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Petry co-authored "Installation Art" (1994), and Installation Art in the New Millennium (2003), for Thames & Hudson and authored Abstract Eroticism (1996) and A Thing of Beauty is... (1997) for Academy Editions, part of John Wiley & Sons. The Trouble with Michael, a monograph of his artistic practice was published by ArtMedia Press in 2001. Petry’s book Hidden Histories: 20th Century Same Sex Male Lovers in the Visual Arts (2004) accompanies the exhibition Hidden Histories(http://www.x2y.org.uk/gallery.htm) he curated for The New Art Gallery Walsall Walsall Art Gallery (http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/hidden-histories). He was asked to document the exhibition in The International Journal of Art & Design Education (ISSN 1476-8062 print, ISSN 1476-8070 online) and to expand this for publication in Gender Sexuality, and Museums: A Routledge Reader (ISBN 978 0 415 55492 3) edited by Amy K. Levin. His book Golden Rain Volumes I & II (ISBN 978-0-9557699-3-1) is part of his exhibition of the same name for Ha gample prestegard's exhibition "On the Edge" for Stavanger 2008, European City of Culture (http://www.kunstkritikk.no/kritikk/kunst-pa-kanten/). His work features in the "Contemporary Glass" book by Black Dog Publishing.
Petry' book "The Art of Not Making: the new artist/artisan relationship" (ISBN 978 0 500 238820) for Thames & Hudson (May 2011) looks at artists who have work produced for them by artisans (http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9441000/9441988.stm).
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