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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When a writer named Satya attends a prestigious artist retreat, he finds the pressures of the outside world won't let up: President Trump rages online; a dangerous virus envelopes the globe; and the 24-hour news cycle throws fuel on every fire. For most of the retreat fellows, such stories are unbearable distractions; but for Satya, these Orwellian interruptions begin to crystalize into an idea for his new novel, Enemies of the People, about the...
Author
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Just Above Midtown, or JAM, was an art gallery and self-described laboratory for experimentation led by Linda Goode Bryant that foregrounded African American artists and artists of color. Open from 1974 to 1986, it was a place where an expansive idea of contemporary art flourished and debate was cultivated. The gallery offered early opportunities for artists recognized as pivotal figures in late-20th-century art-including David Hammons, Butch Morris,...
Author
Publisher
Peter Pauper Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"If you are an artist, you wonder . . . How? Why? And What If? You daydream adventure, you stare at the stars, you let your imagination grow and grow, and GROW! And most importantly, you know that the world is waiting for what YOU and only YOU can create. Because you are an artist. Follow a band of young artists-each with their own individual contribution-through this inspirational homage to creativity, self-confidence and empowerment"--
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Arranged chronologically, this career-spanning collection of profiles, reviews, remembrances, and critical essays offers a window into the author's own development as she touches on a vast array of themes, including intergenerational exchange; love and friendship; feminist and queer issues; and forces that feed or impede certain bodies and creators.
12) Paraíso en obras
Author
Language
English
Description
Nada es lo que parece, no hay lugar a engaños, lo que ves es lo que tocas, lo que no ves solo tienes que cerrar los ojos y soñarlo.
Como si estuviese delante de una biblioteca para escoger mi libro preferido, demasiadas posibilidades. ¿La familia? ¿El amor? ¿Una personalidad en plena evolución? Pronto vi claro que la pintura era el punto en común de muchas experiencias que quería contar.
Desafiante desde niño, descubrí el dibujo porque...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Bennett Driscoll is a Turner Prize-nominated artist who was once a rising star. Now, at age fifty-five, his wife has left him, he hasn't sold a painting in two years, and his gallery wants to stop selling his work, claiming they'll have more value retrospectively...when he's dead. So, left with a large West London home and no income, he's forced to move into his artist's studio in the back garden and list his house on the popular vacation rental...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
""Ed Hardy" is emblazoned on everything from t-shirts and hats to perfumes and energy drinks. From LA to Japan, his colorful cross-and-bones designs and ribbon-banners have become internationally ubiquitous. But long before the fashion world discovered his iconic designs, the man behind the eponymous brand spearheaded nothing less than a cultural revolution. In Wear Your Dreams, Ed Hardy recounts his genesis as a tattoo artist and leader in the movement...
18) Draw me a star
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c1992
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IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
An artist's drawing of a star begins the creation of an entire universe around him as each successive pictured object requests that he draw more.
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Alone on Jacob's Ladder island until two agents arrive in search of someone--or something--they refuse to identify, artist Katie, along with a brave young girl, finds herself in an epic and terrifying battle with a mysterious enemy that could bring about the end of the world.
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