Books For The Collector's Library. - Review - book review

Art in America, April, 2000

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Regular Price $35.00 SALE $32 Dan Flavin: Architecture of Light Edited by J. Fiona Ragheb, essays by various authors (Guggenheim)

Regular Price $60.00 SALE $54 The Worlds of Nam June Paik by John G. Hanhardt (Guggenheim/Abrams)

COMBINED SALE $84

Dan Flavin: The Architecture of Light is published on the occasion of an exhibition of the artist's work at the Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. Filled with large colorplates of Flavin's revolutionary fluorescent-light sculptures, the book contains perceptive texts by a number of critics and art historians as well as excerpted writings by the artist himself. The result is a concise overview of Flavin's career. The Worlds of Nam June Paik accompanies the large survey show of this video art pioneer which was organized by the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York. It features an in-depth essay and extensive documentation of Paik's performances, installations, audio and video works.

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Regular Price $35.00 SALE $32 Tony Oursler: Introjection Essays by various authors. interview by Linda Shearer (Williams College Museum of Art/D.A.P.)

Regular Price $45.00 SALE $41 Alan Rath: Robotics Edited by Sarah S. King, essay by David Ebony. foreword by Murray Gell-Mann (SITE Santa Fe/Smart Art Press)

COMBINED SALE $71

Tony Oursler has been widely recognized for his sculptures featuring innovative uses of video projection. The richly illustrated volume Tony Oursler: Introjection accompanies a recent midcareer touring museum show organized by Deborah Rothschild for the Williams College Museum of Art. The book focuses on Oursler's darkly humorous works involving life-size rag dolls and large globes that serve as heads or eyeballs. The informative essays and artist interview examine his creative process. Over the past decade, Alan Rath has received considerable acclaim for his lifelike electronic sculptures featuring pulsating speakers and CRT (cathode-ray tube) screens of moving eyes and mouths. Alan Rath: Robotics is a lavishly illustrated volume published to coincide with a recent museum touring show organized by Louis Grachos for SITE Santa Fe. It explores the evolution of Rath's work toward computerized, quasi-autonomous kinetic sculptures.

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Regular Price $40.00 SALE $36 Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You Edited by Ann Goldstein (L.A. MOCA/MIT)

Regular Price $65.00 SALE $59 Sophie Calle: Double Game by Sophie Calle with additional text by Paul Auster (Violette Editions)

Regular Price $39.00 SALE $36 Laurie Anderson by Roselee Goldberg (Abrams)

COMBINED SALE $128

The profusely illustrated volume Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You accompanies the first comprehensive museum survey of works by the artist known for her boldly graphic murals and installations packed with social and political commentary. Double Game, featuring 350 illustrations, is the most lavish book to appear in English by the provocative French artist Sophie Calle. The starting point for this publication is Paul Auster's novel Leviathan, which presents a character based on Calle herself. One of the most influential cultural figures of recent decades, Laurie Anderson has blurred the boundaries of art and pop culture. Complete with an insightful text and some 320 illustrations, this book accompanies a touring museum show examining Anderson's career.