Unnatural wonders : essays from the gap between art and life by Danto, Arthur C., 1924-2013

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction: Art criticism after the end of art -- Whitney Biennial 2000 -- "Making choices" at MOMA -- Chardin -- Tilman Riemanschneider -- Damien Hirst -- Barbara Kruger -- Yoko Ono -- Sean Scully and the art of painting -- Paul McCarthy -- Sol Lewitt -- Renee Cox: Yo Mama's Last supper -- William Kentridge -- Picasso erotique -- Joseph Bartscherer's obituary -- Philip Guston -- Philip Guston: the Nixon drawings -- Alberto Giacometti -- Norman Rockwell -- Surrealism and eroticism -- Artemesia Gentileschi -- Gerhard Richter -- Barnett Newman and the heroic sublime -- Joan Mitchell -- The art of 9/11 -- Robert Mangold -- Park Avenue cubists -- Da Vinci drawings -- Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle -- Christian Schad and the Sachlichkeit of sex -- Malevich and supermatism -- Max Beckmann -- Whitney Biennial 2004 -- John Currin -- Dieter Roth -- Jeff Koons -- Installations by Joshua Neustein -- Kalliphobia -- The world as warehouse: Fluxus and philosophy -- Painting and politics -- The fly in the bottle.…”


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50 contemporary artists you should know by Finger, Brad

Table of Contents: “…Cy Twombly -- Gerhard Richter -- David Hockney -- Bruce Nauman -- Anselm Kiefer -- Barbara Kruger -- Paul McCarthy -- Jeff Wall -- Richard Prince -- Jenny Holzer -- Bill Viola -- Mona Hatoum -- Marlene Dumas -- Nan Goldin -- Sophie Calle -- Anish Kapoor -- Robert Gober -- Mike Kelley -- Cindy Sherman -- William Kentridge -- Jeff Koons -- Andreas Gursky -- Ai Weiwei -- Shirin Neshat -- Peter Doig -- Neo Rauch -- Raymond Pettibon -- Maurizio Cattelan -- Tracey Moffatt -- Takashi Murakami -- Pipilotti Rist -- Gabriel Orozco -- Tracey Emin -- Rachel Whiteread -- Zhang Huan -- Elizabeth Peyton -- Damien Hirst -- Jake & Dinos Chapman -- Olafur Eliasson -- Mariko Mori -- Sam Taylor-Wood -- Tal R -- Matthew Barney -- Wolfgang Tillmans -- Chris Ofili -- Doug Aitken -- Gregor Schneider -- Kara Walker -- Anselm Reyle -- Jonathan Meese.…”


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The end of celluloid : film futures in the digital age by Hanson, Matt

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Interviews

Table of Contents: “…Eduardo Aparicio -- assume vivid astro focus -- Aidas Bareikis -- Matthew Barney -- Vanessa Beecroft -- Candice Breitz -- Tania Bruguera -- Cai Guo-Qiang -- Ellen Cantor -- Chicks on Speed -- Steven Cohen -- Deutschbauer/Spring -- Uroš Djurić -- Noritoshi Hirakawa -- Runa Islam -- Anna Jermolaewa -- Isaac Julien -- Kim Sooja -- Elke Krystufek -- Surasi Kusolwong -- Sigalit Landau -- Michael Lin -- Michéle Magema -- Teresa Margolles -- Tony Matelli -- Steve McQueen -- Tracey Moffatt -- Shirin Neshat -- João Onofre -- Raymond Pettibon -- William Pope.L -- Antonio Riello -- Anri Sala -- Markus Schinwald -- Bouna Medoune Seye -- Santiagl Sierra -- Milica Tomić -- Francesco Vezzoli -- Wong Hoy Cheong -- Yang Fudong.…”


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Interviews. 2 by Matt, Gerald

Table of Contents: “…Lida Abdul -- Sergei Bugaev Afrika -- Pawet Althamer -- Lara Baladi -- Matthew Barney -- Louise Bougeois -- Wolfgang Capellari -- Maurizio Cattelan -- Nathalie Djurberg -- A K Dolven -- Marcel Dzama -- Tim Eitel -- Barnaby Furnas -- Michael Haneke -- Gulsun Karamustafa -- Zilvinas Kempinas -- Amal Kenawy -- Zenita Komad -- Katarzyna Kozyra -- Paul Albert Leitner -- Linder -- Liu Ding -- Urs Luthi -- Ryan McGinley -- Olaf Metzel -- Olga Neuwirth -- Tim Noble & Sue Webster -- Ulrike Ottinger -- Poka-Yio -- Julius Popp -- Nedko Solakov -- Doron Solomons -- Ricky Swallow -- Pascale Marthine Tayou -- Spencer Tunick -- Paloma Varga Weisz -- Wang Wei -- Nari Ward -- Erwin Wurm -- Feridun Zaimoglu -- Ralf Ziervogel -- Artur Zmijewski.…”


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Inszeniert! : Spektakel und Rollenspiel in der Gegenwartskunst

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Contemporary art about architecture : a strange utility

Table of Contents: “…Approaching architecture : the cases of Richard Serra and Michael Asher / Miwon Kwon -- Replacing the hut : Dan Graham's Two-way mirror cylinder inside cube / Jennifer Johung -- A becoming image : Candida Hofer's architecture of absence / Jae Emerling -- Thomas Struth : architecture and allegory / Paula Carabell -- N-O-W-H-E-R-E / Isabelle Loring Wallace -- Media as modern architecture / Beatriz Colomina -- More almost nothing : Inigo Manglano-Ovalle and the performance of Mies van der Rohe's Baukunst / Matt Burgermaster -- Image as architecture : Thomas Ruff and Mies van der Rohe / Martin Sberg -- The architecture of As if : Josiah McElheny's sculptural proposals / Spyros Papapetros -- The pavilions of recollection : architecture and memory in contemporary Eastern European art / Levente Polyak -- History re-visioned : Matthew Barney and the neo-Baroque / Rebecca Brantley -- Vitruvian figure(s) / Nora Wendl -- Architecture future perfect : Lara Almarcegui and the "ghost of content" / Jasmine Benyamin -- The manifold dimensions of Janice Kerbel's architectural diagrams / Jakub Zdebik.…”


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Ephemeral monuments : history and conservation of installation art

Table of Contents: “…A medium in evolution : a critical history of installations / Marina Pugliese -- How to pass on an idea / Barbara Ferriani -- The specificity of the video installation / Iolanda Ratti -- The interview as an instrument / Fabiana Cangia -- Documentation techniques / Rafaela Trevisan -- Documenting complex installations -- Matthew Barney : Field dressing (Orifill), 1989-1990 / Sandra Divari and Fabiana Cangia -- Alexander Brodsky : Coma, 2000-2001 / Iolanda Ratti and Rafaela Trevisan -- Anselm Kiefer : The seven celestial palaces, 2004 / Antonio Rava and Barbara Ferriani -- Mario Merz : Chiaro oscuro, 1983 / Nicoletta Boschiero and Barbara Ferriani -- Rudolf Stingel and Franz West : Untitled and lemure, 2002-2007 / Emanuela Mazzonis and Barbara Ferriani -- Bill Viola : Il vapore, 1975 / Alessandra Barbuto and Fabiana Cangia.…”


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Performance now by Goldberg, RoseLee

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Mark Seliger : photographs.

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Cooking for artists by Stone, Mina

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True colors : the real life of the art world by Haden-Guest, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Damien Hist bisects a cow -- Matthew Barney climbs the walls -- Janine Antoni loses important body parts -- And other next big things -- Ends. …”


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Performance : live art since 1960 by Goldberg, RoseLee

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Barock : art, science, faith and technology in the contemporary age : Napoli, MADRE, Museo d'arte contemporanea Donnaregina

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Unnatural wonders : essays from the gap between art and life by Danto, Arthur C., 1924-2013

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : art criticism after the end of art -- Whitney biennial 2000 -- 'Making choices' at MoMA -- Chardin -- Tilman Riemenschneider -- Damien Hirst -- Barbara Kruger -- Yoko Ono -- Sean Scully -- Paul McCarthy -- Sol LeWitt -- Rene Cox: Yo mama's last supper -- William Kentridge -- Picasso erotique -- Art and 9/11 -- Philip Guston -- Philip Guston: the Nixon drawings -- Alberto Giacometti -- Norman Rockwell -- Surrealism and eroticism -- Artemisia Gentileschi -- Gerhard Richter -- Barnett Newman and heroic sublime -- Joan Mitchell -- The art of 9/11: one year later -- Reflections on Robert Mangold's curled figure and column paintings -- The Park Avenue Cubists -- Leonardo's drawings -- Matthew Barney's Cremaster cycle -- Christian Schad and the Sachlichkeit of sex -- Kazimir Malevich -- Max Beckmann -- Whitney biennial 2004 -- John Currin -- Dieter Roth -- Banality and celebration: the art of Jeff Koons -- Two installations by Joshua Neustein -- Kalliphobia in contemporary art; or: What ever happened to beauty? …”


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Seeing time : selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich collection of media art

Table of Contents: “…Riley -- Reimagining the archive: Art, technology, and cultural memory / Marita Sturken -- Plates: Marcel Broodthaers; Gilbert & George; Jane and Louise Wilson; Dan Graham; Jeff Wall; Keith Tyson; Lothar Baumgarten; Thomas Struth; Thomas Struth and Klaus vom Bruch; Stan Douglas; Dara Birnbaum; Darren Almond; Reinhard Mucha; Bill Viola; James Coleman; Bruce Nauman; Gary Hill; Mariko Mori; Steve McQueen; Eija-Liisa Ahtila; Larry Clark; Vito Acconci; Stephanie Smith and Edward Stewart; Matthew Barney -- Essays / Chrissie Iles -- Notes on the formation and evolution of a collection / Thea Westreich -- Catalogue of the exhibition.…”


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Surreal versus surrealism in contemporary art

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Wonderland

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Material matters : the conservation of modern sculpture

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