The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art
 Useful and Current: I just finished this book and i found it very good. The five chapters take specific topics such as: 'Medium and Materiality' and 'Context as Subject' and flesh them out in relation to a larger thesis on the idea of the 'contingent [... more]
$25.00
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How to Create Contemporary Art
This series is intended for those who have a "do-it-yourself" mentality. The articles in this series serve as useful tools for people who want an update, but not the pricey tag. How to Create Contemporary Art. (From the Canvas Elegance ... [... more]
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Stan Allen
Accompanying a major exhibition organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (and traveling throughout the world), this exquisitely designed and produced catalog explores the formal aspects of Richard Meier's architecture. Over his ... [... more]
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About Apache Arts & Crafts
The Apaches are known for their baskets, beadwork, sculpture, weaving and silversmithing. Once considered too primitive by contemporary art critics, Apache arts and crafts are now a hot commodity. It is illegal to falsify Apache artwork, and this ... [... more]
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How to Find the Best Contemporary Art in NYC
In recent years, all kinds of museums and galleries have opened giving art lovers countless choices. The following tips will help you find the best contemporary art in the city. While the Museum of Modern Art seems to be the most obvious choice, ... [... more]
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How to Buy Contemporary Art
The beauty of buying contemporary art is that you get to take part in emerging forms of art with artists that are pushing the current limits of creative expression. Here are some things you can do to buy you very own contemporary art pieces that ... [... more]
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Name That Ism!
Don't know Monet from Manet? Wondering why contemporary art isn't the same as modern art? Don't sweat it. Check out our guide to art terms, and you'll be as fluent in your isms as an art major (one who scraped by with Cs, anyway.) Listed in ... [... more]
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Contemporary Art and Anthropology
Book Description: This book takes an innovative approach to representational practices within contemporary art and anthropology. Traditionally the anthropology of art has tended to focus on the interpretation of tribal artifacts, but has not considered [... more]
$31.95
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Evolving Texas Art, Chef's Delight, Modernist Landmark
This show includes a visit to a 50s home in Texas renovated for today that shows off the owner's contemporary art collection. Next, visit a young family in their New Orleans fixer-upper. And lastly, see a refurbished building in L.A. from the 70s ... [... more]
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Cream: Contemporary Art in Culture (Contemporary Artists)
Amazon.com Review: Cream is oversized, is packaged in a heavy plastic bag, and is the brightest of hot pinks. It is designed to be noticed and everything about it screams cutting edge. Ten curators from different cities each chose ten artists and one [... more]
$45.00
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Art Incorporated: The Story of Contemporary Art
Art Incorporated: Being a young ambitious artist, I read Art Incorporated once and developed a hatred for Julian Stallabrass. He paints a grim view of the contemporary art world-- to the point that I became ashamed to be labeled an "artist." [... more]
$29.95
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What's Wrong With Contemporary Art?
Cogent Exegis on Cultural Affairs: The most concise, courageous and well argued polemnic on art affairs I've encountered in decades of art-related readings. It is directed at a the specific power centres of Australian art practices. However, with the [... more]
$19.95
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