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84 d a p www.artbook.com t:800.338.2665 f 800.478.3128 highlights criticism theory group exhibitions 85 hayward gallery publishing hammer museum walker art center cultureshock media jrp ringier hatje cantz theft is vision previously announced eden s edge cult fiction art comics text by paul gravett the comic book the cartoon strip and the singlepanel gag are recurring motifs in twentieth-century art providing a platform for narrative political critique graphic clarity and of course fun cult fiction art comics examines the work of artists who produce comics and cartoons as part of their practice as well as those who employ the language of the comic in their work borrowing from stylistic sources across high and low culture accompanying a u.k exhibition tour and designed by fantagraphics art director jacob covey this catalogue s bold layout complements the artworks included in its pages an essay by paul gravett a writer and curator who has worked in comics publishing and promotion for over 20 years illuminates the long-standing love affair between fine art and comics emphasizing contemporary practitioners in britain and the u.s including laylah ali daniel clowes liz craft r crumb julie doucet debbie dreschler marcel dzama kerry james marshall kim pace raymond pettibon olivia plender jon pylypchuk joe sacco david shrigley posy simmonds richard slee carol swain stéphane blanquet melinda gebbie alan moore and travis millard specially commissioned self-portraits and question-and-answer forms filled out by hand by all contributing artists make cult fiction one-of-a-kind cult fiction art comics 1-85332-260-1 978-1-85332-260-0 paperback 9.5 x 13.5 in 96 pgs 123 illustrations u.s $30.00 cdn $36.00 july/art brave new worlds text by doryun chong yasmil raymond addressing contemporary international art beyond glib expressions of globalism brave new worlds assesses the current state of political consciousness and its multivalent artistic manifestations in an era characterized by the unraveling of a unified world order guided by the questions how do we know how do we experience and how do we dream about the world 24 artists from southeastern europe to south america from the middle east to east asia and from north africa to north america propose their own answers in paintings drawings sculptures installations and videos the catalogue includes several brief correspondent essays inspired by newspaper reports and penned by an international cast of young art historians critics and curators including max andrews and mariana canepa luna spain cecilia brunson chile hu fang china tone hansen norway mihnea mircan romania and josé roca colombia recent texts by philosopher kwame anthony appiah celebrated author and activist arundhati roy and award-winning foreign correspondent janine di giovanni provide additional perspectives on global affairs of the past decade in addition brave new worlds features an artist insert by lia perjovschi of romania entitled subjective art history from modernism to today and entries on each individual artist brave new worlds 0-935640-89-4 978-0-935640-89-2 pbk 8.25 x 11.25 in 272 pgs 200 color 64 b&w u.s $39.95 cdn $48.00 november/art exhibition schedule minneapolis walker art center 10/04/07­02/17/08 previously announced fifteen l.a artists text by gary garrels published to accompany the hammer museum s summer 2007 exhibition eden s edge this exploration of art made in los angeles during the past decade crosses generations mediums and materials to link 15 artists of singular personal vision whether internationally established or not-yetdiscovered the artists who include ginny bishton mark bradford liz craft sharon ellis matt greene elliott hundley stanya kahn and harry dodge monica majoli rebecca morales matthew monahan lari pittman ken price jason rhodes anna sew hoy and jim shaw all track via their work and vision a persistent consciousness of change and contradiction the works collected here are intensely crafted and conjure richly imagistic worlds in which landscape and figure fracture and metamorphose together they establish a generational continuum integrating newly emerging artists with their more established peers this clothbound volume includes a critical essay by curator gary garrels that contextualizes both the exhibition and the artists work within the art and culture of southern california the international art scene and the trends of the last decade it includes an entry a biography a selected exhibition history and a bibliography for each of the 15 artists eden s edge 0-973739-31-4 978-0-973739-31-2 clothbound 8.5 x 10.25 in 144 pgs 100 color u.s $35.00 cdn $42.00 june/art exhibition schedule los angeles hammer museum 05/13/07­09/02/07 owning art the contemporary art collector s handbook by louisa buck judith greer this sharp practical look at the contemporary art market declares its irreverence early with a fullpage large print citation of jenny holzer s truism money creates taste louisa buck and judith greer s analyses of buyers interests and responsibilities including a section on how artists see the market and how collectors should treat them make owning art a guidebook of interest to armchair travelers as well as its ostensible target market it s not just collectors who seek to understand more about dealers auction houses art fairs selection pricing and conservation the authors are equally comfortable going over the pitfalls of caring for contemporary media they quote agnes gund on rescuing christo s nine packed bottles from a well-intentioned trip to the recycling bin and tackling more serious questions like who makes a good collector what should you be looking for who gets offered the best work what role do institutions play in the market owning art 0-9546999-1-2 978-0-9546999-1-8 clothbound 6 x 8 in 276 pgs u.s $30.00 cdn $36.00 april/non-fiction criticism by bob nickas theft is vision gathers essays and interviews from the past ten years by the influential new york critic and curator bob nickas offering a personal shoot-from-the-hip take on the american art scene more of a fan than a theorist nickas views art through a focused subcultural lens he pursues overlooked figures such as graphic designers art chantry and jamie reid post-punk legends the fall cult artists cady noland and steven parrino collaborates on photo/text pieces with trisha donnelly and john miller and offers a fictional conversation between andy warhol and on kawara interviews with philip taaffe and jeff wall reflect on the 80s while those with wolfgang tillmans not previously published and kelley walker bring us into the present since 1985 nickas has organized over 60 exhibitions for galleries and museums as an independent curator as curatorial advisor at p.s 1 from 20032007 he organized more than 20 exhibitions including stephen shore american surfaces wolfgang tillmans fredom from the known william gedney-christopher wool into the night peter hujar and the lee lozano retrospective drawn from life nickas s book live free or die collected writings 1985-1999 was published by les presses du réel in 2000 and collection diary an account of his year-long project to play at being a collector was published by jrp in 2004 theft is vision 3-905770-36-9 978-3-905770-36-0 paperback 6 x 8 in 160 pgs 24 b&w u.s $22.00 cdn $26.00 september/nonfiction criticism contemporary art and the museum a global perspective edited by andrea buddensieg peter weibel text by claude ardouin hans belting all over the world contemporary art is moving into traditional museums its institutionalization an ongoing proposition with swiftly evolving practices and more than ever before the art of the moment is being made and collected internationally global art production is affecting museums everywhere even those in traditional centers of cultural influence for international artists the question is how to get themselves and their work to cultural centers for their home states and museums the question is how to assimilate globalized contemporary art and its local stars while institutions outside the west are often also outside a crucial loop of money and influence the increasing range of biennials from são paulo to senegal s dak art is redrawing the map this essay collection explores the impact of contemporary non-western art and the world s local museums writers include peter weibel of zkm karlsruhe and claude ardouin of the british museum contemporary art and the museum 3-7757-1933-4 978-3-7757-1933-9 paperback 6 x 9 in 256 pgs 45 color u.s $40.00 cdn $48.00 july/nonfiction criticism

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