"Ranging from photo-based pictures to gestural abstraction, Gerhard Richter''''s diverse body of work calls into question many widely held attitudes about the inherent importance of stylistic consistency, the "natural" evolution of individual artistic sensibility, the spontaneous component of creativity, and the relationship of technological means and mass media imagery to traditional studio methods and formats. ... [details]
Includes 3 essays in German (translated from the original French) : "Die Funktion Einer Austellung," "Die Funktion des Museums" (first published in English earlier the same year) & "Es Malt." [details]
A deluxe artist's book incorporating a text by Paul Auster from his book Leviathan, in which a character, based on Calle, appears and thus inspires Calle's premise for the present volume : the influence that the fictional and nonfictional artists have on each other. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, February 4 - April 24, 1994. Includes writing by Yasha David, Pontus Hulten, Octavio Paz, André Breton, Eugen Drewermann, Augustín Sánchez Vidal, Salvador Dalí, Robert Desnos, Georges Bataille, Marcel Giuale, Henry Miller, Marquis de Sade, Tomás Pérez Turrent, Uwe Scheele, Mauricio Kagel, and Buñuel himself. ... [details]
Invitation to benefit exhibition "35 Artists Return to Artists Space," held at Artists Space, New York, December 4 - 24, 1981, and a preview party held December 3, 1981. Includes brochure, printed mailing envelope, preview party invitation card, ticket order form card, and return envelope. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with two Calder shows held simultaneously at the Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, April 2 - September 30, 1993. Text by Daniel Abadie. ... [details]
Issue edited by John Coplans. Essays "Artpark: The New Esthetic Playground," by Barbara Baracks; "Ron Davis: Beyond Flatness," by Nancy Marmer; "Inside the White Cube Part III: Context as Content," by Brian O'Doherty; "Seeing Through the Boxes: Book Review," by Jeff Perrone; "Blythe Bohnen," by Lawrence Alloway; "How to Mystify Color Photography," by Max Kozloff; "Robert Bressons Austere Vision," by Colin L. ... [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]
Monograph on the work of Frank Stella. Edited by Ben Tufnell with essays by Robert Hobbs, Tom Hunt, Karen Wilken, et al. "The art of Frank Stella (born 1936) transcends the boundaries between painting, sculpture and architecture. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Museé d'Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, France, September 23 - November 21, 1993. Traveled to Kunst- und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany, December 10, 1993 - February 13, 1994; to the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, March 12 - May 8, 1994; and to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofiá, Madrid, Spain, June 8 - August 22, 1994. ... [details]
