"Andrew Benjamin offers in this book a sustained and unique interpretation of painting and the question of the art object. Both topics raise questions that are central to the understanding of art in the twentieth century. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Camden Arts Centre, London, January 7 to March 6, 1994. Edited by Clare Farrow with an introduction by Nancy Spector. Texts by Ad Reinhardt, Terry Atkinson, Giuseppe Panza, and an interview between Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Joseph Kosuth. [details]
Periodical edited by Dr. Andreas C. Papadakis and featuring texts by Robert Rosenblum, Germano Celant, Donald Kuspit, Victor Burgin, Jeff Koons, Douglas Kellner, Brook Adams, Laura Trippi, Jenny Holzer, Thomas Lawson, Andrew Renton, Lisa Phillips, Antje vin Graevenitz, and Andrew Benjamin. ... [details]
Cleaning the House by Marina Abramovic is a personal scrapbook of images of people, places, and texts designed in close collaboration with herself. The performance work is centered on the mental and physical conditioning of the artist and the audience. ... [details]
Monograph on the work of Frank Gehry. Edited by Charles Jencks, with essay by Robert Maxwell. Also includes a transcript of a conversation between Jeffrey Kipnis, Charles Jencks, Robert Maxwell, and Maggie Toy. ... [details]
Anthology of critical essays on the architecture of Los Angeles and its influence on the socio-political mood of the city. "In an age dominated by nationalism and ethnic conflict, Charles Jencks argues that these reactionary tendencies can be countered by an equally powerful drive - heterophilia : the love of difference, the desire to seek out new experience and curiosity. ... [details]
Comprehensive overview of the work of Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Edited by Jackie Cooper, with an introduction by Barbara Bernard. "This beautifully illustrated survey aims to bring full recognition to Mackintosh's architectural achievement, with special attention to his outstanding gifts as a draughtsman. ... [details]
Critical text by Bernard Tschumi. "Through a set of theoretical drawings, Bernard Tschumi argues that the disjunction between spaces and their use, objects and events, being and meaning is no accident today. ... [details]
Anthology of critical essays edited by Charles Jencks. Includes writing by Tito Arecchi, John Barth, Jean Baudrillard, Daniel Bell, Charles Birch, David Bohm, Jim Collins, Norman K. Denzin, Umberto Eco, Edward Goldsmith, David Ray Griffin, Jürgen Habermas, David Harvey, Ihab Hassan, Linda Hutcheon, Andreas Huyssen, Heinrich Klotz, Hans Küng, David Lodge, Jean-François Lyotard, Robin Murray, Craig Owens, Paolo Portoghesi, Margaret Rose, Susan Rubin Suleima, Edward W. ... [details]
Critical text which focuses on a close, and unfavorable, analysis of Prince Charles's 1984 address to the Royal Institute of British Architects, in which Charles defended conservative and classical architecture, by Charles Jencks. ... [details]
