TransGlobe Publishing is a London-based publisher that specialises in art and lifestyle
photobooks
A photo book or photobook is a book in which photographs make a significant contribution to the overall content. A photo book is related to and also often used as a coffee table book.
Early
Early photo books are characterized by their use o ...
. It was founded in 2003 by Director Hossein Amirsadeghi, who acts as publisher and author.
Publications
TransGlobe's publications fall into three main categories, the majority of which are co-published with
Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson (sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books in all visually creative categories: art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, and the performing arts. It also publishes books on archaeology, history, ...
:
*Lifestyle publications which include original photography and interviews on a variety of characters that embody a particular city or genre.
*Contemporary art publications which include overviews of specific regions or countries in the art world.
*Artist studio publications which include original photography and interviews with foremost artists.
The photobooks focussed on artist's studio are particularly noteworthy due to the inclusion of rare interviews conducted with artists and art world personalities, such as
Frank Auerbach,
Maggi Hambling,
Gavin Turk and
Gustav Metzger
Gustav Metzger (10 April 1926, Nuremberg – 1 March 2017, London) was a German artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike.
Together with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Ar ...
(see: ''Sanctuary: Britain's Artists and their Studios'' (2012)), and
Jeff Koons,
John Baldessari, and
Shirin Neshat (see: ''Art Studio America: Contemporary Artist’s Spaces'' (2013)).
TransGlobe's recent hardback, ''Voices: East London'' (2017), features a mix of portraits and interviews with East London creatives, such as actor
Jonny Woo
Jonny Woo is a British comedian, actor, and drag queen. He co-owns The Glory, an East London pub in which he regularly performs.
Woo spent time in New York City between 2000 and 2003, where he performed at a downtown club and was prominent on ...
and gallerists
Maureen Paley and
Victoria Miro
Victoria Marion Miro (born 1 July 1945) is a British art dealer, "one of the grandes dames of the Young British Artists, Britart scene"Husband, Stuart"Go see... the Victoria Miro gallery" ''The Observer'', 3 December 2000. Retrieved 27 September 2 ...
, profiled by artist
Maryam Eisler.
These volumes include essays written by many notable art critics and historians, including
Iwona Blazwick
Iwona Maria Blazwick OBE (born 14 October 1955) is a British art critic and lecturer, and has been Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London since 2001. She discovered Damien Hirst and staged his first solo show at a public London art ...
, Director of
Whitechapel Gallery, former
Turner Prize judge
Richard Cork, and journalist
Tom Morton
Thomas Morton (born 1955) is a Scottish broadcaster, journalist, and author. He lives and works mainly in the Shetland Islands.
Life
Morton was born in 1955, and moved to Shetland in 1987 three years after his wife Susan who was a General Pract ...
.
Arts & Patronage Summit
In 2012 TransGlobe Publishing hosted the first Art & Patronage Summit, which began as an event focused on the visual arts and creativity in the greater
Middle East, including
North Africa,
Iran, and
Turkey.
The Summit consisted of panel discussions held at the
British Museum and the
Royal College of Art, a screening of
Pia Getty
Pia Christina Miller Getty (born 1966) is a socialite and heiress.
Early life
She is the oldest daughter of Robert Warren Miller, an American-born British businessman, and wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra, an Ecuadorian, and sister of ...
's film 'Axis of Light' at the
Institute of Contemporary Arts, and a charity auction held at
Sotheby's. Notable speakers included
Chris Dercon
Chris Dercon (born 1958) is a Belgian art historian, curator, and museum director born in Lier in Belgium.
As a museum director, Dercon has worked and published extensively on the future of museums, working with renowned architects Rem Koolhaas, ...
, Director of
Tate Modern, and
Martin Roth, Director of the
Victoria and Albert Museum.
Notable publications
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein. ''Contemporary Art Colombia'' (2017). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Eisler, Maryam. ''Voices: East London'' (2017). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein and Eisler, Maryam. ''
London Burning: Portraits from a Creative City'' (2015). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein and Petitgas, Catherine. ''Contemporary Art Mexico'' (2014). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein and Eisler, Maryam. ''Art Studio America: Contemporary Artist’s Spaces'' (2013). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein and Eisler, Maryam. ''Sanctuary: Britain's Artists and their Studios'' (2012). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein et al. ''New Vision: Arab Contemporary Art in the 21st Century'' (2011). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein. ''Art & Patronage: The Middle East'' (2010). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
*Amirsadeghi, Hossein. ''Unleashed: Contemporary Art from Turkey'' (2010). London: Thames & Hudson; TransGlobe Publishing.
[Shahmanesh Banks, Narges]
"Book: Unleashed: Contemporary Art From Turkey"
'' Wallpaper''. Retrieved 15 June 2016
References
External links
*{{Company Website, http://www.tgpublishingltd.com/
2003 establishments in England
Book publishing companies based in London
Visual arts publishing companies