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Since his release, Flowers has produced a stunning spectrum of paintings expressing his ardent advocacy for human rights, and his resonant, up-lifting mantra “Love is the vaccine”. This beautifully illustrated volume provides the first full treatment of Flower’s artistic vision, with insightful interpretation from leading scholars of this star on the rise.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304619618677,"sku":"9781785514272","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781785514272_d704deeb-3c2d-4317-9de9-e199ee973f81.jpg?v=1786025956"},{"product_id":"9781848225404","title":"Mothers of Invention","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffering a radical rewriting of the history of contemporary art from a feminist perspective, four distinguished authors explore the lineages of performance, abstraction, craft and ecofeminism in ways that reveal the debt these important genres owe to the work of pioneering women artists. Tracing these influences over time, \u003ci\u003eMothers of Invention\u003c\/i\u003e underscores the enormous impact of feminist ideas on the work of contemporary artists of all genders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe painters, sculptors and performance artists featured here have shaped ideas now dominating the art world: the vulnerability of the environment, the rise of activist art, the challenge to the reign of high technology (including digital culture), and the development of a new language of abstraction. Having demolished the linear narrative of modernism, the privileging of a white male ethnocentric vision, the division of high and low art and the separation of art from larger social issues, feminist artists laid the groundwork for the globalised, multi-media, postmodern art world of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with a spread of work from the last sixty years (and including contextual discussion of earlier practitioners), this book makes a compelling case for placing feminist art and artists at the heart of contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308564918645,"sku":"9781848225404","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781848225404_29d51656-ef00-4f9a-ab44-8029797af512.jpg?v=1786028980"},{"product_id":"will-ryman","title":"Will Ryman","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first monograph on an artist whose theatrical sculptures elevate the grit and absurdity of everyday life into monumental, thought-provoking installations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Ryman was destined to become an artist—a lifelong New Yorker raised in a revered family of artists, he was shaped from a young age by the city in all its hard-scrabble beauty. Best known for sculptures and installations that fuse satire, spectacle, and a distinctly urban sensibility, Ryman trained as a playwright before turning to sculpture, creating a practice that melds the two disciplines. In his work, he transforms overlooked details of daily city life—pigeons, subway scenes, newsstands—into larger-than-life forms that are humorous, unsettling, and unexpectedly poignant. In addition to these works, his large-scale political tableaux are powerful evocations of the forces that shape our civic lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis signature monumentally scaled rose sculptures have been exhibited globally as public art projects from New York City to Shanghai. His work is held in prominent public collections, including The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, East Lansing; the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland; the Frist Art Museum, Nashville; the Margulies Collection, Miami; the New Orleans Museum of Art; and the 21c Museum Foundation, among others. The Parrish Art Museum in Watermill, New York, will host a long-term outdoor presentation of the artist's work beginning in 2026.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRyman's theatrical vignettes of street life brim with wit while engaging themes of consumerism, labor, mortality, and the fragile beauty that persists in urban settings. 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