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Art as Social ActionAn Introduction to the Principles and Practices of Teachi…
" Art as Social Action... is an essential guide to deepening social art practices and teaching them to students." —Laura Raicovich, president and executive director, Queens Museum Art as Social Action is both a general introduction to and an illustrated, practical textbook for the field of social practice, an art medium that has been gaining popularity in the public sphere. With content arran…
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- 9781621535614
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Selling Contemporary ArtHow to Navigate the Evolving Market
A sophisticated examination of today's contemporary art market from an art dealer's point of view, this new book focuses on recent changes in the quickly evolving market. With an emphasis on how the market responded to the global recession that began in 2008, gallery owner Edward Winkleman moves from an examination of the factors beyond the individual dealer's command to those that the dealer c…
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- 9781621534730
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The Creative PathA View from the Studio on the Making of Art
Demystifying the creative process. The Creative Path is an inquiry into the creative process from philosophical, psychological, spiritual, and practical points of view. In this welcoming work on the creative process, Carolyn Schlam encourages the reader to embark upon his or her own journey of discovery, identity, and wonder through art. The author started her career in art under the tutelage o…
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- 9781621536673
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- 1 online resource (999 pages)
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Form and Sense
Wolfgang Paalen was a central figure in internationalist surrealist circles in the late 1930s. Artist and intellectual, he was a European whose fascination with archaic cultures led him finally to Mexico, where he founded the influential magazine DYN in 1941. In the bold texts from DYN that make up Form and Sense, we encounter a unique artistic mind and an oracular voice.Paalen's book is an int…
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- 9781611459234
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The Popular History of GraffitiFrom the Ancient World to the Present
What is graffiti? And why have we, as a culture, had the urge to do it since 30,000 BCE? Artist Fiona McDonald explores the ways in which graffiti works to forever compel and simultaneously repel us as a society. When did graffiti turn into graffiti art, and why do we now pay thousands of dollars for a Banksy print when just twenty years ago, seminal graffiti artists from the Bronx were thrown …
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- 9781626362918
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Making It in the Art WorldNew Approaches to Galleries, Shows, and Raising Money
Learn how today's artists survive, exhibit, and earn money, without selling out! This book explains how to be a professional artist and new methods to define and realize what success means. Whether you're a beginner, a student, or a career artist looking to be in the best museum shows, this book provides ways of advancing your plans on any level. Making It in the Art World is an invaluable reso…
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- 9781621533818
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- 1 online resource (256 pages)
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The Artist's Quest of Inspiration
Updated to inspire a new generation of visual artists in their quest for creative growth, this book shows artists how they can experience a new awakening of creativity and add fresh meaning to their work by using simple techniques found in this inspirational guide. A working artist who has coped successfully with the daily challenge of facing a blank canvas shares her methods for overcoming cre…
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- 9781621535775
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- 1 online resource (272 pages)
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Central Asia in ArtFrom Soviet Orientalism to the New Republics
In the midst of the space race and nuclear age, Soviet Realist artists were producing figurative oil paintings. Why? How was art produced to control and co-opt the peripheries of the Soviet Union, particularly Central Asia? Presenting the 'untold story' of Soviet Orientalism, Aliya Abykayeva-Tiesenhausen re-evaluates the imperial project of the Soviet state, placing the Orientalist undercurrent…
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- 9781838608125
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- 1 online resource (304 pages)
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We the PeoplePortraits of Veterans in America
We the people—these words embody the ethos of what it means to be an American citizen. As individuals we are a tapestry of colors and creeds; united we are a nation committed to preserving our hard-earned freedom. In this heart-stirring collection of watercolor portraits of military veterans—one from each of the fifty states—artist Mary Whyte captures this ethos as well as the dedication,…
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- 9781643360133
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Akroter und ArchitekturFigürliche Skulptur auf Dächern griechischer Bauten …
Die Ausstattung repräsentativer Tempel- und Schatzhausarchitektur mit Bauskulpturen ist ein Phänomen, das vom 6. bis zum 4. Jahrhundert v. Chr. in Griechenland vielfältig anzutreffen ist. Die Akrotere auf dem Dach waren durch ihre Position besonders auffällig im Erscheinungsbild eines Gebäudes und nahmen damit entscheidenden Einfluss auf seine Wahrnehmung im Kontext des Heiligtums. Die vor…
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- 9783110543926
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