Contemporary Artists

Author : Cesar Aira
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781941701867

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On Contemporary Art by Cesar Aira Pdf

Translated into English for the first time, On Contemporary Art, a speech by the renowned novelist César Aira, was delivered at a 2010 colloquium in Madrid dedicated to bridging the gap between writing and the visual arts. On Aira’s dizzying and dazzling path, everything comes under question—from reproducibility of artworks to the value of the written word itself. In the end, Aira leaves us stranded on the bridge between writing and art that he set out to construct in the first place, flailing as we try to make sense of where we stand. Aira’s On Contemporary Art exemplifies what the ekphrasis series is dedicated to doing—exploring the space in which words give meaning to objects, and objects shape our words. Like the great writers Walter Benjamin and Hermann Broch before him, Aira operates in the space between fiction and essay writing, art and analysis. Pursuing questions about reproducibility, art making, and limits of language, Aira’s unique voice adds new insights to the essential conversations that continue to inform our understanding of art.

Author : Sarah Thornton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780393071054

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Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton Pdf

A fly-on-the-wall account of the smart and strange subcultures that make, trade, curate, collect, and hype contemporary art. The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale. She reveals the new dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life. A judicious and juicy account of the institutions that have the power to shape art history, based on hundreds of interviews with high-profile players, Thornton's entertaining ethnography will change the way you look at contemporary culture.

Author : Christiane Weidemann,Brad Finger
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783791384429

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50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know by Christiane Weidemann,Brad Finger Pdf

This survey of great contemporary artists is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of art today. Artists working after the Second World War faced a confounding array of challenges, as stylistic barriers were broken, technology advanced, and issues of sexuality and race came to the forefront. From painters and photographers to sculptors and performance artists, fifty of the most influential contemporary artists are profiled in this colorful and engaging book that traces the various artistic movements and radical changes of the second half of the twentieth and early twentyfirst centuries. Presented chronologically, each artist is featured in 2 or 4-page spreads that include brilliant reproductions of their most important works, an illuminating biography, key dates in their career, and informative background on major developments in the art world. Throughout the volume a timeline places each artist within the context of contemporary art. As diverse and inspiring as the artists themselves, this book is a voyage of discovery into art's cutting edge.

Author : Cornelia Lauf,Clive Phillpot,Weatherspoon Art Gallery
Publisher : Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015042148398

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Artist/author by Cornelia Lauf,Clive Phillpot,Weatherspoon Art Gallery Pdf

from fanzines to books of visual poetry, sketchbooks to illustrated books, commercial fashion catalogs to photo albums. Defined loosely as a book done by an artist, which is itself a work of art, an "artist's book" is an idea that goes back to the time of illuminated manuscripts. Departing from that tradition however, which ended with the development in the 19th century of the livre de luxe, artists since the 1960's have attempted radical approaches to the book as autonomous art form. Spurred on in recent times by the advent of desktop publishing, this phenomena has continued to grow. This book features numerous examples, as well as informative text, and is sure to delight both bibliophiles and art lovers alike.

Author : Paul Clemence,Julie Davidow
Publisher : Schiffer Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015080719985

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Miami Contemporary Artists by Paul Clemence,Julie Davidow Pdf

Miami, Florida, is fast becoming a critical center for contemporary art. Serving as an incubator for outstanding visual artists, this "natural playground for inspiration" is poised to become one of the leading cultural destinations of the world. With more than 315 stunning color photos, this exciting new book takes readers through significant highlights of the city's art history and showcases the works of over 100 contemporary artists who have helped bring the cultural evolution to fruition. Ranging from established artists with international careers to those beginning to make a name for themselves, this selection reveals diversity that breathes creative energy into the sultry, scintillating city of Miami.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781452127729

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Watercolor by Anonim Pdf

Watercolor is taking the art, fashion, and home décor worlds by storm. The result is an explosion of amazing new work by contemporary artists. This volume surveys the current revival of this loveliest of mediums, in portfolios from more than 20 of today's top watercolor artists from around the globe. From the evocative visual journals of Danny Gregory and Fabrice Moireau, through the fashion-inspired portraits of Samantha Hahn and Virginia Johnson, to the indie art stylings of Jane Mount and Becca Stadtlander, Watercolor stunningly showcases painterly brilliance. With artist profiles, an informative history of the medium, and an inspiring preface by DailyCandy's Sujean Rim, this is the guide to a beautiful revolution.

Author : Sarah Thornton
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780393245813

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33 Artists in 3 Acts by Sarah Thornton Pdf

This compelling narrative goes behind the scenes with the world’s most important living artists to humanize and demystify contemporary art. The best-selling author of Seven Days in the Art World now tells the story of the artists themselves—how they move through the world, command credibility, and create iconic works. 33 Artists in 3 Acts offers unprecedented access to a dazzling range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. Sarah Thornton's beautifully paced, fly-on-the-wall narratives include visits with Ai Weiwei before and after his imprisonment and Jeff Koons as he woos new customers in London, Frankfurt, and Abu Dhabi. Thornton meets Yayoi Kusama in her studio around the corner from the Tokyo asylum that she calls home. She snoops in Cindy Sherman’s closet, hears about Andrea Fraser’s psychotherapist, and spends quality time with Laurie Simmons, Carroll Dunham, and their daughters Lena and Grace. Through these intimate scenes, 33 Artists in 3 Acts explores what it means to be a real artist in the real world. Divided into three cinematic "acts"—politics, kinship, and craft—it investigates artists' psyches, personas, politics, and social networks. Witnessing their crises and triumphs, Thornton turns a wry, analytical eye on their different answers to the question "What is an artist?" 33 Artists in 3 Acts reveals the habits and attributes of successful artists, offering insight into the way these driven and inventive people play their game. In a time when more and more artists oversee the production of their work, rather than make it themselves, Thornton shows how an artist’s radical vision and personal confidence can create audiences for their work, and examines the elevated role that artists occupy as essential figures in our culture.

Author : Tony Godfrey
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780262366045

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The Story of Contemporary Art by Tony Godfrey Pdf

A lively introduction to the rich and diverse history of contemporary art over the past 60 years—from Modernism and minimalism to artists like Andy Warhol and Marina Abramović. Accessible and with lavish illustrations, this is the perfect gift for art history fans and anyone looking for a new, more inclusive perspective on ‘the old boys’ club.’ Encountering a work of contemporary art, a viewer might ask, "What does it mean?" "Is it really art?" and "Why does it cost so much?" These are not the questions that E. H. Gombrich set out to answer in his magisterial The Story of Art. Contemporary art seems totally unlike what came before it, departing from the road map supplied by Raphael, Dürer, Rembrandt, and other European masters. In The Story of Contemporary Art, Tony Godfrey picks up where Gombrich left off, offering a lively introduction to contemporary art that stretches from Andy Warhol’s Brillo boxes to Marina Abramović’s performance art to today’s biennale circuit and million-dollar auctions. Godfrey, a curator and writer on contemporary art, chronicles important developments in pop art, minimalism, conceptualism, installation art, performance art, and beyond.

Author : Donald Shambroom
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781941701874

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Duchamp's Last Day by Donald Shambroom Pdf

Published on the fiftieth anniversary of Marcel Duchamp’s death, Duchamp’s Last Day offers a radical reading of the artist’s final hours. Just moments after Duchamp died, his closest friend Man Ray took a photograph of him. His face is wan; his eyes are closed; he appears calm. Taking this image as a point of departure, Donald Shambroom begins to examine the surrounding context—the dinner with Man Ray and another friend, Robert Lebel, the night Duchamp died, the conversations about his own death at that dinner and elsewhere, and the larger question of whether this radical artist’s death can be read as an extension of his work. Shambroom’s in-depth research into this final night, and his analysis of the photograph, feeds into larger questions about the very nature of artworks and authorship which Duchamp raised in his lifetime. In the case of this mysterious and once long-lost photograph, who is the author? Man Ray or Duchamp? Is it an artwork or merely a record? Has the artist himself turned into one of his own readymades? A fascinating essay that is both intimate and steeped in art history, Duchamp’s Last Day is filled with intricate details from decades of research into this peculiar encounter between art, life, and death. Shambroom’s book is a wonderful study of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century.

Author : Taru Elfving,Irmeli Kokko,Pascal Gielen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9492095467

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Contemporary Artist Residencies by Taru Elfving,Irmeli Kokko,Pascal Gielen Pdf

Artist residencies provide space, time, and concentration for making art, doing research and for reflection. Residencies are crucial nodes in international circulation and career development, but also invaluable infrastructures for critical thinking and artistic experimentation, cross-cultural collaboration, interdisciplinary knowledge production, and site-specific research. The globalization process and the demands of the creative economy have had an impact on artist residencies. Ecological and geopolitical urgencies are now also affecting them more and more. In response, many residencies today actively search for more sustainable alternatives than the current neoliberal condition allows for artistic practice. With a range of critical insights from the field of residencies, this book asks what the present role of artist residencies is in relation to artists and the art ecosystem amid transformations in society.

Author : Muriel Emanuel,Michael Held,Colin Naylor,George Walsh
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 1041 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Art
ISBN : 0312166435

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Contemporary Artists by Muriel Emanuel,Michael Held,Colin Naylor,George Walsh Pdf

Author : Mark C. Taylor
Publisher : Phaidon
Page : 822 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015063296720

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PressPLAY by Mark C. Taylor Pdf

A personal encounter with 50 of the world's most significant contemporary artists, this book draws together the full texts of the complete Phaidon interviews. From highly established artists Louise Bourgeois and Alex Katz, to midcareer masters Richard Prince and Mike Kelley, this is a comprehensive look at contemporary art today.

Author : Wendy Beckett
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015016899075

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Contemporary Women Artists by Wendy Beckett Pdf

Author : Myrel Chernick,Jennie Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 0986667129

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The M Word by Myrel Chernick,Jennie Klein Pdf

This important new collection has seven sections examining multiple aspects of mothering in contemporary art: History, Criticism, Theory, Artists? Writings, Text/Image work, Interviews, and Visual Art. This stunning book includes full colour photographs and contributions from: Mary Kelly, Susan Suleiman, Mignon Nixon, Jane Gallop, Margaret Morgan, Andrea Liss, Aura Rosenberg, Barbara T. Smith, Sherry Millner, Ellen McMahon, Renée Cox, Gail Rebhan, Marion Wilson, Judy Glantzman, Denise Ferris, Youngbok Hong, Camille Billops, Patricia Cué, Monica Mayer, Cheri Gaulke, and more.

Author : Daniel Birnbaum,Cornelia H. Butler,Suzanne Cotter
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 0714862096

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Defining Contemporary Art by Daniel Birnbaum,Cornelia H. Butler,Suzanne Cotter Pdf

In the mid-1980s the sprouting of new movements that had driven modern art since the nineteenth century finally went dormant, sputtering out with a last few half-hearted lels ('pattern painting', 'neo-geo', 'commodity art'). But this was not the end of art history -- far from it. In the years since, art's creative development has remained more vibrant than ever, resulting in a staggering diversity of new forms. Defining Contemporary Art responds to this unique landscape with an innovative approach to art history. Assembled and written by eight of the most prominent curators working today, all of whom have both witnessed and shaped this period, Defining Contemporary Art tells the story of the two hundred pivotal artworks of the past twenty-five years. These artworks include not only the most talked out pieces but also the quietly influential works, those which may have been overlooked at the time of their making but which went on to change the paradigm of their era. Arranged year by year, these two hundred works provide a true chronological depiction of creativity in our era, forming a mosaic in which readers may find their own patterns..