American Kaleidoscope Themes and Perspectives in Recent Art by JacquelynDaysSerwer Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1996 by Distributed Art Pub Inc ISBN-13: 978-0-937311-13-4, ISBN: 0-937311-13-8
"American Kaleidoscope: Themes and Perspectives in Recent Art features fourteen contemporary artists who live and work in the United States. The book's three major themes - Spiritual Expressions, Shared Concerns, and Historical Perspectives - are discussed in an insightful introductory essay by Jacquelyn Days Serwer, chief curator at the National Museum of American Art. Building on these themes, brief essays on each of the artists by Ser ..."
"In "Atomic Time," sculptor, photographer and conceptual artist Jim Sanborn has combined his longstanding interests in invisible natural forces and secrecy, pairing together two separate but related projects: a series of photographs called "Atomic Time" and images of his latest work, the room-sized installation "Critical Assembly." Inspired by the Manhattan Project, the first nuclear weapons program at the Los Alamos Scientific Laborator ..."
"Explores the universal human experiences of struggle, transcendence and salvation through painting, sculpture, folk art, photography and assemblage from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Over 160 evocative works reflect five key themes: time, past and present; memory and tribute; community; hope and belief; and a sense of place. Artists include Brassaï, William Christenberry, Walker Evans, Howard Finster, Robert Frank, Laura Gilpi ..."
"Published in association with the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, USA this is a major retrospective of Larry Rivers. Rivers, one of the original Pop artists on the 1950s art scene, is known for his rich and eclectic style. Inspired by sources as diverse as the impressionists, Napoleon and Hollywood movies, Rivers' work shows a keen sense of history and adventurous spirit. He was active not only in the visual arts but also in jazz ..."
Art Meets Life(1st Edition) The New Work of David Bates. by JacquelynDays. Serwer Paperback, 40 Pages, Published 2006 by D.C. Moore Gallery ISBN-13: 978-0-9774965-2-5, ISBN: 0-9774965-2-X
"1st ed. Quarto. Wraps. 39 pp, color plates. Near Fine."
"Rich clinging sauces that include any combination of butter , onions , ham or
bacon , cheeses , cream , and tomatoes are usually mixed with short dry pasta
such as penne , rigatini , and tortiglioni . Spaghetti alla Carbonara , p . 149 , is
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"[Excerpt from front jacket flap] Known for his dazzling and immediately recognizable stripe paintings, gene Davis (1920-1985) emerged from the ranks of the Washington Color School to national prominence. Davis, who helped make Washington, D.C., a center of contemporary art, played a significant national and international role in the color abstraction movement. Encouraged and championed by Jacob Kainen and later by Clement Greenberg, Dav ..."
"Matthew Buckingham Selected Exhibitions Solo 2004 Concentrations 44,
Matthew Buckingham, A Man of the Crowd, Dallas Museum of Art 2003 A Man of
the Crowd, Murray Guy, New York Subcutaneous, Charles H, Scott Gallery, Emily
Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver 2002 Definition, P,S,I Contemporary
Art Center MoMA, Long Island City, NY, 2001 Subcutaneous, Murray Guy New
York Matthew Buckingham: Video Ab Acht, Schnitt Ausstellungs ..."
"This publication sets the precedent for the next generation of Lawrence scholars and studies in modern and contemporary discourse. The American Struggle explores Jacob Lawrence's radical way of transforming history into art by looking at his thirty panel series of paintings, Struggle . . . from the History of the American People (1954–56). Essays by Steven Locke, Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Austen Barron Bailly, and Lydia Gordon mark the h ..."
"Sam Gilliam established himself as a major artist in 1968 when he jettisoned the wooden stretcher bars that had previously determined the shape of his paintings and allowed his vivid, sometimes ecstatic, rushes of color-stained canvas to hang, billow, and swing through space. Yet Gilliam's contributions to art history extend far beyond these often monumental and always dramatic works. In this volume, the first in-depth book devoted to t ..."
"Sam Gilliam established himself as a major artist in 1968 when he jettisoned the wooden stretcher bars that had previously determined the shape of his paintings and allowed his vivid, sometimes ecstatic, rushes of color-stained canvas to hang, billow, and swing through space. Yet Gilliam's contributions to art history extend far beyond these often monumental and always dramatic works. In this volume, the first in-depth book devoted to t ..."
"Photographs and text give behind-the-scenes glimpses of the many daily events that take place at the National Zoological Park, from the arrival of new animals by birth or shipment to their care, feeding, and breeding in captivity"