"This stunning book celebrates the motorcycle as one of the most compelling design achievements of the 20th century. Now affordably priced, this "classic vehicle" (MSNBC), with its gorgeous full-page and double-page photographs, is a must for motorcycle and design enthusiasts. Originally published to accompany the enormously popular Guggenheim Museum exhibition, the book includes entries on over 100 spectacular bikes (BMW, Ducati, Harle ..."
"The Art of the Motorcycle begins with a serious preface by Guggenheim director Thomas Krens, who calls the motorcycle "a quintessential symbol of the insecurity and optimism of our time." At 411 pages long (an ll-page, single-spaced bibliography of motorcycle books carries it over the top), it is a hefty compendium of motorcycle history, culture, design, and science. While the essays range from treatises to such fun stuff as "Bikes were ..."
"Now in Paperback! This lavishly illustrated book explores a century of modern art through the exceptional holdings of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice. Engaging, accessible essays introduce a range of art-historical issues, from the depiction of women in Impressionist works to the Guggenheim's influential role in presenting new artistic currents, such as Minimalist, Conceptual and s ..."
"I Want to Believe accompanies the most comprehensive exhibition to date of the innovative body of work by Chinese-born artist Cai Guo-Qiang--best known for his spectacular artworks using gunpowder and fireworks. It presents a chronological and thematic survey that charts the artist's creation of a distinctive visual and conceptual language across four mediums: drawings made from gunpowder fuses and explosive powders laid on paper and ig ..."
"For motorcyclists and wannabes, Motorcycle Mania: The Biker Book is thrilling. Designed by the freewheeling Charles Routhier, the book itself is full of verve and expressiveness. It has tinted, '50s-style black-and-whites as well as slick, rich color photos and layouts in which bikes seem to be careering on and off the pages. Aside from the pictures, which include Steve McQueen in The Great Escape, hair-raising shots of racers leaning p ..."
"Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in the summer of 1998, this work aims to capture the spirit of the motorcycle and the passion and excitement it has aroused in film, literature, television, and on the road. It depicts 100 models from the first - the 1885 Daimler Einspur - to recent concept bikes. Among those selected on both technical and aesthetic grounds are the 1894 Hildebrand ..."
"Published in Association with the Williams College Artist-in-Residence Program. Includes conversation text with Thomas Krens, summer 1976. Essay by Riva Castleman. Chiefly illustrated with black and white reproductions and some color illustrations."
"In October 1993, Henry M. Buhl purchased a photograph by Alfred Stieglitz of Georgia O'Keeffe's hands. This photograph would come to be the cornerstone of a private collection that now includes over one thousand images by the medium's foremost practitioners as well as little-known and emerging artists. Focusing on the theme of the hand, Buhl has gathered images spanning the history of photography, from a photogenic drawing negative made ..."
Masterpieces from the Guggenheim The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 4-April 26, 1992 by ThomasKrens, Lisa Dennison Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 1995 by Solomon R Guggenheim Museum ISBN-13: 978-0-89207-093-0, ISBN: 0-89207-093-5
"Revised, expanded and completely redesigned, this latest edition of the Guggenheim Museum's popular guide to its New York collection is a beautifully produced volume, not only a handy overview of the museum's holdings but a concise, engaging primer on twentieth-century art. Organized alphabetically, the book consists of entries on more than 250 of the most important paintings, sculptures and other artworks in the collection by artists f ..."
"A Guggenheim Museum Publication Elegant and unprecedented, this lavish volume accompanies a major exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, exploring the life and work of the highly influential fashion designer Giorgio Armani. Armani has been universally credited with both radically changing the rules of contemporary fashion and, by removing excess ornament and translating traditional sportswear looks into business and ..."
"The Thannhauser family has a long history of collecting art. It was a Thannhauser who founded the Moderne Galerie in Munich before World War II; when Justin K. Thannhauser fled Nazi Europe, he continued with his wife to collect important paintings, and their collection is represented in this book. The Thannhausers bequeathed their impressive assortment of impressionist, postimpressionist, and early modern paintings to the Guggenheim Mus ..."