(Artists' catalogues are usually available from the galleries that represent them —
the galleries are listed under the artists' website entries.)

The English Civil War Part II, by Jeremy Deller and others (Artangel, 2002)
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Jeremy Deller's assembled interviews with participants and eyewitnesses of the 1984 miner's strike.

Frozen Sky, by Langlands & Bell, (Korinsha Press, 1998)
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The illustrated guide to the artists' studies made using international airport acronyms.

Kutlug Ataman: Long Streams, by Laura Hoptman
(Serpentine Gallery Trust, 2003)
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The catalogue for Ataman's 'Long Streams' exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London .

Yinka Shonibare, edited by Jaap Guldemond
(Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 2004)
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The richly illustrated catalogue of Shonibare's exhibition at the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam .

After Modern Art 1945-2000 by David Hopkins
(Oxford University Press, 2000)
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A concise interpretation of contemporary art in its post-war cultural context. Includes discussion of Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman and Damien Hirst.

Art History After Modernism by Hans Belting and Caroline Saltzwedel (University of Chicago Press, 2003)
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Arguing that contemporary art has burst out of the frame that art history had built for it, Belting calls for an entirely new approach to thinking and writing about art.

Off Limits: 40 Artangel Projects, by James Lingwood and Michael Morris (Merrell Publishers, 2002)
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An illustrated retrospective of the London-based project's finest commissions.

The Oxford Dictionary of 20th Century Art, edited by Ian Chilvers
(Oxford Paperbacks, 1999)
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An authoritative reference work and invaluable resource for bar-room debates.

Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection
by Norman Rosenthal(Thames and Hudson, 1998)
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Exhibition catalogue of featuring more than 40 of the most radical artists working in Britain today, including Langlands & Bell .

Tate Modern by Iwona Blazwick and Simon Wilson (Tate Gallery, 2000)
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Introduces the building, the collection and the new approach to curating, grouping works according to theme.

The Turner Prize: Twenty Years, by Virginia Button (Tate Publishing, 2003)
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A look at all the artists who have been shortlisted for the prize.

A World History of Art by Hugh Honour and John Fleming
(Laurence King Publishing, 2002)
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A comprehensive single-volume history of art.

Young British Art: The Saatchi decade by Jonathan Barnbrook (Booth-Clibborn, 1999)
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Documents Charles Saatchi's huge collection of work by British contemporary artists, with photographs of works, interviews, articles and comments form the artists themselves.

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