Tom Sachs Guide - Softcover

Sachs, Tom; Choi, Yeju; Kahn, Howie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1838665102 ISBN 13: 9781838665104

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2025

Synopsis

The definitive exploration of the prolific material, intellectual, cultural, and commercial output of inimitable artist Tom Sachs

A 21st-century creative force, Tom Sachs’s critically acclaimed practice spans sculpture, installation, painting, film, ceramics, and industrial design. The Tom Sachs Guide is the most comprehensive-to-date look at his work, documenting decades of rigorous and visionary artmaking.

Vividly illustrated with more than 650 images and organized into thematic chapters, the book includes work across mediums, as well as longstanding collaborations with Nike and immersive reinterpretations of NASA missions. A rich appendix includes essential lists and charts, offering insights into the artist’s creative process and studio practice.

An object direct from the hands of the artist, Tom Sachs Guide is a printed tour through his studio, his body of work, and the unique worlds he creates, designed and written in close collaboration with Sachs himself.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Sachs is an artist based in New York City.

Yeju Choi is a designer and artist based in New York City, and critic at Yale School of Art.

Howie Kahn is a producer, journalist, and bestselling author based in New York City.

From the Back Cover

The definitive exploration of the prolific material, intellectual, cultural, and commercial output of inimitable artist Tom Sachs

A 21st-century creative force, Tom Sachs’s critically acclaimed practice spans sculpture, installation, painting, film, ceramics, and industrial design. The Tom Sachs Guide is the most comprehensive-to-date look at his work, documenting decades of rigorous and visionary artmaking.

Vividly illustrated with more than 650 images and organized into thematic chapters, the book includes work across mediums, as well as longstanding collaborations with Nike and immersive reinterpretations of NASA missions. A rich appendix includes essential lists and charts, offering insights into the artist’s creative process and studio practice.

An object direct from the hands of the artist, Tom Sachs Guide is a printed tour through his studio, his body of work, and the unique worlds he creates, designed and written in close collaboration with Sachs himself.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838665102
• ISBN 13: 9781838665104
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 528