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Next Documenta Should Be Curated By An Artist, The
AA Bronson, Ricardo Basbaum, ...

e-flux/Revolver, 2004

Instigated by a conversation between Jens Hoffman and artist Carsten H ller after the opening of Documenta 11, this project provocatively questions the ever-amplified role of the curator, the value of the artist as curator, the future of international exhibitions, and many less easily summarized tangents. Exhibited virtually on the e-flux website, The Next Documenta Should be Curated by an Artist is really much more of a question than a ...

AA Bronson: Negative Thoughts

1 review
AA Bronson

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2001

The description of this book is incorrect.
The person who wrote the description of this book had never seen it. Here is the description taken from the publisher's press release, which is accurate: "Bronson begins: "When I was younger, I considered myself 100% optimistic. But now, at the age of 53, I find myself cycnical, judgemental, and depressed." This memoir weaves together moments of trauma and intimacy, from early childhood to the ...

AA Bronson: Mirror Mirror
AA Bronson

MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2002

By AA Bronson. Contributions by Bill Arning.

Installationview

5 reviews
Ryan Mcginness

Rizzoli, 2005

Absolutely fantastic!
This book is an amazing showcase of Ryan's newest works, but is also is a fairly good retrospective on some of his older pieces as well. The reproductions are exquesite (think Communication Arts), with plenty of close ups so that you can really see what's going on in these multi-layered works. Scattered throughout the book are dozens of preliminary sketches along with the completed ...

Likeness: Portraits Of Artists By Other Artists
AA Bronson, Kevin Killian, ...

CCA Wattis/ICI, NY, 2004

Over 40 years ago, Andy Warhol promoted the concept that artists are celebrities, just as worthy of portrayal as other cultural icons. Likeness: Portraits of Artists by Other Artists begins where Warhol left off. Presenting visually striking and conceptually diverse works in a range of mediums, Likeness is the first exhibition and catalogue to propose a recent history of artists' representations of other artists--of friends, peers, and idols. ...

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Colored Pencil Portraits
Anton Corbijn: U2&i: the Photographs 1982-2004
Portraits of Guilt
Shelter Dogs
Marilyn Monroe: The Complete Last Sitting

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