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M/E/A/N/I/N/G brings together essays and commentary by over a hundred artists, critics, and poets, culled from the art magazine of the same name. The editors—artists Susan Bee and Mira Schor—have selected the liveliest and most provocative pieces from the maverick magazine that bucked commercial gallery interests and media hype during its ten-year tenure (1986–96) to explore visual pleasure with a culturally activist edge.
With its emphasis on artists’ perspectives of aesthetic and social issues, this anthology provides a unique opportunity to enter into the fray of the most hotly contested art issues of the past few decades: the visibility of women artists, sexuality and the arts, censorship, art world racism, the legacies of modernism, artists as mothers, visual art in the digital age, and the rewards and toils of a lifelong career in art. The stellar cast of contributing artists and art writers includes Nancy Spero, Richard Tuttle, David Humphrey, Thomas McEvilley, Laura Cottingham, Johanna Drucker, David Reed, Carolee Schneemann, Whitney Chadwick, Robert Storr, Leon Golub, Charles Bernstein, and Alison Knowles.
This compelling and theoretically savvy collection will be of interest to artists, art historians, critics, and a general audience interested in the views of practicing artists.
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Publisher's Weekly says.......2001-03-06
Publisher's Weekly (February 19, 2001) notes: For 10 years, from the mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, artist and designer Susan Bee and Mira Schor, a painter on the faculty of the Parsons School of Deign, edited a magazine they had founded, devoted to "visual pleasure with a culturally activcist edge." Bee andSchor have culled 40 of the most representative essays, reviews, critical forums, interviews and "musings" for M/E/AN/I/N/G: An Anthology of Artists' Writings, Theory and Criticism, which takes its name from their magazine. Book artist Johanna Drucker contributes a foreword. Alison Knowles, Carolee Schneemann, Richard Tuttle, Nanacy K. Miller, Rackstraw Downes, Joanna Frueh, Jerry Saltz and many others weigh in. The book makes for a fascinating snapshot of a tansitional era in American art, one whose terms and preoccupations are still being reworked and worked out.
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Offers down-to-earth advice on painting gorgeous outdoors scenes through 10 step-by-step demos Teaches painters how to master the art of observation Shows readers how to translate field notes and sketches into fully realized studio paintings The overwhelming beauty of the outdoors is one of the most inspiring - and elusive - subjects for painters. With Landscape Painting Inside and Out, Kevin Macphearson first shows readers how to see like an artist, then teaches them how to recreate their vision into stunningly realistic outdoors scenes. His insightful process encourages readers to focus on the small details to achieve big results.
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Excellent examples.......2007-09-19
This book gives practical, specific advice on improving your landscape painting technique. I especially like the illustrations. The paintings are beautiful and "fresh." Not your average landscapes. They inspired me.
shadows.......2007-09-10
Great book Good information but Kevin seems to lose his separation of the lights and shadows in some of his demos in the back of the book He talks about it but then shadows start getting to light in value and too much detail. This could be from the reproductions of his painting
Not as much "color and light" in this one........2007-08-11
Having read this author's previous book on putting color and light in your paintings, I was a little disappointed with this one---I expected more. The book was well organized, (had, once again, pages of stuff about selecting your brushes, etc.); the author set forth his view of a limited palette, and said that you needed to be excited about your painting---but I don't believe that he was excited when he wrote this. If he was, he didn't convey it well. Had a number of exercises, some reasonable, others only for the wealthy (use an entire tube of cadmium red light on your painting (That is, really thick!)
Anyway, having read through the book, I would not buy this book again --- that's the bottom line.
Wonderful instruction for the Plein-Air artist........2007-06-27
Kevin Macpherson gives thorough instructions in his book from colors used to composition. A beautiful book with many demonstrations. I would highly recommend to the beginning or advanced Plein-Air painter in oil.
A "Must Have" Resource.......2007-05-23
If you are an oil painter or even if you are a want-to-be painter, Kevin MacPherson's book is a terrific reference. Personally, I'm a Plein Air painter and Kevin is a master at painting on location. He covers what supplies you'll need and techniques in painting. I've had this book for some time and still refer to it often.
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The Pleasures of Painting Outdoors With John Stobart
John Stobart
Manufacturer: North Light Books
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Dear John.......2005-04-01
Your book and the series of videos you produced to go with it are magnificent.
However your focus on only young artists making a living is too narrow. There are plenty of mid aged painters who are breaking out of the studio rut and taking their fresh art to the public.
Now I think you should make it clear that there is room for serious and committed artists of all ages to "Live The Artists Life"
Tthis book is a must for any and all pleine aire painters. Even with the rhetoric it is stunning and inspirational.
The videos better come out on DVD soon or I'll pine away waitning for them.
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Oil painting outdoors
John C Pellew
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill Publications
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Oil Painting Outdoors (Leisure Arts)
Peter Gilman
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Oil Painting Outdoors
Manufacturer: Art Books For All
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Oil Painting Outdoors
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill, New York
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Oil Painting Outdoors
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Oakland, a mediterranean city: A book of photographs
Roger F Urban
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Crumb Fans Rejoice.......2001-04-25
This series is called the "Complete Crumb" for a reason. It is a collection of his complete works. As a result, some people who enjoy some of his work might not enjoy all of his work, but different strokes for different folks. Only the most diehard fan will find 100% of Crumb's works enjoyable. However, anyone buying this series is most likely already a diehard fan, and more casual readers can try out his regular format books quite cheaply to get a taste of his style or buy a more thematic collection to play it safe. As usual, Fantagraphics has published a collection living up to its extremely high standards of quality with excellent printing and reproduction values that will be treasured by fans of the comic arts.
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- Rather nice, a bit above standard "making of" style books
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- great survival tale
- Easy to like Story of the Making of a Classic Movie
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The Making of The African Queen
Katharine Hepburn
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The Private World of Katharine Hepburn
ASIN: 0394562720
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Rather nice, a bit above standard "making of" style books.......2005-10-04
I have always rather liked Katharine Hepburn, and this movie. This is a rather nice "making-of" book. It is mildly humourous, good-natured, and nicely illustrated. While I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it or keep, I did really enjoy flicking through it.
This is really Hepburn's diary/account of the making of the African Queen and all the attendent problems of filming a movie in an equatorial country, and specifically in this case, in the continent of Africa. The rain, the mud, the mosquitos, the director, the other actors.
Hepburn does come across as being slightly removed from it all, she has a slightly distant and almost superior tone to her writing - for instance she is always up first in the morning and likes eating alone, and then from her hut she watches everyone else going about their morning. It is like she is Jane Goodall analysing Chimpanzees at times.
However she does lavish praise where praise is due, and she is not above laughing at herself at times either and so I felt fine about forgiving her the occassional remoteness.
This was fun to flick through.
Delightful.......2005-07-19
Katherine Hepburn's lively account of her experiences on location in Africa is very short, but packed with amusing and exciting incidents. Her style of writing is very distinctive, short abrupt sentences which vividly describe the inconveniences, discomforts and sometimes dangers of life in the jungle. There are some alarming encounters with wildlife, whether it's being attacked by hornets, finding a snake in the bathroom, or watching a herd of elephants stampede by a mere twenty-five feet away. The eccentricites and charms of her human companions are clearly and amusingly described as well, as are all the difficulties encountered in the making of this wonderful film.
The book is illustrated with lots of fascinating photographs takne on location, including some beautiful ones of Miss Hepburn (I particularly like the ones of her 'luxurious jungle dressing room'), and should delight any fan of The African Queen or of Katherine Hepburn.
Not much there.......2003-07-17
OK, it was cheap and it was kinda fun but this book is very short and very light and fluffy. Don't pay much for it because you can read it in a half a day.
great survival tale.......2003-02-14
This is one those books that is really autobiographic - it seems no one has altered or interfered with anything. If you have seen many movies with Katharine Hepburn, you can actually hear her tell the tale of how she survived the African jungle and actually loved it.
She is the first one to say that she is a bit of a pain in the neck, bossy and interfering. And always worried about the details. And she freely admits that when there is no bathroom, she's gotta go.
She lively discribes how the cities look, how it feels to be in the jungle. Explaining that taking a shower there is like angels touching your body. And that there is nothing worse than having to go to the bathroom (in somewhat of a rush...) and finding a black mamba snake there. She was so shocked she had to throw up. And the throwing up keeps up until after they come back in England.
What struck me as most odd was that she doesn't hold back. She told off Huston often, refused to help Lauren Bacall with the food, carried the mirror around and often thought what the hell she was doing there. But it was fascinating. Reading about it is fascinating, you want to go there yourself and look what it is like in real-life (instead I watched The African Queen for the 164th time).
The photographs in the book are really worth looking at - they give you a feeling of actually being there. Seeing Kate washing her hair with her 'house-boy' standing by, the costumes close-up, the little comments next to the pictures, one of 'Bogie Allnut' - Bogie laughing out loud wearing his costume and of 'Rosie Hepburn' - Kate sitting on the railing, wearing slacks, holding Rosie's English umbrella...
It really shows that Katharine Hepburn had many talents - she is certainly able to write an extraordinary tale of adventure, making movies, making fast friends, overcoming problems (the sinking of The African Queen, giant antz, losing twenty pounds by drinking water, almost being killed by a wild boar) and loving it all.
Easy to like Story of the Making of a Classic Movie.......2000-06-13
The title leaves no question as to what this book is about. "The Making of the African Queen: Or How I Went to Africa With Bogart, Bacall and Huston and Almost Lost My Mind"--that really sets the tone of this book, wherein Hepburn gives an account of the making of a Hollywood movie, and tells of her experience in Africa (where most of the movie was filmed). This, her first book, is a very relaxed, informal affair, more like a friendly conversation really, as if you had met Hepburn and told her you were interested in Africa, and she started, "Oh I was in Africa once..." It's Hollywood in Africa, 1951. Some of what she writes is now a kind of history: where else might you learn that airplanes once had sleeping-berths like Pullman railway cars. Of course, mostly there is movie-making: working with director John Huston, and co-stars Humphrey Bogart and Robert Morley; how the cast and crew managed their equipment and wardrobes on location; the boat itself and the Ruiki river; living conditions in the temporary camp (including some very practical advice concerning improvised toilet facilities), colonial-era hotels and travel, and so on. The hardcover edition is illustrated with dozens of photographs. An interesting and charming book for anyone with an interest in Africa, classic Hollywood movies, or Hepburn, Huston, or Bogart.
Peter Viertel, who worked with Huston on "The African Queen" also wrote a book about the experience titled "White Hunter, Black Heart" which Clint Eastwood made into a movie.
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- Journey to the Mystical Heart of Islam
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The Rough Guide to Sufi Music (Rough Guide World Music CDs)
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Journey to the Mystical Heart of Islam.......2006-09-29
In recent years, Sufism (the mystical practices of Islam) has become a popular subject in the West. No small part of this is due to the passionate and powerful singing of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the undisputed master of Pakistani Qawwali music. Naturally, he is included on this CD, but Sufism exerts a pull across the Muslim world, and this CD shows other forms of Sufi music as well. Hassan Hakmoun shows the African-tinged music of Morocco's Gnawa brotherhood, Orchestra al-Kindi (led by Hamza Shakkur) and Sheikh Yasin al-Tuhami demonstrate classical Arabic music traditions, Ostad Elahi performs the music of Iran's Kurdish dervishes, and Boubacar Diagne shows the ceremonial music of the Quadiriya brotherhood of West Africa. Fans of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are in for a treat, since there are also incredibly moving performances of Qawwali by the Sabri Brothers and Abdia Parween, as well as music from Turkey's Mevlana mystics (the famous 'whirling dervishes'). Drawing upon music from Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Morocco, Iran, Senegal and Syria, this CD is an incredible journey across the Muslim world, showing many different forms of devotion to God through music. Anyone interested in the musical heart of the Islamic faith should check this CD out, as it's cheap, easy to find, and very enlightening.
enthusiastic endorsement!.......2005-05-14
I am no scholar of in Sufi music by any means, but... this is wonderful music. I imagine that any expert in Sufi music must think this is a meager selection, though obviously a single album must be just a sample. At any rate, the selection of artists is diverse: from Pakistan, Iranian Kurdistan, Egpyt, Turkey, Syria, Senegal, Morocco.
But in a sense, all that is beside the point. If you are even considering buying this CD, then you are probably not an expert in Sufi music any more than I am. You probably are just curious, or you have some related interests. Well, I'll tell you my experience with this music. I'm pretty familiar with Christian sacred music, including American Protestant traditions, Byzantine and Slavic chant, and the classical tradition. I've studied Islam a little, as an outsider, and I'm a little wary of the popular enthusiasm for Sufism. Nevertheless, I was curious, and willing to drop a few dollars for an interesting experience. So what happened?
This is awesome music. You have to listen to it loudly, like rock and roll or, to an extent, the blues. I know that comparison will rankle, but folks'll have to deal with it. The comparison is that you have to let your bones feel it, the music has the power to hit you, to make you dance and want to scream with it. It is powerful music, overwhelming, intense; I'm tempted to say tribal or primitive. Brutal, passionate and soaring. Borrowing one of my friend's bon mots, I like to say that the music of Marie Keyrouz makes me want to go to church. He said that of Bach and Stravinsky. Well, this Sufi music makes me want to go to wherever I can participate in it. If you let it move you, this music will make you want to love God. (However, I should probably reveal that I strongly doubt that any deity exists.)
If it's your first CD of Sufi music, it won't be your last.
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Great Book!.......2007-01-12
This was a great book with wonderful ideas, beautiful pictures, great patterns and limitless possibilities. If you are interested in making purses I would get this book.
Definitely a book for beginners.......2006-03-22
This book is laid out nicely with clear instructions and diagrams. They cover four simple categories of bags - clutch, tote, drawstring and beach tote. It was easy to use but not very inspirational. I found the patterns a bit cumbersome to use.
If you are looking for a book to get you started, this is a good one. If you already make your own bags and are looking for fresh ideas, there are other better books on the market.
FIT does it again!.......2006-02-21
Excellent guide to making all kinds of handbags. Excellent instructions so that even a beginner can be successful. Good resource list. It even includes the e-mail addresses of the student work featured. Tear-out patterns can be increased to full size on a copier. This would be an excellent addition to the library of any aspiring handbag artist.
Nice book!.......2004-06-22
This book focuses on creating four styles of bags: the tote, clutch, drawstring, and beach bag - plus variations on these four styles.
The book comes complete with step-by-step illustrated instructions for each type of handbag, which so far, have been pretty clear and easy to follow. Also included are all the necessary patterns, but will have to be enlarged with a copy machine to be of any use.
At the back of the book there is a full-color "gallery" of various students' handbag designs. I found this to be useful as well as interesting.
However, after making some of the bags I was a little disappointed with the results. I'm finding I have to make modifications to the designs to produce something I actually like. But overall, the book is worth purchasing if you are interested in making your own handbags. It will inspire you, at the very least!
Fun and full of clever ideas - a bargain too!.......2004-01-05
I checked this book out from the library and am now going to purchase it. I found the bags in this book creative and inspiring. I have looked into most of the books on making handbags and this is one of the better ones. I am a bit perplexed at some of the negative reviews at Amazon that I have read regarding this book. I think the instructions are easy to follow, and in my opinion, if you know how to sew (and if you have ever sewn the simplest of handbags), the instructions are easy to follow. My only complaint is that the patterns are not easily removed from the book, so unless you want to tear the book apart, they must be transferred to tracing paper. But I don't think this is a reason not to buy this book. Considering that the average handbag pattern is $8.00 (even then they must often be transferred to tracing paper) this book is a bargain. You get many patterns for the price of this book and it doesn't take a lot of effort to make the patterns. There are also a lot of good ideas in this book. Of course the best way to know if you like a book or not is to check it out before you buy it, which I always do.
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- Uncanny Pleasures: Review of Miller's Emergency Broadcasting
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Emergency Broadcasting and 1930s American Radio
Edward D. Miller
Manufacturer: Temple University Press
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The voice we hear on the radio—the voice with no body attached—is a key element in the history of media in the twentieth century. Before television and the internet, there was radio; and much of what defined the makeup of these newer media was influenced by the way radio was broadcast to people and the way people listened to it.
Emergency Broadcasting focuses on key moments in the history of early radio in order to come to an understanding of the role voice played in radio to describe national crises, a fictional invasion from outer space, and general entertainment. Taking the Hindenburg disaster, The War of the Worlds hoax, Franklin Roosevelt's Fireside Chats, and the serial mystery The Shadow as his focal points, Edward Miller illustrates how the radio, for the first time, instantly communicated to a mass audience, and how that communication—where the voice counts more than the image—is still at work today in television and the World Wide Web.
Theoretically sophisticated, yet grounded in historical detail, Emergency Broadcasting offers a unique examination of radio and at the same time develops a complex understanding of the media whose birth is owed to the innovations—and disembodied power—established by it.
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Uncanny Pleasures: Review of Miller's Emergency Broadcasting.......2003-08-01
Informed, stylishly written, and fun to read, Edward D. Miller's book Emergency Broadcasting is a must -- especially for anyone interested in a new take on the history of American radio.
Miller skillfully connects radio's "intimate otherness" to various manifestations of the Uncanny (including Hamlet's Ghost, the delusions of paranoids and schizophrenics, and the voices of presidents). He does a close reading of three major broadcasting events of the '30s -- the reporting of the Hindenberg disaster; President Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats"; and Orson Welles's famous "War of the Worlds" broadcasts -- to show how radio both reassures and frightens the listener. A reinterpretation of the classical Echo and Narcissus myth in another chapter stretches his analogy about vocal disembodiment a bit too far into the ether. But Miller returns to earth to show the relevance of the myth to today's media landscape.
The book concludes with a chapter drawing parallels between 1930s American radio and the Internet, which will, I'm sure, surprise and delight many students as well as critics of "the virtual community."
-- Reviewed by Sumitra Mukerji
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