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ISBN: 9780925915191
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Doors: Image & Metaphor in Contemporary Art
Author: Beyond the Door of No Return
Author: Selene WendtPublisher:
ISBN: 9788857245607
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Lesser-known tales of anticolonial defiance in artworks and marginal histories worldwide The artists featured in this book create compelling narratives that shed light on the entangled colonial histories that connect Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. Collectively, these artists provide crucial insight into some of the lesser-known aspects of colonial history, such as Norwegian involvement in the transatlantic slave trade. They describe the lives of freedom fighters such as Venus Johannes, Mary Thomas, Olaudah Equiano and Anna Heegaard. By highlighting the stories of those who have been historically silenced, we encounter a more nuanced understanding of colonial history and the factors that have contributed to the continued effects of colonialism today, most evidently witnessed in the prevalence of institutional, systemic and everyday racism, poverty and forced migration. Artists include: John Akomfrah, La Vaughn Belle, Manthia Diawara, Jeannette Ehlers, Michelle Eistrup, Sasha Huber, Oceana James, Patricia Kaersenhout, Grada Kilomba, Suchitra Mattai and Alberta Whittle.
Door Couture
Author: Elizabeth AssafPublisher:
ISBN: 9781999872502
Category : Doors
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A design lover's ideal coffee table book, Door Couture combines stunning photography and inspirational door design, with key facts for those with a deeper interest in architecture. From door handles to materials, colour to placement - no element is left unexplored.
Door to contemporary art
Author: Overlay
Author: Lucy R. LippardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781565842380
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The author reveals a continuum in materials, forms, symbols and imagery artists have employed over 1000s of years. She shows how contemporary art and prehistoric images are linked, with images of past times being 'overlaid' onto works of today's artists.
Door to contemporary art
Author: National Art Center. TōkyōPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
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Door to contemporary art
Author: Through an Open Door
Author: Fan DianPublisher: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN: 9781556708206
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR reproduces in full color 54 paintings from the single most important group of contemporary Chinese oil paintings from the post-Cultural Revolution period. Through photographs, and in their own words, we come to understand more about Chinese artists and how they view their past and present in their rapidly changing society. 93 full-color and 35 bandw images.
The Contemporary Art Gallery
Author: David CarrierPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443896322
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Everyone who looks at contemporary art is familiar with galleries. But visual features of these mysterious temples tend to be taken for granted. The basic purpose of this book is to enliven the reader’s latent knowledge of galleries, including architectural motifs, the intended impression that is conveyed to the visitor, and human interactions within them. The contemporary art world system includes artists’ studios, art galleries, homes of collec-tors and public art museums. To comprehend art, one needs to understand these settings and how it travels through them. The contemporary art gallery is a store where luxury goods are sold. What distinguishes it from stores selling other luxuries – upscale clothing, jewelry, and posh cars – is the nature of the merchandise. While much has been written about the art, this book uncovers the secretive culture of the galleries themselves. The gallery is the public site where art is first seen – anyone can come and look for free. This store, a commercial site, is where aesthetic judgments are made. Art’s value is determined in this marketplace by the consensus formed by public opinion, professional re-viewers and sales. The gallery, then, is the nexus of the enigmatic, billion dollar art world, and it is that space that is dissected here. The first chapter briefly describes the beginnings of the present contemporary art gallery. The second presents the experience of gallery going, presenting summary accounts of vis-its to some contemporary galleries. The third expands and extends that analysis, with de-tailed close up descriptions and comparative evaluations of many diverse contemporary galleries, in order to identify the challenges provided by these marvelous places. Then the fourth chapter indicates why, in the near future, due to the proliferation of myriad art fairs and online platforms extant today, such galleries might disappear altogether.
The Art of Buying Art
Author: Paige WestPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060794593
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A contemporary art expert demystifies the process of finding, appreciating, and collecting contemporary art on any budget. Contemporary art is often misunderstood as intentionally controversial, obnoxiously self–indulgent, or painfully obscure. In this book, contemporary art expert and gallery owner Paige West guides readers toward the understanding that contemporary art can be just as original, tasteful, and breathtaking as traditional paintings. West draws from her experience as a professional art dealer to break all these misconceptions and allow readers to begin developing and enjoying a private collection. Beautiful full–colour illustrations and smart layout accompany the humor with which this book explores the current art scene. Dealing with everything from the outrage surrounding Chris Ofili's Sensation, to Salvador Dali's rampage through a department store, this book will appeal to the artistically minded individual as well as the potential art buyer. Beginning with what constitutes original art, the book moves on to discuss how to start collecting, where to find modern art, and what are reasonable prices. With gorgeous photographs of representative pieces used as examples, the book is as much a fashionable tool for home decorating as it is an open door into the world of contemporary art. This book educates readers to take those gilded–frame, poster–size wedding photos off their living room walls, or those college poster art sale finds, and put up interesting pieces from limited editions by current artists – without breaking the bank.