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John K. Grande

This illustrated documentation of the 2010 Prix Ars Electronica includes works by Martin Bedard, Daan van den Berg, Hee-Seon Kim, Allison Kudla, Ryoichi Kurokawa, Felix Luque Sanchez, Jonathan Schipper, Soft Bodies, Julius Stahl, Stelarc, Thomas Thwaites, Paul Vanouse and Zimoun.

Gianfranco Maraniello

Book Description Art in Europe: The 1990s brings together essays of some of today's most aware art critics, together with extensive photographic documentation of the works of the more significant European artists to have emerged in the 1990s. It was a period characterized by rapid transformations and by attempts at economic, social and political reconfiguration following events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the fragmentation into new states, the wars in the former Yugoslavia, the introduction of the euro and the debate on the role of the European Union. It was a decade when the concept known as "globalization" imposed itself, but at the same time it saw the rise of nationalisms and claims to specific cultural identity. Apparentlycontradictory tendencies occurred in the visual arts, too. On one hand, a transnational scenario seems to have been consolidated through museums, specialist reviews, the spreading of I.T. communication and the birth of important new...

One of Europea??s most influential contemporary artists, Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 1933) has persistently investigated and expanded the role of the spectator in art since the 1950s through painting, sculpture, and performance. His present standing as an inspirational figure among younger artists is a testament to the innovative vitality that characterizes all his work, from early paintings and leadership in the Arte Povera movement to his influence on current participatory artistic practices. This handsomely illustrated book features works created from 1956 to 1974, many never exhibited in the United States, as well as a selection of the artista??s writings. Contributors to the book discuss the context of Pistolettoa??s art, including the social and artistic climate of Turin and the relationship between his work and American Pop art, conceptual art, minimalism, and post-minimalism.

David Rosand

Book Description In this exhilarating study, David Rosand shows how America was transformed from a provincial follower of the established traditions of European painting to become one of the forerunners of artistic innovation. Pushing beyond the parochial question of "what is American about American art?" The Invention of Painting in America identifies not only the status of the artist and his or her relationship to the work of art but the larger dialogue between the artist and society as well.

Edited by Mark Shapiro

Renowned ceramic artist Karen Karnes has created some of the most iconic pottery of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. The body of work she has produced in her more than sixty years in the studio is remarkable for its depth, personal voice, and consistent innovation. Many of her pieces defy category, invoking body and landscape, pottery and sculpture, male and female, hand and eye. Equally compelling are Karnes's experiences in some of the most significant cultural settings of her generation: from the worker owned cooperative housing of her childhood, to Brooklyn College under modernist Serge Chermayeff, to North Carolina's avant garde Black Mountain College, to the Gate Hill Cooperative in Stony Point, New York, which Karnes helped establish as an experiment in integrating art, life, family, and community. This book, designed to accompany an exhibit of Karnes's works organized by Peter Held, curator of ceramics for the Arizona State University Art...

Beate Reifenscheid, Dieter Honisch, Heinz Mack

German artist Heinz Mack (born 1931) is one of the founders of the early 1960s avant-garde group Zero, whose other members included Otto Piene, Lucio Fontana and Hans Haacke. Mack's experiments in light--his luminous reliefs, steles and rotors--fabricated at the height of his affiliation with Zero, are the focus of this volume.

Jens Besser

'Muralismo Morte' features some of the best international artists involved in this new underground art movement revealing the vibrancy of new muralism as it rises from the shadows or urban spaces in Metropolises worldwide. Art interventions in urban spaces, also known as street art, have enjoyed growing popularity. 'Muralismo Morte' delves deeper into the world of contemporary urban muralism, featuring the large-scale murals that grace the streets, abandoned buildings, backyards and building facades of cities everywhere. The contrast is stark, from much celebrated pieces in prominent places to those hidden in anonymous, decayed ruins that never see the light of day. Urban art activist Jens Besser uncovers these urban treasures offering special insights into this emerging scene that is coloring our urban spaces. There is an incredible diversity in the work of these new muralists both in style and application; with artists expressing the abstract, the surreal and the realistic mixed...

Jerry L. Thompson

Book DescriptionIn these essays Thompson--a professional photographer since 1973--explores the many-leveled relationship between seeing and thinking.

Andrew Farago, Ruth Clampett

Ehhh, whata??s up, Doc? Herea??s a first-hand look at the Looney Tunes from an irrefutable source?the characters themselves! This irreverent, hilarious, and just plain looney history provides an offbeat look at the animation industry, the ?behind-the-celsa?? men (and women) who gave the characters their unequivocal look, attitude, and voices, and a first-hand account of what the characters do when theya??re not starring in the latest Looney Tunes cartoon. From Bugs Bunny's monumental rise from humble beginnings to animation 'star' at Warner Bros. Studios to Marvin The Martian's latest scheme to blow up the earth, The Looney Tunes Treasury recounts the key moments and quirky details of your favorite cartoon characters.And the timing couldna??t be better, as Warner Bros. is rejuvenating the Looney Tunes brand in 2010 and beyond. Big announcements will include an innovative animated series starring the characters as youa??ve never seen them before, new cartoon DVD releases, new mobile...