The new display of Art and Design books in the Library includes titles that explore the use of felt in the world of Fashion. There are also books that focus on branding and promotion.
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Dress to Impress
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Documents of Contemporary Art Self-study Display
Documents of Contemporary Art Self-study display, Llandaff Library.
A new Self-study display comes to the top floor of Llandaff Library: Documents of Contemporary Art from Whitechapel Gallery is an acclaimed series of anthologies documenting major themes and ideas in contemporary art.
The books will be on display until Monday 9th November and records for them can be found on the Library Catalogue.
“In recent decades artists have progressively expanded the boundaries of art as they have sought to engage with an increasingly pluralistic environment. Teaching, curating and understanding of art and visual culture are likewise no longer grounded in traditional aesthetics but centred on significant ideas, topics and themes ranging from the everyday to the uncanny, the psychoanalytical to the political.
The Documents of Contemporary Art series emerges from this context. Each volume focuses on a specific subject or body of writing that has been of key influence in contemporary art internationally. Edited and introduced by a scholar, artist, critic or curator, each of these source books provides access to a plurality of voices and perspectives defining a significant theme or tendency.” Text taken from inside cover.
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New books
Added to the library collection this week are the following books:
Panaesthetics: on the unity and diversity of the arts by Daniel
Fresh widow: the window in art since Matisse and Duchamp by Maria
The end of the 20th century: the best is yet to come: [a dialogue with the Marx Collection]
The book art of Richard Minsky: my life in book art
Rituals of rented island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama by Jay Sanders
The Artist’s House: from workplace to artwork by Kirsty Bell
Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob’s Ladder
All are on display on the 2nd floor of zone 1 at Llandaff until Saturday 7th March. They can be reserved by following the links to the library catalogue SUMMON.
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COLLAGE
We had a great workshop in the Special Collections room in Llandaff Library this morning! Ten students from the Field module: Collage along with James Green came to see a range of artists’ books. We also gathered some books from the main collection on the subject of collage and about artists using this medium.
Here are just a few . . . .
Hannah Hoch : 1889-1978 collages
Eduardo Paolozzi: sculpture, drawings, collages and graphics
Karl Blossfeldt: working collages
Paper Spirits: collage portraits by Vladimir Sulyagin
Suspects, smokers, soldiers and salesladies
Geest van papier = Spirit of paper
Collage, assemblage, and the found object
Cut & paste: 21st-century collage
Collage Techniques: a guide for artists and illustrators
Robert Motherwell: early collages
Max Ernst: collages: the invention of the surrealist universe
Collage: the making of modern art
Kurt Schwitters: color and collage
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Exhibition Catalogues – new book display
Kenneth and Mary Martin: Drawings.
Richard Smith: Works on Paper.
See and read more about these new books on the current new book display on the 2nd floor of Llandaff library – available to view and reserve until 6th February, after which time they can be borrowed.
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Art in Wales
“It was never going to be straightforward is a compendium of the first 13 years of the g39 project; from the first exhibition that opened on 3 July 1998 to the last that closed on 2 July 2011. It marks the years that the project was based in Wyndham Arcade in Cardiff’s city centre – a location that underwent massive changes while we were there. It used to be the edge of the city – chip shops, sex shops and contemporary art. By the time we left it was the heart of the city’s retail district – boutiques, restaurants and no art … ”
– Anthony Shapland, Chris Brown, 2012
A Companion Guide to the Welsh National Museum of Art “This book takes us through 400 years of art, from sixteenth-century Italian altar pieces, through some 0f Europe’s finest ceramics to modern-day film and video. Featuring 150 works, the book intersperses iconic works by Cezanne, Monet and Renoir with the work of European masters including Canaletto, Gainsborough, Turner and Picasso and great Welsh artists like Richard Wilson, Gwen John and Ceri Richards…”
Bryn Richards a retrospective: 75 years of painting since 1937. Published on the occassion of an exhibition held at Oriel y Bont, University of Glamorgan 2012
See and read more about these new books on the current new book display on the 2nd floor of Llandaff library – available to view and reserve until 6th February, after which time they can be borrowed.
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New books
These are on display until Wednesday 21st for you to browse, enjoy and reserve if you wish. Follow the links to the catalogue to see more information about each item.
Textiles . . . . .
Fashion Illustration School Stitch, Cloth, Shimmer & Shine
Printmaking . . . .
Hockney Printmaker Edvard Munch: A Genious of Printmaking
and also . . . . .
The Art & Craft of Richard Woods
How Architecture Works: A Humanist’s Toolkit
Art Inc: The Essential Guide for Building your Career as an Artist
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More new books . . .
The Face . . .
The Self Portrait: A Cultural History
Striking Resemblance: The Changing Art of Portraiture
Skull style: skulls in contemporary art and design, curated by Patrice Farameh
Cultures . . .
Kindred Spirits: Native American Influences on 20th Century Art
Children of the Plumed Serpent. The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico
On display on the 2nd floor of zone 1 in Llandaff Library – available to reserve now – on display until Jan 23rd.
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New Books
Books on books . . . .
In praise of beautiful books: British artists’ book makers and fine presses
Abecederia Artist’s book. Alphabet book and graphic novel
The book on books on artists’ books by Arnaud Desjardin
Multiple signatures: on designers, authors, readers and users
Graphic Communication . . . .
Poster design: big size visuals. Editor, concept and project director Jose Maria Minguet
The field guide to typography: typefaces in the urban landscape by Peter Dawson
Nai¨ve: modernism and folklore in contemporary graphic design
On display on the 2nd floor at Llandaff Library until 23rd January. They can be reserved using the library catalogue SUMMON.
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Library Matters: African inspiration for Mother of Africa quilt
Library Matters will be showcasing a wealth of African-related material to generate ideas and creativity for level 4 Textiles students producing quilt squares for the Mothers of Africa project with Maggie Cullinane.
If you can’t wait that long, then read below and drop into the library now to find further sources of inspiration.
A selection of books
Books for inspiration and ideas
From top left to bottom right . . .
- The essential art of African textiles
- African textiles today
- Pictorial archive of geometric designs
- Africa remix
- African textile patterns
- African inspirations in embroidery
- Layered, tattered and stitched
- Making Welsh quilts
You can find more by searching on Summon.
Browse for books
Use the suggested shelf mark numbers to browse for books in the library
| Subject | Shelf number |
| African art | 709.6 |
| African textiles | 746.096 |
| Quilting | 746.46 |
| Embroidery | 746.44 |
| Patterns | 745.4 |
| Dyeing | 746.6 |
Look at the list of shelf mark numbers in the subject guide for Textiles to browse for more books. And use Summon too. If you are not sure how to search, then speak to our friendly library staff.
Journals
Visit T222 from 26th November for a selection of colourful and visual journals.
Recommended library resources (from Databases A-Z)
WGSN: for contemporary imagery and insight into African fashion, designs and prints.
Bridgeman Education: lots of pictures, photographs of African art, textiles, dress, costume
Berg Fashion Library: a good section covering the history, culture and societal aspect of African dress and textiles
Useful websites
Use the web for ideas and inspiration: here are a couple of suggestions:
The Textiles Collection from University of Creative Arts at Farmham
Victoria & Albert Museum: a good source of information about African art & textiles
University of Colorado Boulder: finding African images on the web
Social media
Try social media sites like Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr. Be aware of copyright – for most of these images, you can copy and use for your own private study and education, but don’t copy or share for commercial/business purposes.
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