The Milk of Dreams

Author: Leonora Carrington
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681370956
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57

Book Description
In English for the first time, a wild and darkly funny book that combines Surrealist painter Leonora Carringon's fantastical writing and illustrations for children The maverick surrealist Leonora Carrington was an extraordinary painter and storyteller who loved to make up stories and draw pictures for her children. She lived much of her life in Mexico, and her sons remember sitting in a big room whose walls were covered with images of wondrous creatures, towering mountains, and ferocious vegetation while she told fabulous and funny tales. That room was later whitewashed, but some of its wonders were preserved in the little notebook that Carrington called The Milk of Dreams. John, who has wings for ears, Humbert the Beautiful, an insufferable kid who befriends a crocodile and grows more insufferable yet, and the awesome Janzamajoria are all to be encountered in The Milk of Dreams, a book that is as unlikely, outrageous, and dreamy as dreams themselves.

Tetsumi Kudo

Author: Tetsumi Kudō
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780935640922
Category : Art, Japanese
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Edited and with text by Doryun Chong. Text by Mike Kelley, Hiroko Kudo.

Elias Sime

Author: Tracy L. Adler
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 3791358812
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A first-ever monograph featuring the work of the Ethiopian artist Elias Sime, who brilliantly explores the impact of life in a post-consumerist world. Sime's brightly-colored sculptural tableaus feature found objects including thread, buttons, electrical wires, and computer detritus. This book highlights the artist's work from the last decade, much of which comprises the series entitled "Tightrope." Repurposing salvaged electronic components, such as circuits and keyboards, Sime incorporates the refuse that are the byproducts of technological advancement, and points to the urgency of sustainability. The resulting abstractions reference landscape and the figure as well as traditional Ethiopian textiles. "Tightrope" refers to the precarious balance between the progress technology has made possible and its detrimental impact on the environment. Published with the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art

Re-enchanting the World

Author: Silvia Federici
Publisher: PM Press
ISBN: 1629635855
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333

Book Description
Silvia Federici is one of the most important contemporary theorists of capitalism and feminist movements. In this collection of her work spanning over twenty years, she provides a detailed history and critique of the politics of the commons from a feminist perspective. In her clear and combative voice, Federici provides readers with an analysis of some of the key issues and debates in contemporary thinking on this subject. Drawing on rich historical research, she maps the connections between the previous forms of enclosure that occurred with the birth of capitalism and the destruction of the commons and the “new enclosures” at the heart of the present phase of global capitalist accumulation. Considering the commons from a feminist perspective, this collection centers on women and reproductive work as crucial to both our economic survival and the construction of a world free from the hierarchies and divisions capital has planted in the body of the world proletariat. Federici is clear that the commons should not be understood as happy islands in a sea of exploitative relations but rather autonomous spaces from which to challenge the existing capitalist organization of life and labor.

Vinyl Tiger

Author: Dave Di Vito
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994487001
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 562

Book Description
"They had it wrong all along. It's not pop that will eat itself. It's ambition."A penchant for Bollywood beats and dance music.A garish, flirtatious outsider whose exotic looks make his origins so difficult to pinpoint.Kohl.As London is burning and the pop/disco holocaust is playing out, Alekzandr has little else to fall back on other than his charm and wit in his pursuit of an interesting life. Even across the pond, the new generation of club kids seem to love him. But in an era when stars are made, not born, nobody is particularly interested in taking a chance on an outsider, particularly when his musical shortcomings are so obvious.Still, ambition knows no bounds, and the arrival of the music video changes everything in the industry. Having already used everything else at his disposal, can he use it to ride the new wave into the hearts of the public? And Alekzandr? He may well be a new romantic but he's also a gay heart breaker. And being gay in the 20th century pop mainstream is just another -arbitrary- obstacle he has to overcome. Because the best pop stars make waves, not just music.Alekzandr's story is the story that so many of us share: the one where we try and reconcile our desires and ambitions with the world around us and the people in our lives...it's just that his plays out against the backdrop so many of us grew up in and loved: 80s and 90s popular culture.Evocative, romantic and brimming with pop cultural references, Vinyl Tiger captures and celebrates the changing zeitgeist of the 80s, 90s and 00s.

Dimensions of Citizenship

Author: Ann Lui
Publisher: Inventory Press
ISBN: 9781941753194
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Globalization, technology, and politics have altered the definition and expectations of citizenship and the right to place. 'Dimensions of Citizenship' documents contributions from the seven firms selected to represent the United States in the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale. This paperback volume profiles and illustrates each of the US Pavilion contributions and contextualizes them in terms of scale.0Drawing inspiration from the Eames? Power of Ten, 'Dimensions of Citizenship' will provide a view of belonging across seven stages starting with the individual (Citizen), then the collective (Civic, Region, Nation), and expanding to include all phases of contemporary society, real and projected (Globe, Network, Cosmos). Additional essays?by Ingrid Burrington, Ana María León, and Nicholas de Monchaux, among others?will offer essential and enquiring responses to these themes. 00Exhibition: US Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy (16.05.-25.11.2018).

Megacities Asia

Author: Al Miner
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston
ISBN: 9780878468355
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Like the dynamic urban environments in which they were conceived, the accumulative sculptures by these artists from Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Delhi, and Mumbai immerse us in global issues of migration, consumption, sustainability, and cultural heritage"--Back cover.

Cash Rules Everything Around Me

Author: Sable Elyse Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732708617
Category : Artists' books
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Studio 54: Night Magic

Author: Matthew Yokobosky
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN: 0789347032
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
There has never been--and will never be--another nightclub to rival the sheer glamour, energy, and wild creativity that was Studio 54. This catalog accompanies an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum exploring how Studio 54 was a unique zeitgeist of an era. From the moment it opened in 1977, Studio 54 celebrated spectacle and promised a never-ending parade of anything goes. Although it existed for only three years, it served as a catalyst that brought together some of the most famous, creative, and strangest people in the world. It quickly became known for its all-ages celebrity guest list and its uniquely chic clientele of superstars and freaks of all races and sexual preferences who would often show up half-dressed or in costume. From the cutting-edge lighting displays and sound system to its elaborate sets that would change on a whim, altering the environment and ambiance, it was the beginning of nightclub as performance art. Now, the Brooklyn Museum is staging the first exhibition featuring the nightclub as a bellwether of New York City cultural life. More than 650 objects--spanning fashion, photography, drawings, film, and music--as well as video, film, and soundtrack, create an immersive experience, with an exhibition design inspired by the club's original lighting and atmosphere. Highlights include never-before-published costume sketches by artist Antonio Lopez and newly discovered set designs, as well as ephemera salvaged by the original club staff and interviews with the cultural luminaries who were there. Telling the story of this legendary club, as well as serving as a companion to the exhibition, Studio 54: Night Magic serves as a document of the era, depicting the wild energy and provocative creativity of this seminal cultural moment.

Kandis Wiliams

Author: Kandis Wiliams
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
ISBN: 9781644230688
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
The inaugural volume in a new series from David Zwirner Books.