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Book Long Beach Island Rhapsody

Download or read book Long Beach Island Rhapsody written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This oversized coffee table art book features more than 280 paintings of Long Beach Island by sixty contemporary artists. Each painting has been exquisitely reproduced and is accompanied with text by the artist. The stunning works of art contained in this gorgeous folio not only show the Long Beach Island of today but also preserve many of the Island's past landmarks and scenes?now gone forever. The artists' charming and informative writings describe their motivations and creative processes as well as insights into the Island's loveliest locations, history, lifestyles, and more. Its five comprehensive chapters include ?On The Beach, ? ?Along The Bay, ? ?Landmarks & Homes, ? 32 Views Of Barnegat Lighthouse, ? and ?The Shack On The Causeway.? Also included is an Introduction to the works by editor and publisher George C. Valente, brief biographies of each of the artists, and an Index to the artists' works in the book. One of the most beautiful books about the Jersey Shore ever published.

Book Read My Pins

    Book Details:
  • Author : Madeleine Albright
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2009-09-29
  • ISBN : 0061938491
  • Pages : 182 pages

Download or read book Read My Pins written by Madeleine Albright and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Jewelry isn’t ordinarily a tool of political persuasion, but in this beautiful book, Madeleine Albright, American ambassador to the United Nations and then the nation’s first female secretary of state, tells the compelling story of how these small objects became part of her ‘personal diplomatic arsenal.’” — The Chicago Tribune From New York Times bestselling author and former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, Read My Pins is a story and celebration of how one woman’s jewelry collection was used to make diplomatic history. Part illustrated memoir, part social history, Read My Pins provides an intimate look at Albright's life through the brooches she wore. Her collection is both international and democratic—dime-store pins share pride of place with designer creations and family heirlooms. Included are the antique eagle purchased to celebrate Albright's appointment as secretary of state, the zebra pin she wore when meeting Nelson Mandela, and the Valentine's Day heart forged by Albright's five-year-old daughter. Read My Pins features more than 200 photographs, along with compelling and often humorous stories about jewelry, global politics, and the life of one of America's most accomplished and fascinating diplomats.

Book Linda Besemer

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  • Author : Kristina Newhouse
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2022-02
  • ISBN : 9780936270630
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Linda Besemer written by Kristina Newhouse and published by . This book was released on 2022-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Besemer: StrokeRollFoldSheetSlabGlitch is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, organized by the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, College of the Arts, California State University, Long Beach. February 12-June 25, 2022. The publication includes a foreword by Museum director Paul Baker Prindle, with essays by art historian Lex Morgan Lancaster and Museum curator Kristina Newhouse.StrokeRollFoldSheetSlabGlitch is the first monographic survey of artworks by Los Angeles-based artist Linda Besemer. This exhibition emphasizes Besemer's ongoing commitment to exploring alterity through conscious "othering" of abstraction and reflects on the artist's search for new meaning in painting over the past thirty-five years. Featuring 23 colorful artworks produced between 1993-2021, the museum showcases key moments in Besemer's career, taking visitors on a journey as she transitions from traditional gestural abstraction and culminating with the most recent "glitch" series.

Book Circle of Truth

    Book Details:
  • Author : Laura Hipke
  • Publisher : Bookbaby
  • Release : 2019-02-24
  • ISBN : 9781645167532
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Circle of Truth written by Laura Hipke and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2019-02-24 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exhibition catalog for the Circle of Truth traveling art exhibition. Curated by Laura Hipke & Shane GuffoggForeword by: Randy Hipke Preface by: Paul RuschaThe Circle of Truth project is a visual game of Telephone, sometimes called a Rumor Game.49 artists, including Ed Ruscha, Shane Guffogg, Billy Al Bengston, Lita Albuquerque, Jim Morphesis, Charles Arnoldi, Robert Williams, and Ruth Weisberg, created works especially for the Circle of Truth project, in absolute secrecy over a period of nine years. The catalog dedicates a full spread to each of the 49 artists with color images of the art they received and responded to, the art they created, as well as an essay they wrote about their experience. The catalog provides a rare look at the thought processes and studio practices of these unique and private people.The Circle of Truth project is a wholly unique collaboration of 49 contemporary artists, each sequestered and unknown to one another, working in absolute secrecy. Taking a full nine years from launch to fruition, the Circle is a modern, visual take on a common childhood schoolroom exercise, wherein a secret message was whispered from student to student. Often referred to as the Rumor Game or Telephone.In the case of the Circle of Truth, the "whispered" message was imbued in the first painting, which was then delivered, along with a blank canvas, to the second artist. That artist was given no direction other than to find the Truth in in the previous painting, respond to what they perceived, and create a work using the blank canvas, that would go to the next artist, also unknown to them. And so, it went, through 49 artists, each confronted with a work from an unknown artist and a blank canvas. Participants were encouraged to work outside of their normal, comfortable styles. Once their creations were complete, each was asked to write an essay about their experience.The 49 works of art were created specifically for the Circle of Truth by 49 different and often disparateartists. Mostly oil paintings, all of the works measure 20 inches square by 2 inches deep, and are presented in chronological order. The Circle of Truth project opens a dialog regarding the nature of what we consider Truth to be, and evenwhether we think it exists. The Circle of Truth exhibition touches on a need that resinates deeply in the human psyche - access to meaningful, truthful contact with others. This truthful contact is the secret ingredient in the Circle of Truth project.Using paint and words the artists speak to the viewers candidly, providing a rare perspective into theirexperience and thought processes.Viewers of all ages and backgrounds, will be able to quickly understand and appreciate the meaning of the Circle of Truth. There are no prerequisites or any fundamental knowledge needed to appreciate and recognize Truth. The Circle relies simply on the viewers' inherent human nature.The LA-based Project was conceived by artist, Laura Hipke and co-curated with artist, Shane Guffogg. Exhibiting artists from Los Angeles, Arizona and New York include: Kim Abeles, Lisa Adams, Lita Albuquerque, Charles Arnoldi, Lisa Bartleson, Billy Al Bengston, Justin Bower, Virginia Broersma, Randall Cabe, Rhea Carmi, Greg Colson, Jeff Colson, Stanley Dorfman, Cheryl Ekstrom, Jimi Gleason, Rives Granade, Ron Griffin, Alex Gross, Shane Guffogg, Lynn Hanson, Doro Hofmann, Tim Isham, Kim Kimbro, Bari Kumar, Cal Lane, Margaret Lazzari, Mark Licari, Dan Lutzick, Deborah Martin, Susan McDonnell, Christopher Monger, Jim Morphesis, Andy Moses, Juan Carlos Munoz Hernandez, Gary Panter, Daniel Peacock, Bruce Richards, Michael Andrew Rosenfeld, Ed Ruscha, Eddie Ruscha, Paul Ruscha, John Scane, Vonn Sumner, Matthew Thomas, Alison Van Pelt, Michelle Weinstein, Ruth Weisberg, Robert Williams and Todd Williamson.

Book Borderless

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  • Author : Luis Eligio Tapia
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9780980108088
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Borderless written by Luis Eligio Tapia and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first publication devoted to Tapia's artistic legacy, leading art historians, curators, and literary figures consider Tapia's art as a visual touchstone for a tradition in transition, one that Tapia continues to hold to and break through.

Book Robert Irwin

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  • Author : Matthew Thomas Simms
  • Publisher : Delmonico Books
  • Release : 2018
  • ISBN : 9783791356716
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Robert Irwin written by Matthew Thomas Simms and published by Delmonico Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores four decades of Robert Irwin's outdoor environment projects through his drawings and architectural models. Over the course of a storied career, Robert Irwin has come to regard art as site determined, or something that works in and responds to its surroundings. This book opens with his projects on college campuses between 1975 and 1982. These are followed by Irwin's major, yet never realized, commission for the Miami International Airport, where he proposed to transform the structure, parking lots, and roadways into a sequence of aesthetic and practical spaces that engaged directly with the South Florida environment. It then turns to one of Irwin's most celebrated works, the Central Garden at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Finally, the book takes readers to the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, and one of Irwin's most ambitious works to date--a monumental artwork that brilliantly connects viewers to the land and sky. Throughout this collection of drawings, models, and photographs of magnificent, groundbreaking projects, readers will come to see Irwin as a visionary artist and a brilliant draftsman.

Book Matisse Drawings

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Robert Stomberg
  • Publisher : Mount Holyoke College Art
  • Release : 2015
  • ISBN : 9780989083522
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Matisse Drawings written by John Robert Stomberg and published by Mount Holyoke College Art. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful reflection on Henri Matisse's drawings from the perspective of modernist Ellsworth Kelly

Book Surf Shacks

Download or read book Surf Shacks written by Matt Titone and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many abodes can fall under the label of surf shack: New York City apartments, cabins nestled next to national parks, or tiny Hawaiian huts. Surfing communities are overflowing with creativity, innovation, and rich personas. Surf Shacks takes a deeper look at surfers' homes and artistic habits. Glimpses of record collections, strolls through backyard gardens, or a peek into a painter's studio provide insight into surfers' lives both on and off shore. From the remote Hawaiian nook of filmmaker Jess Bianchi to the woodsy Japanese paradise that the former CEO of Surfrider Foundation in Japan, Hiromi Masubara, calls home to the converted bus that Ryan Lovelace claims as his domicile and his transport, every space has a unique tale. The moments that these vibrant personalities spend away from the swell and the froth are both captivating and nuanced.

Book Studios by the Sea

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bob Colacello
  • Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
  • Release : 2002-06-01
  • ISBN : 9780810904484
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Studios by the Sea written by Bob Colacello and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gossipy, Anecdotal Book by Bob Colacello with luscious photography by Jonathan Becker of the homes & studios of forty prominent artists living in the Hamptons: from Julian Schnabel's ten-bedroom Stanford White spread to Ross Bleeckner's Sagaponack saltbox (formerly Truman Capote's), & including the personal places of Chuck Close, April Gornik, David Salle, John Chamberlain & others.

Book California Watercolors 1850 1970

Download or read book California Watercolors 1850 1970 written by Gordon T. McClelland and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hollywood Victory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christian Blauvelt
  • Publisher : Running Press Adult
  • Release : 2021-11-02
  • ISBN : 9780762499922
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Hollywood Victory written by Christian Blauvelt and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For film and history buffs alike, this is the engrossing story of Hollywood's involvement in World War II, as it's never before been told. Part of the Turner Classic Movies Library. Remember a time when all of Hollywood--with the expressed encouragement and investment of the government--joined forces to defend the American way of life? It was World War II and the gravest threat faced the nation, and the world at large. Hollywood answered the call to action. This is the riveting tale of how the film industry enlisted in the Allied effort during the second World War--a story that started with staunch isolationism as studios sought to maintain the European market and eventually erupted into impassioned support in countless ways. Industry output included war films depicting battles and reminding moviegoers what they were fighting for, "home-front" stories designed to boost the morale of troops overseas, and even musicals and comedies that did their bit by promoting the Good Neighbor Policy with American allies to the south. Stars like Carole Lombard--who lost her life returning from a war bond-selling tour--Bob Hope, and Marlene Dietrich enthusiastically joined USO performances and risked their own health and safety by entertaining troops near battlefronts; others like James Stewart and Clark Gable joined the fight themselves in uniform; Bette Davis and John Garfield created a starry haven for soldiers in their founding of the Hollywood Canteen. Filmmakers Orson Welles, Walt Disney, Alfred Hitchcock, and others took breaks from thriving careers to make films aiming to shore up alliances, boost recruitment, and let the folks back home know what beloved family members were facing overseas. Through it all, a story of once-in-a-century unity--of a collective need to stand up for humanity, even if it means risking everything--comes to life in this engrossing, photo-filled tale of Hollywood Victory.

Book Suimi

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  • Author : Leo Lionni
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1963
  • ISBN : 9780394917092
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Suimi written by Leo Lionni and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wyland  Artist of the Sea

Download or read book Wyland Artist of the Sea written by Wyland and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mid Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide  West Coast USA

Download or read book Mid Century Modern Architecture Travel Guide West Coast USA written by Sam Lubell and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have guide to one of the most fertile regions for the development of Mid-Century Modern architecture This handbook - the first ever to focus on the architectural wonders of the West Coast of the USA - provides visitors with an expertly curated list of 250 must-see destinations. Discover the most celebrated Modernist buildings, as well as hidden gems and virtually unknown examples - from the iconic Case Study houses to the glamour of Palm Springs' spectacular Modern desert structures. Much more than a travel guide, this book is a compelling record of one of the USA's most important architectural movements at a time when Mid-Century style has never been more popular. First-hand descriptions and colour photography transport readers into an era of unparalleled style, glamour, and optimism.

Book Islamic Art

Download or read book Islamic Art written by Nuzhat Kazmi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islamic Art is a product of certain forceful factors that created a cultural milieu which was centred on the religious ethos and intellectual affinities inspired by Islam and its followers. No art can grow in isolation and nor did Islamic art. From its early manifestations to this date, it has taken from other cultural traditions and has also given to different social structures and visual languages of the world. This book looks at the artistic output of the Islamic civilization through the centuries, from the time of its inception to its interpretations in the contemporary world. The author has brought the inclusive as well as the exclusive qualities of this great tradition of the world with the empathy and seriousness that this unique art demand.

Book Good Flag  Bad Flag

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  • Author : Ted Kaye
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2006-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780974772813
  • Pages : 15 pages

Download or read book Good Flag Bad Flag written by Ted Kaye and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Grizzly Bear

Download or read book The Grizzly Bear written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: