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From 1957 through '63 they were the standard bearers for the avant-garde, associated with trends that would join the lexicon of art---Happenings, Pop Art, and Fluxus. " Lecturer Bio Carnegie Mellon University Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life A review by George J. Leonard of a book by Allan Kaprow edited by Jeff Kelley. .. |
But where the spirit of Modernism was reductive, post-Modernism's is expansive, radically opening the concept of sculpture up, and reinventing sculptural aesthetics. McEvilley has succeeded in seeing our present period of art history synoptically and at the same time in great detail. The book is an essay in speculative art history and in intensely focused critical concentrations on some of the major sculptural figures. That makes it a most valuable guide for the perplexed which means all of us who endeavor to make sense of the moment and its monuments. " Donald Kuspit "McEvilley's book is at once a survey of Modern sculpture and an insightful examination of several particularly challenging contemporary sculptors.
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The personalities and productions by these innovative artists make for energetic and challenging reading. Off Limits is art history with all the excitement and challenge of the innovative art itself --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. Book Description Off Limits examines a group of Rutgers artists who came together on the Rutgers University, New Brunswick, campus during the 1950's and revolutionized art practices and pedagogy. Rutgers was clearly the place to be for experimental artists during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Allan Kaprow's first Happening, Roy Lichtenstein's first Pop paintings, George Segal's earliest figurative tableaux, and photo-Fluxus events and Conceptual Art by Robert Watts and George Brecht all were made or took place on or near the Rutgers campus. |
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Salomon studied mechanical engineering and the law. In 1927, he took up the camera and became master of the hidden or candid camera. This work is a regarded as "the" book of the candid camera. Photos of the mens' communal baths in Radauti, Romania. A look at old world tradition and the rites of passage (three generations pictured together). |
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