My Reality: Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation2 reviews Jeff Fleming, Takashi Murakami, ... Independent Curators International, New York, 2001 3/5 The synergy between Japanese anime and American pop culture is explored in this book, a companion piece to the traveling exhibition currently in installation at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. My Reality examines the role of anime on modern art; in particular, there's a technology-friendly bent to ...             Barry McGee: The Buddy System2 reviews Barry McGee Deitch Projects, 2002 Art Should Be In Color I just don't understand why art books are published that have so little color reproductions in them...that's what art books are for. To show the art. If it's not even in color what good is it? There's about 20 pages in color, but come one, this book has way more than 20 pages in it.             Invisible Dragon, The1 review Dave Hickey Art Issues Press/Foundation for Advanced Critical Studies, 1993 Smart book about the nature of beauty and desire and the role of parental organizations in contemporary society. Hickey's basic premise is that beauty is the agency of visual pleasure. This notion puts Hickey in opposition with a lot of art criticism which is largely concerned with how art is "good for you." Most theorists and scholars are ...             Zines2 reviews Liz Farrelly Booth-Clibborn, 2001 Classy + more info would have helped There are a lot of zine books out there that focus on words, but Zines is a bona fide "art" book -- courtesy of images from all kinds of zines. Really lovely and thought provoking.             Ellen Gallagher Greg Tate, Robert Storr, ... D.A.P./ICA Boston, 2001 Ellen Gallagher has emerged as one of the most acclaimed young artists in the United States over the past decade, and this book will be the first to present a significant body of recent work in one volume. Gallagher inflects the surface of her layered drawings and paintings with unique irony and wit. They refer obliquely to a history of African American stereotypes through minute interventions on ...             Happy Kitty Bunny Pony: A Saccharine Mouthful of Super Cute18 reviews Popink, Charles S. Anderson Design Company, ... Harry N. Abrams, 2005 Funny and Handy + Darn Funny, Makes Great for crafting items with too! + Dry humor for the weiner joke masses. This is a funny book, but the humour for me is a bonus, I really bought the book to use for reference and inspiration. It's super kitch photos are mixed up with some other cool & crazy pages of graphic design.             Mike Kelley3 reviews John Welchman Phaidon Press, 1999 If you do not know Mike Kelley, with this book you will. + Influential Mike Kelley Monograph + Mike Kelley: Punk Conceptualist I have nothing but praise for Phaidon's publications. Each of their artist's books contain great documentations of the artwork, plus detailed writings by the artist and critics. If you are going to read a description of an artist's work, who better to explain it to you than the artist. This is ...             Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson18 reviews Rick Moody Harry N. Abrams, 2002 inspired work + DO NOT BUY FINE ART BOOKS FROM AMAZON!! + Gorgeuos + These photographs are considered, not contrived.             Art: 21: Art in the Twenty-First Century5 reviews Thelma Golden, Katy Siegel, ... Harry N. Abrams, 2001 Art at its finest + Very informative and helpful + get the DVD too + the best series on contemporary art ever! + I love this series             Adam Fuss1 review Eugenia Parry Arena Editions, 2000 Incredible! I own the Firt Edition of this book and it sits on my coffee table, constantly receiving "rave" reviews whenever I have guests over ---- the book is just stunning! A must have for any photography collector!             Takashi Murakami: The Meaning of the Nonsense of the Meaning4 reviews Amanda Cruz, Dana Friis-Hansen, ... Harry N. Abrams, 2000 Surreal Shiny Pop Tart Explosion + The Strange Art Forest of Murakami... TMNM presents a recent exhibition of the work of Takashi Murakami, a rising star in the Japanese art world. His work uses a wide range of media, including huge latex balloons, hypersexual life size sculptures and even merchandise produced in his Warhol-like Factory. His artistic style combines ...             Western Witch, Season of the (Book & CD) Georganne Deen Perceval Press, 2003 Season of the Western Witch marks the debut of Los Angeles artist Georganne Deen's poetry. Deen began compiling her poetry from her early childhood in Fort Worth, Texas and has since developed an intensely personal style by mixing nursery rhymes with perfume ads, new age ideas, beat poetry, and rock-n roll-madness. A peep show into a fierce and fragile comedy most would be loathe to lay open, the ...             Photography Transformed: The Metropolitan Bank and Trust Collection Klaus Kertess Harry N. Abrams, 2002 Over the past 30 years, photography has revolutionized the traditional fine arts, and no collection better documents this dramatic transformation than that of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust. Featuring conceptual photographic works by almost 200 artists, ranging from Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg to Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Andreas Gursky, and Matthew Barney, the collection is the ...             John Wesley: Paintings: 1961-20001 review Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, John Wesley, ... P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 2001 Excellent survey of 40 years of John Wesley's work Alanna Heiss, director of P.S.1 and deputy director of the MOMA, gives us an unprecedented overview of the work of Wesley, an artist originally considered a Pop Art painter who has continued to work in a highly recognizable, consistent style over his career. With high quality, large scale color ...             Drawing Now: Eight Propositions6 reviews Kai Althoff, Laura Hoptman, ... The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2002 Provocative Survey + A strong drawing text + Speedy delivery + At the top             Henry Darger: Disasters Of War1 review Henry Darger KW Institute for Contemporary Art, 2004 Janitor or Genius This is my favorite book about outsider artist Henry Darger. Check out the amazing film by Mark Salzman's wife. The bio, Man in the Polka Dotted Dress is not coming out cuz the guy who sells Darger for thousands bills is dirty. No oneis finding Darger's long lost sister. Chill out, you are still ...             Beautiful Losers5 reviews Aaron Rose, Christian Strike, ... D.A.P./Iconoclast, 2004 Great pictures, great read + its good to be a loser + Beautiful loosers Beautiful Book + A Historicly important exhibition catalog with great essays.             Lisa Yuskavage: Small Paintings 1993-20042 reviews Tamara Jenkins Harry N. Abrams, 2004 optic heaven This is a beautiful volume on an emerging artist whom I find very entertaining. Lisa Yuskavage's work is represented here in dozens of color images - very nice in quality and size. Yes, her work features women with impossibly huge breasts almost without exception - if that's not a subject you ...             Kiki Smith: Prints, Books and Things1 review Wendy Weitman, Kiki Smith The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2003 recommended Nice sampling of works by America's greatest living artist. Smith's is a world of dark, profound myth.             The Book of Joe1 review Joe Coleman, Anthony Haden-Guest Last Gasp, 2003 A Joe Coleman Catalogue Raissone - At Last A number of fine books on Joe Coleman's work exist, but none offer the scope, detail and production quality of "The Book of Joe." Joe's work has long merited a volume that not only reproduces nearly every painting he's produced, but offers readers highly-magnified details of the paintings. Even for ...