"Walls of Jerusalem" offers a comprehensive look at the creation and evolution of the modern state of Israel through the actions of influential figures like Theodor Herzl and David Ben-Gurion. It explores the impact of political and military decisions on Jerusalem, the ongoing conflict, and the experiences of both Jewish and Palestinian cultures.
This book explores the 3,000-year history of Temple Mount in Jerusalem, focusing on Solomon's Temple and the Dome of the Rock. It combines architectural, social, and cultural history with a gripping narrative, integrating illustrations to provide an in-depth understanding of the site and its significant events.
American artist Julie Mehretu is celebrated for her large-scale paintings and drawings that layer abstract forms with familiar architectural imagery. Inspired by historical photographs, urban-planning grids, modernist structures and graffiti, these semi-abstract works explore the intersections of power, history, dystopia and the built environment, and their impact on identity formation. This volume marks the exhibition of a new series of works commissioned by Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. In conjunction with this project, Mehretu established a studio in Berlin where she produced a remarkable suite of paintings that deal with erasure and decay. Addressing what it means to be an American artist in Germany during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars under the Bush administration, Mehretu's canvases meditate on the idea of the modern ruin. Featuring essays by Joan Young and Brian Dillon, this monograph includes a section of photographs tracing the development of the series in the artist's Berlin studio.
This book documents the evolution of Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz and their surroundings over a 200-year period, examining the architects and statesmen that have sought to remake Berlin in their own images of an ideal future order