Big Art x Small Art

Product Description Showcases forty-five artists who are pushing the boundaries of scale to create works of staggering skill and audacity In this follow-up to the bestselling Raw + Material = Art, Tristan Manco reveals international artists who are exploring extremes of scale and making us look at the world in new ways: from Lilian Bourgeat, who conjures a theatrical arena with his oversized everyday objects, to Takahiro Iwasaki, who transports us into a miniature world that reflects our own, to Leandro Erlich’s dizzying ‘house’ in Dalston, London. The artists are all highly innovative in their choice of materials, which include fog (Fujiko Nakaya), crayons and pencils (Diem Chau), leaves (Lorenzo Manuel Durán), inflatables (Choi Jeong-Hwa), salt (Motoi Yamamoto) and digital media (Yang Yongliang). Stylishly designed and highly accessible, this book will appeal to artists, designers and anyone interested in creative approaches to form, medium and technique. Table of Contents Contents • Introduction: A Sense of Scale • Introduction – Big Art • Boa Mistura • Lilian Bourgeat • Brent Christensen • Janet Echelman • Leandro Erlich • Jean-Francois Fourtou • Katharina Grosse • Jason Hackenwerth • Theo Jansen • Choi Jeong-Hwa • José Lerma • Fujiko Nakaya • Penique Productions • Kurt Perschke • Jaume Plensa • Nikolay Polissky • Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada • Adrián Villar Rojas • Tomás Saraceno • Nike Savvas • Doug and Mike Starn • Jason deCaires Taylor • Pascale Marthine Tayou • Motoi Yamamoto • Websites, Bibliography and Credits Introduction - Small Art • Alberto Baraya • Diem Chau • Nguyen Hùng Cuong • Brock Davis • David DiMichele • Thomas Doyle • Lorenzo Manuel • Durán Evol • Joe Fig • Nancy Fouts • Takahiro Iwasaki • Luke Jerram • Nicolás Labadia • Guy Laramée • Nadín Ospina • Liliana Porter • Klari Reis • Egied Simons • Iori Tomita • Yin Xiuzhen • Yang Yongliang Review A coffee table book full of work that uses scale, large and small, as an essential element. . . . Unexpected [and] eye-popping.-- "Unshelved by Ambaum & Barnes" Big Art/Small Art is more than just a catalog of large and small works of art: it's a statement about the value of perspective.-- "Modern in Denver" Maintaining a sense of winder and a wide aesthetic, this survey reveals a meaningful exploration of art ranging from monumental to tiny.-- "Public Art Review" Mining the artistic potential of scale in art, Big Art/Small Art is comprehensive, offering intelligent, in-depth critical essays and artists' biographies. Ideal for art students. General readers interested in contemporary art will find [this book] colorful and accessible.-- "Library Journal" Showcases a rich variety of intentions and approaches to scale, encompassing a wide-ranging aesthetic--from the natural to the synthetic, and from the hyperreal to the otherworldly. Stunning stuff!-- "Lurzer's International Archive" From the Back Cover Scale is being taken to new extremes in art: big and bold on the one hand, intricate and intimate on the other. This book is divided into two sections big art and small art and includes profiles of forty-five contemporary artists who are revolutionizing our approach to scale with works that provoke questions, arouse emotions and offer fresh perspectives, from beautifully carved leaves (Lorenzo Manuel Durán, Spain) and micro reproductions of artists at work in their studio (Joe Fig, USA) to giant mechanical kinetic sculptures (Theo Jansen, Netherlands) and immersive galaxies of shimmering spheres (Nike Savvas, Australia). About the Author Tristan Manco’s books include Stencil Graffiti; Street Logos; Graffiti Brasil; Street Sketchbook; and Street Sketchbook: Journeys. He has also explored the world of ‘Urban Art’ in titles such as Raw + Material = Art; Big Art, Small Art; and Make Your Mark. Manco leads workshops on street art practices, and is a regular lecturer at schools and colleges as well as being a sought-after consul