Tauromaquia 21 Nathan Oliveira, Lorenz Eitner Galerie Smith-Andersen, 1973             The History of Los Angeles Graffiti Art (Volume 1, 1983-1988)1 review Robert Alva & Robert Reiling Alva & Reiling Publications, 2006 I was there. This is the real deal. LA finally has a voice immortalized in print. After 20+ years of bombing, tagging, running, gunning and stunning, Los Angeles is beginning to see its history actually recorded. This first effort by a pair of LA sons -- including none other than the notorious WISKone from WCA -- is an ambitious and ...             Richard Diebenkorn Jane Livingston, Barnaby Conrad III Chronicle Books, 2003 Collected here for the first time are rarely seen and largely unpublished figurative drawings and paintings on paper that represent a period of exploration and innovation for Richard Diebenkorn (1922–1993). Perhaps the most renowned West Coast painter of the twentieth century, Diebenkorn alternated between the figurative and the abstract. These pieces, dating from roughly the mid-1950s to ...             Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings. Volume One: 1958 - 1970 Yve-Alain Bois, Ed Ruscha Steidl, 2004 Switching to a career in fine art from his dream of becoming a commercial artist, Ed Ruscha first came into prominence in the early 60s with his large word paintings and paintings of commercial icons, such as 20th Century Fox and Standard Station, that related in manner and style to the nascent Pop art movement. Drawing on a variety of sources that also included his own drawings, prints, and ...             First Annual Nuevo LA Chicano Arts; an exhibition of works by newly recognized Los Angeles Chicano Artists Plaza de la Raza, 1988 This colorful collectible is the gallery catalog for the first annual Chicano Arts show. Each page highlights a piece of art, the artist's statement, a short bio of the artist, and a vivid photo of his or her work, two artists per page. The art ranges from painting to jewelry, etchings, drawings, etc. A must for historians of Hispanic art, or emerging artists. Stiff covers with smooth matte paper ...             Vija Celmins Judith Tannenbaum Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 1992             The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism1 review Susan Landauer University of California Press, 1996 Best in field Well done, gave me a full understanding of the subject, very well written, great book to quote.             Ed Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings Lawrence Weiner, Dave Hickey, ... Steidl The Masters, 2007 Ed Ruscha, one of the most influential artists working today, and one of the great West Coast Pop artists, didn't start out as a painter. It was under the influence of teachers including Robert Irwin, Richards Ruben and Emerson Woelffer that he gave up his original goal of becoming a commercial artist to focus on fine art. This third volume in the ongoing documentation of his entire corpus of ...             Richard Diebenkorn7 reviews Richard Diebenkorn, Gerald Nordland Rizzoli International Publications, 2001 An exemplary art book + Diebenkorn Addiction + The Art of Richard Dieberkorn + Richard Diebenkorn + A painter all to discover             Gronk (A Ver)1 review Max Benavidez Chicano Studies Research Center, 2007 Biography adds to understanding of Chicano art In recent years, Chicano art has received some of the respect long denied it by museums, critics and educators. This did not happen without such diverse supporters as comedian Cheech Marin and Gary D. Keller, director of Bilingual Review/Press at Arizona State University. Through the publication ...             Yours in Food, John Baldessari: with meditations on eating by Paul Auster, David Byrne, Dave Eggers, David ... John Baldessari Princeton Architectural Press, 2004 In John Baldessari's new book, Yours in Food , the founding member of the conceptual art movement explores America at the table, savoring the nuances of breaking bread in carefully composed vignettes culled appropriated video and film. Reflections on food and eating specially commissioned from a smorgasbord of contemporary writers on culture and the arts, from novelist David Eggers to musician ...             Sunshine Muse: Art on the West Coast, 1945-1970 Peter Plagens University of California Press, 2000 With a new Introduction by the Author This book, full of rare illustrations, surveys and documents the work of West Coast artists from 1945 to the 1970s, with glances back to the art schools and movements of the first half of the century. Twenty-five years after its first publication it is still our most trenchant record of that period in American art history. Writing as an artist and critic who ...             Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-19654 reviews Caroline A. Jones University of California Press, 1989 You really should buy this book + Keeping representational art alive + Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-1965 + For all.. but best for artists             Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin12 reviews Lawrence Weschler University of California Press, 1982 still forgetting + Can you read? This book is for you. + The title alone is worth the price. + Artistic Process for All + It doesn't get any better than this.             Epicenter: San Francisco Bay Area Art Now Mark Johnstone, Leslie Aboud Chronicle Books, 2002 A hotbed of seismic activity, the San Francisco Bay Area is also an epicenter of vital new work by an art community always pushing the bounds of cultural innovation. Epicenter showcases the work of nearly fifty prominent and rising-star artists who have made this region the base of eclectic, cutting-edge art on the West Coast. Each profile captures the essence of the artist s work with a ...             Nathan Oliveira (San Jose Museum of Art)9 reviews Peter Selz University of California Press, 2002 Incredible book about an incredible artist! + Oliviera today + Excellent overview of Nathan Oliveira's career Just the right amount of history and ample full-color depictions of the artist's masterful use of gesture, color and raw expression. This book really showcases Oliveira's amazing versatility and his under-rated virtuosity as a painter. Oliveira's work should be included among the greats of ...             Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings. Volume Two: 1971–1982 Reyner Banham, Peter Wollen, ... Steidl/Gagosian, 2005 The Catalogue Raisonn of the Paintings of Ed Ruscha is a six-volume series of books co-published by Steidl and Gagosian Gallery. This is the second volume, which contains entries on 178 paintings completed between 1971 and 1982--from the artist's crisis at the onset of the 70s, when he "quits painting pictures," to his first major museum retrospective, which opened in March 1982 at the San ...             Frank Lobdell: The Art of Making and Meaning Timothy Anglin Burgard Hudson Hills Press, 2003 The first comprehensive overview of Frank Lobdell's paintings, drawings, prints, and sketchbooks, and his long career as artist and teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area.             Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980: An Illustrated History1 review Thomas Albright University of California Press, 1985 A Durable Tribute to a Fine Art Critic ART IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA 1945 - 1980 is the last written document by the highly regarded, departed writer and critic Thomas Albright. Always an elegant writer, even when his message was quircky, Albright has left us with the definitve volume on the important art of San Francisco in the ...             Vija Celmins (Contemporary Artists) Lane Relyea Phaidon Press, 2004 Primarily a painter of still-life and landscape, Vija Celmins (b. 1938, Latvia; moved to the US in 1949) is a major international figure associated with 1960s Pop art. Her unique, technically impeccable paintings and drawings choose as their subject matter 'impossible imagery': from exploding planes and burning house from her childhood memories in wartorn Latvia; to vast natural landscapes such ...