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Maira Kalman

    Maira Kalmanová je umělkyně a autorka, jejíž práce představuje jakýsi narativní deník jejího života a všech jeho absurdit. Třicet let tvoří bez formálního vzdělání a její osobitý styl je rozpoznatelný napříč různými médii, od dětských knih po ilustrace pro významné publikace. Kalmanová často zkoumá neobvyklé perspektivy a přináší do svých děl hravou a neotřelou vizuální estetiku. Její umění je pozvánkou k zamyšlení nad každodenními okamžiky a lidskou zkušeností.

    Bold and Brave
    Swami On Rye
    (un)Fashion
    And the Pursuit of Happiness
    Ooh-la-la (Max in Love)
    The Principles of Uncertainty
    • 2024

      Still Life with Remorse

      • 144 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení

      Exploring themes of remorse, joy, ancestry, and memory, this work combines poignant text and evocative illustrations from a celebrated artist and author. It serves as a reflective journey, inviting readers to contemplate their own experiences and connections through a blend of art and narrative. The creator's previous bestsellers underscore their unique ability to intertwine visual and literary elements, enhancing the emotional depth of this meditation.

      Still Life with Remorse
    • 2022

      "Women Holding Things includes the bright, bold images featured in the booklet as well as an additional sixty-seven new paintings highlighted by thoughtful and intimate anecdotes, recollections, and ruminations. Most are portraits of women, both ordinary and famous, including Virginia Woolf, Sally Hemings, Hortense Cezanne, Gertrude Stein, as well as Kalman's family members and other real-life people. These women hold a range of objects, from the mundane--balloons, a cup, a whisk, a chicken, a hat--to the abstract--dreams and disappointments, sorrow and regret, joy and love. Women Holding Things explores the significance of the objects we carry--in our hands, hearts, and minds--and speaks to, and for, all of us. Maira Kalman's unique work is a celebration of life, of the act and the art of living, offering an original way of examining and understanding all that is important in our world--and ultimately within ourselves." -- Publisher description

      Women Holding Things
    • 2021

      Darling Baby

      • 40 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
      3,7(86)Ohodnotit

      New parents, grandparents, and Maira Kalman fans will cheer for this celebration of the extraordinary magic that a new baby brings to the world.

      Darling Baby
    • 2020

      Cake: A Cookbook

      • 96 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení

      With great style, wit, and joy, Maira Kalman and Barbara Scott-Goodman celebrate their favorite dessert. In Cake, renowned artist and author Maira Kalman and food writer Barbara Scott-Goodman bring us a beautifully illustrated book dedicated to their love of cakes. Filled with Kalman's inimitable illustrations and memories, from chocolate cake on a terrace in Tel Aviv as a child to a gorgeous pink cake enjoyed over Lucretius and Nietzsche in Rome, and sprinkled with seventeen mouthwatering recipes prepared by Scott-Goodman, Cake is a joyful and whimsical celebration of a timeless dessert.

      Cake: A Cookbook
    • 2020

      Bold and Brave

      • 40 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
      4,2(95)Ohodnotit

      The perfect read for the one-hundredth anniversary of the nineteenth amendment and in advance of the upcoming presidential election, this inspiring picture book from United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shares the stories of ten suffragists who fought for women's right to vote. Bold & Brave introduces children to strong women who have raised their voices on behalf of justice--and inspires them to raise their own voices to build our future. Here are the stories of ten leaders who strove to win the right to vote for American women--a journey that took more than seventy years of passionate commitment. From well-known figures, such as Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth to lesser known women such as Alice Paul and Mary Church Terrell, these are heroes who dreamed big and never gave up. Senator Gillibrand highlights an important and pithy lesson from each woman's life--from "dare to be different" to "fight together." With gorgeous illustrations by renowned artist Maira Kalman, this is a book that will inspire and uplift, a book to be cherished and shared. The suffragists included are: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Jovita Idár, Alice Paul, Inez Milholland, Ida B. Wells, Lucy Burns, and Mary Church Terrell.

      Bold and Brave
    • 2018

      Swami On Rye

      • 48 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
      4,3(4)Ohodnotit

      Max the dog's beloved wife Crepes is about to have puppies--and Max finds himself on a wild journey in India, returning home just in time to meet his expanded family The hero of Max Makes a Million goes off on a wild search for the meaning of life that takes him to India, where he visits the Temple of Doubletalk, meets a chatty guru named Vivek Shabaza-zaza-za, and has other adventures.

      Swami On Rye
    • 2018

      Max In Hollywood, Baby

      • 48 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
      4,0(2)Ohodnotit

      Beloved dog-poet Max is back and he's taking on Hollywood in this funny, jazzy tale, brought to life by Kalman's bright illustrations. Enter Max. Dreamer. Poet. Dog. In this rollicking madcap tale, Max and his dazzling Dalmation bride take off to direct a movie in Hollywood.

      Max In Hollywood, Baby
    • 2017

      Max Makes A Million

      • 48 stránek
      • 2 hodiny čtení
      3,6(12)Ohodnotit

      Max’s dream is to live in Paris and be a poet. But do you think it is easy for a dog to pack a small brown suitcase, put on a beret, and hop on a plane? Ha! No one will buy Max’s poems, so without money he must stay put. But living in New York City isn’t so bad. Where else could he have friends like Bruno, with his invisible paintings, or Marcello, who builds upside down houses? And where else could he drop in at Baby Henry’s Candy Shop? It’s all possible in New York, a jumping jazzy city. And for Max, it’s a dog’s life that only Maira Kalman could invent.

      Max Makes A Million
    • 2015

      Hurry Up And Wait

      • 64 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení

      This is the second volume in a new series of collaborations between artist Maira Kalman, writer Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket), and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This time a whimsical collection of images captures people in motion--or not. In snapshots by some of the world's most celebrated photographers, some people stride forth, dash across streets, race on bicycles, and jump over puddles, while others form snaking lines, daydream on park benches, and linger on sidewalks with friends.

      Hurry Up And Wait
    • 2014

      Photographs of dancers. And of Dandies. And dogs.Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch.Naps. Breaths. Trees.Ingo Maurer's lamp.Buttons. Lists.These are some of my favorite thigns.

      My Favorite Things