"One of the last century's most influential artists, Yves Klein (1928-1962) took the European art scene by storm in a prolific career that lasted only from 1954 to 1962, when he suffered a heart attack at the age of 34. Klein was an innovator who embraced painting, sculpture, performance, photography, music, theater, film, architecture and theoretical writing. Self-identified as "the painter of space," Klein sought to achieve immaterial ..."
Immanent Vitalities(First Edition) Meaning and Materiality in Modern and Contemporary Art (Volume 4) (Studies on Latin American Art) by Kaira Marie Cabañas, Kaira M. Cabanas Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2021 by University Of California Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-520-35622-1, ISBN: 0-520-35622-5
Learning from Madness(1st Edition) Brazilian Modernism and Global Contemporary Art by Kaira Marie Cabañas, Kaira M. Cabanas Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-55628-4, ISBN: 0-226-55628-X
"A handsome monograph on beloved self-taught Brazilian artist Djanira da Motta e Silva, whose paintings depict religious themes and everyday life in BrazilLargely self-taught and coming from a working-class background, Djanira da Motta e Silva (1914–79) emerged on the Brazilian art scene in the 1940s, working in paint, woodcut and engraving to depict everyday life in Brazil, often with religious overtones. Although she developed a prolif ..."
"One of the last century's most influential artists, Yves Klein (1928-1962) took the European art scene by storm in a prolific career that lasted only from 1954 to 1962, when he suffered a heart attack at the age of 34. Klein was an innovator who embraced painting, sculpture, performance, photography, music, theater, film, architecture and theoretical writing. Self-identified as "the painter of space," Klein sought to achieve immaterial ..."
"Found objects, ripped posters, radical collages: as part of the New Realism movement of the early 1960s, Jacques Villeglé's work directly influenced his contemporaries, in particular, New York Pop artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. By using everyday objects, the New Realists sought new forms of artistic expression and called into question the role of the artist and the nature of art itself. Villeglé's work with posters that he f ..."
Off-Screen Cinema Isidore Isou and the Lettrist Avant-Garde (Hardback) by Kaira Marie Cabanas, Kaira M. Cabañas Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-17445-7, ISBN: 0-226-17445-X
Artaud the Moma (Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts) by Jacques Derrida, Peggy Kamuf, Kaira M. Cabañas Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published 2017 by Columbia University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-231-18166-2, ISBN: 0-231-18166-3
"This publication offers an extensive overview of the work and life of Jean Tinguely, the Swiss artist who was instrumental in the development of kinetic art. While Tinguely's mechanical metal sculptures may seem witty and playful, their charming absurdity has a dark side: he contrasts play, pleasure and irony with aggression, self-destruction and a fear of death in an engaging and compelling oeuvre. In contrast to the canonic Tinguely d ..."