Albert Paley In the 21st Century
Carter Ratcliffe, 2010
172 pages, 12" x 12"
162 color illustrations
Published by Paley Studios Ltd.
ISBN-13 978 0 615 35392 0
Description:
Carter Ratcliff, a leading art critic and contriburting editor of Art in America discusses the work of Albert Paley from the first ten years of the 21st century. This book encompasses aspects of Paley's studio endeavors. It is a survey of design process including drawings, maquettes, site specific large scale works, private commissions, independent work, portals and gates as well as forged, fabricated and mixed media.
Albert Paley Threshold
Linda Shearer
Hardcover: 132 pages 12" x 12" x 1/2"
Publisher: Skira 2008
ISBN - 13: 978-8861303058
Description:
At 80 feet high, 40 feet wide and 35 feet deep, Albert Paley’s most recent sculpture is the latest work by this monumental artist. This latest work is dedicated to the steel service industry, therefore, Paley used industrially produced steel elements for the composition of the sculpture—steel beams, tubes, and sheet steel—including using scrap material remaining from steel plates after elements have been removed during the fabrication process. Bruce Miller photo-documents all aspects of the development of the structure, including photographs of the site, design development, model making, organizational meetings with the structural engineer, installation, sandblasting, and finishing.
Albert Paley Portals & Gates
M. Jessica Rowe
Hardcover: 144 pages 81/4" x 10 1/2"
Publisher: University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
ISBN: 13:978-0-9798111-0-4
180 illustrations, 156 in color.
Description:
Albert Paley Portals & Gates delves into the artist's creative process, illustrating how an idea emerges onto paper and jumps through the developmental stages in order to become reality. Published to commemorate the opening of Christian Peterson Art Museum at Iowa State University, this book provides a detailed cross section of Paley's career beginning with his first major commission in 1974 and proceeding to his most recent piece, located at Iowa State and dedicated in September 2007. This publication relates the uniqueness of his portals, gates, and passageways while chronicling his career and his artistic process through stunning color illustrations of both his drawings and his sculptural works.
Albert Paley: Sculpture
Donald Kuspit
Hardcover: 288 pages 12” x 12”
Publisher: Skira 2006
ISBN: 8876246347
Description:
The monumental site-specific metal assemblages Albert Paley has created over the past three decades place him not only in the forefront of contemporary sculpture but also in the vanguard among artists working in the new, genre-defying area that has been called "Archisculpture."
This richly illustrated monograph presents the full spectrum of Albert Paley's work. Paley goes beyond creating sculptures that stand as isolated works of art. His sculptures enhance the spaces in which they are placed and, in return, are enhanced by those spaces. He has established himself as an artist who is constantly pushing boundaries, questioning old categories and redefining himself in his own distinctive idiom, at once visionary and persuasively tangible. Noted art historian Donald Kuspit discusses Paley's development as an artist, his virtuosity as a monumental sculptor and his diverse and significant achievements.
Sentinel: The Design, Fabrication, and Installation of the Monumental Sculpture by Albert Paley at Rochester Institute of Technology
James Yarrington
Paperback 128 pages 9” x 11 ½”
Publisher: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press 2005
ISBN: 097596514X
Description
This book chronicles all aspects of Sentinel’s conception. Essays by Jim Yarrington, director of RIT campus planning, and Sam Hunter, professor emeritus at Princeton University Department of Art and Archaeology, describe the sculptures place in RIT’s unique architectural environment. And discuss the influence of Albert Paley’s work in the context of art history. The book also includes a candid interview with the artist himself, as he discusses his thought process and the engineering decisions that went into the design of the Sentinel. Photographs of the sculpture construction are woven throughout the text as compelling documents of its complex installation, culminating with stunning images of the finished artwork.
The Art of Albert Paley
Edward Lucie-Smith
Hardcover: 231 pages 11 ½” x 9”
Publisher: Harry N Abrams 1996
ISBN: 0810937484
130 illustrations, 40 in color.
Description:
In The Art of Albert Paley critic and art historian Edward Lucie-Smith assesses the work of this contemporary American artist from 1963 – 1996. "There was a sort of battle going on between the major and the minor arts," recalls Paley of his 1960s arts education. "It seemed to us that creativity alone should be the supreme consideration. We wanted to elevate what was seen as a minor endeavor and make it a major artistic statement."
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Albert Paley: Sculpture 
Sentinel: The Design, Fabrication, and Installation of the Monumental Sculpture by Albert Paley at Rochester Institute of Technology 
The Art of Albert Paley 