Art Is Magic: a children's book for adults by

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It's filled with fun anecdotes about his life and work, and interviews about how his works come together.

With conversations between the artist and an eclectic mix of cultural figures and collaborators, from fashion provocateur Sportsbanger to classicist Mary Bear, the book offers an unpredictable and exhilarating tour of Deller’s life and works. Like most of us, Deller experienced the actual event through the often chaotic news footage broadcast on television. The book is divided into three sections: a visual guide to his favorite works, in-depth reflections on his life and artistic practice and, finally, an album of images explaining what motivates him (from Rod Stewart to bats, the perfect jukebox to Neolithic axe heads).The book is written in my own words,” he explains, “and the tone I was aiming for is someone sitting in a pub chatting to you about what they’ve been up to.

Although artist and architects operate in very different contexts I feel there are a lot of sympathies between Deller’s creative process and the way we work at AOC. Growing up I played in brass bands and so feel a strong affinity with Deller describing the happiness he feels hanging around steel bands – a collaborative endeavour where everyone’s contributing by playing their part. This book is really nicely put together, well bound, solid weight and filled with good quality colouring and I suppose it would make a great gift for someone. All artwork deliveries from The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd require a signature and we accept no responsibility if the signature is not that of the recipient, or nominate recipient, and will consider the package correctly delivered.

In an art world in which money, scandal and celebrity still make the headlines, it’s worth pausing to appreciate why artists make work and why we go and see it. He decided to be photographed in the place he hated most to show those people what he had made of himself. Men fighting in a field in the countryside and being pursued up a hill by dogs and police on horseback.

When it is received, and deemed in good condition, we will issue a full refund for the product within 30 working days. I generally have five or six books on the go – at the moment this includes a biography of Keynes, a collection of papers on participation in democracy, the Power of Strangers, Rewilding, the latest Weird Walk journal and, a much appreciated present, the Definitive Desert Island Discs. The RA is a unique institution, an independent charity with a mission to be a clear, strong voice for art and artists, where art is made, exhibited and debated.Jeremy Deller won the Turner Prize in 2004, represented the UK at the Venice Biennale in 2013 – and participated in the first Folkestone Triennial in 2008.