Author : Bill Arning
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN :
Text by Agustin Perez Rubio, Bill Arning, Cerith Wyn Evans. Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist.
Author : Terence Koh
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 12,86 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art, Canadian
ISBN : 9783905714968
Author : Francesca Gavin
Publisher : Laurence King
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 22,96 MB
Release : 2008-10-29
Category : Art
ISBN :
The first book to focus on new gothic art, Hell Bound highlights a new generation of contemporary artists who are increasingly obsessed with the darker things in life. Illustrators, street artists, sculptors, photographers, filmmakers, installation artists, and painters are all reflecting this renewed interest in gothic imagery. Horror has become a more accepted part of everyday lifeand art, as always, is a reflection of life. Here death metal, the war on terror and throwaway pop culture meet, feeding the popular fascination for all things gothic. Among the art featured is the iconoclastic work of Ken Kagami, Terence Koh, Ricky Swallow, the photographic collages of Marnie Weber, the drawings of Chloe Piene and Wes Lang, the paintings of Matt Greene and Iris Van Dongen, the outsider punk art of Pure Evil, and the illustrations of French.
Author : Shamim Momin
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Artists
ISBN :
New York artist Terence Koh (b. China 1977) creates monochromatic environments, wherein minimalist and baroque aspects of his sensibility vie for dominance. From drifting-powder silencing rooms and constellations of cryptically linked objects to pristine, perfectly crafted containers that become coffins for shattered glass and mirrors, Koh’s work plays on the melancholic beauty and sublime transcendence of emptiness. This book, produced in close collaboration with the artist and presented with text in both English and German, is published to coincide with the first solo museum presentation of Koh’s work in the United States. The exhibition is a counterpart/reaction to an earlier show at the Kunsthalle Zurich (August-October 2006). Koh’s work for the Whitney exhibition uses light as his material, transforming the gallery space into a seductive yet inaccessible diorama and creating a psychological interaction that evokes desire and loss, pain and hope. Beyond documenting these ephemeral works, this innovative catalogue, featuring a new series of drawings created by Koh, functions as a complement to the two installations. Bilingual (English/German)
Author : Jennie Hirsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 42,33 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 1351571028
Contemporary art is deeply engaged with the subject of classical myth. Yet within the literature on contemporary art, little has been said about this provocative relationship. Composed of fourteen original essays, Contemporary Art and Classical Myth addresses this scholarly gap, exploring, and in large part establishing, the multifaceted intersection of contemporary art and classical myth. Moving beyond the notion of art as illustration, the essays assembled here adopt a range of methodological frameworks, from iconography to deconstruction, and do so across an impressive range of artists and objects: Francis Al?s, Ghada Amer, Wim Delvoye, Luciano Fabro, Joanna Frueh, Felix Gonzales-Torres, Duane Hanson, Yayoi Kusama, Roy Lichtenstein, Kara Walker, and an iconic photograph by Richard Drew subsequently entitled The Falling Man.? Arranged so as to highlight both thematic and structural affinities, these essays manifest various aspects of the link between contemporary art and classical myth, while offering novel insights into the artists and myths under consideration. Some essays concentrate on single works as they relate to specific myths, while others take a broader approach, calling on myth as a means of grappling with dominant trends in contemporary art.
Author : Don Thompson
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 44,15 MB
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 0230341934
Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock's drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million? Intriguing and entertaining, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark is a Freakonomics approach to the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world. Why were record prices achieved at auction for works by 131 contemporary artists in 2006 alone, with astonishing new heights reached in 2007? Don Thompson explores the money, lust, and self-aggrandizement of the art world in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work valuable while others are ignored. This book is the first to look at the economics and the marketing strategies that enable the modern art market to generate such astronomical prices. Drawing on interviews with past and present executives of auction houses and art dealerships, artists, and the buyers who move the market, Thompson launches the reader on a journey of discovery through the peculiar world of modern art. Surprising, passionate, gossipy, revelatory, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark reveals a great deal that even experienced auction purchasers do not know.
Author : Berlitz
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 18,78 MB
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1780049919
Whether you're looking for iconic sights, prestigious art galleries or simply want to experience the buzz of this fast-moving city, New York has something for everyone. Be inspired to visit by Berlitz Pocket Guide New York, a concise, full-colour guide to this inspiring city that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that New York has to offer. Inside Berlitz Pocket Guide New York: - Where To Go details all the key sights in the city, from Times Square and Fifth Avenue to Central Park and Greenwich Village, while handy maps on the cover flaps help you find your way around, and are cross-referenced to the text. - Top 10 Attractions gives a run-down of the best sights to take in on your trip, including the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and its finest art galleries and museums. - A Perfect Day in New York provides an itinerary for one day in the city. - What To Do is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from shopping to taking in a Broadway musical or a comedy show. - Essential information on New York's diverse culture, including a brief history of the city. - Eating Out covers the city's best cuisine. - Curated listings of the best hotels and restaurants. - A-Z of all the practical information you'll need. About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel and language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel and language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries and kids' language products.
Author : BMW Group, Independent Collectors
Publisher : Hatje Cantz Verlag
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 32,5 MB
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 3775748334
The revised and extended BMW Art Guide by Independent Collectors presents nearly 300 private collections of contemporary art accessible to the public—featuring large and small, famous and the relatively unknown. Succinct portraits of the collections with countless color illustrations take the reader to more than 40 countries, often to regions or urban districts that are off the beaten path. This practical guide is a collaborative publication stemming from the partnership between BMW and Independent Collectors, the international online platform for collectors of contemporary art. To date, neither the Internet nor any book has ever contained a comparable assembly of international private collections, including several that have opened their doors to art lovers and connoisseurs for the first time.
Author :
Publisher : Asia-Europe Foundation
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 21,24 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Environmental policy
ISBN : 9810594682
Author : Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 36,80 MB
Release : 2017-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1315305054
Presenting readers with definitions and examples of arts-based educational research, this text identifies tensions, questions, and models in the field and provides guidance for both beginning and more experienced practice. As arts-based research grows in prominence and popularity across education and the social sciences, the barriers between empirical, institutional, and artistic research diminish and new opportunities emerge for discussion, consideration, and reflection. This book responds to an ever increasing, global need to understand and navigate this evolving domain of research. Featuring a diverse range of contributors, this text weaves together critical essays about arts-based research in the literary, visual, and performing arts with examples of excellence in theory and practice. New to the Second Edition: Additional focus on the historical and theoretical foundations of arts-based educational research to guide readers through development of the field since its inception. New voices and chapters on a variety of artistic genres, including established and emerging social science researchers and artists who act, sing, draw, and narrate findings. Extends and refines the concept of scholartistry, introduced in the first edition, to interrogate excellence in educational inquiry and artistic processes and products. Integrates and applies theoretical frameworks such as sociocultural theory, new materialsm, and critical pedagogy to create interdisciplinary connections. Expanded toolkit for scholartists to inspire creativity, questioning, and risk-taking in research and the arts.
