Among the many books on the life and art of Andy Warhol, this collection stands out for its scholarly, yet accessible, art historical consideration of Warhol's work as well as its ideological and political implication for current art practice. Among the contributors are: Rainer Crone, Benjamin Buchloch, and Simon Watney.
Visual art in the period following World War II witnessed landmark transformations. Today, drawing provides a powerful and vigorous device for reexamining the art of that period, and for renewing appreciation of the extraordinary achievements of well-known artists--and for discovering others. Even though the art of these years saw radical ...
This collection of key works by the surrealist Magritte, accompanying a major retrospective exhibition in the US, has been selected to show the artist's influence on the art of the latter half of the 20th century. It is accompanied by an essay from art historian Seigfrid Gohr.
Robert Gober's inventive installations have re-defined the possibilities of both art in general and sculpture in particular. This book is the first to consider the links between Gober's three-dimensional work and his lesser-known drawings, and reveals the extent to which drawing has served a crucial, generative role in his aesthetic process. The ...
Essays by Gary Garrels, Laura Hoptman, Midori Matsui, Cuauhtemoc Medina, Francesco Bonami, Elizabeth Smith, Jean-Pierre Mercier, Branka Stipancic, and Elizabeth Thomas. Foreword by Richard Armstrong.
Sol LeWitt, one of the most important American artists of this century, has spent the past four decades creating artworks that explore the potential of ideas for the making of visual forms. LeWitt transforms these ideas into objects of exquisite beauty and elegance, deliberately introducing elements of chance, intuition, or irrationality into the ...
The Anderson Collection is among the greatest private collections of modern and contemporary art in the United States. As the highlight of its year 2000 exhibition schedule, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will present the collection, featuring more than 330 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by nearly 140 artists of international ...
This is an exhibition catalogue from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that examines the complex relationship of artists to technologically produced images. It contains the work of 15 artist over four decades, including Warhol, Richter, and Baldessar, and 86 color and 49 duotone reproductions.
For "Oranges and Sardines," curated by Gary Garrels of Los Angeles' Hammer Museum, six contemporary abstract painters--Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Mary Heilmann, Amy Sillman, Charline von Heyl and Christopher Wool--present a recent painting alongside the work of other artists who have impacted their work. The conceit is clever, considering that ...
The text accompanies 60 paintings from Lawrence's "Great Migration" series. The paintings were done between 1940-1941 and tell the story of the journey of many African Americans who left the South during those years and set out for the northern, industrialized cities. Also included is the poem "Migration" by Walter Dean Myers.
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