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Rene Stout: Tales of the Conjure Woman
Halsey Institute of Contemporary ArtA peek into the rich traditions of the African American Hoodoo folk culture through a touring art exhibit
Admiral Bill Halsey
Thomas Alexander HughesJ. 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
Christopher BedfordPublication 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
Julian StallabrassThis 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
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
PreviewContemporary 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
PreviewOur 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
TRACEYIn 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 ...
Paige WestIn 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
Norman RosenthalAn 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
Jan GreenbergBringing 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
William KellyIn 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
Peter OsborneSetting 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.
More editionsDetroit 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?
Richard MeyerIrving 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
Ranice W. CrosbyMr.[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 ...
Mark Alice DurantBlur 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
Maria HlavajovaIn 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 ...
Kristine StilesThe 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
More editionsK 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
Martin CoomerFrom 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
Peter SchjeldahlReview of graphic designer and street artist Shepard Fairey's first retrospective, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
The Garden as an Art
Mara MillerExamines 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
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
PreviewThe 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 ...
Dallas Museum of ArtIn 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
Marla Hamburg KennedyThis book edited by Jérôme Sans draws a Lipstick panorama within the world of contemporary art photography.
Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction
Julian StallabrassThis 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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