Books from Whitechapel Gallery

  • The Object
    The Object
    By Antony Hudek

    Discussions of the object as a key to understanding central aspects of modern and contemporary art. Artists increasingly refer to "post-object-based" work while theorists engage with material artifacts in culture....

  • Kai Althoff Goes with Bernard Leach
    Kai Althoff Goes with Bernard Leach
    By Emily Butler

    As a counterpoint to Leach's own work, Althoff will present his own new paintings and sculptural installations, as well as recent pieces which bring together fabrics, found material and paintings inspired by Japonisme.0This unique ...

  • Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures
    Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures
    By Briony Fer, Lydia Yee

    "Published on the occasion of the exhibition, Mary Heilmann: Looking at Pictures, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 8 June--21 August 2016"--Copyright page.

  • The Sublime
    The Sublime
    By Simon Morley

    Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . In a world where technology, spectacle and excess seem to eclipse former concepts of nature, the individual and...

  • Theatre of the Natural World
    Theatre of the Natural World
    By Mark Dion

    Accompanying his first UK survey exhibition, this publication focuses on five major works by American conceptual artist Mark Dion.

  • Thomas Ruff
    Thomas Ruff
    By Thomas Ruff

    For over thirty years Thomas Ruff has approached every genre of photography and coolly reinvented it.