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Rene Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman

Rene Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman

Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art

A peek into the rich traditions of the African American Hoodoo folk culture through a touring art exhibit
Admiral Bill Halsey

Admiral Bill Halsey

Thomas Alexander Hughes

J. Loy Maloney to Halsey, November 12, 1945, Halsey Papers, box 5; Bryan to Carl Brandt, June 26, 1946, Joseph Bryan III Papers, Virginia Historical Society ( hereafter Bryan Papers); Halsey to Bryan, September 11, 1946, and Halsey to ...
Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford

Christopher Bedford

Publication accompanies the exhibition, Mark Bradford, at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, May 8-August 15, 2010, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, November 19, 2010-March 13, 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art, ...
Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art

Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art

Julian Stallabrass

This is a controversial and fascinating attempt to define what is 'contemporary' about contemporary art, and the dramatic changes that have taken place in the last twenty years.
Teach Yourself Contemporary Art

Teach Yourself Contemporary Art

Grant Pooke

"Teach Yourself Contemporary Art" delves deep into the contemporary art scene and explores the different forms of contemporary art.
Contemporary Art about Architecture: A Strange Utility

Contemporary Art about Architecture: A Strange Utility

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Contemporary Art About Architecture is the first to take up its topic in a sustained and explicit manner and the first to advance the idea that contemporary art increasingly functions as a form of architectural history, theory and analysis.
Art, Women, California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections

Art, Women, California 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections

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Our thanks also to Merrill Falkenberg and to Cathy Kimball, Director of the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), who gave encouragement when it was needed. We would like to express our personal thanks to John Kreidler, formerly  ...
Hyperdrawing: Beyond the Lines of Contemporary Art

Hyperdrawing: Beyond the Lines of Contemporary Art

TRACEY

In this book authors and artists come together to explore the potential of what drawing in contemporary art theory and practice might become._x000D_ _x000D_ In this follow-up to 2007’s Drawing Now: Between the Lines of Contemporary Art, ...
The Art of Buying Art: An Insider's Guide to Collecting ...

The Art of Buying Art: An Insider's Guide to Collecting ...

Paige West

In this book, contemporary art expert and gallery owner Paige West guides readers toward the understanding that contemporary art can be just as original, tasteful, and breathtaking as traditional paintings.
Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art

Apocalypse: Beauty and Horror in Contemporary Art

Norman Rosenthal

An essential purchase for anyone interested in contemporary art, this is the catalogue of 'Apocalypse', one of the most exciting and memorable art events of the millennial year.
The Painter's Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art

The Painter's Eye: Learning to Look at Contemporary American Art

Jan Greenberg

Bringing contemporary art to life with full-color reproductions of more than twenty-five paintings, an articulate introductory work provides artist biographies and interviews ideal for the art student and teacher. Reprint.
Art and Humanist Ideals: Contemporary Perspectives

Art and Humanist Ideals: Contemporary Perspectives

William Kelly

In a radical departure form the conventional art history text, this unique volume brings together a number of the world's great artist/image-makers and thinkers on issues of art and its expression for contemporary humanity.
Anywhere or Not at All: Philosophy of Contemporary Art

Anywhere or Not at All: Philosophy of Contemporary Art

Peter Osborne

Setting out the claim that ‘contemporary art is postconceptual art’, the book elaborates a series of conceptual constructions and interpretations of works by Navjot Altaf, the Atlas Group, Amar Kanwar, Sol LeWitt, Gordon Matta-Clark, ...
Art Now/U.S.A.

Art Now/U.S.A.

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Detroit DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET 1452 Randolph • 313-962-0337 • tues-sat 11-5 • "A Road Show" sponsored by the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit thru May 24 • "Performance/Installation Exhibit" Laurie Margot Ross & Patricia Dorsey  ...
What was Contemporary Art?

What was Contemporary Art?

Richard Meyer

Irving Sandler, "The History of Contemporary Art: A Contradiction in Terms?” Art Criti— cism 1 (Spring 1979): 42. 623-173 safied o} sajoN 995-695 sefied o1se1oN 2. Gustavo Grandal Montero, “Biennalization? What Biennalization? 337.
Max Brödel: The Man who Put Art Into Medicine

Max Brödel: The Man who Put Art Into Medicine

Ranice W. Crosby

Mr.[Willard] Shepard from the Chicago Art Institute 3. Miss [Ethel] Norris sent by Dr. Halsted of the J.H.H. 4. Miss [Dorothea] Pennington sent by Dr. Williams of the J.H.H. 5. Miss [Flora] Shafer from the Maryland Institute 6. Miss [Helen] Lorraine ...
Blur of the otherworldly: contemporary art, technology, and ...

Blur of the otherworldly: contemporary art, technology, and ...

Mark Alice Durant

Blur of the Otherworldly: Contemporary Art, Technology, and the Paranormal~ISBN 1-890761-08-7 U.S. $35.00 / Paperback, 7 x 9.75 in. / 198 pgs / 75 color and 25 b&w. ~Item / January / Art
Former West: Art and the Contemporary After 1989

Former West: Art and the Contemporary After 1989

Maria Hlavajova

In this book, artists, thinkers, and activists explore the repercussions of the political, cultural, and economic events of 1989 on both art and the contemporary.
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of ...

Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art: A Sourcebook of ...

Kristine Stiles

The internationalism evident in this revised edition reflects the growing interest in contemporary art throughout the world from the U.S. and Europe to the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Australia.
Art & Auction

Art & Auction

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K Kimpton Contemporary Art 2620a Jackson Street. San Francisco, CA 941 15. ( 415) 563-5657 fax (415) 441-4028. By appointment. Contemporary paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints. 1789. Andrew Terry Keats Fine Art 2415 I.ake Street ...
Art London: A Guide to Contemporary Art Spaces

Art London: A Guide to Contemporary Art Spaces

Martin Coomer

From the artist-run and alternative spaces of the East End to the blue-chip showrooms of the West End, this guide is a vibrant and opinionated tour of spaces for contemporary art, encompassing the key personalities and most exciting ...
Hope and Glory: A Shepard Fairey Moment

Hope and Glory: A Shepard Fairey Moment

Peter Schjeldahl

Review of graphic designer and street artist Shepard Fairey's first retrospective, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
The Garden as an Art

The Garden as an Art

Mara Miller

Examines gardens as works of art in order to challenge the assertions of contemporary aesthetic theory that art can only be studied as part of a particular historical and cultural context, that art has no relation to the survival of people, ...
Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s

Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s

Alexandra Schwartz

"Come as You Are: Art of the 1990s is the largest and most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ever to be mounted by the Montclair Art Museum. The exhibition and book spotlight a pivotal moment in the recent history of art.
Issues in Contemporary Oil Paint

Issues in Contemporary Oil Paint

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The authors wish especially to thank Sylvia Lycke from the Raman Spectroscopy Research Group (Ghent) for the technical support and, Rachel Rivenc and Art Kaplan from the Getty Conservation Institute (Los Angeles) for the sample ...
Fast forward: contemporary collections for the Dallas Museum ...

Fast forward: contemporary collections for the Dallas Museum ...

Dallas Museum of Art

In this handsome book, the Dallas Museum of Art celebrates three remarkable private collections of contemporary art that were donated in 2005, presenting them in context with masterworks already owned by the museum.
Lipstick Flavor: A Contemporary Art Story with Photography

Lipstick Flavor: A Contemporary Art Story with Photography

Marla Hamburg Kennedy

This book edited by Jérôme Sans draws a Lipstick panorama within the world of contemporary art photography.
Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction

Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction

Julian Stallabrass

This book is your antidote and will change the way you see contemporary art. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area.

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