"Andy Coolquitt makes objects and environments that exist in symbiosis with human relationships. During the 1990s, his life and work revolved around an expansive studio/artist commune/performance space/living sculpture/party place on the east side of Austin, Texas, where he continues to live, work, and host events. Intrigued by social contracts, Coolquitt creates artwork that facilitates conversation and interaction, augmenting the energ ..."
"Since 2007, artists Jonah Freeman (born 1975) and Justin Lowe (born 1976) have collaborated to create mazelike immersive installations. This is the very first monograph on the duo, printed in conjunction with their exhibition at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller in East Hampton. This profusely illustrated volume--printed with full-bleed, double-page spreads and a gorgeous clothbound spine--spans their initial collaboration in Marfa, Texas, to t ..."
"This third volume of collected theoretical and critical essays focuses on Dia's exhibitions from 1998 through 2000. As in the first two volumes, nine diverse contributors are included, ranging from art historian Jonathan Crary and philosopher Boris Groys to film theoretician Peter Wollen, from curator Russel Fergusson to cultural critic Elaine Showalter. These writers, among others, take on the challenges of illuminating, analyzing, and ..."
Morbid Curiosity An Exhibition(1st Edition) (Tom Allen, Kristian Burford, Julian Hoeber and JP Monro) by JanTumlir Paperback, 70 Pages, Published 2008 by 1-20 Gallery/Occulus Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-9725244-1-4, ISBN: 0-9725244-1-X
"Published to accompany the Mobid Curiosity exhibition at the I-20 Gallery, New York in 2002. Comprises two critical essays by Jan Tumblir - "The Old In and Out" and "Morbid Curiosity". Features the work of Tom AllenKristian Burford, Julian Hoeber and JP Munro."
""LA Artland" is a survey of one of the most vibrant and influential art scenes of recent decades. Having produced world-renowned artists such as Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Chris Burden, Catherine Opie and Jim Shaw, Los Angeles since the 90s has superceded New York as the US contemporary art capital. With the continuing success of LA-based art programmes at CalArts, Art Center and UCLA, as well as a growing gallery scene stretching from ..."
"Jennifer Pastor (b. 1966) reinterprets common yet curiously unexpected subjects in her sculpture and drawings, which reflect influences as varied as Claes Oldenburg and pop cultural phenomena. Accompanying an exhibition at the Whitney Museum, this book explores Pastor's installation The Perfect Ride, which comprises a large sculpture inspired by the Hoover Dam; a sculptural rendering of the human ear; and a line-drawn animation of a cow ..."
"Formed by Harvey S. Shipley Miller and donated to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2005, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was conceived to be the widest possible cross-section of contemporary drawing made primarily within the past 20 years, surveying gestural and geometric abstraction, representation and figuration, systems-based and conceptual work, as well as appropriation and collage. While the ..."
"Formed by Harvey S. Shipley Miller and donated to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2005, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was conceived to be the widest possible cross-section of contemporary drawing made primarily within the past 20 years, surveying gestural and geometric abstraction, representation and figuration, systems-based and conceptual work, as well as appropriation and collage. While the ..."
"Gary Banks, Jan Tumlir. Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations (New
York: Yale University Press, 1982). Mancur Olson, The Logic of Collective Action
(New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965). Hermione Parker, The Moral Hazard
of ..."
"The dynamic relationship between rock music and visual art crosses continents, generations, and cultures. Beginning with Andy WarholÂ's involvement with The Velvet Underground in 1967, artists have maintained a strong connection to rock. Artists such as Slater Bradley, Mike Kelley, and Raymond Pettibon have created album covers and music videos for rock bands, while rock musicians such as Bryan Ferry, John Lennon, and Peter Townsend hav ..."
"Uta Barth aims her camera at the everyday places that are ignored or overlooked, taking note of the incidental and the passage of time, while being deeply engaged with looking at nothing. Included here are photographs from the series nowhere near, ...end of time, and white blind (bright red)."
"The Los Angeles–based Colby Poster Printing Company has been a friend to local artists ever since Ed Ruscha’s seminal Colby-printed announcement for the 1962 Pasadena Art Museum exhibition New Paintings of Common Objects. Their fluorescent posters have been disseminated on every high-traffic surface in the city, and their collection of over 150 wood and metal typefaces--usually bold and sans serif--are an integral part of Los Angeles’ v ..."
"This inaugural volume from Oslo Editions gathers edited transcripts from a series of talks held at the Mandrake, an artist-run bar in Los Angeles, on the theme of ''contra mundum'' or ''against the world.'' Taking its cue from Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel Brideshead Revisited, the contributors consider the collective potential of (anti)sociality and the possibility of building your own world. Subjects include the furniture of Donald Judd, ..."
Desertshore by JanTumlir, Brian Kennon Paperback, Published 2008 by 2Nd Cannons Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-9786830-5-4, ISBN: 0-9786830-5-6
"A collaboration between Jan Tumlir and Brian Kennon and a "prelude catalog" to Tumlir's exhibition of the same name, Desertshore begins with the image from the cover of the Nico album (also a film still from La Circatrice Interieure by Philippe Garrel) to then find a path on/through works from the late 60's - 70's that commonly trip out from the city center and travel to the pasts and futures of desert and space. Moving through Robert S ..."
Carter Potter Carter Potter's World by Carter Potter, JanTumlir Paperback, 12 Pages, Published 2000 by Rocket ISBN-13: 978-0-946676-38-5, ISBN: 0-946676-38-0
"Catalog of an exhibition organized by Paul Schimmel and Stacia Payne held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sept. 26, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000. Paper covers with French flaps, 40 pp. Contents include: Pages 1-18: color illustrations; Director's Statement by Jeremy Strick; Interior Decoration and Nostalgia: The Unnatural Painting of Kevin Appel by Paul Schimmel; Inside/Out: On the Painting of Kevin Appel by Jan Tumlir; Checklist of the Exhibit ..."
"Architectones, a monumental undertaking of seven exhibitions installed across three continents over a two year period, unites Veilhan's diverse interests in modernity, its histories of technology, and its cult of genius figures. Collectively titled after Kazimir Malevich's volumetric-spatial models, the art and architectural works partake in the revolutionary idealism of a period in which it was possible to imagine transforming society ..."