4451moanaNov 10, 20211 min readModern Architecture Since 1900 (book review) William J.R. Curtis240913: amazed that I had not put this on- to the extent I know modern architecture, this is a key work, this is more summary than...
4451moanaNov 10, 20211 min readIndia's Immortal Comic Books (book review) Karline McLainGods, Kings, and Other Heroes 020116: this is a fascinating overview of a sort of graphic i have never read- and more than just the works...
4451moanaNov 10, 20211 min readKazimir Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde (book review) Kazimir MalevichFeaturing Selections from the Khardziev and Costakis Collections 040116: exhibition catalogue. depends on how you take Malevich,...
4451moanaNov 9, 20213 min readThe Routledge Companion to Postmodernism (book review) Stuart Sim (Editor)(Routledge Companions) 070215: this is a curious five. this is written for the usual 'analytic' philosopher and many of the cultural...
4451moanaNov 9, 20212 min readAd Reinhardt (book review) Lucy R. Lippard200317: i have found what i have been looking for in abstract art. art is art. art is abstract art. art is ad reinhardt more than any...
4451moanaNov 9, 20211 min readInstallation Art (book review) Claire Bishop050119: there was an installation art (ia) exhibit at the u gallery last year. i was always busy but finally saw it alone about two weeks...
4451moanaNov 9, 20211 min readEgon Schiele: The Radical Nude (book review)Barnaby Wright, Peter Vergo, Gemma Blackshaw 130319: not the best images but excellent 3 essays. rather than chronological, this...
4451moanaNov 9, 20212 min readWhat Is a Superhero? (book review) Robin S. Rosenberg (Editor) et al. Michael E. Uslan (Foreword) 021119: popular culture fascinates me, perhaps because i do not experience it originally as popular culture,...
4451moanaNov 9, 20211 min readWays of Seeing (book review) John Berger281219: exactly the text i wish i had read as a young artist... also clarifies some reasons i do not like, for example much oil painting,...