Michael Petry
  • Projects
  • Exhibitions
  • Performance
  • Publications
  • Curation
  • Talks
  • News
  • Archive
  • Biography
  • Contact
Publications

​
​Books
Picture
The Word Is Art: The Global Use of Language in Contemporary Art
Published by Thames and Hudson 
Hardback publication date: 2018
Paperback publication date: 2021

​
Paperback is now available for purchase


There has been much scaremongering about the ‘death of the book’, and how, as words find new ways and means of transmission, young people might gradually begin to shun writing. In the digital age, text becomes information, and information strives to become free. But what value can text hold in the sphere of visual art? How is such text different from poetry? Can the poetic itself be visual art, or is text in this context consigned to the realms of gimmick and catchphrase?

"Digital communication has seen the word as text permeate life in ways that the poets and artists of yesterday could never have imagined. Presenting a brief history of word- and book-based art, and examining major areas where the word has dominated
artistic practice, this book takes us on a fascinating and richly illustrated global tour of diverse contemporary art forms."


The WORD is Art Reviews:

Artlyst

FAD 

Dazed


Segno






Orders and more information:
The WORD is Art - UK
​
The WORD is Art - US

Picture
Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life
published by Thames & Hudson
Hardback publication date: 2013
Paperback publication date: 2016

“Thought-provoking and richly visual, Nature Morte brings together, for the first time, the poignant, provocative re-imaginings of the traditional still life by over 180 international contemporary artists. This visually stunning and timely book reveals how leading artists of the 21st century are reinvigorating the still life, a genre previously synonymous with the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Old Masters.”
​
​Please see Thames & Hudson online autumn book releases catalogue for further details (page 21) Nature Morte

Download Press Release
Order from Thames & Hudson
Nature Morte Reviews:

The Observer

Wallpaper

The Independent

BBC UK

Artdaily

Artlyst

Cutting Edge, Netherlands



Picture
The Landscape of the Gods
Accompanied exhibition catalogue to
​The Landscape of the Gods at HSBC Space

​Available as paperback and 
special edition hardback

Text / images by: Michael Petry
80 pages and 39 illustrations


Please download free digital version here: 
The Landscape of the Gods



Press:
Artlyst
FAD



Picture
The Touch of the Oracle
Works by Michael Petry 2003/12

Published 2012

A monograph of Petry’s recent work to accompany his show at the Palm Springs Art Museum.
Texts by Adrian George, Curator of the UK Government Art Collection, Katherine Plake Hough, Chief Curator at PSAM and images by Petry. Distributed by Thames & Hudson £19.95 144 pages, full colour

Michael Petry: Touch of The Oracle
Palm Springs Museum

March 17 - July 29, 2012

Please download exhibition brochures from
Palm Springs Art Museum with text and images:
English, Spanish

Order from Amazon


Artist Spotlight: Michael Petry
Advocate.com

March 2012

Michael Petry Interview by Angela Valente Romeo
Colliding Worlds / Video

March 2012

GOSEE: Michael Petry Touch of The Oracle
fadwebsite.com

March 2012



Picture
The Art of Not Making: The New Artist Artisan Relationship

Published by Thames and Hudson
Hardback publication date: 2011   Sold Out
Paperback publication date: 2012
​

Michael Petry is the author of this global survey of artists who work with makers to create their work. Sold out as a hardback, the paperback edition is now available.

Thames & Hudson
£19.95 208 pages, full colour
​
Order from Thames & Hudson
The Art Of Not Making presentation / Video
ACC Baltimore Show 2012
American Crafts Council

Michael Petry: Artists Who Don't Make Art Still Make Millions
The Huffington Post
04 February, 2012

Michael Petry: Assistants were always used
The Independent
03 January, 2012




 
Picture
Hidden Histories: 20th Century Male Same Sex Lovers in the Visual Arts

Hidden Histories is the first international historical survey of its kind on the lives and work of 20th century male artists, who were same sex lovers. It investigates the relationship between the artists' production and the development of their sexual identity. 100 artists featured including Singer-Sargent, Beaton, Johns, Rauschenberg, Bacon, Warhol, Hockney and Mapplethorpe

Artmedia Press

​Order Online
Picture
Installation Art in the New Millennium:
​The Empire of the Senses


​by Jonathan Crary, Nicolas De Oliveira, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petry, (2003)

Following on from Installation Art (1994) by the same authors, the book surveys and illustrates the remarkable efflorescence of Installation worldwide. It is divided into five sections, each dealing with developments in Installation and the effects these have had on artists, institutions and audiences. The works of artists across the world are presented in over 250 illustrations and accompanied by extensive captions. Further details on artists and their works are provided in the endmatter, along with comprehensive notes and a list for further reading.

Thames and Hudson

​Order Online

Picture
Installation Art 

by Nicolas De Oliveira, Nicola Oxley, Michael Petry and Michael Archer, (1994)

Offers an overview of the history of installation art, and looks at some of its artists, including Yves Klein, Kurt Schwitters, and Marcel Duchamp

Thames and Hudson

​Order Online
Essays 

Picture
Picture
Picture
ICOM CE Issue 14- Museum and Gender: and men?
Essay by Petry, 2019
Read the PDF here
Marta Klonowska: Istota 
Essay by Petry, 2019
Do You Hear The Dogs Barking? 
More information
Ida Koitila - Memo
Essay by Petry, 2019 
Resistance to Melting
More information
 
Picture
Global Mobilities: Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants in Museums and Archives
Edited by Amy K. Levin
​
Essay by Petry (2017)
​Order Online
Picture
Pornographic Art and the Aesthetics of Pornography
Edited By Hans Maes
Essay by Petry, (2013)
Order Online
​
Picture
​Gender, Sexuality and Museums:
A Routledge Reader

by Amy K. Levin
Essay by Petry, (2013)
Order Online
Picture
Smoke &  Mirrors
by Michael Petry, (2010)
This catalogue documents the 2 exhibitions (Bad Seed, and Touching the Neoclassical and the Romantic) at Sir John Soane’s Museum.
Download a free e-book version
Order Online
Picture
Sculpture and Touch
Edited by Peter Dent, University of Bristol, UK
Essay by Petry, (2014)
Download a free e-book version
​
​
Picture
The Revenge of the Florist
by Michael Petry, (2009)
Still life works in glass and flowers by Petry along with his Libation series, published for his show at the Westbrook Gallery, London.
Download a free e-book version
Picture
Golden Rain Vol 1 & 2
by Michael Petry, (2008)
Vol 1: Documents the 100 pieces of art sent to Petry from artists around the world, sealed inside his golden vessels.
​

Vol 2:. Documentation of the installation.
Order Online
Picture
​A New Love
by Michael Petry, (2008)
Text by Eric Hormell.
Bibliography of the History of Art Getty Research Institute documents his Bare Back Lovers series as well as the new Got Wood works at the Westbrook Gallery, London.
Download a free e-book version
Order Online
Picture
True Love
by Michael Petry, (2006)
Petry’s Bare Back Lovers and Tie A Knot In It series which travelled to the Muzeum Mierdzi, Legnica, Poland, and the Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston are documented at the initial siting at the Westbrook Gallery, London.
Download a free e-book version
Order Online
Picture
​The Trouble with Michael
by Michael Petry (2001)
This text focuses on the work of multi-media artist Michael Petry.
Order Online
Picture
​You See What I Mean
by Michael Petry (1996)
Order Online
Picture
Identity Identiteett
Edited by Dr Michael Petry with Eliza Bonham-Carter and Pilvi Kalhama
Download a free e-book version
​
  • Projects
  • Exhibitions
  • Performance
  • Publications
  • Curation
  • Talks
  • News
  • Archive
  • Biography
  • Contact