Sheena Wagstaff

Gerhard Richter by Sheena Wagstaff and Benjamin H. D. Buchloh is a lavishly illustrated monograph that spans the entire career of Gerhard Richter, one of the most celebrated contemporary artists. This book spans the contemporary German artist's six-decade career and serves as a stirring exhibition in its own right. As cited by the New York Times, it “[s]pans the contemporary...

Explores how artists from the European Renaissance to the global present have used sculpture and colour to evoke the presence of the living body. Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire, artists have explored the boundaries between sculpture and the physical materiality of the body. This groundbreaking volume examines key sculptural works...