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Grandly named, the Royal Art Lodge is a remarkable collection of six artists, some of whom are actually related: Marcel, Hollie, Maurice and Jeannette Dzama, Shelley Dick and Neil Farber. Usually Marcel Dzama, the best-known, steals the stage with his simple pen-and-ink-based drawings, but in this slim, full-color volume each member of the noted Canadian drawing group gets equal time with a selection of new works. The works have in common an almost cartoon-like style and ironic point of view, often juxtaposing childlike drawings with violent, sexual or disturbing situations, but each artist also holds tight to a personal style. A must-have for collectors of Dzama's work.
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This title examines the positions of artist, dancer, photographer, and curator. The duties and responsibilities of the professional in each of these occupations are examined. Through profiles of artist Dane Picard, dancer Elaine Wang, photographer Heather Cantrell, and curator Julie Joyce, readers will get the sense of an artist's life. Readers will learn about daily life in the arts, average salaries, and educational requirements and steps to securing one of these positions. Readers will learn what characteristics and interests make for a successful career in the arts, and a short self-evaluation analyses the prospective artist's potential for success in the field. Also included are evaluations of each profession's potential market, and how to find work. Inside the Industry is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
This title examines the positions of artist, dancer, photographer, and curator. The duties and responsibilities of the professional in each of these occupations are examined. Through profiles of artist Dane Picard, dancer Elaine Wang, photographer Heather Cantrell, and curator Julie Joyce, readers will get the sense of an artist's life. Readers will learn about daily life in the arts, average salaries, and educational requirements and steps to securing one of these positions. Readers will learn what characteristics and interests make for a successful career in the arts, and a short self-evaluation analyses the prospective artist's potential for success in the field. Also included are evaluations of each profession's potential market, and how to find work. Inside the Industry is a series in Essential Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Contemporary artists investigate the boundaries between animal and human in a world of transgenics and dissolving distinctions; with 65 color images of new works. In an age when scientists say they can no longer specify the exact difference between human and animal, living and dead, many contemporary artists have chosen to use animals in their work—as the ultimate "other," as metaphor, as reflection. The attempt to discover what is animal, not surprisingly, leads to a greater understanding of what it means to be human. In Becoming Animal, 12 internationally known artists investigate the shifting boundaries between animal and human. Their explorations may be a barometer of things to come. T...
Artist, gallerist, and writer Giovanni Intra’s inventive approach to art writing provides a guide to the New Zealand and Los Angeles art scenes of his era. Everything you read about Los Angeles is true. The city adapts to its own mythology. It’s such a ludicrously discussed place that I always feel slightly idiotic in my attempts to produce a serious discourse about it. Raves in the desert, however, are superb. And ecstasy is a great drug. Also, if you hadn’t heard, music sounds better when you’re high. And the desert surrounding LA is wondrous. —Giovanni Intra, “LA Politics” Before his early death in 2002, Giovanni Intra enjoyed a rollercoaster ride through the art world. He w...
Why are many readers drawn to stories that texture ethnic experiences and identities other than their own? How do authors such as Salman Rushdie and Maxine Hong Kingston, or filmmakers in Bollywood or Mexico City produce complex fiction that satisfies audiences worldwide? In Analyzing World Fiction, fifteen renowned luminaries use tools of narratology and insights from cognitive science and neurobiology to provide answers to these questions and more. With essays ranging from James Phelan's "Voice, Politics, and Judgments in Their Eyes Were Watching God" and Hilary Dannenberg's "Narrating Multiculturalism in British Media: Voice and Cultural Identity in Television" to Ellen McCracken's explor...
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A witty, honest, and savvy guide to Santa Monica, Venice, and environs: where to eat, shop, learn, discover and explore.