Pae White's work roams exuberantly across genres from furniture, textiles and graphic design to sculptural installations, in particular her monumental tapestries that form the focus of this clothbound volume. It particularly highlights Sea Beast, a 2010 work commissioned by The Power Plant, which incorporates a found macram� wall hanging.
Volume 1: The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle DuBois, aka *Kathy* (Spring 2011) Published by Aperture Ideas.Autoportrait & Companions,with an introduction by Eleanor Kaufman & essay by Karsten Lund.8 × 10 inches, 240 pages.The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle duBois is a print-on-demand artist book. It is the first in a four-volume set by the artist Zoe Crosher. These artist books are part of Aperture Ideas: Writers and Artists on Photography, a series devoted to the finest critical and creative minds exploring key concepts in photography, including new technologies of production and dissemination.Identical in structure, each volume offers an alternate perspective on the archive of Michelle duBois, an enigmatic collection of images bequeathed to the artist by the subject and compiler. In each subsequent volume, Crosher configures a new set of identities and meanings for this ephemeral archive of photographic detritus through a selection of unique sets of images, reinterpretations of photos seen in previous volumes, as well as new texts.Zoe Crosher’s The Unraveling of Michelle duBois is a reconsidered archive culled from crates, boxes and albums consisting of endless flirtatious smiles, tourist shots, cheesecake mementos and suggestive poses in every film type and size. The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle duBois was featured in Aperture magazine, issue 198.
A monograph on the forgotten visionary artist Herbert Crowley, who exibited in the Armory Show alongside Picasso, was published in the New York Herald alongside Winsor McCay, and then mysteriously vanished.
Who knew a trip to the therapist could be so much fun, even aesthetically rewarding? Beyond sharing feelings or complaining about your mother, Psychobook reveals the rich history of psychological testing in a fascinating sideways look at classic testing methods, from word-association games to inkblots to personality tests. Psychobook includes never-before-seen content from long-hidden archives, as well as reimagined tests from contemporary artists and writers, to try out yourself, at home or at parties. A great ebook for the therapist in your life and the therapist in you, for anyone interested in the history of psychology and psychological paraphernalia, or for anyone who enjoys games and quizzes. Psychobook will brighten your day and outlook.
Michael Feinstein was just 20 years old when he got the chance of a lifetime: a job with his hero, Ira Gershwin. During their six-year partnership, Feinstein blossomed under Gershwin's mentorship and Gershwin was reinvigorated by the younger man's zeal. Now, in The Gershwins and Me, Michael Feinstein shares unforgettable stories and reminiscences from the music that defined American popular song, along with rare Gershwin memorabilia he's collected through the years. Includes an accompanying CD packed with Feinstein's original recordings of 12 Gershwins' songs.