On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. He was bound for Falmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled In
Picasso and Truth offers a breathtaking and original new look at the most significant artist of the modern era. From Pablo Picasso's early The Blue Room to the later Guernica, eminent art historian T.
This innovative study of two of the most important artists of the twentieth century links the art practices of Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson in their attempts to test the limits of art--both what i
Larionov (1881-1964) spread his wings during early-20th-century Tsarist Russia--painting, performing, illustrating books, curating the work of other artists. The political and social context of his wo
In Spiritual American Trash, Greg Bottoms goes beyond the examination of eight ?outsider artists” and inhabits the spirit of their work and stories in engaging vignettes. From the janitor who created
Over the past years, studies have begun not only to identify the factors that impeded the full participation of women artists in French cultural life, such as women s limited access to professional ar
Since the early 1990s, Koo Jeong A (b. 1967) has created ephemeral environments, sculptures, and drawings that examine the poetics of everyday life and the mysteries of imagination. This book, the fir
As early as the 1950s, Professor Irving Lavin was -recognized as a major voice in American art history. His sustained production of seminal scholarly contributions has left its mark on an astonishingl
The artistic relationships among Jackson Pollock (1912–1956), Alfonso Ossorio (1916–1990), and Jean Dubuffet (1901–1985) strongly influenced the development of postwar art. Ossorio, the central figure
Joseph Pulitzer Jr. inherited the famous name and occupation of his grandfather, the journalist and publisher who established the Pulitzer Prize. Yet while he carried on the family business in St. Lou
Louise Lawler has devoted her art practice to investigating the life cycle of artobjects. Her photographs depict art in the collector's home, the museum, the auction house, and thecommercial gallery,
Louise Lawler has devoted her art practice to investigating the life cycle of artobjects. Her photographs depict art in the collector's home, the museum, the auction house, and thecommercial gallery,
Collects the writings of American artist, musician, and critic John Miller, ranging from reviews and cultural essays to theory and artist's statements.
"Goshka Macuga: Exhibit, A" accompanies the first museum survey exhibition of the work of Polish-born, London-based artist Goshka Macuga (born 1967). Macuga's practice is located at the intersection o
"This exhibition catalog accompanies the first comprehensive retrospective of the Los Angeles-based multimedia painter. Throughout his career, Llyn Foulkes has been working on the fringes of the art e
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest artists and thinkers of the Italian Renaissance. Readers will be introduced to some of his greatest work through clear text and vibrant photographs. Budding a
The Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006) is the largest, most up-to-date compendium of artists' biographies in the English language, and for the last century has been an indispensable resource for art
Gyula Kosice (born 1924) is an innovative Argentine artist and poet. His constructions and sculptures were inspired as much by local discussions and disputes in the cafes of 1940s Buenos Aires as by t
Per Kirkeby (b. 1938) is Scandinavia's most highly acclaimed artist since August Strindberg and Asger Jorn. His early training as a geologist is evident in his richly layered canvases, which are struc
