Anthology of critical essays by André Breton. Artists, philosophers, and other figures mentioned in the text include André Breton, Corneille Agrippa, Guillaume Apollinaire, Apulee, Louis Aragon, Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Gaston Bachelard, Honoré de Balzac, Hans Bellmer, Bleuler, Umberto Boccioni, Jérôme Bosch, Constantin Brancusi, Georges Braque, Victor Brauner, Bettina Brentano, Jean-Paul Brisset, Charles de Brosses, Robert Browning, Giordano Bruno, Alexander Calder, Leonora Carrington, Blaise Cendrars, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, Cimabue, Joseph Cornell, Piero di Cosimo, Georges Courteline, Charles Cros, Salvador Dali, Paul Delvaux, André Derain, Denis Diderot, Oscar Dominquez, Enrico Donati, Isidore Ducasse, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Eckhardt, Albert Einstein, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Serge Essenine, Joachim de Flore, Théodore Flournoy, Jean Fouquet, Charles Fourier, Esteban Frances, James George Frazer, Sigmund Freud, von der Gabelentz, Alberto Giacometti, Giotto, Goethe, Arshile Gorky, Mathias Grunewald, Gutenberg, David Hare, S. ... [details]
A survey of contemporary architecture published in 1982. "Anyone interested in sorting out the diversities and complexities of contemporary architecture - and in speculating on the future shape of contemporary architecture - and in speculating on the future shape of our homes and cities - will enjoy this spirited, up-to-the-minute book. ... [details]
A mammoth book documenting the thrills and chills of when artists and scientists [or corporations] joined together by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art attempted to produce collaborative works. Amazingly self critical of the failures [and limited success] of the program. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "Fluxus Focus: Photographs by Peter Moore," by Peter Moore; "George Maciunas: A Finger in Fluxus," by Barbara Moore; "Growing Up," by Patricia C. Phillips and James Wines; "Paikvision," by Bruce Kurtz; "Dali's Dreadful Relevance," by Carter Ratcliff; "Documenta 7: Continued," by Richard Flood, Donald Kuspit, Lisa Liebmann, Stuart Morgan, Annelie Pohlen, and Schuldt. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Appetizer: Book Preview of 'Venus in Furs,'" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch; "Curies Children: Vilem Flusser on Discovery," by Vilem Flusser; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on the News and its Pictures," by Carol Squiers; "Like Art: Glenn O'Brien on Advertising," by Glenn O'Brien; "Here There & Otherwise: John Welchman on Elsewhere," by John Welchman; "Folio: Barbara Moore on Artists' Publications," by Barbara Moore; "Books: Daniel Soutif on L'Art Africain," by Daniel Soutif; "Dona Nelson's Time Pieces," by Lisa Liebmann; "The Closed Book : A Project for Artforum," by Michelangelo Pistoletto, photography by Ari Marcopoulos; "Franz West: The Antibody to Anti-Body," by Helmut Draxler; "Houses by Thomas Ruff"; "Through a Glass Darkly," by John Perreault; "Karen Finley's Poisoned Meatloaf," by Maria Nadotti; "Domestic Science," by Charles V. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Q & A: Peter Bowen on the Sundance Film Festival," Peter Bowen in conversation with Scott Macauley, Julianne Moore, Lisa Krueger, Andrea Sperling, John Pierson, Reno, Graham Fuller, Ada Gay Griffin, Gavin Smith, and Marcus Hu; "Gadget Love: R. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Slant: Wayne Koestenbaum on paparazzi," by Wayne koestenbaum; "Passages: Joseph Kosuth on Douglas Huebler," by Joseph Kosuth; "Hot List: Timothy Druckrey on curating the Web," by Timothy Druckrey; "Thurston Moore on Sun Ra," by Thurston Moore; "Christoph Cox on Panasonic," by Christoph Cox; "David Poole on the Tindersticks," by David Poole; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Pascaline Cuvelier on the swing left," by Pascaline Cuvelier; "Olivier Zahm on Marc Atlan for Comme de Garçons," by Olivier Zahm; "Miriam Rosen on Catherine Trautmann," by Miriam Rosen; "Richard Tuttle: Just Exquistite?" by Robert Storr; "Fabrice Hybert: Studio Time," by Pascaline Cuvelier; "Critical Reflections," by Etienne Balibar with an Introduction by John Rajchman; "Openings: Steve McQueen," by David Frankel. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Film: Best of 2005," by John Waters, Amy Taubin, James Quandt, Chrissie Iles, Isaac Julien; "Music: Best of 2005," by Dennis Cooper, Stephen Vitiello, Christoph Cox, Susie Ibarra, and Debra Singer; "Books: Best of 2005," by Yve-Alain Bois, Pamela M. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held November - December, 1963, in homage to Curt Valentin. Forewords by Ralph Colin and Will Grohmann. Tributes for Curt Valentin by Jean Arp, Marguerite Arp-Hegenbach, Alfred H. ... [details]
"This anthology brings together seminal articles from one of America's most distinguished architecture magazines, copies of which are now extremely difficult to locate. Published and edited by John Entenza from 1938 to 1962, when he left Los Angeles to direct the Graham Foundation full time, Arts & Architecture played a significant role in the cultural history of Los Angeles and in the development of American modernism in general. ... [details]
