Product Description: Known primarily for his demanding performances of the 1990s, Zhang Huan (born 1965) has more recently made paintings using incense ash gathered from ceremonies performed at Buddhist temples in Shanghai. This volume presents a series of ash paintings that refer to recent Chinese history...read more

Product Description: In cooperation with Actian Press, Rose Fredrick Fine Art Publishing is proud to offer this fine publication examining the paintings of Colorado artist Travis Erion. Written by Richard Vine, the prose eloquently delves into the metaphor-rich work of the artist, discovering connections with the past while revealing the deeply personal thoughts reflected in Erion's work...read more

Presents a collection of essays that critique the works of Joseph Cornell along with reproducutions of his works.

Product Description: With a huge cult following among lovers of figurative painting, outsider art fans and students, Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum has carved out a unique niche in the world of contemporary art. With his Old Master style and his often apocalyptic subject matter, Nerdrum rejects the tropes of Modernism in favor of an emotionalism which, when combined with his remarkable painterly talents, produces works that are not only visually arresting, but which also call into question the very foundations of contemporary art...read more

Hess finds, and presents in his paintings, universal meanings in common activities and in the exchanges that occur between people in the most ordinary of situations. His characters hurt, help, ignore, and desire on another, and we recognize their longing, anxiety, awkwardness, and grace because it is true to our own life experience. Featuring an essay by Richard Vine and commentary by the artist. Published in 2001 by The Orange County Museum of Art. Comes in a hardcover slipcase.