Kategoria BISAC: Art >> History - Contemporary (1945- )

When Marina Abramovic Dies examines the extraordinary life and death-defying work of one of the most pioneering artists of her generation--and one who is still at the forefront of contemporary art today. This intimate, critical biography chronicles Abramovic's formative and until now undocumented years in Yugoslavia, and tells the story of her partnership with the German artist Ulay--one of the twentieth century's great examples of the fusion of artistic and private life.

In one of many long-durational performances in the renewed solo career that followed, Abramovic famously...

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The true story that inspired the movie "Woman in Gold" starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds.
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"Contributor to the"Washington Post"Anne-Marie O Connor brilliantly regales us with the galvanizing story of Gustav Klimt s 1907 masterpiece the breathtaking portrait of a Viennese Jewish socialite, Adele Bloch-Bauer. The celebrated painting, stolen by Nazis during World War II, subsequently became the subject of a decade-long dispute between her heirs and the Austrian government.

When the U.S. Supreme Court became involved in the case, its decision had profound...

Welche Strategien nutzen zeitgenossische Kunstler im Umgang mit dem Katalog, wie prasentieren sie dort ihre Arbeiten und sich selbst, was lasst sich daraus fur den Kunstbegriff ableiten? Wie wird eine Ausstellung in ein Buch ubersetzt und dadurch neu aufbereitet? Wie eng oder weit ist der Bezug zur Ausstellung gefasst, und wie ist das Verhaltnis zwischen Katalog und Kunstlerbuch, dienender Funktion und Autonomie? Der vorliegende Band analysiert exemplarisch Text- und Bildinszenierungen in Ausstellungskatalogen im Bezug auf Geschichte und Konventionen des Mediums. Einbezogen werden auch die...

Each of the five volumes in the Stone Art Theory Institutes series, and the seminars on which they are based, brings together a range of scholars who are not always directly familiar with one another's work. The outcome of each of these convergences is an extensive and "unpredictable conversation" on knotty and provocative issues about art. This third volume in the series, What Do Artists Know?, is about the education of artists. The MFA degree is notoriously poorly conceptualized, and now it is giving way to the PhD in art practice. Meanwhile, conversations on freshman courses in...

For self-made artist and soldier Horace Pippin who served in the 369th all-black infantry in World War I until he was wounded war provided a formative experience that defined much of his life and work. His ability to transform combat service into canvases of emotive power, psychological depth, and realism showed not only how he viewed the world but also his mastery as a painter. In "Suffering and Sunset, "Celeste-Marie Bernier painstakingly traces Pippin s life story of art as a life story of war.

Illustrated with more than sixty photographs, including works in various mediums many in...

Bildliche Darstellungen des Propheten Mohammed gab es in Europa schon lange vor dem sogenannten "Karikaturenstreit." Bereits im fruhen Buchdruck erscheint Mohammed als Personifikation der abendlandischen Vorstellungen vom Islam und zugleich als eine faszinierende, schillernde Figur von gesellschaftlicher Relevanz. Anhand von Druckgraphiken in Koranubersetzungen und Biographien des Propheten aus funf Jahrhunderten beschreibt die Studie die Konstanten und Wandlungen der Mohammedbilder in ihrem jeweiligen historischen Kontext. Damit leistet das Buch einen bildwissenschaftlichen Beitrag zur...