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Kippenberger Kindle Edition
J&L Books 2012; US$ 34.95Over the course of his 20-year career, Martin Kippenberger (1953-1997) cast himself alternately as hard-drinking carouser and confrontational art-world jester, thrusting these personae to the forefront of his prodigious creativity. He was also very much a player in the international art world of the 1970s right up until his death in 1997, commissioning... more...
Projektfeld Ausstellung / Project Scope: Exhibition Design
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 69.95The book is a fundamental reference work for exhibition designers, architects, and museum professionals who want to adequately conceive, design, plan, and produce clearly focused thematic exhibitions.Each thematic field represents different challenges for an exhibition design. This typology by Bertron Schwarz Frey elaborates the special features of... more...
The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers
O'Reilly Media 2005; US$ 27.99Can you find your digital photographs when you need them, or do you spend more time rifling through your hard drive and file cabinets than you'd like? Do you have a system for assigning and tracking content data on your photos? If you make a living as a photographer, do your images bear your copyright and contact information, or do they circulate... more...
The Empty Museum
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 99.95The book examines the processes through which public art museums, as modern Western institutions, were introduced to Japan in the late nineteenth century and how they subsequently developed distinctive national characteristics. Focusing on 'empty museums', one of the most distinctive forms of Japanese museums, Morishita shows how they developed,... more...
The Love Lives of the Artists
Counterpoint 2011; US$ 16.95As the oldest of institutions, marriage seems outdated in modern times, when each individual is encouraged to break with tradition in order to fulfill him- or herself. And so artists like Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo seem to be paving the way toward a brave, new kind of marriage, where spouses would be allowed?even encouraged?to fulfill different... more...
Creative Enterprise
Continuum International Publishing 2012; US$ 70.00In the face of unparalleled growth and a truly global audience, the popularity of contemporary art has clearly become a double-edged affair. Today, an unprecedented number of museums, galleries, biennial-style exhibitions, and art fairs display new work in all its variety, while art schools continue to inject fresh talent onto the scene at an accelerated... more...
Thinking About Exhibitions
Taylor and Francis 1996; US$ 47.95An anthology of writings on exhibition practice from artists, critics, curators and art historians plus artist-curators. It addresses the contradictions posed by museum and gallery sited exhibitions, as well as investigating the challenge of staging art presentations, displays or performances, in settings outside of traditional museum or gallery locales. more...
Light for Art's Sake
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00Conservation scientists in museums and galleries have a clear understanding of the damage that light can inflict on an object, but what of the designers that create exhibitions to display these precious items? Light for Arts Sake provides a basis for a level of professional expertise for lighting practice in museums. Rather than portraying conservation... more...
Issues in Curating Contemporary Art and Performance
Intellect 2007; US$ 10.00Explores developments in electronic art, art/science collaboration, nongallery spaces, and 'virtual' fields. This volume examines issues surrounding the curation of art and performance exhibitions. It covers original theories and expanded concepts of curating contemporary art. more...
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