Articles in Book
New Book by David Maisel Examines Art and Artifacts through Museum Conservation X-Rays
History’s Shadow, a new photography book by artist David Maisel (Nazraeli Press, $75, hardcover, 72 pages, ISBN 978-1-59005-278-4), examines art and artifacts through museum conservation x-rays. Like spectral transmissions conveying messages across time, the images in History’s Shadow make the invisible visible – expressing the shape-shifting nature of time itself and the continuous presence of the past contained within us. The book will be published October 1, 2011 and includes an ... Read More
Book by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp Examines the Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960′s
Rebels in Paradise: The Los Angeles Art Scene and the 1960s (Henry Holt and Company/on sale: July 19, 2011), by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, is the first definitive look at the rise of the Los Angeles art scene. In the 1960s, L.A. was the epicenter of cool. Sharing anecdotes from the artists and gallerists themselves, Rebels in Paradise reveals L.A.’s importance in the canon of art history. Freed from the European establishment and the pressures and expectations of New York, the artists in ... Read More
PowerHouse Books Publishes Age of Silver by Photographer John Loengard
Age of Silver is iconic American photographer John Loengard’s ode to the art form to which he dedicated his life. Loengard, a longtime staff photographer and editor for LIFE magazine and other publications, spent years documenting modern life for the benefit of the American public. Over the years he trained his camera on dignitaries, artists, athletes, intellectuals, blue and whitecollar workers, urban and natural landscapes, man-made objects, and people of all types engaged in the act ... Read More
Irish Museum of Modern Art Publishes The Moderns: Exhibition Book
Irish artists and writers have played a fascinating role in the story of modernism, and The Moderns traces this by bringing together exceptional examples of painting and sculpture, photography, film, architecture, literature, music and design, of Irish significance, in an exploration of the development of modern Ireland through its arts in the period from the 1900s to 1970s. Its broad interdisciplinary context proceeds from the recognition that art forms are not mutually exclusive and that ... Read More
Fundacion Cisneros / Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Publish Jac Leirner in conversation with Adele Nelson
Third title in the CONVERSACIONES/CONVERSATIONS series. The Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros announce Jac Leirner in conversation with/en conversación con Adele Nelson, the third title in the CONVERSACIONES/CONVERSATIONS series. The 200-page bilingual (English-Spanish) book presents an extended dialogue between the Brazilian conceptual artist, Jac Leirner, and writer and art historian Adele Nelson. The book includes an introductory essay by Robert Storr, Dean of the ... Read More
Fotoevidence Publishes Bronx Boys Photographs by Stephen Shames
For over two decades (1977-2000), Stephen Shames photographed a group of boys coming of age in the Bronx in a neighborhood ravaged by drugs, violence and gangs. These young men allowed Shames extraordinary access into their lives on the street and in their homes. Shames met the “Bronx boys” as children, and tracked them growing up, falling in love, and having children of their own. His work explores the interplay between good and evil, violence and love, chaos and family. He ... Read More
New Book on the History of The Saatchi Gallery Published
Over the years, The Saatchi Gallery has launched the careers of many young artists who have since become household names. For the first time one book, The History of the Saatchi Gallery, chronicles the breadth of work exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery from Lucian Freud to Damien Hirst, Andy Warhol to Cy Twombly and Richard Serra, to name but a few. The book is divided into sections, each reflecting different aspects of the work, which have been exhibited over more than twenty years, including ... Read More
