Survey of the work of L.A. based artists before 1980. Edited by Lyn Kienholz with contributing editors Elizabeta Betinski and Corinne Nelson. Includes appendix. "'L.A. Rising SoCal Artists Before 1980' is the first comprehensive pictorial showcase of the diverse universe of artists working in the Los Angeles area during the formative period of Los Angeles' art history. ... [details]
Issue edited by Bice Curiger. Contents include: "Jay Sanders Reads John Knight," by Jay Sanders and John Knight; " "Coexistence, Yes, Equivalence, No." Francesco Bonami in conversation with H.D. Buchloh; "What Do You Plan to Do Next?," John Baldessari in conversation with James Welling; "Revealing Concealing," by Rainer Fuchs; "With Baldessari's Marilyn," by Alexander van Grevenstein; "The Problem with Library Taxonomy," Carol Bove in conversation with Philip Smith; "The Wormhole Theory," by Martin Herbert; "Style and Pastiche," Carol Bove in conversation with Bettina Funcke; "Shadow Play,"by Tom McDonough; "About Overlapping Cultural Histories of Production in Art, Design, and Fashion," by Josiah McElheny in conversation with Lynne Cooke; "Play and Display," by Branden W. ... [details]
"Institutional Critique" is an artistic practice that reflects critically on its own housing in galleries and museums and on the concept and social function of art itself. Such concerns have always been a part of modern art but took on new urgency at the end of the 1960s, when—driven by the social upheaval of the time and enabled by the tools and techniques of conceptual art—institutional critique emerged as a genre. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with long-term exhibition held at Mass MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, of an landmark installation of LeWitt''s innovative wall drawings, this book celebrates the artist and his illustrious 50-year career. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Editor's Letter: Mirror Image," by Tim Griffin; "Letters: Michel Houellebecq on Alain Robbe-Grillet," by Michel Houellebecq; "Passages: Ann Temkin on Anne d'Harnoncourt," by Ann Temkin; "Books: Richard Deming on P. ... [details]
Critial theory book examining history of modern architecture. "The Project of Autonomy radically rediscusses the concept of autonomy in politics and architecture by tracing a concise and polemical argument about its history in Italy in the 1960s and early 1970s. ... [details]
Reference catalogue of the collection at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Text by John B. Ravenal. Artists include Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ansel Adams, Ivan Albright, Robert Arneson, Richard Artschwager, Jennifer Bartlett, Lee Bontecou, Iona Rozeal Brown, Deborah Butterfield, John Cage, Alexander Calder, Patrick Caulfield, Vija Celmins, John Chamberlain, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Chuck Close, Willie Cole, Salvador Dali, Allan D'Arcangelo, Willem de Kooning, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Richard Diebenkorn, Jim Dine, William Eggleston, Inka Essenhigh, Richard Estes, Rafael Ferrer, Barry Flanagan, Helen Frankenthaler, Gilbert & George, Gregory Gillespie, Adolph Gottlieb, Emmett Gowin, Nancy Grossman, Philip Guston, Ann Hamilton, Duane Hanson, Julie Heffernan, Bryan Hunt, Jörg Immendorff, Neil Jenney, Jasper Johns, Ray Johnson, Donald Judd, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Elizabeth King, Franz Kline, Nicholas Krushenick, Norman Lewis, Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Winston O. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held February 16 – June 17, 2007. Introduction by Dave Hickey. Artists include Yaacov Agam, Josef Albers, Anni Albers, Getulio Alviani, Edna Andrade, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Marina Apollonio, Hannes Beckmann, Larry Bell, Karl Benjamin, Ernst Benkert, Max Bill, Francis Celentano, Toni Costa, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Ben Cunningham, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Sally Hazelet Drummond, Angel Duarte, Wojciech Fangor, Paul Feeley, Lorser Feitelson, Karl Gerstner, Franco Grignani, Frederick Hammersley, Francis Hewitt, Robert Irwin, Ellsworth Kelly, Bill Komodore, Julio Le Parc, Mon Levinson, Alexander Liberman, Richard Paul Lohse, Eduardo Mac Entyre, Heinz Mack, Agnes Martin, Almir da Silva Mavignier, John McLaughlin, Ed Mieczkowski, François Morellet, Spencer Moseley, Rakuko Naito, Reginald Neal, Kenneth Noland, Henry C. ... [details]
Artists' book of compiled double-page spreads by broad collection of artists. "What if an ordinary little coloring book were to be upgraded with a set of 54 energetic line drawings by some of today's best-known contemporary artists instead of the usual dumbed-down pedagogical renderings? And what if the proceeds from the sale of this high-art coloring book were to go to a worthy charitable organization that seeks to install upbeat, original contemporary artworks in participating hospitals? Well, then you would have Between the Lines, this lively new collection of work by Vito Acconci, Rita Ackermann, John Baldessari, Jeremy Blake, Will Cotton, R. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held May 10 - June 29, 2007. Essay by Betsy Fahlman. Artists include Herbert Adams, Carl E. Akeley, John White Alexander, Thomas Anshutz, Karel Appel, Richmond Barthé, Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, Antonie-Louis Barye, George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Albert Bierstadt, Oscar Bluemner, Norman Bluhm, Ernest Blumenschein, Jacob Boelen, Isidore Jules Bonheur, Solon H. ... [details]
