Extremely large-scale artists' book. Introductory text by Reiner Speck. "In Greek mythology, Daphne is the nymph who runs from Apollo's love, determined not to marry. She ends up a Laurel tree. In contemporary art mythology, Sigmar Polke is a magician who transforms seemingly unrelated imagery and techniques into whirlwind, idiosyncratic collages that astonish the expectant eye. ... [details]
"The first major biography of de Kooning captures both the life and work of this complex, romantic figure in American culture. Ten years in the making, and based on previously unseen letters and documents as well as on hundreds of interviews, this is a fresh, richly detailed, and masterful portrait. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, September 10, 2004 - February 27, 2005. Essays by Paul Warwick Thompson, Barbara Bloemink, Joseph Cunningham, Donald Judd, Scott Burton, and Richard Tuttle. ... [details]
Performance program / catalogue for elaborate, collaborative, puppet show designed by Dan Graham, Tony Oursler, and Rodney Graham and music by Japanther. Particular catalogue / program published in conjunction with the world premiere at Art Basel Miami, Florida, December 2-5, 2004. ... [details]
"Between 1994 and 1995, Christopher Wool shot a series of photographs in downtown New York City that he calls East Broadway Breakdown, after a street on the Lower East Side, the neighborhood where he lives and works. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held June - September 2004. Contributions by Ariella Azoulay, Raeda Adon, Iman Abu-Hmid, Daniel Bauer, Aïm Deüelle Lüski, Michel Heiman, Sandi Hilal, Sharif Waked, Alex Levac, Avi Mograbi, Faten Fawzy Nastas, Alessandro Petti, Miki Kratzman, David Reeb and Dina Shenhav. ... [details]
An injection molded plastic figure packed in a display box, with small staple bound booklet with reproductions of Dzama's drawings and blurb by Dave Eggers. A very cool figure sure to spark all sorts of action. ... [details]
"Set in the dervish years of the Sixties and Seventies, Famous for Fifteen Minutes is a confession memoir of Ultra Violet. The story recounts of Warhol, a shy, bald, myopic, gay albino from an ethnic Pittsburgh suburb and the "Girl in Andy's Soup," Isabelle Collin Dufresne, a. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, October 2, 2004 - January 23, 2005. Traveled to the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, April 8 - June 4, 2005; and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, June 26 - October 16, 2005. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 13 - November 7, 2004. Essays by Pablo Lafuente, Ossian Ward, Ben Berlow and Kenny Schachter. Artists include Melissa Brown, Benjamin Butler, Brendan Cass, Misaki Kawai and Richard Woods. ... [details]
