subject. 88 pages, PB, Actar, ISBN 9788492861590, $45
VAN GOGH MEMORY GAME Published in collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum, each set of cards consists of two different images from the museum’s collection, together forming a clear theme and telling a little story about Van Gogh’s oeuvre. 60 cards in a box, BIS, ISBN 9789063692452, $27
