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First edition. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. 208 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictorial wrappers. "kin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection accompanies the first exhibition in the United States of the Athens-based Dakis Joannou Collection, renowned as one of the leading collections of contemporary art in the world. This is also the first exhibition curated by artist Jeff Koons, whose work inspired Joannou to start his collection in 1985. Koons has selected sculptures, works on paper, paintings, installations and videos by a group of artists that includes Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Maurizio Cattelan, Nathalie Djurberg, Robert Gober, Mike Kelley, Terence Koh, Mark Manders, Paul McCarthy, Tim Noble and Sue Webster, Kiki Smith, Christiana Soulou, Jannis Varelas, Kara Walker and Andro Wekua, among others. This catalogue contains more than 100 full-color illustrations of works from Joannou's collection, and features Koons in conversation with Lisa Phillips; an essay by Massimiliano Gioni; full spreads from such classic (and rare) publications as Post Human; and an anthology of previously commissioned essays for Joannou's DESTE Foundation publications by Nicolas Bourriaud, Jeffrey Deitch, Peter Halley, Nancy Spector and Lynne Tillman" (the publisher). As-new.…

Hard cover. Condition: Fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 228 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. First issue without the notice of the Hugo Boss sponsorship on the copyright page; later printings printed this sponsorship notice. Silvery pale gray cloth. xv, 522 pages. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy. Please note: This is not available for international orders. The definitive work on Barney's acclaimed cycle of films. Matthew Barney (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 228 Seiten/pp., 73 Abb./ills. hardcover - Julião Sarmento is regarded as one of the most important artists in Portugal today. Sarmento describes his photo and film works as "journeys round the human body" and his art as operating "in the realms of seduction." His painted works after 1980 also focus on the body as a "carrier of feelings and expression., as a loving, suffering and desiring, aggressive and receptive body" (Christopher Vitali). Major essays by Hubertus Gaßner and Nancy Spector illuminate the full range of Sarmento's oeuvre, from his graphic, expressive paintings on packing paper in the early eighties to his white works in the nineties.…