“A strength of this introductory survey is the authors’ commitment to showcasing artworks…which reveal degrees of complexity that cut through static claims to identity and politically overdetermined narratives of art in Central and Eastern Europe… In 211 richly illustrated pages, the authors cover seven decades, countless artists and art movements, and numerous countries from the Baltics to the Balkans. Central and Eastern European Art is impressive in its scope and effort to represent artworks from across these diverse geographic and cultural contexts… From the shadow of state socialism, Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950 culls a vibrant, future-oriented account of contemporary art that is galvanized not by a thin hope for Western-style democracy but by a steadfast reevaluation of local histories, collective memories, and artistic traditions… Indispensable.”
— caa.reviews
“Stunning… Aficionados will find large-scale masterful photographs taken by Karl Lagerfeld, Mario Testino, Patrick Demarchelier, Sarah Moon, and Dominique Issermann, among others, while sketches reveal the meticulous craftsmanship and creativity behind the creations.”
— Lucy Rees Galerie
“[A] gorgeous collector’s item of a book, which deserves a place on your coffee table, stat.”
— Elle
“Delves into the house’s recurring themes and symbols, exploring the significance they had for the famed French couturier whose designs became wardrobe staples of well-dressed women… The book’s extravagant array of photos and archival images provides a visual through-line from [Chanel’s] initial collection to contemporary iterations.”
— Rapaport Magazine
“[This] richly illustrated book introduces the European-influenced modernist graphics of the “Shanghai Style,” dominated by Art Deco, and the “Progressive Movement,” influenced by Russian Constructivism, de Stijl and the Bauhaus.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“It was Minick and Ping’s wish that this book help to preserve the cultural identity of China – it is evident with even a simple glance that their venture has been successful”
— Zink
“Exploring how culture, politics and colonial histories shape identity, the performances and videos of the influential Cuban American artist are on display in this first monograph.”
— The New York Times Book Review
“One of the Best Art Books of 2023. For more than 30 years, Fusco has been a just-below-the-surface art presence, both here and in Cuba, best known for her rigorous, interruptive performances addressing the hard realities of cultural difference and the complacency with which the art world smooths and markets them… This visually captivating book documents the politics and the poetry, both sharp, of an important career very much in progress.”
— Holland Cotter The New York Times
“One of the Best Art Books of 2023. This beautiful book looks back at [Coco Fusco’s] influential work, including many of her memorable performances, in the three decades since she emerged on the scene in the 1990s. It’s an unfinished story as Fusco is still making work and publishing words that bring deep discomfort to the powers to be.”
— Hyperallergic
“An invigorating alternative to traditional ways of understanding the history of photography.”
— Library Journal
“A captivating and essential resource.”
— Hyperallergic
“[An] excellent challenge to the 'single creator' view of photography… The collection also astutely illustrates how photography—even when ostensibly deployed to oppress—can subtly critique power structures and dominant cultural narratives… Enriched by the volume’s incisive social commentary, these striking images leave a mark.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A book that looks at photography using an expanded angle…to use as a challenge to your ideas of what photography is and how it is being made… The breadth and richness of the material covered provides incredible rewards, in particular since the reach is global. If you’re only familiar with your standard Western photography, your eyes will be opened to a lot of other photography (and thinking)… An absolutely invaluable and essential book that, ideally, will find its way not only into the studios of photographers but especially into the classrooms of photography schools. From now on, anyone studying to get a masters will have no excuse any longer for not knowing that photography’s standard model of authorship is flawed. The most exciting aspect of the book is the fact that it points out ways forward… Highly recommended.”
— Conscientious Photography Magazine
