Harold Foster Knihy

Hal Foster ve své knize Zítra bude hůř nestaví na starých dobrých časech, ale na těch horších, které přicházejí. Maxima, jež si z rozhovoru s Bertoldem Brechtem poznamenal Walter Benjamin, se v analýze Hala Fostera nakonec neuskutečnila – mělo být hůř, ale není. Co se tedy avantgardě stalo? „Avantgarda, která mě zde zajímá, však v tomto smyslu není ani předvoj, ani týl, je spíš jízlivě imanentní. Daleka hrdinství, nenamlouvá si, že se od starého řádu může zcela oddělit, anebo že může nalézt jiný. Místo toho se snaží v daném řádu vystopovat již existující trhliny, vyvíjet na ně ještě větší tlak, a dokonce je i nějakým způsobem aktivovat. Tato avantgarda zdaleka není mrtvá, žije a daří se jí dodnes,“ analyzuje Hal Foster.

Nejucelenější kritické dějiny umění 20. a počátku 21. století. Publikace Umění po roce 1900, je průkopnická nejen svým obsahem, ale i jeho podáním, a udává tón na mnoho let dopředu. Více než sto statí, zaměřených vždy na jednu rozhodující událost - na vytvoření zásadního díla, vydání důležitého textu, zahájení významné výstavy - vypráví do hloubky o všech rozhodujících a průlomových okamžicích modernismu a postmodernismu, o řadě antimodernistických reakcí, které navrhovaly alternativní pohled na umění a svět. Autoři v závěru knihy vytyčují svoje představy o umění budoucnosti.

Postwar artists and writers grappled with the cultural void left by World War II and its aftermath, seeking a "brutal aesthetics" that reflects their harsh realities. Hal Foster delves into the concept of "positive barbarism," where modernist art serves as a means of survival amid devastation. He highlights influential figures like Georges Bataille, Jean Dubuffet, Asger Jorn, Eduardo Paolozzi, and Claes Oldenburg, exploring their efforts to simplify and expose art's essence as a way to rebuild in a broken world.

"Prince Valiant journeys from the Alps to the bowels of the Earth on a quest for humility involving the mysterious Wanderer, a curse on the kingdom, monstrous imps, and a mystical casket. Mordred's invasion of Britain culminates in the siege of Camelot. Aleta's pregnancy promises to bring a new child into the family, but the newly crowned Emperor Justinian plots to have the infant stolen at birth. Arn begins a dangerous courtship of the huntress maiden Maeve and embarks on quests to obtain the Sacred Ring of India and to find his lost newborn brother."--Provided by publisher

For 35 years, Hal Foster created epic adventure and romantic fantasy in his legendary Sunday strip, Prince Valiant . Realistic in its visual execution and noble in its subject, depicting a time in which the fabled warriors of history and legends fought together for the greater good, it remains one of the great masterpieces of the medium. In this second volume, Prince Valiant helps his father reclaim his throne in kingdom of Thule; fights alongside King Arthur; is made a knight of the Round Table; battles the Huns; sets off with Sir Gawain and Tristam of Arthurian legend fame; and is thrown off-course from Sicily; adventure follows him everywhere. Fantagraphics is proud to present these strips, which, thanks to the use of original proof sheets and advances in printing technology, are even brighter and crisper than when they were originally published 70 years ago. Foster's work, painterly and sweeping, is finally treated to the grand depiction it deserves. These illustrative, time-honored comic strips will enthrall old readers and just as easily awe new ones. Readers will be able to read it in tandem with their Definitive Prince Valiant Companion s (coming from Fantagraphics in Dec. 2009).Illustrations note 1 Illustrations, unspecified

In this volume of the beloved newspaper strip based on Arthurian legend, it's election time for the King of Minstrels. A scoundrel has ruled over the continent's troubadours for the past three years, introducing scum and villainy into their ranks. Arn and Court Jester Sir Dinadan travel to France to set things right, while Prince Valiant accompanies the headstrong Gunther of Germany on his quest to recover stolen holy relics and claim a wife in Jerusalem. The mercenary army of a Persian warlord sweeps across the Middle East, forcing Queen Aleta to seek refuge in a hidden utopian city ruled by women. Val competes in tournaments in Marseille and Camelot and reunites with Sir Lancelot, but a tragic death impacts a member of Val's family. more dazzling commercial illustration work by Hal Foster. Fantagraphics' latest volume of the most lustrous fantasy strip ever conceived is the most spectacular presentation of the strip ever published. It continues to be one of our bestselling strip collections, hailed by fans and critics alike.  Full-color illustrations throughout.

First Printing Sumer 1987, a like-new, unread, unworn, unopened, unmarked, oversized trade softcover, from Fantagraphics Books. By Harold (Hal) R. Foster. Approx. 9 3/4" X 13 1/4" X 1/8". ISBN 0-930193-19-9.

First published in 1987, Volume 30 covers the period from July 15, 1962 through May 26, 1963. "Arn, Son of Valiant" chronicles Arn's maturation as seen through various adventures. After Val quells the havoc created by a travelling horde of religious zealots, Arn and Aleta join him. From this point Arn journeys on his first solo adventure, is later kidnapped by an unscrupulous knight, and, eventually, plays an instrumental role in the defeat of Cidwic, the king of North Wales. Don't miss out on this integral volume in Hal Foster's classically magnificent strip

The first English-language publication of writings by the collective artist Claire Fontaine, addressing our complicity with anything that limits our freedom. This anthology presents, in chronological order, all the texts by collective artist Claire Fontaine from 2004 to today. Created in 2004 in Paris by James Thornhill and Fulvia Carnevale, the collective artist Clare Fontaine creates texts that are as as experimental and politically charged as her visual practice. In. these writings, she uses the concept of “human strike” and adopts the radical feminist position that can be found in Tiqqun, a two-issue magazine cofounded by Carnevale. Human strike is a movement that is broader and more radical than any general strike. It addresses our inevitable subjective complicity with everything that limits our freedom and shows how to abandon these self-destructive behaviors through desubjectivization. Human strike, Claire Fontaine writes, is a subjective struggle to separate from the inevitable harm we do to ourselves and others simply by living within postindustrial neoliberalism. Human Strike is the first English-language publication of Claire Fontaine's influential and important theoretical writings.