Nel Karel (58 results)

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.…

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Paperback. Condition: Used-Very Good. dj. 1st Edition. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf-wear.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 111 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, April 17, 2011 to February 26, 2012. Firm binding, clean inside copy. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "The arts of southeast Africa embrace astounding diversity and limitless inventiveness in materials, forms, and styles. Small and portable in nature - snuff containers, pipes, headrests, staffs, clubs, beer vessels, beaded garments - they were created by semi-nomadic pastoral peoples and primarily intended for daily use. Whether figurative or abstract, carved out of wood, ivory, or horn, or made of cloth, glass beads, or clay, most of these works were much more than exquisitely designed functional objects. Some signaled status, gender, or age; others served as symbolic intermediaries between the world of humans and the realm of the ancestors." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Personal and household arts in southeast Africa; Migratory aesthetics: the art of the cattle cultures of southern Africa, by Karel Nel; Map; Catalogue. Size: 4to. Collectible. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Fine copy in hardcover with near fine jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. . Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail with tracking worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Book in Fair condition.

Wrappers. Condition: New. 110 pages 150 illustrations in color. Still in shrink-wrap. Illustrated wraps. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Large format hardcover, folio size volume bound in dark gray cloth lettered in white on spine, in original publisher's black pictorial dust-jacket. 224 pages. Profusely illustrated with over 100 full page color photographs, numerous black and white vignette photographs and a color map by Heini Schneebeli. First edition. "The present volume documents the Conru collection.[and] include(s): rare figural sculptures, jewellery (sic), regalia, prestige staffs carved with ornamental heads and decorations, walking/fighting sticks, headrests, snuff containers," etc. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy. Pristine and like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. …

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very minimal shelfwear (near fine). I note every flaw I find, so buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 223 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "The art of southern and eastern Africa, unlike the better-known traditions of central and western Africa, is often overlooked. The objects illustrated and catalogued in the book include rare figural sculptures, jewellery, regalia, and prestige staffs carved with ornamental heads and decorations." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Publication of 43 pages. The wraps are in fine condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. Inscribed by Nel to artist Jim Melchert on the half-title page.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1996. Condition: VG. London 1996. Exhibition Catalogue 16 September -10 October, Art First. Sm.4to., 28pp., color illustrations (printed on rectos only), original stiff wraps. VG.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Book is in fine condition with colour and b/w photographs.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 112 pages. 11.18x9.53x0.39 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1993, 8 x 11.5 inches approx, 32 pages, illus. b&w and colour | sound copy shows light to moderate general wear | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An interesting look at the combination of paleoanthropological finds and art Life of Bone brings into sharp relief, and interrogates, the abutting practices of the scientific and the artistic, practices which have coexisted since the beginning of our species. It is based on an exhibition, scheduled to open in May 2011 at the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. This exhibition will display the original fossil skull of the Taung child hominid alongside artworks by Joni Brenner, Gerhard Marx and Karel Nel made specifically in response to these evolutionarily significant remains. This unique combination of paleoanthropological finds and art prompts a range of enquiries on the nature of both artistic and scientific disciplines, and encourages a dialogue between the very distant historic and the contemporary. The creative work produced for this exhibition and the commissioned essays seek to explore issues of influence in various ways. Questions around viewing, and the new ways in which one sees the hominid fossils after viewing contemporary responses and re-imaginings of this material, will be foregrounded. The creative and intellectual engagement with this material probes the human fascination with our origins, provoking questions about the human desire to go further and further back in an evolutionary pattern, until one belongs, and can be placed. The skull, specifically, is more than a scientific object; it is the architecture of consciousness. For humans, the grasp of self and the universe occurs in this small, sealed chamber. Engaging with one's origins is to focus on the nature of life and death, absence and presence. Life of Bone brings into sharp relief, and interrogates, the abutting practices of the scientific and the artistic, practices which have co-existed since the beginning of our species. It's based on an exhibition, scheduled to open in May 2011 at the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Good. wraps are shelf rubbed. light marks. clean. well bound. very good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 224pp hardback, black boards gilt in wrapper, well illustrated in colour, near fine in a near fine wrapper.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The wraps are tidy overall with little edge wear. The binding is secure. The pages are tidy overall with no ink inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. a neat and presentable copy. clean and much presentable. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. The wraps are shelf rubbed with creasing along the edges. The binding is cocked but secure. Browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. There are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. **1st Edition** **PAPERBACK** Art First 2013; signed by Karel Nel.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: VG. London 1996. Exhibition Catalogue 16 September -10 October, Art First. Sm.4to., 28pp., color illustrations (printed on rectos only), original stiff wraps. VG, light soiling.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Large Quarto. 223 (1)pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over black cloth with white lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. "Documentation of the Conru collection of Bruxelles. A superb photographic campaign and the texts of two major South African specialists make this splendid volume a visual feast and an important textual reference." (publisher)Blind stamp. Profusely illustrated with mostly color and b/w photographs. DJ rubbed. Blind stamp on title page. light yellowing in margins, not affecting images. DJ in overall good+, binding and interior in good+ to very good condition.…