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4 reviews
Christian Caujolle, Lauro Cavalcanti, ...

Thames & Hudson, 2001

"Strictly Voyeurism of the Male Nude Body"
This is a beautifully produced book of Alair Gomes? most important images dedicated to the beauty of the male nude body. These pictures he took secretly at Rio de Janeiro?s beaches & from his Ipanema apartment windows from the 1970?s onward. They are black & white images of athletic, young handsome men who were totally unaware they were being photographed. Alair later constructed these ...

Time Passes

1 review
Robert Adams

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, 2008

Bewildered by Bob Again
At first glance, "Time Passes" looks like a repeat of "West from the Columbia", a book Robert Adams published more than a decade ago--some of the pictures appear to be the same. However, opening the books side by side and attempting to match pictures reveals a surprise--even though the subject is the same (the place where the Columbia joins the Pacific, the ocean waves, light on the sea, trees on ...

Jacques Derrida (Les Contemporains)

4 reviews
Bennington

Editions du Seuil, 1998

Essential
It is clear that Bennington "gets" Derrida in this work. Bennington is easily one of the (maybe) 2 or 3 persons alive that are even nearly qualified to "finish Derrida's sentence." Everything I read of his is almost as if Derrida, himself, were writing. Though an excellent look at exactly what Derrida is up to in his early days from Grammatology to Glas, this is not for the beginner. ...

Issey Miyake making things

1 review
Issey Miyake, Kazuko Sato, ...

Fondation Cartier, 1998

MORE THAN CLOTHES!
There is very little in print about Issey Miyake and, as a devotee of most Japanese designers, "Issey Miyake: Making Things" for me is an absolute must! This book is promoting an exhibition held in Paris in 1998-99 but it is much much more than an exhibition catalogue. The photography of course is pretty wonderful - and what I particularly love are the many photos showing the textile ...

Neo Rauch

2 reviews
Real Lussier & Patrice Loubier

Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal?, 2006

Endlessly and compellingly intriguing
I keep returning to this book over and over. I find Rauch's work endlessly and compellingly intriguing. A recent tribute to the late filmmaker Ingmar Bergman included the following description of Bergman that could easily apply to Neo Rauch: Kael had "observed that in much of his work 'the imagery derives its power from unconscious or not fully understood associations' that could cause Bergman ...

Rodney Graham

1 review
J. Belisle, R. Graham

Musee D'art Contemporain De, 2006

Probably best overview in print of this major artist
I stumbled onto Rodney Graham's retrospective show at MOCA in LA four years ago, and it changed my life a little bit. Graham's work is intellectually powerful; he is one example of an artist that will continually shed light on his own work through explanatory notes. This book covers Graham's earliest exhibited works and plows through steadily to about 2004. Attention given to the formative ...

Robert Mangold

1 review
Christel Sauer

RENN Espace d'art contemporain, 1993

Simply amazing
Anyone who considers themselves a fan of contemporary painting or hard edge painting owes it to themselves to read this or any book detailing the works of Robert Mangold.

Paris--la Defense: L'art contemporain et l'axe historique : Magdalena Abakanowicz, Piotr Kowalski, ...

1 review
Jean Luc Daval

Etablissement public pour l'amenagement de la region de la Defense, 1992

A Coffee-Table Must-Have
I want to impress my friends and neighbors, so I always keep large, glossy books on my coffee table. "Paris: la Defense" is a perfect book for this! First it is about Paris, which is always fashionable. Second, it is about art, and that makes my friends think I am intellectual. But mainly, it is so heavy! When my Aunt Ruth comes to visit, she can barely pick it up! It's better than the ...

The Hand of Nature: Butterflies, Beetles, and Dragonflies

4 reviews
Jacques Kerchache

Thames & Hudson, 2001

Beauty under the microscope!
Unbelievable it is how much beauty, intricacy, and bewilderment one can find in the small creatures around us. They fly and crawl past us, and seldom do some of us realize the magnificence of a world that goes by so easily unperceived. This book is a great request for us to pay more attention. To gaze more intently and appreciate what the hand of nature has spawned - beings equally or far more ...

Collection of the Foundation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain at MOT Tokyo

1 review
Helene Kelmachter

Foil Co Ltd, 2006

publishers sysnopsis
Under the three major lightmotivs -"the fantastical", "an encounter to the unexpected" and "the intimate myth", the exhibition brought together major works by as many as 31 internationally renowned or up-and-coming artists of the contemporary art. It was the first comprehensive exhibition of the collection of the Foundation Cartier in Paris held outside of Paris. The variety of works ranging ...

Germinie Lacerteux (Roman contemporain)

1 review
Edmond de Goncourt

G.H. Richmond & Co, 1897

What a life !!!
At first glance, Germinie Lacerteux is about a middle-age poor maid who lives a miserable life. If it stopped there, it wouldn't be the classic it is. It's not a classic in the strictest sense of the word - it's not just about an unfulfilled love, or the ambitions of the poor, etc. What's so spectacular is the way the Goncourts utilize language to paint Germinie's portrait. Sometimes ridiculous, ...

Roman society and Roman law in the New Testament (The Sarum lectures)

1 review
A.N Sherwin-White

Clarendon Press, 1965

Roman Sociey and Roman Law in the NT
It IS in publication... Amazon search this ISBN: 019825153X Read my review there.

Francesca Woodman

4 reviews
Francesca Woodman, Philippe Sollers, ...

Scalo Publishers, 1998

At last, a well-printed, definitive book of the work of FW.
As a long time admirer of Francesca Woodman's photography, I was thrilled that this long-overdue retrospective monograph was printed. There have been a few other books on her work, but the work shown in them seemed limited and edited to support the critical essays that were also part of those books. This new book is printed very well, and gives the viewer a more well-rounded view of what the ...

Le Francais Contemporain

1 review
Jean Guillou, Madeleine Vitols

Harcourt College Pub, 1972

An advanced-level text; introduction to literary criticism
This book is a good advanced-level text it begins with literary selections and attempts to start students writing in French. The grammar is reviewed with exercises that require a student to think to use the structure. It would be helpful if their were solutions printed in the back because student feedback at the advanced level is important. You could use this book to self-study at an advanced ...

William Wegman: Photographic Works 1969-1976

1 review
William Wegman

Fonds Regional D'Art Contemporain De Basse-No, 1994

Wegman's Early Photos
This book gives a great representation of Wegmans early works.

Sigmar Polke

1 review
Sigmar Polke

Carre d'art/Musee d'art contemporain, 1994

Solid
I just picked up the book this weekend. I read the articles straight through and must grudgingly say that Peter Scheldahl's was the most interesting. I had to bang my head against the wall to manage wading through the Chinese Alchemy crap, too much was made of the anonymity of the artist , and I wish somebody would do better than to just gloss over Capitalist Realism, but oh well. The book ...

1 monde réel
Michel Cassé, Andrei Ujica, ...

Fondation Cartier, 1999

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