Now that we spend more time at home, we sharpened our attention to our indoors entertainment and home decoration. And both improve with a good coffee table book. We selected our favorites so that you can get them with an easy click.
‘Haring’
The artist Keith Haring (1958-1990) created a unique style that combined pop aesthetic, comic elements, graffiti, urban art and lots of color. His emblematic figures became symbols for a groundbreaking, politically motivated, new style of art. The book Haring – Alexandra Kolossa compiles works, photographs and texts that draw a path through the artist’s life and concerns, including raising consciousness to fight against AIDS and his criticism against capitalism.
‘Andy Warhol. Polaroids 1958-1987’
Self-portraits, nudes, still lifes, Keith Haring’s or Dolly Parton’s photographs; the most varied objects and sceneries blend together in Andy Warhol. Polaroids 1958-1987. An invitation to discover the pop artist’s public and private life through his own Polaroids. One of the most beloved coffee table books.
‘Jean-Michel Basquiat’
The book Jean-Michel Basquiat is an extraordinary monograph composed of representations of the artist’s works, from paintings to drawings and sketches. The creations of the legendary Basquiat preserve the same fresh and revolutionary aura that defined New York’s art world in the 80s. The artworks are followed by the editor Hans Werner Holzwarth’s and curator and art historian Eleanor Nairne’s texts. Its XXL format adds a magnificence touch to this table book.
Dior by Peter Lindbergh. New York/Archives
The fruitful collaboration between Peter Lindbergh and Dior is represented in this exceptional book, the perfect gift for lovers of the haute couture and its history. The photographer achieved that the French maison would agree that eighty of their most iconic garments would travel to the other side of the Atlantic. An ambitious project that has gone down in history with 70 years of Dior against the bustle of Times Square. The book Dior por Peter Lindbergh. New York/Archives is a compendium of two volumes with photo shoots of Dior designs captured by Lindbergh.
