John Baldessari: Films Transferred to Video 1972-1977By John Baldessari, Nicolas Trembley
Illustrated by John Baldessari
Published by BDV, 2007
ISBN 3905770091, 9783905770094
"Title" (1972), "4 Short Films" (1971), and "6 Colorful Inside Jobs" (1977), three seminal but rarely seen films by the groundbreaking west coast Conceptualist John Baldessari, are assembled here for the first time on DVD. The films are built around the same principles as the artist's photographic work, and Baldessari's obsession with the non-link, with fragmentation and gaps, is all the more striking in moving pictures. His images do not arrive in a narrative progression, but appear as a succession of near-still, suspended moments, autonomous but integrated, for which it is up to the spectator to build a structure. "Title" is one of Baldessari's most radical projects, a juxtaposition of minimal images without hierarchy or direction, and particularly pointedly so because the subject is a conventional film, broken into its component parts. First come the objects, the characters, the landscapes, then the frames associating two shapes, and finally the start of an action, of a dialogue. Baldessari's splicing and categorizing reveals the tricks of cinematic space-time. "Six Colorful Inside Jobs" shows a room being painted in six different colors, each corresponding to a day of the week, leaving the artist a comic figure, and "4 Short Films" is the product of a similar ironic twist, a free and absurd association between time, matter and objects. An essential document
Understanding the art of sound organizationBy Leigh Landy
Edition: illustrated
Published by MIT Press, 2007
ISBN 0262122928, 9780262122924
303 pages
The art of sound organization, also known as electroacoustic music, uses sounds not available to traditional music making, including pre-recorded, synthesized, and processed sounds. The body of work of such sound-based music (which includes electroacoustic art music, turntable composition, computer games, and acoustic and digital sound installations) has developed more rapidly than its musicology. Understanding the Art of Sound Organization proposes the first general foundational framework for the study of the art of sound organization, defining terms, discussing relevant forms of music, categorizing works, and setting sound-based music in interdisciplinary contexts.
David Lynch: Beautiful DarkBy Greg Olson
Edition: illustrated
Published by Scarecrow Press, 2008
ISBN 0810859173, 9780810859173
733 pages
"From his early experimental projects to such films as Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and INLAND EMPIRE, director David Lynch has created a body of work that continues to both intrigue and challenge viewers. In David Lynch: Beautiful Dark, Greg Olson explores the surreal intricacies of the director's unique visual and visceral style, not only in his full-length films but also in his early forays into painting and short films, as well as his television landmark, Twin Peaks. This in-depth exploration is the first full-length work to analyze the intimate symbiosis between Lynch's life experience and artistic expressions: from the small-town child to the teenage painter to the sixty-year-old Internet and digital media experimenter." "To fully delineate the director's life and art, Olson received unprecedented participation from Lynch, his parents, siblings, old school friends, romantic partners, children, and decades of professional colleagues, as well as on-set access during the production of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Throughout this study, Olson provides thorough analyses of the filmmaker's works as Lynch conceived, crafted, and completed them. Consequently, David Lynch: Beautiful Dark is the definitive study of one of the most influential and idiosyncratic directors of the past four decades."--BOOK JACKET
Gerhard Richter Portraits: Painting Appearances By Paul Moorhouse
Published by Yale University Press, 2009
ISBN 0300151594, 9780300151596
176 pages
“Appearance, semblance is the theme of my life.” This statement by Gerhard Richter (b. 1932) suggests the importance of portraiture to his career. One of the greatest artists working today, Richter has been intensively engaged with portraiture since 1962. His portraits invite critical consideration of both portraiture and painting; they include images of specific people—whether sensational subjects of people in the media, icons of the popular imagination, or close friends and relatives. However, all are transformed when Richter puts them onto canvas, for they often become anonymous in the process or become significant simply for being included. Richter’s investigation into how we understand what surrounds us is at the heart of all his work.
Brought to light : photography and the invisible, 1840-1900By Corey Keller, Jennifer Tucker, Tom Gunning, Maren Groning
Contributor Marie-Sophie Corcy, Carole Troufleau, Erin O'Toole
Edition: illustrated
Published by Yale University Press, 2008
ISBN 0300142102, 9780300142105
208 pages
Brought to Light invites readers to step back to a time when photography, X-rays, and movies were new, when forays into the world beneath the skin or the realm beyond our everyday vision captivated scientists and the public alike. In this book, accounts of scientific experimentation blend with stories of showmanship to reveal how developments in 19th-century technology could enlighten as well as frighten and amaze. Through a series of 200 vintage images—produced by photographers, scientists, and amateur inventors—this book ultimately traces the rise of popular science.
Tamarind techniques for fine art lithography / Marjorie Devon, with Bill Lagattuta and Rodney Hamon
By Marjorie Devon
Edition: illustrated
Published by Harry N Abrams Inc, 2009
ISBN 0810972425, 9780810972421
320 pages
Eagerly awaited by artists and fine art printers everywhere, this comprehensive, all-new book created by the director and staff of the Tamarind Institute of Lithography at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, covers all facets of fine art lithography, from setting up a workshop of any size to pulling a successful edition. It offers complete, illustrated step-by-step instructions for all techniques in use today; up-to-date health and safety information; and full-color plates of over forty years’ worth of lithographs created at Tamarind. Unrivaled in scope, this extraordinary manual will be an invaluable reference for students of the medium—and a treasured resource in lithography workshops around the world— for years to come.
Suzanne McClelland: Rock and Shift
By Barry Schwabsky, Suzanne McClelland, Carol Kino, Sue Scott
Published by HARD PR, 2008
ISBN 1889097756, 9781889097756
88 pages
Rock and Shift is the first major book on the work of artist Suzanne McClelland, who in 2006 was awarded both the Nancy Graves award and the AXA Artist Award. It includes drawings made specifically for the book, an introduction by Sue Scott, a poem by Barry Schwabsky, and an essay by Carol Kino. Also featured are reproductions of fifty-six unique works on paper that were created in the summer of 2006 in conjunction with One Eye Pug, a collaboration with artists in publishing monotypes, unique works on paper, and related publications. Using monotype, stencil, collage, and hand painting, these works on paper are the culmination of a seven-year project comprising prints, paintings, and installation pieces that investigate the gap between public perception and the private person. Included are the OOO paintings named for prominent women, including Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice, Oprah Winfrey, Martha Stewart, and Roseanne Barr as well as reproductions from McClelland's earlier exhibitions Out of Character, Well Hung, and Team Play Her. This book brings all of these pieces together for the first time in one place.
Gerhard Richter: Large Abstracts: Large Abstracts
By Benjamin Buchloh, Wilmes
Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH & Co KG, 2009
ISBN 3775722491, 9783775722490
160 pages
City of Darkness: Life in Kowloon Walled City
By Greg Girard, Ian Lambot, Charles Goddard
Illustrated by Greg Girard
Edition: illustrated
Published by Watermark, 1993
ISBN 1873200137, 9781873200131
216 pages
