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IMMA Bookshop The bookshop in the Irish Museum of Modern Art offers an exciting, up-to-date range of modern and contemporary art books and magazines. It stocks an eclectic selection, reflecting international trends in all aspects of the visual arts. The emphasis is, however, on modern Irish art and artists. The bookshop carries all publications and catalogues produced by the Museum. The shop also carries some unique and original art-related gift items. There is also a wide range of unique cards and postcards.
IMMA Publications All IMMA publications, including exhibition catalogues, IMMA collection books, and our magazine Boulevard Magenta, can be purchased in the bookshop, or online at  Publications
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The following is a selection of what is available in the bookshop: VITAMIN P2
The first volume of Vitamin P, published in 2002, inaugurated a vibrant period for painting. Since its publication, a whole new generation of painters has emerged, some inspired by the artists who appeared in that book, others taking cues from new sources. Vitamin P2 introduces this new wave of painters to the world. The vast medium of painting continues to be a central pillar of artistic practice, and Vitamin P2 presents the outstanding artists who are currently engaging with and pushing the boundaries of the medium. Over 80 international critics, artists and curators have nominated the 115 artists who have made a fresh, unique or innovative contribution to recent painting. All of the artists in Vitamin P2 have recently emerged onto the international scene, and none appeared in the first Vitamin P. An introduction by Barry Schwabsky, who also wrote the introduction for Vitamin P, provides a broad overview of recent developments in the medium while also looking towards its future.
Price: €49.95
LITTLE PEOPLE IN THE CITY
These are the collected photographs of Slinkachu, a London-based artist who for several years has been placing tiny hand painted people on street corners, park benches, and the Underground, and leaving them to fend for themselves. Much like Banksy's early graffiti work, Slinkachu's creations mix the bustle, humour, and melancholy of city life, and lie quietly in the darker corners of London's streets, waiting to be discovered. And if you're lucky enough to find one, to quote The Times: "Oddly enough, even when you know they are just hand-painted figurines, you can't help but feel that their plights convey something of our own fears about being lost and vulnerable in a big, bad city." This volume also includes a forward from acclaimed novelist Will Self.
Price: €13.40
A VISUAL FEAST – IRISH STREET ART
A Visual Feast - Irish Street Art is a new book by Rua Meegan and Lauren Teeling showcasing a photographic collection from the streets of Ireland. The book features the work of and comments from Irish artists ADW, Asbestos, The Bogside Artists, Canvaz, Conor Harrington, Conor Casby, Fink, Gene, Lamps, Karma, Loki Demonseed, Maser, Vango, Will St. Leger, Xπr & many more. Also featured are pieces painted in Ireland by international artists such as DFace, Eelus, Eine, El Mac, ESPO, Jef Aerosol, Lints, Luca Molente, Orticanoodles & Rugman.
Price: €15 IRISH CERAMICS
This book shows the best of Irish contemporary ceramics selected by ceramic artists who live and work in Ireland. The remarkable selection and variety of more than 200 works illustrate the rich diversity of form and approach in this field. The sculpture ranges from the intimate to the colossal, from the absurd to the profound and from the unsettling to the elegant. This collection portrays the most creative, innovative and original sculptors in Ireland.
Price: €36.50
ALEXANDER McQUEEN- SAVAGE BEAUTY
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) was one of the most influential, imaginative and inspirational designers at the turn of the millennium. His fashions both challenged and expanded the conventional parameters of clothing beyond utility to a compelling expression of culture, politics and identity. Focusing on the most iconic and acclaimed designs of his prolific career, this stunning book examines McQueen's inimitable technical virtuosity and its subversion of traditional tailoring and dressmaking practices. This book also focuses on the highly sophisticated narrative structures found in McQueen's collections and in his astonishing and extravagant runway presentations, which suggested the most avant-garde installation and performance art.
Price: €36.60 BY THE WAY – A SELECTION OF PUBLIC ART IN IRELAND
This book is a photographic collection of the great quantity of roadside art currently available in Ireland. Many people will have been intrigued by pieces beside major road arteries, (e.g. the Iron Age warrior on horseback on the N4 near Boyle, Co. Roscommon) but most will be amazed at the sheer number and quality represented from the 32 counties of Ireland. As the title suggests, it consists mainly of roadside works. Apart from a few token pieces, cities are excluded (in fact the number of items in Ireland's cities warrants an entire book to itself). ‘A very comprehensive record covering over 400 pieces of art’.
Price: €29.50
OUR TRUE INTENT IS ALL FOR YOUR DELIGHT
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the John Hinde Studio, based in Dublin, produced a series of postcards to be sold at Butlin's holiday camps throughout the British Isles. Famous for their “hi-de-hi” catchphrase, redcoat hosts and bargain packages with all entertainment included, Butlin's annually hosted over a million holidaying Britons throughout the 1970s. With innovative use of colour and elaborate staging (the trademarks of a John Hinde postcard), each photograph is painstakingly produced, with often large casts of real holidaymakers acting their allocated roles in these narrative tableaux of the Butlin's quiet lounges, ballrooms and Beachcomber bars. Shot with large-format cameras and lit like a film set, these photographs were an extraordinary undertaking in their production values, and helped John Hinde become one of the most successful postcard publishers in the world. Most of the John Hinde Butlin's photographs have only ever been published as postcards. This new affordable edition of Our True Intent Is All For Your Delight, first published to critical acclaim and popular success in 2002, is published to mark the 75th anniversary of Butlins.
Price: €19.95
THE NEW ARTISANS
Profiling over seventy artisans who use craft techniques to create stylish, whimsical, desirable objects, this book features hundreds of one-of-a-kind, handmade wonders from all over the world. Olivier Dupon began his career at Christian Dior. He expanded his expertise in the fields of fashion and lifestyle by working as a buyer and product manager for several large retail companies before opening his own boutique. Based in Australia, he now scouts international markets in search of design, art and craft objects and projects to feature on his blog, Dossier37.tumblr.com. Beautifully designed and photographed one of the most inspiring books of the season from Thames & Hudson.
Price: €28.95
DRAWING PROJECTS
An Exploration of the Language of Drawing is both a practical guide to drawing and an informative insight into the minds of artists who work with the medium. his comprehensive study of the art of drawing provides both a commentary on leading contemporary practitioners and a ‘how to explore drawing’ style approach to the art form, celebrating drawing as the process of seeing made visible.
From studying our relationship with drawing right from our earliest encounters with it as children, before a distinction between writing and drawing is made, the book explores the freedom of expression that the pencil allows us. Drawing Projects profiles ten key artists and illustrators— revealing their working environments and practices—including Dryden Goodwin, Cornelia Parker, Claude Heath, William Kentridge and Keith Tyson.
Price: €2495 HOW TO TALK TO CHILDREN ABOUT ART
A must-have for everyone who wants their children to understand and love art, this guide nticipates how children will react to paintings by artists as diverse as Botticelli, Vermeer, Degas, Chagall and Pollock. Questions and answers about 30 famous paintings provide historical background, explain genres and demystify religious and mythological themes.
Price: €15.90 USBORNE INTRODUCTION TO MODERN ART
If you have ever wondered what modern art is all about, this book is the answer. It explains the development of modern art in a simple, straightforward way – from the first stirrings of the avant-garde in the 19th-century to the latest controversies over contemporary art. Contains over a hundred illustrations of major works of art, and links to selected websites in which you can see thousands more. (Children’s 9+)
Price: €12.50 MAGNUM IRELAND
From Ireland's first attempts to forge a modern identity in the 1950s to the confident country of the twenty-first century, here is a stunning survey of a beautiful and complex place and people, as seen by the unrivalled talents of Magnum photographers.
The photographs include the extraordinary insights of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Elliot Erwitt, Joseph Koudelka, Inge Morath, Erich Lessing, Eve Arnold, Martine Franck, Martin Parr, Ian Berry, Donovan Wylie, Stuart Franklin and many others. Organized decade by decade, the images show the lingering influence of rural life in the 1950s; the hidden stories of ordinary Irish men and women – as well as the sectarian conflict – during the troubled 1960s and 70s; and the country's renewed confidence and prosperity over the past three decades, right up to the present day.
Price: €20 PHOTOGRAPHERS A-Z
An encyclopaedia of 20th-century photographers and their finest publications. A comprehensive overview of the most influential photographers of the last century and their finest monographs: Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopaedia features every major photographer of the 20th-century, from the earliest representatives of classical Modernism right up to the present day.
Photographers A-Z focuses on photographic images and culture, but also features photographers working in "applied" areas, whose work goes beyond the merely illustrative, and is regarded as photographic art and is conserved by major museums, such as Julius Shulman, Terry Richardson, Cindy Sherman, and David LaChapelle, et al.
Price: €51.60 100 YEARS OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION
Being a visual feast of 400 dazzling images, this book offers an overview of the development of fashion illustration as seen through the eyes of the greatest illustrators of the day. Spanning the entire twentieth century it includes illustrations from famous fashion couture houses such as Chanel, Dior and Versace.
Price: €29.95 PRINTMAKING A CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE
Printmaking is a comprehensive overview of the history and different techniques of printmaking from woodcuts, etching, screenprinting to digital prints. Artists work featured include Albrecht Durer, Patrick Caulfield, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol.
Price: €29.95
IT’S NOT HOW GOOD YOU ARE IT’S HOW GOOD YOU WANT TO BE
This book provides a unique insight into the world of advertising and is a quirky compilation of quotes, facts, wit and wisdom. Easy to comprehend and digest. If you want to succeed in life or business, this book is a must have!
Price: €7.95 Bookshop opening hours : Monday: Closed
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IMMA Bookshop
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