This engrossing memoir brings to vivid life the behind-the-scenes struggles of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. Tucker came of age in the 1960s, and this spirited account of her life draws the reader directly into ...
The catalogue of an exhibition held at the Lowe Art Museum, U. of Miami, February-March 1992, traces Montana artist Butterfield's career with some 60 color reproductions. Her sculpture is centered on the figure of the horse, and displays her affectionate, energetic appreciation of the animal. 10x10
Unconventional and distinctly unladylike, "Bad Girls" considers many issues and controversies raised by the 1994 exhibitions "Bad Girls" and "Bad Girls West," mounted in New York and Los Angeles respectively.But The central issues it examines are humour, transgression, and the critical and constructive potential of laughter in the work of a new ...
The fastest growing age group in America is those over 65, and accordingly, there has been a recent upsurge in interest into how aging is perceived and represented. The Time of Our Lives considers the depiction of aging within visual media. How do stereo-types in the conceptualization of age, particularly the invisibility and infantilization of ...
This anthology of interviews and discussions documents the polemical positions and strategies of contemporary critical thought in the making. Engaging nearly 100 artists, theorists, and critics from a variety of fields, these conversations focus on the most contested areas within contemporary critical debate: the relationship between theory and ...
The controversial work of Andres Serrano has gained the recognition of bigots and connoisseurs. A member of Jesse Helms' 'NEA four,' Serrano shook the world with his beautiful and startling sculpture 'Piss Christ.' this exhibition catalogue is in part an attempt to tell 'the whole story.' and to prevent the controversy which surrounds Serrano from ...
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