"Support Structures is a manual for what bears, sustains, and props, for those things that encourage, care for, and assist; for that which advocates, articulates; for what stands behind, frames, and maintains: it is a manual for those things that give support. While the work of supporting might traditionally appear as subsequent, unessential, and lacking value in itself, this manual is an attempt to restore attention to one of the neglec ..."
"Roy Lichtenstein's popular appeal--and his influence on pop culture, seen in everything from greeting cards to sitcoms--at times overshadows his importance to contemporary art. Yet, examined on its own terms, Lichtenstein's comics-inspired, deadpan artwork remains as truly unsettling to art-world orthodoxies today as when it first gained wide attention in the early 1960s. L ..."
"The most comprehensive collection on Lichtenstein, from the earliest reviews to recent reassessments, including several hard-to-find and previously unpublished pieces.Roy Lichtenstein's popular appeal―and his influence on pop culture, seen in everything from greeting cards to sitcoms―at times overshadows his importance to contemporary art. Yet, examined on its own terms, Lichtenstein's comics-inspired, deadpan artwork remains as truly u ..."
"Immediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, was hailed as a transformative work in the history and theory of architecture, liberating those in architecture who were trying to find a way out of the straitjacket of architectural orthodoxies. Resonating far beyond the professional and institutional boundaries of the field, the book contributed to a thorough ret ..."
"Immediately on its publication in 1972, Learning from Las Vegas, by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour, was hailed as a transformative work in the history and theory of architecture, liberating those in architecture who were trying to find a way out of the straitjacket of architectural orthodoxies. Resonating far beyond the professional and institutional boundaries of the field, the book contributed to a thorough ret ..."
"Picasso's "Les Demoiselles dAvignon" (Museum of Modern Art, New York) dubbed by Pierre Daix as the first painting in modern art represents a milestone in the history of art. Picasso's radical break with tradition was to be a decisive influence on modern visual art. Only after this painting did Picasso, together with Braque, feel able to launch into the Cubist adventure which literally splintered the visual realm; it was to change the fa ..."
Transaction Fleurs de rêve II by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn Paperback, 87 Pages, Published 2007 by Editions Amsterdam ISBN-13: 978-2-915547-55-9, ISBN: 2-915547-55-6
"Jean-Claude Lebensztejn propose ici, avec ce court texte amplement illustré, le premier ouvrage jamais consacré à un monument hors du commun : l’Oïkema que l’architecte Nicolas Ledoux avait prévu de réaliser dans sa cité idéale de la ville de Chaux.« Le bordel idéal que Ledoux a imaginé sous le nom d’Oïkema a divisé les esprits. Certains comparèrent l’éducation de l’Oïkema à la libération sexuelle prônée dans la Lucinde de Schlegel ; d’ ..."