"Since 1989, Canadian artist Melvin Charney has created painted photographs--stylized portrayals of buildings executed in pastel or thin washes of paint and superimposed on printed mass media images--that expose the triumphs, tragedies and absurdities of the modern city."
"Before she coined the term "feminist art" and produced the movement's most iconic work, "The Dinner Party," Judy Chicago (born 1939) was living in Los Angeles and making work partly inspired by the city's "Finish Fetish" and "Light and Space" schools--serial abstract pieces characterized by throbbing color, logo-like geometricism and slick production values. Unlike the sculpture of her male Los Angeles contemporaries, however, Chicago's ..."
William Tillyer The Cadiz Caprices by John Yau, SaulOstrow Paperback, 24 Pages, Published 2008 by Bernard Jacobson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-872784-40-3, ISBN: 1-872784-40-2
"Texts by John Yau and Saul Ostrow. Published on the occassion of the exhibition 'William Tillyer - The Cadiz Caprices', 12 September - 11 October 2008"
"... I think, and artists who, moreover, have no easily identified predecessors, are
in fact those who do everything themselves, and in whose oeuvre there is in
consequence a certain magnificent openness, whatever one thinks of the
component works. These artists tend mainly to be German—I may be wrong but I
can think of none in America. I have in mind Sigmar Polke, Gerhardt Richter, and
perhaps Rosemarie Trockel. Richter's abstracti ..."
Robert Youds(1st Edition) Beautiful Beautiful Artificial Field by Lisa Baldissera, S. Madill, Robert Youds, SaulOstrow Paperback, 92 Pages, Published 2007 by Art Gallery Of Greater Victoria/Abc Art Books Canada ISBN-13: 978-0-88885-189-5, ISBN: 0-88885-189-8
"Driven by a fascination with space, colour, light and abstraction, Robert Youds takes a multitude of approaches revolving around discourses on painting, sculpture, and perception. Drawing on the the exploration of luminosity as in the works of Dan Flavin, and integrating the theoretical machinations of abstract expressionism, Youds has created a multi-layered body of work grounded in an architectural and three-dimensional expression of ..."
In the Aftermath of Art(1st Edition) Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics (Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture) by Donald Preziosi, Johanne Lamoureux, SaulOstrow Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-415-36230-6, ISBN: 0-415-36230-X
"By juxtaposing issues and problems, Donald Preziosi's latest collection of essays, In the Aftermath of Art, opens up multiple interpretive possibilities by bringing to the surface hidden resonances in the implications of each text. In re-reading his own writings, Preziosi opens up alternatives to contemporary discourses on art history and visual culture. A critical commentary by critic, historian, and theorist Johanne Lamoureux compleme ..."
"This new beautifully produced series celebrates the work of Cranbrook's Artists in Residence in the fields of Architecture, Ceramics, 2D and 3D Design, Fiber, Metalsmithing, Painting, Photography, Print/Media and Sculptur"
"Robert Motherwell, who died in 1991, was the youngest member of the first wave of Abstract Expressionists known as the New York School (a phrase he coined), which also included Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Willem de Kooning and Barnett Newman. An articulate writer, Motherwell was pegged early on as the intellectual of the group. "Robert Motherwell: Open" is the first examination of the painter's "Open" series, which preoccupied him fro ..."
"This exciting collection of David Goldblatt's essays, available for the first time in one volume, uses the metaphor of ventriloquism to help understand a variety of art world phenomena. It examines how the vocal vacillation between ventriloquist and dummy works within the roles of artist, artwork and audience as a conveyance to the audience of the performer's intentions, emotions and beliefs through a created performative persona. Consi ..."
Painted/Stacked Five States Fives Sites + 1 (5 @ 5 + 1) by Russell Maltz Hardcover, Published 2004 by Russell Maltz ISBN-13: 978-0-9764734-0-4, ISBN: 0-9764734-0-2
"New York-based Canadian artist David Craven is widely recognized for a distinctive painting practice characterized by a dynamic sense of play coupled with an ongoing exploration of the tensions between abstraction and figuration. The portentous and commanding paintings featured here attest to Craven's turn to figuration after he moved to New York in 1980. While retaining the monumental scale of his abstract works of the 1970s, these lat ..."
"art. 2. arthur. c. danto. I am learning that it's inspiriting to be where writers can be
dangerous. —Hortense Calisher IN HIS GREAT POEM ON THE DEATH OF
William Butler Yeats, Auden wrote: “Ireland has her madness and her weather
still/For poetry makes nothing happen.” No one, I suppose, not even a poetic
visionary, would have expected lyrics to dispel the humidities of the Emerald Isle,
and this gives Auden his paradigm ofartistic ..."
"Dubuffet was also a collector and champion ofArt Brut; his collection consisted of
over 5,000 works of what is often referred to today as Outsider Art. Keller
Easterling created, with Richard Prelinger, Call it Home, a laserdisc history of
American suburbia from 1934—1960. She is also author ... Hachivi Edgar Heap
of Birds, artist and Associate Professor of Art at the University of Oklahoma, is a
headsman in the Cheyenne Elk Warrio ..."
Imagining the Present(1st Edition) Context, Content, and the Role of the Critic (Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture) by Lawrence Alloway, Richard Kalina, SaulOstrow Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-415-39146-7, ISBN: 0-415-39146-6
"Bringing together twenty-nine of Lawrence Alloway’s most influential essays in one volume, this fascinating collection provides valuable perspectives on the art and visual culture of the second half of the twentieth century. Lawrence Alloway ranks among the most important critics of his time, and his contributions to the spirited and contentious dialogue of his era make for fascinating reading. These twenty-nine provocative essays fro ..."
Imagining the Present(1st Edition) Context, Content, and the Role of the Critic (Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture) by Lawrence Alloway, Richard Kalina, SaulOstrow Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2006 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-39167-2, ISBN: 0-415-39167-9
"Bringing together twenty-nine of Lawrence Alloway’s most influential essays in one volume, this fascinating collection provides valuable perspectives on the art and visual culture of the second half of the twentieth century. Lawrence Alloway ranks among the most important critics of his time, and his contributions to the spirited and contentious dialogue of his era make for fascinating reading. These twenty-nine provocative essays ..."