Migraine Art
The Migraine Experience from Within
Written by Klaus Podoll and Derek Robinson, Foreword by Oliver Sacks M.D.
Price: $35.00
North Atlantic Books
Outsider art is generally narrowly defined as simply the spontaneous work of unschooled, obsessive people, often religious fanatics, prisoners, and mental patients. But there are many variations, one of the more unusual of which is the subject of Migraine Art. Pharmaceutical executive Derek Robinson pioneered the field in 1973 when he...
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Art Psalms
Written by Alex Grey
Price: $24.95
North Atlantic Books
The capacity of art—both visual and verbal—to stimulate creativity and personal growth is the theme of this challenging collection from an internationally known artist. In Art Psalms, Renaissance man Alex Grey combines poems, artwork, and thoughtful declarations that fuse imagination, creativity, and spirituality. Replicating the style and tone of a holy...
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The Unknown Hieronymus Bosch
Written by Kurt Falk
Price: $29.95
North Atlantic Books
The paintings of Hieronymus Bosch (1450—1516) have captivated and confounded observers for centuries, leading to wildly varying conclusions on the artist’s spirituality. Kurt Falk presents the first analysis of Bosch’s inner life in light of a hitherto unknown—and now lost—version of one of his seminal works, The Last Judgment, found by...
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Axial Stones
An Art of Precarious Balance
Written by George Quasha, Foreword by Carter Ratcliff
Price: $30.00
North Atlantic Books
George Quasha’s extraordinary sculptures unite natural stones in a state of breathtakingly improbable balance. The stones are not altered physically or bonded in any way; rather, Quasha discovers an unknown axis that brings them into radical alignment. The stones "learn" this state of levity in contrast to their ordinary state of...
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Ayahuasca Visions
The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman
Written by Pablo Amaringo and Luis Luna
Price: $35.00
North Atlantic Books
The mythologies and cosmology of Amazonian shamanism materialize in fantastic color and style in this unique, large-format volume, representing the fruit of several years of collaboration between a Peruvian folk artist/shaman and a Colombian anthropologist/filmmaker.
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Graffito
Written by Michael Walsh
Price: $27.50
North Atlantic Books
The graffiti phenomenon taking place in urban America has erupted into a full scale war. The main weapons: aerosol spray paint versus hundreds of taxpayer-funded abatements programs. To the graffiti writer, graffiti is a secret language, an empowering form of self-expression, a screaming voice against an unjust, alienating society. To the...
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The Printer's Catch
An Artist's Guide to Pacific Coast Edible Marine Animals
Written by Christopher Dewees
Price: $22.50
Frog Books
This classic book on the Japanese art of fish printing known as Gyotaku gives information on 32 of the most commercially important fish and shellfish families. There is at least one full-page Gyotaku fish print for each family. It also includes background on fish structure, biology, ecology, and commercial fishing for...
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Quonset Huts on the River Styx
The Bomb Shelter Design Book
Written by ADPSR
Price: $12.95
North Atlantic Books
This collection of beautiful, humorous, ridiculously serious blueprints and drawings is the outcome of a national competition for a "radiation-proof emergency operation center," - a nuclear bomb shelter for government officials. The book follows the exhibit "Give Them Shelter: It's Not for Everyone," and is made up of 80 photos of...
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Ayahuasca Visions
The Religious Iconography of a Peruvian Shaman
Written by Pablo Amaringo and Luis Luna
Price: $60.00
North Atlantic Books
The mythologies and cosmology of Amazonian shamanism materialize in fantastic color and style in this unique, large-format volume, representing the fruit of several years of collaboration between a Peruvian folk artist/shaman and a Colombian anthropologist/filmmaker.
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