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Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects
Ann Hamilton Manufacturer: Gregory R. Miller & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0974364851 Release Date: 2006-11-15 |
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Ann Hamilton: An Inventory of Objects is a major new publication of the work of one of today's most important and influential artists. The book is a comprehensive catalogue of Hamilton's object-based work from 1984 to 2006. The more than 130 color plates document photographs, sculpture, video, audio and language pieces (both unique and editioned), as well as multiples and prints. Many of the objects relate to the large-scale installations for which Hamilton is internationally known. Each object in the inventory is accompanied by a text by Joan Simon, who also contributes a significant new essay setting Hamilton's objects in critical context. The complete inventory of Hamilton's objects made over the past 20-plus years is reproduced in this essential publication, which also contains an extensive biography, bibliography and index. The book, designed by the Swedish designer Hans Cogne in conversation with Ann Hamilton, is a beautiful object in its own right and evokes many of the conceptual qualities of Hamilton's art.
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Ann Hamilton: The Picture Is Still
Tomoaki Kitagawa , Takao Ueda , and Ann Hamilton Manufacturer: Hatje Cantz Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 3775712429 Release Date: 2003-07-02 |
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The installations created by American artist Ann Hamilton are as atmospheric as they are intellectually complex, as grandiose and whimsical as they are serious and political. Whether she is employing tons of work clothes, a herd of ostriches, thousands of dollars' worth of pennies, kilometers of typewriter ribbon, loaves and loaves of bread dough, or teams of volunteer workers, Hamilton's process-oriented, site-specific environments incorporate viewers, teaching them to use their senses anew. In one of her most recent and spectacular works, which gives its name to this book, the artist inhabited a former torpedo factory at Yokosuka--a symbol-laden place in Japan, consecutively used by domestic and American armies for extensive military bases--and hung charcoal rods from the ceiling on strings of different length. The result was a space oppressed by the heavy shadows of the dense, blackened mass of dead matter that hung from above, filled with an abysmal sadness that conjured up the darker chapters of the history of Japanese-American relations.
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Ann Hamilton: Tropos
Lynne Cooke , and Ann Hamilton Manufacturer: Dia Art Foundation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0944521274 Release Date: 1994-09-02 |
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Rachel Whiteread's works in ink and gouache achieve radically sculptural illusions. She proves herself an ingenious innovator in these media, which complement her three-dimensional work.
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Outbound: Passages from the 90's
Paola Morsiani , Marti Mayo , Janine Antoni , Matthew Barney , Robert Gober , Ann Hamilton , William Kentridge , Shirin Neshat , and Fred Wilson Manufacturer: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0936080574 Release Date: 2000-08-02 |
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Artwork by Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Robert Gober, Ann Hamilton, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Fred Wilson. Edited by Lynn Herbert. Contributions by Rick Lowe, Dana Friis-Hansen. Text by Paola Morsiani, Marti Mayo.
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Undiscovered Country, The
Ann Philbin , Philip Guston , Fairfield Porter , John Baldessari , Richard Hamilton , Kerry James Marshall , and Gerhard Richter Manufacturer: Hammer Museum ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0943739276 Release Date: 2005-02-15 |
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For painters faced with the metaphorical death of painting, the way forward has indeed been puzzling. nevertheless, the territory continues to be explored. As Luc Tuymans put it, iPainting is a way of thinking and constitutes an enormous archetypal pattern which artists constantly fall back upon.i The Undiscovered Country addresses, through 84 stunning reproductions, the ability of painting to tackle issues of representation now that, in the broader culture, the representational function is occupied almost exclusively by photography. Chronogical, it begins in the 1960s with paintings by John Baldessari, Fairfield Porter, Gerhard Richter, and others, which range in approach from painterly to conceptual. The argument continues with figurative painting from the 70s by Philip Guston, and proceeds via influential paintings of the 80s and 90s by Thomas Lawson, Kerry James Marshall, Luc Tuymans, and others. Also discussed is a group of younger contemporary painters including Mamma Andersson, Mari Eastman, and Thomas Eggerer. The Undiscovered Country does not position painting as a threatened medium, nor as one unjustly underrated, but instead looks carefully at the work of a number of painters who have thoroughly examined their own practices, and who continue to find approaches to representation that can only be resolved through painting.
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The Body and the Object:Ann Hamilton 1984-1996
Ann Hamilton Manufacturer: Wexner Center for the Arts ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1881390136 Release Date: 1996-09-02 |
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Ann Hamilton is internationally renowned for her complex environmental installations that emphasize artistic process and tactile experience. Produced in lieu of a standard exhibition catalogue, this CD-ROM is structured around 10 projects.
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Let the People Judge: Wise Use And The Private Property Rights Movement
Manufacturer: Island Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1559632771 |
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One of the most serious challenges to environmentalism that has emerged in the 1990s is the so-called Wise Use movement. While operating under the guise of an independent movement of small landowners, it is in reality a backlash against environmental protection measures, funded and organized by corporations with a vested interest in preventing further environmental gains.
Let the People Judge collects the writings of a wide range of thinkers on the Wise Use movement and the controversies that fuel the Wise Use debate.
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Visceral Sensory Neuroscience: Interoception
Oliver G. Cameron , W.D. Hamilton , Jonathan Abrams , Donald Hunninghake , Robert Knopp , RPSGB , Alison M. Beaney , Jenkins , Margaret T. Shannon , Billie Ann Wilson , and Carolyn L. Stang Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195136012 |
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It has been known for over a century that there is an afferent(body-to-brain), as well as an efferent(brain-to-body), component to the visceral-atonomic nervous system. Despite the fundamental importance of bodily afferent information- sometimes called interoception- to central nervous system control of visceral organ function, emotional-motivational processes, and dysfunction of these processes, including psychosomatic disorders, its role did not receive much attention until quite recently. This is the first comprehensive review of this topic and it covers both neurobiological and psychobiological aspects. The author first defines the issue and gives an historical background starting with the James-Lange theory of emotion, and addresses learning and motivation, roots in Pavlovian conditioning research, and operant conditioning of visceral function. In the second section he reviews recent scientific findings in the neural basis of visceral perception and studies in cardiovascular-respiratory and alimentary interoception. Finally, he discusses several related areas of research and theory including drug state issues, interoception and psychiatric disorders, and bodily consciousness, and suggests directions for future investigation. The book will be of interest to scientists in neurobiology, psychology, and brain imaging, to indivuals in related clinical fields such as psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, and clinical psychology, and to their students and trainees.
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Ann Hamilton
Joan Simon Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0810941600 |
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Temporary installations are ubiquitous in art spaces today, but there is one artist whose mysterious and sensual room-sized works unsettle even the jaded viewer. In Ann Hamilton, art writer and independent curator Joan Simon offers an intensive guided tour of nearly two decades of projects that now exist only in the 300 evocative photographs that illustrate this book. Simon lucidly discusses Hamilton's explorations of time, language, and memory, beginning with the early pieces involving massive quantities of unlikely objects (a floor carpeted with thousands of pennies stuck in honey; a table covered with 14,000 human and animal teeth embedded in iron oxide) to the "slow emptying" of recent work in photography, video, and performance. While no book can re-create the complex of sounds, smells, and actions that make Hamilton's art so compelling, Simon helps those who have experienced some of the artist's works to understand their connection to the realm of ideas. --Cathy CurtisBook Description
A 118-foot-long wall seems to weep as droplets of water ooze from thousands of tiny holes . . . 750,000 pennies form a vast copper mosaic . . . . Creating massive sensory environments that combine sound, text, video, photographs, books, and huge quantities of material substances, Ann Hamilton makes theatrical installations that have been praised as "evocative . . . powerfully disturbing . . . always compelling" (Vogue). Now this internationally acclaimed artistwinner of a MacArthur Fellowship and chosen to represent the U.S. at the 1999 Venice Biennaleat last receives the comprehensive study that her work merits. Author Joan Simon has had unprecedented access to Hamilton's archives, and she has drawn heavily on the artist's own words and photographs to prepare this incisive portrait, the only complete documentation of Hamilton's art to date.Customer Reviews:
First timer for Ann Hamilton.......2007-03-23
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Ann Hamilton: Whitecloth
Ann Lauterbach , and Ann Hamilton Manufacturer: The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1888332093 Release Date: 1999-07-02 |
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By Ann Lauterbach. Artwork by Ann Hamilton. Edited by Nancy Princenthal. Contributions by Harry Philbrick.
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100 Claves Para Pintar Acuarelas
Miranda Fellows Manufacturer: Celeste ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8482112104 |
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A Century of Images: Photographs by the Gibson Family
Manufacturer: A. Deutsch ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0233989927 |
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Dork Tower 34 (Dork Tower)
John Kovalic Manufacturer: Dork Storm Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Comic ASIN: 1933288515 |
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John Wayne ... There Rode a Legend: A Western Tribute
Jane Pattie , and Wilma Russell Manufacturer: Western Classics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0967053404 |
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Once in a lifetime there may come to an author the opportunity to produce a book as distinguished as this acclaimed tribute to the Dukea man as large as the American West he so loved. It is the first book ever to have the complete cooperation of the late Michael Wayne and is a classic production that spotlights John Wayne's West from reel to real through 400 exciting images, with text by Jane Pattie. These visual remembrances, many from private collections, are high points from five decades of his film and ranching careers. There are 276 pages of colorful reminisces of the man who was John Wayne, the film icon, and Duke Wayne, the loyal and generous friend, including the story of the 26 Bar Ranch in Arizona co-owned by Wayne and his best friend, Louis Johnson, cattleman extraordinaire.The centennial celebration of John Wayne's birth will occur on May 26, 2007, 100 years after he was born Marion Michael Morrison in Winterset, Iowa. This imposing western biography salutes him as a timeless American.
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Man Of the West........2006-05-27
John Wayne, the western legend.......2006-01-09
Enthusiastically recommended for Western film buffs.......2002-05-06
John Wayne...There Rode a Legend.......2001-08-21
A NEAR HIT.......2001-08-04
YOURS TRULY, ROBERT L. JORDAN
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American Songwriters: An H.W. Wilson Biographical Dictionary
David Ewen Manufacturer: H. W. Wilson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0824207440 |
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Poker Essays, Volume III
Mason Malmuth Manufacturer: Two Plus Two Pub. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1880685272 |
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Poker is a game which many people play, but in which few excel. To be successful requires a great deal of work and study, and a deep understanding of those concepts that govern winning play. Yet it is fairly easy to win at poker. All you need to do is learn to play tight, and stick to easy games usually those prevalent at the low limits. But there is a problem with this. While this is a winning formula, it won't allow you to do much better than "minimum wage." But there are a small number of players who do much better than this. These are the experts who have mastered the proper skills and have done their share of thinking.This text contains those essays the author wrote from 1996 through early 2001. Topics include: General Concepts, Technical Ideas, Strategic Ideas, In the Cardrooms, Hands to Talk About, The Ciaffone Quiz, and Two More Quizzes. In addition, advice is offered on which game to play, controlling steaming, marginal hands, selecting the best game, bluffing, unusual strategies, raising with suited connectors, keeping poker honest, reading hands, checking aces, and much more.
As with the first two books in this series, Poker Essays, Volume III is designed to make the reader do a great deal of thinking. In fact, very few readers will agree with everything this text offers, but the information provided should help most people become better poker players.
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For serious players, Malmuth is always worth reading.......2006-10-11
Best in the series, maybe one of the best poker books ever........2003-01-22
The essays are taken from Malmuth's writings in Poker Digest and other magazines over the past few years, as with the first two volumes. I thought the first volume was excellent, and the second was very good. This is by far the best.
Poker Essays III, in my opinion, now joins "The Theory of Poker", "Super System", and the "for Advanced Players" series on the list of the most important poker books.
As usual, Malmuth succeeds admirably in forcing the reader to think about many aspects of their game most players are usually unaware of. He discusses, for example, specific flaws in many average players who overrate their own abilities. And the last two sections are wonderful additions to this volume: "Hands to Talk About", and then quizzes. The "Hands" section discusses specific hands/situations in depth, to try to bring together all poker ideas into making a decision. The quizzes section includes two of his own, one hold'em and one stud, and one previously published by Bob Ciaffone (whose book "Improve Your Poker" is also on my short list of great poker books). There are 50+ essays in the book, and I found all of them interesting, thought-provoking and relevant. One of the things I like best about Malmuth is that he finds topics to write about that are completely ignored or forgotten by most players but that are either directly or indirectly relevant to winning play.
As with Poker Essays I and II, I'm sure I'll be rereading this book several times over the years.
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March of the Penguins: Companion to the Major Motion Picture
Luc Jacquet Manufacturer: National Geographic ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0792261828 Release Date: 2005-11-08 |
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This winning combination of vivid photographs and informative, inspiring text is the companion volume to the extraordinary surprise hit film deemed “Irresistible” by Entertainment Weekly. Timed perfectly for the holidays and the November release of the DVD!Customer Reviews:
Everyone has a purpose...........2007-08-17
A Beautiful Collector's book.......2006-10-15
Penguins march from the pages in full color.......2006-04-13
Amazing.......2006-02-17
If you want to completely relive the movie..........2006-01-04
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The Penguin TV Companion (Penguin Reference Books)
Jeff Evans Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0141012218 |
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The Penguin TV Companion (Penguin Reference Books)
Jeff Evans Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0140514678 |
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The Penguin TV Companion
Jeff Evans Manufacturer: E-reference ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 014188455X |
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The Penguin TV Companion
Jeff Evans Manufacturer: E-reference ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 0141884541 |
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The Penguin TV Companion
JEFF EVANS Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJEP5S |
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The Penguin TV Companion (Penguin Reference Books S.)
Jeff Evans Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OJ2ZXW |
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