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Kazimir Malevich
Malevich's sudden and startling realization of a non-objective way of painting – which he termed Suprematism – stands as a seminal moment in the history of twentieth-century art. Rainer Crone and David Moos trace the artist's development from his beginnings in the Ukraine and early years in Moscow – where he was closely involved in the Futurist circle – through to the late 1920s and beyond. The authors of this book convincingly demonstrate that it is only through a close and sustained reading of Malevich's late – and still widely misunderstood – painterly oeuvre that his extraordinarily inventive stance can truly be comprehended. Crone and Moos trace the close relationship between Malevich's practice and other contemporary non-political revolutions in physics, linguistics and poetry. They present Malevich as a uniquely creative artist, embodying in his work many of the insights and discoveries that define the twentieth century and the condition of modern life.
Fair Ways
Annotation In the summer of 1955, six African American golfers in Beaumont, Texas, began attacking the Jim Crow caste system when they filed a federal lawsuit for the right to play the municipal golf course. The golfers and their African American lawyers went to federal court and asked a conservative white Republican judge to render a decision that would not only integrate the local golf course but also set precedent for desegregation of other public facilities. In Fair Ways, Robert J. Robertson chronicles three parallel stories that converged in this important case. He tells the story of the plaintiffs-avid golfers who had learned the game while working as caddies and waiters-of their young lawyers, recent graduates from Howard University law school, and of the Republican judge just appointed to the bench by President Eisenhower. Using public case papers, public records, newspapers, and oral histories, Robertson has recreated the scene in Beaumont on the eve of desegregation. Fair Ways gives a vivid picture of racial segregation and the forces that brought about its end.
The Control Room
"Thirty-five years ago, sad to say, CBS, NBC, and ABC created the modern New Hampshire primary." So says The Control Room, a gritty look at how network news has come to dominate every stage of presidential selection from the earliest announcements to the final swearing in. As we embark on another of the quadrennial circuses that determine how the world's most powerful country passes its crown, The Control Room shows us who really cracks the whip. Martin Plissner, former political director of CBS News, has played a central role in the network coverage of every presidential campaign since 1964. Now, drawing on his intimate knowledge of life inside the control room, he provides a lively and aut...
The Party Decides
Throughout the contest for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, politicians and voters alike worried that the outcome might depend on the preferences of unelected superdelegates. This concern threw into relief the prevailing notion that—such unusually competitive cases notwithstanding—people, rather than parties, should and do control presidential nominations. But for the past several decades, The Party Decides shows, unelected insiders in both major parties have effectively selected candidates long before citizens reached the ballot box. Tracing the evolution of presidential nominations since the 1790s, this volume demonstrates how party insiders have sought since America’s fo...
Hans Hofmann
Hans Hofmann: The Nature of Abstraction offers a fresh and revealing assessment of the artist’s prolific and innovative painterly career. The comprehensive exhibition and accompanying catalogue will feature approximately seventy paintings and works on paper by Hofmann from 1930 through the end of his life in 1966, including works from public and private collections across North America and Europe. Curator Lucinda Barnes builds on new scholarship published over the past ten years and the 2014 catalogue raisonné to present Hofmann as a unique synthesis of student, artist, teacher, and mentor who transcended generations and continents. His singular artistic achievement drew on artistic influ...
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for SATB, handbells, chimes, two trumpets, two trombones, and organ This sacred piece is suitable for holiday concerts or easter services. It begins with a brass fanfare with handbells and chimes and is answered by a choir of alleluias.
The National Party Chairmen and Committees
This study traces the history of the national committee chairmenships of the two major political parties in America. It emphasizes the national conventions and presidential campaigns, examining candidate and ideological factionalism.
Jonathan Lasker
"Le Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole poursuit sa présentation de la scène artistique new-yorkaise avec l'oeuvre de Jonathan Lasker. Jonathan Lasker (né dans le New Jersey en 1948) étudie l'art dans les années 70 à une époque dominée par l'art conceptuel et qui laisse peu de place à la pratique de la peinture. En réaction et afin de désavouer la mort supposée de ce médium, Lasker se donne pour but d'inventer une nouvelle forme de peinture qui réengage les éléments tels que la ligne, le plan, la couleur, tout en affirmant la présence physique des "choses" représentées, entre abstraction et figuration, entre structuralisme et narration. Il est en cela l'un des plus importants pionniers de la peinture post-moderne américaine. Largement exposées aux États-Unis et en Europe, ses peintures sont présentées pour la première fois à l'occasion d'une exposition personnelle dans un musée français. Ce catalogue, composé d'un essai et d'une interview inédits, offre une vue générale sur le travail accompli depuis 1977."--P. [4] of cover.
Ed Moses
Dist. for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Exhibition catalog.
