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Piero ManzoniVita d'artista
6 febbraio 1963: ad appena trent'anni Piero Manzoni viene trovato morto nello studio di via Fiori Chiari, stroncato da un infarto. Da quel momento in poi è la sua fama di personaggio provocatore e scapestrato ad affermarsi, insieme all'opera più dissacrante, la Merda d'artista, che entra nella leggenda e nell'immaginario collettivo.Ma cosa c'è in realtà prima, dopo e dietro quei trenta gram…
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- 9788860102478
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Susan TaubesEine intellektuelle Biographie
Eine intellektuelle Biographie über Fremdheit und Ortlosigkeit, im Schreiben wie im Leben.Als die elfjährige Susan Taubes im April 1939 nach sechstägiger Schiffspassage den Boden von New York betrat, lag hinter ihr eine Kindheit in Budapest als Enkelin eines angesehenen Rabbiners und Tochter eines bekannten Psychoanalytikers. Vor ihr lag ein bewegtes kurzes Leben, in dem sie keine Heimat meh…
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- 9783835345119
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La mia arte, la mia vita
Mostro sacro del muralismo messicano, Diego Rivera è stato in realtà tante cose: sodale di Picasso, donnaiolo impenitente e amante vorace, fervido comunista ben presto espulso dal Partito e sedicente rivoluzionario dell'arte. Rievocando alcuni episodi salienti di questa sua storia personale, raccolta e trascritta dalla giornalista Gladys March, si rivela anche un narratore incapace di tenere …
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Karl MayGrundriß eines gebrochenen Lebens
Die legendäre Karl-May-Biographie von Hans Wollschläger - ein Klassiker des Genres.Bis Mitte der sechziger Jahre war der Name Karl May nur noch durch die kommerzielle Ausschlachtung als "Jugend- und Volksschriftsteller" wahrnehmbar. Dies änderte sich 1965 mit dem Erscheinen von Hans Wollschlägers biographischer Pionierarbeit, in der die abenteuerliche Existenz des Großschriftstellers May i…
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- 9783835345041
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Tibu: Memorias de un mánager
Un recorrido por la vida profesional de Carlos Vázquez Moreno "Tibu". Un testimonio fiel, sin edulcorar, muchas veces descarnado y emotivo, de su carrera como músico, productor discográfico y mánager de estrellas como Hombres G, Aute, El Canto del Loco ; un libro que no busca ser un mero ajuste de cuentas ni un muestrario de anécdotas. Desde la muerte de Franco hasta la actualidad, Tibu po…
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- 9788418236808
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HeaphyExplorer, Artist, Settler
Richly illustrated with Charles Heaphy's remarkable paintings and drawings as well as photographs and maps from the period, this engaging work tells the story of Heaphy's life and his art. A draughtsman, explorer, surveyor, gold agent, geologist, soldier, war hero, politician, land commissioner, and judge—even by the versatile standards of Victorian pioneers, Charles Heaphy had an unusually v…
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Something for the Birds
Fizzing with wit and style and featuring original illustrations by the author, this lively, humorous, and tragic memoir traces the roots of a distinguished painter and her crucial role in New Zealand's feminist movement. Exploring the author's Irish ancestors; childhood in provincial Timaru, New Zealand; bohemian life as a student; and marriage to celebrated psychiatrist Fraser Macdonald, these…
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- 9781775581567
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Between the LivesPartners in Art
This fascinating look at artists and their intimate partners takes nine well-known New Zealand couples and explores the many aspects of their lives—particularly how the presence of an artistic companion or soul mate impacts the art they produce. Combining the pleasures of gossip with information about how these artists have conducted their lives, this illuminates many of the themes found in t…
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Self-Portrait
From a childhood spent in London's rough East End to a half-century in New Zealand photographing winemakers and artists, children and kuia, Marti Friedlander has lived a life marked by adventure, travel, and its fair share of challenges. It is also a life that has been defined by the art of observation and capturing on film. In Self Portrait, the renowned photographer tells her story for the fi…
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Colin McCahon: Is This the Promised Land?Vol.2 1960-1987
The second of an extraordinary two-volume work chronicling forty-five years of painting by our most important artist, Colin McCahon. Colin McCahon (1919–1987) was New Zealand's greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings, abstraction, and the introduction of words and Maori motifs, McCahon's work came to define a distinctly New Zealand modernist idiom. Collected …
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- 9781776710560
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