A few weeks ago we featured the photographs of Chinese artist Ren Hang. The controversial photographer, whose work is banned throughout most of his native country, has a new book entitled Republic for sale. Le Journal de la Photographie had a short conversation with the artist about his new book, providing us with some wonderful thoughts on censorship and nudity.

Our good friend and Los Angeles-based fine artist Sage Vaughn will be having a book signing and release of his new monograph at Skylight Books in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 28. After you have your day of Americana and BBQing, we suggest you go to something art-related on your day back to work.

  Industrial designer Irving Harper worked as the director of design at Georrge Nelson Associates during the 1960s and is famous for designing Herman Miller's Marshmallow Sofa and iconic logo. A new book from Skira Rizzoli collects the famed designer's paper works depicting animal masks and other figures.  

We have shown you the work of Scott Greenwalt on the site before, but seeing that he is in our new book title, Juxtapoz New Contemporary, we wanted to reshine a light on the Oakland, Ca-based artist. "My paintings are really about capturing a moment," he says, "or a composite of several moments, wherein the subject undergoes a massive physical change."

French photographer Charles Freger visited rural mountainous farming communities in eighteen European countries to photograph centuries-old rituals where people literally put themselves into the skin of the 'savage.' In celebrations of the seasons, fertility, life, and death, people become a bear, a goat, a stag, a man of straw, or a devil.

Scott Minick and Jiao Ping's book Chinese Graphic Design in The Twentieth Century presents a stunning exhibition of modern graphic design in China from posters and advertisements to book covers and magazines.  

Coinciding with his exhibition opening at M+B Gallery in Los Angeles on Saturday, March 16 (a show that also is in conjunction with Brodie's show at Yossi Milo Gallery in NYC), Mike Brodie will have a book launch and signing of his new monograph, A Period of Juvenile Prosperity, at Family Bookstore on Fairfax Avenue in West Los Angeles this Sunday, March 17. 

One of the most important institutions in the San Francisco art scene is in danger of closing! Adobe Books has been an important part of the lives of artists, writers, and book lovers -- not only for the books, but for the events, gatherings, the gallery, the discussions, and the welcoming spirit of the place. They have a wonderful plan to save and expand the store and gallery, and there is less than 3 days left to help fund it!

  This upside down and backwards roller by Read More Books is seeing signs of deterioration, but is still holding on strong.  

Last summer, Jerry Hsu's video series, The Killing Season, debuted on the web. The series captured Hsu's 3-week motorcycle trip through Vietnam that featured, amongst other things, a brush with death, a broken rib, and constant rain. The trip has now spawned the SPA-published, limited 150 run of The Killing Season book, featuring Hsu's documentary photography of his friends and the trip. The book is now available on SPA's site.