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Past Things and Present: Jasper Johns since 1983 2003 The challenge was to create a book that was respectful of Johns’ position as a modern master but also thoughtfully fresh in its perspective on his more recent work. The catalogue is 152 pages, hardcover, with a jacket. The jacket is a full-size reproduction of a Johns print, folded to reveal the... read more » |
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The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography 1960-1982 2003 This catalogue documents the Walker Art Center's exhibition The Last Picture Show, which surveys artists' alternative uses of photography from the 1960s to the early 1980s. During this time artists were redefining their relationship to the camera and to the media... read more » |
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Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life 2003 So many recent books on design look over-designed. Is there room for something more subtle, more substantial than ephemeral? For this book we wanted to reflect the spirit of its content, which was an exhibition that explores how designers can use commonplace materials and transform spaces and... read more » |
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How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age 2003 This catalogue documents the Walker Art Center’s four-year global initiative and culminating exhibition of international artists working in media ranging from painting and sculpture to video and performance. It acts as an alternative to the traditional exhibition catalogue, reflecting the show’s... read more » |
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Catherine Opie: Icehouses + Skyways 2002 This publication was produced as the culmination of the artist Catherine Opie’s year-long residency at the Walker. As part of an on-going series to document iconic American architecture, Opie chose to photograph 2 unique Minnesotan structures: the downtown skyways system and ice fishing houses.... read more » |
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Painting at the Edge of the World 2001 Painting at the Edge of the World is in fact two books bound as one: a collection of essays that explore the contemporary status of painting and a collection of artists’ works specific to the exhibition. The essays are bound as french-folded sheets that literalize... read more » |
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Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972 2001 This catalogue documents an exhibition that examines the work of 14 Italian artists who explored a wide range of common materials to create extraordinary works. The term “arte povera,” literally “poor art,” has led to the use of cardboard and other “cheap” materials for other books on the... read more » |
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Lets Entertain: Lifes Guilty Pleasures 2000 Unlike conventional exhibition catalogues, Let’s Entertain takes a different approach by recontextualizing the exhibition within a larger set of questions and social concerns. Specifically, the artists’ works in the exhibition are represented in the catalogue not as... read more » |
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Magnetic North: Canadian Experimental Video 2000 Magnetic North: Canadian Experimental Video is a book that documents a touring program of 40 contemporary artists’ projects. The design explores representations of a time-based medium within the context of print by employing several different devices. Recognizing the... read more » |
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Design Quarterly 1946-1993 ... read more » |