More Sky
Otto Piene opens up new horizons in both art and art education. His book is a plea for more scope, more space for art–for making public property artf
Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements
Swiss artist and designer, Karl Gerstner draws on artistic literary, and scientific sources, as well as on his own studio work to investigate the basi
Imaging Desire
“Imaging Desire”, Mary Kelly’s collection of writings from 1976 to 1995, asks fundamental questions about the analysis of current practices in art and
Death’s Showcase: The Power of Image in Contemporary Democracy
This is a book about the public display of death in contemporary culture. It consists of a series of essays on specific cases in which death is displa
Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology
A new breed of contemporary artist engages science and technology–not just to adopt the vocabulary and gizmos, but to explore and comment on the cont
Leave Any Information at the Signal: Writings, Interviews, Bits, Pages
Ed Ruscha is among the most innovative artists of the last forty years. He is also one of the first Americans to introduce a critique of popular cultu
Secure the Shadow: Death and Photography in America
“An outstanding work. Jay Ruby’s easygoing style makes the presentation accessible to readers interested in social history and societal values and t
Foul Perfection: Essays and Criticism
The work of artist Mike Kelley (b. 1954) embraces performance, installation, drawing, painting, video, and sculpture. Drawing distinctively on high ar
On the Museum’s Ruins
“Crimp’s essays comprise one of the most interesting and incisive bodies of work on practices of contemporary art in relationships to art as institu
The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain
How did the human brain evolve so that consciousness of art could develop? In The Psychology of Art and the Evolution of the Conscious Brain, Robert S