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(MCGEE, BARRY). McGee, Barry. Paris: Perrotin, I00220517, 2022. First Edition. 6 x 4 inches, 144 Pages. Paperback. Artist Monograph. New./No Jacket - As Issued.

This zine by Barry McGee gathers a number of his own photographs, collages, and drawings to create a unique visual language composed of geometrical patterns and recurring symbols. It was published on the occasion of his exhibition towards the end of 2021 at the Perrotin Gallery in Paris. Born and educated in San Francisco, McGee produces works that are candid and insightful observations of modern society, but always with an emphasis on contributing to marginalised communities. He is associated with the Mission School, which emerged in the early 1990s and is primarily influenced by urban realism, graffiti, and American folk art, with a focus on social activism. A brand new, pristine example of the unavailable first printing with red covers still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap. 979-1091539272 Inventory Number: I00220517

(McGEE, BARRY). McGee, Barry, Sandy Kim, Ari Marcopoulos & Sandra S. Phillips. Richard Gregg & Conny Purtill, Editors. New York: Aperture, 2022. First Edition. 11 x 8 1/2". Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Purtill Family Business. 9781597115162

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Reproduction is the first monograph to collect the photographs of internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Barry McGee. Though best known for the inventive graphic sensibility of his paintings, drawings, and installations, McGee’s use of photography is an essential component of his artistic vision. Captured at all hours and around the world with whatever camera is at hand, McGee’s images are immediate, casual, intimate, and anarchic all at once. His work boldly employs geometric shapes, clusters of framed drawings and paintings, distinctive characters, and found objects such as empty bottles, surfboards, and wrecked vehicles. Whether incorporated into his iconic multi-element compositions, or printed in the innumerable fanzines and artist’s books that often accompany his exhibitions, photographs pervade McGee’s practice. Barry McGee: Reproduction provides unique insight into the process of a major American artist, and is a testament to the immense amount of visual information McGee has absorbed to build one of the most eclectic and innovative artistic legacies of our time.

For this landmark volume, artist Barry McGee has created six unique rubber stamps exclusively for publisher Aperture and each of five different retailers around the world to be applied to a limited number of copies for one week only. Arcana: Books on the Arts has been fortunate enough to be chosen to represent Los Angeles, and will have one hundred-ish copies of this unique version available for purchase first come, first served.

Inventory Number: E000BMcR

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Sierra Madre, CA: Porterhouse Fine Art Editions, 2003. First Edition 1/20000. 24mo. Embossed Leatherette Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color. This is the miniature catalogue that documents Mark Ryden's 2003 New York gallery show "Blood: Miniature Paintings of Sorrow & Fear". Tiny like the work exhibited, the jewel-like book measures a mere 2 ½ x 3 ½ ", and features a distressed leather-like embossed soft cover and Smyth-sewn binding. Inside are color reproductions throughout detailing paintings and drawings that are the artist's near-perfect distillation of childhood creepiness transformed into adult fine art. It features blood, blood, more blood, and some meat. A brand new, pristine individually numbered example of the 2003 first Porterhouse Fine Art Editions printing of this tiny gem still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 1-931955-02-6 Inventory Number: 027447

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. New York & Santa Ana, CA: Earl McGrath Gallery & Grand Central Art Center, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (52pp), 50 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with Mark Ryden's two "Bunnies and Bees" exhibitions of 2001 and 2002. Bunnies, bees, meat, Abraham Lincoln and scary childhood imagery abound in these paintings, attendant details and studies - all accompanied by the artist's narrative. A most presentable example showing a slight soft crease through the textblock at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 1-931955-00-X Inventory Number: 016880

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Tokyo: PIE Books, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese with English captions. Published only in Japan, this elegantly designed and produced book reproduces fifty-five works by Mark Ryden from 1994 to 2005 in full color. A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first edition in black linen still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 4-89444-407-0 Inventory Number: 013610

(SAMUEL, JACOB). Adler, Esther, Mona Hatoum, Cristina Iglesias, Shio Kusaka, Rita McBride, Josiah McElheny, Mathew Monahan, Meredith Monk, Gabriel Orozco, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Charline von Heyl, James Welling, Jonas Wood, Christopher Wool & Jacob Samuel. New York: Museum of Modern Art, I00231128. 2023. First Edition. 10 1/2 x 9". Illustrated Boards. Printmaking Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 310 color illustrations. 978-1633451551

PLEASE NOTE: Mr. Samuel will be signing copies of "New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching" at Arcana Saturday, December 2nd, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM. Music for the afternoon will be supplied by DJ Dave Muller. If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop, please purchase by selecting "Add To Cart" below. Orders will begin shipping Tuesday, December 5th.

Over the course of four decades, Santa Monica-based master printer and publisher Jacob Samuel has collaborated with some of the most influential painters, sculptors, photographers, performance artists, and musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries to make etchings, a medium grounded in techniques more than five centuries old. Through a traditional but maximally flexible approach, he was driven to prove that etching could be a successful contemporary medium, and the breadth, variety and creativity in the works he published is evidence of his success in making old master printmaking relevant to artists today. Published for an exhibition that draws from Mr. Samuel’s catalog of more than seventy projects, New Ground presents a selection of works by a diverse range of artists including Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Jonas Wood, Shio Kusaka, Barry McGee, Wangechi Mutu, Christopher Wool, Chris Burden, Nancy Rubins, Mona Hatoum, Rebecca Horn, Jannis Kounellis, Cristina Iglesias, Rita McBride, Josiah McElheny, Mathew Monahan, Meredith Monk, Gabriel Orozco, Gert and Uwe Tobias, Charline von Heyl, James Welling, and many more. This richly illustrated hardbound catalogue features an essay by curator Esther Adler, interviews with thirteen of the artists Samuel has worked with, and a checklist detailing every project published by Edition Jacob Samuel in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. A brand new example additionally SIGNED by master etcher - and decades-long Arcana pal Jacob Samuel.

Inventory Number: E000JSNG