John Rule Art Book Distribution SPRING2017 John Rule Art Book Distribution aLL, London BCF Books, UK Be Smart About Art, London Cob Gallery, london Conde Nast Publications, London Forma Edizioni, Italy Galerie Vevais, Germany Hackney Classical Press, London Hand Picked Books, London Hungarian National Museum, Budapest Isart Press, UK John Spradbery Publishing, UK LargeNetwork, Switzerland Light Motiv, France Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Paul Hugentobler, Switzerland Pictoplasma Publishing, Berlin Poklewski Koziell, UK Pointed Leaf Press, New York Ponchiroli Editori, Italy Primavera Pers, Netherlands Punto Marte, Italy Rankin, London Red Publishing, Italy Schirmer Mosel, Germany Schlebrugge Editor, Austria Silvana Editoriale, Italy Snoeck, Germany Society of British Theatre Designers, London Somogy Editions d'Art, Paris Tatlin, Moscow Timezone 8, Hong Kong Trillistar Books, Canada VdH Books, Belgium Cover image from Naoya Hatakeyama: Rikuzentakata (éd. Light Motiv) Catalogue Design by Adam Hutchinson johnrule.co.uk Contents 2 Tham ma da 3 Laura Bohn: Ways of Seeing 4 Jade: From Emperors to Art Deco 5 Italian Jewelry of the 20th century 6 Elger Esser: Orient 7 Giovanni Gastel 8 Lee Jeffries: Homeless 9 Hans Eijkelboom: Photo Concepts 1970 10 Rikuzentakata 11 The North Koreans: Glimpses of Daily Life 12 Maurizio Galimberti: Paris Montmartre: A Film Set 13 Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn: Three Decades of Classic Fashion Photography 14 Francois Berthoud:Fashion Illustrations Masterpieces from the Leiden Collection 15 Vermeer et les maîtres de la peinture de genre au Siècle d’Or 16 The Netherlandish Drawings of the 16th Century in the Teylers Museum Bellotto and Canaletto:Wonder and Light 17 Isabel Alexander: artist and illustrator 18 Shadow on Stone: The Art of Lili Orszag 19 Alighiero Boetti Emilio Isgro 20 Obaidi in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist Alechinsky:Marginalia quill and brush 21 Allan Kaprow: Painting 1946–1957: A Survey 22 Beat Zoderer: Around 5 Corners Dana Schutz: Waiting for the Barbarians 23 Elbphilharmonie Revisited 24 Gerhard Richter: Unique Pieces in Series 25 Herbert Brandl: Summersnow Herbert Maier: Who We Are – A Visual Library 26 Katrin Plavcak: Humming Thumbling Magdalena Kita: Californication 27 Sabrina Labis: You are the only one Sculptures Made of Paper 28 Wim Delvoye Rik Wouters (1882-1916) : A Retrospective 29 Two Vietnamese Modernists: Bùi Xuân Phái . Nguyên Tu Nghiêm 30 Käfg at 20! Architecture of the Generali Fundation in Vienna, The 31 London: On the Road Architectural Guide Moscow: On the Road Architectural Guide 32 An Abundance of Books 33 Stocklist INTERIOR DESIGN INTERIOR Tham ma da The Adventurous Interiors of Paola Navone Spencer Bailey Tham ma da – Thai for “everyday” – embodies the conceptual approach of Italian architect and designer Paola Navone’s work. She takes the ordinary and presents it in a new and exciting way. Influenced by her travels all over the world, particularly to Asia and Africa, Navone scours the globe for inspiration. She has collaborated with major furniture and home accessory brands such as Crate & Barrel, Baxter, Alessi, Gervasoni, and Cappellini. Tham ma da gives an in-depth tour of Navone’s most thrilling and bold interiors – from January 2017 hotels in Miami and Phuket, Thailand, to private residences in Italy 9781938461385 | £65.00 and France – Navone’s work never ceases to amaze. Paola Navone is Hardback | 396pp | 304 x 228 mm based in Milan. Her honors include the Osaka International Design 200 col ills Award (1983),Architektur & Wohnen’s Designer of the Year (2000), and Rights: Worldwide exc. USA & Canada, two Elle Deco International Design Awards (2011). Spencer Bailey is Australia & New Zealand the editor-in-chief at Surface magazine and has previously worked at The Daily Beast, Vanity Fair, and Esquire. 2 JOHN RULE Spring 2017 INTERIOR DESIGN INTERIOR BOHN Laura Bohn: WAYS OF SEEING Ways of Seeing Laura Bohn Introducing Laura Bohn, Ways of Seeing, the first monograph examining the career of New York designer, Laura Bohn. Bohn uses her signature elements, unusual materials, and a distinctive color palette to create interiors that are livable and softly modern. She will often set unexpected hues and shapes together to give rooms depth and richness that is not easily replicated. Bohn is the founder and principal of Laura Bohn Design Associates, a New York based international interior design firm. She is also the co-founder of The Designers Collaborative, a support group for top designers, as well as May 2017 being a member of ASID and Decorators Club. She serves as a visiting 9781938461408 | £60.00 critic at local designs schools and has taught at the Fashion Institute of Hardback | 192pp | 304 x 279 mm Technology, Parsons School of Design, and the Pratt Institute. Bohn’s 100 col ills ability to forecast current design trends and interpret client’s needs Rights: Worldwide exc. USA & Canada, has made Laura Bohn a New York design authority. Australia & New Zealand JOHN RULE Spring 2017 3 DECORATIVE ARTS DECORATIVE Jade From Emperors to Art Deco Edited by Marie-Catherine Rey & Huei-Chung Tsao From the emperors of China - great intercessors between Heaven and Earth -, who considered it a natural jewel, up to Cartier and the leading London and New York jewellers who sublimated it in the 20th century in the Art Déco creations inspired by the Chinese taste, jade remains this eternal and mythical stone, an object of fascination and absolute power for the sovereign. Some 330 exceptional pieces have been assembled for the first time in France, coming from 15 prestigious national and international institutions including the Taipei National Palace Museum, which is lending almost a third of the works on display. A unique opportunity for the MNAAG to present this January 2017 “beautiful stone”, “the image of goodness” for Confucius, and unfold 9782757211779 | £38.00 the millennial history that, since the Neolithic Period up to the 1920s, Hardback | 288pp | 300 x 230 mm has constantly pondered over its beauty, its virtue, its symbol and its 280 illustrations prestige. Curated by Marie Christine Rey, conservator at the musée Rights: UK, Eire, Middle East & Far national des arts asiatiques, Guimet and Huei-Chung Tsao, head of East only. research. 4 JOHN RULE Spring 2017 DECORATIVE ARTS DECORATIVE Italian Jewelry of the 20th century Melissa Gabardi Exploring the evolution of Italian twentieth-century jewellery from 1900 until 1990. Various chapters in the book are dedicated to Neo- Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, to the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and ultimately from the 1960s to the 1990s. Alongside the works, many preparatory drawings from the archives of prestigious jewellers and private collections are featured, including Mario Buccellati, Alfredo Ravasco, the Musy family from Turin, the Petochi family from Rome. Particular attention will be paid to the 1960s and 1970s as they marked the birth of the new Bulgari style. This section features works created by the jeweller Mario Masenza in collaboration with painters and sculptors such as Afro, Cannilla, Capogrossi and Uncini, and the “new jewels” initiated by the brothers Arnaldo and Giò Pomodoro. During March 2017 the 1980s and 1990s we have to mention the creations by Pomellato, 9788836635078 | £38.00 Giò Caroli and Rivière. With biographies of all the Italian jewellers Hardcover | 336pp | 280 x 230 mm and goldsmiths mentioned within, and many previously unpublished 300 col ills images . Rights: UK, Eire, Scandinavia & E.Europe only JOHN RULE Spring 2017 5 PHOTOGRAPHY Elger Esser Morgenland Schirmer/Mosel Elger Esser: Orient Texts by Mathias Énard With views often comprised largely of air and water, light and its reflection, there is a sense of placelessness to Elger Esser’s landscapes—beaches, wetlands, riverbeds, and valleys—despite his Schirmer/Mosel lending of location details to the titles. Such places offer up a low, straight horizon that is, alongside Esser’s signature coloring, one of the most striking details of the resulting image. His most recent series May 2017 presents landscapes and places on the Lebanon coast: En Naqora, 9783829607971 | £45.00 Saida, Enfeh; along the river Nile in Egypt: Aswan, Luxor, Salwa Bahry, Hardback | 180pp | 280 x 320 mm El Quarwad; and Israel: Sea of Galilee, Akko. As in his previous series 100 col & b/w ills taken in Italy and France, his photographs pay tribute to the universal Rights: UK & Eire only. lure of a seemingly infinite horizon and ultimate calm in the foreground. Elger Esser, born in Stuttgart in 1967, grew up in Rome and studied with Bernd Becher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. He has exhibited internationally, including New York, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Hamburg, Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Munich. 6 JOHN RULE Spring 2017 PHOTOGRAPHY Giovanni Gastel Germano Celant Giovanni Gastel, by Germano Celant, presents the creative path of the Milanese photographer through the intertwining of his professional and biographical events, by making reference to the international fashion scene and its complex communication system as well. The ‘imaginary’ journey that Gastel has developed through magazines – from Vogue Italia to Harper’s Bazaar – advertisement campaigns – from Dior to Guerlain – exhibitions – from Gastel per Donna to Maschere e Spettri – is displayed through the reconstruction of forty years of experimental and commissioned work, in which ‘serial’ ensembles and individual products highlight the features of his storytelling, his unique use of light and of the comparison between people and objects. The goal is to document his March 2017 operating method, based on the analysis and presentation of a subject in 9788836634989 | £38.00 series: still life, portrait, and research and fashion shot. Paperback | 528pp | 240 x 210 mm 500 col ills Rights: UK, Eire, Scandinavia & E.Europe only JOHN RULE Spring 2017 7 PHOTOGRAPHY Lee Jeffries: Homeless The Exhibition Lee Jeffries “My style is unique and often pertains to portraits of homeless people. My signature is visible in the treatment of light and shade, in the sober, frontal framing, with dark monochrome backgrounds.