Komu Riyas (7 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Octavo in black and grey pictorial wraps (grey spine); unpaged. Series: Iraq Project; Dedicated to Younus Mahmoud, Captain of the Iraqi Soccer Team; "Komu has been meditating on football for a few years now, and is as passionate a fan of the sport as I've met - and is particularly committed to the sport in India." From back cover: "Through his works, sculptor Riyas Komu has always questioned the notion of the West and its renewed role in acquiring and accumulating territory and subjects on a truly astonishing scale. In this project, Komu takes the battle of his interest to one of the most turbulent settings of our times, Iraq. He kicks into a new series of contrarian arguments using perhaps the most passionate athletic activity on earth, soccer, and the potential in marking the social, geographical and national field." Fine copy with faint edge wear; else tight copy; pages and illustrations are clean and free of marks and creases; binding is tight.…

First Edition. First edition. Oblong softcover. [12 pages.] Exhibition catalog for a show that ran May 2002. Text in English. Includes 7 color illustrations and information about the artist. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce, with no copies listed in OCLC.

Condition: Good. Softcover flexiband, illustrations in colour.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Text: ENG. Unp.; ill.;14 x 21 cm; 200 g. "This monograph features Riyas Komu's 'Iraq Project', including his football sculptures 'Left Legs' and football paintings 'Groung I, II, III' and 'Occupation Stories I & II'. Through his works, Indian sculptor Riyas Komu has always questioned the notion of the West and its renewed role in acquiring and accumulating territory and subjects on a truly astonishing scale. In this project, Komu takes the battle of his interest to one of the most turbulent settings of our times: Iraq. He kick-starts a new series of contrarian arguments using perhaps the most passionate athletic activity on earth: soccer and its potential in making the social, geographical and national field. Komu's biography is provided." (Asia Art Archive) - Fine copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. 11 x 11 in. Unpaginated. Full-page color plates. Text by Donald Kuspit. Illustrated wraps. Fine.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Tall 4to. in stiff card covers, 86pp on thick art paper, colour plates, etc . [CONDITION: Small slight crease to top edge of front cover else a NEW unread copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Large square Quarto size (4to) in stiff card covers, unpaginated, approx. 40pp, colour plates, etc . [CONDITION: A well preserved NEW unmarked copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.