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Patterns 2: design, art and architecture

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: , , — Posted on October 2, 2008 at 11:29 am

By: Barbara Glasner, Petra Schmidt, Ursula Schöndeling

Part 2 of this wildly successful and satisfying book series, which connects works art, architecture, and a variety of other disciplines through patterns.

Reviewer: Tommy

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Ornament as art: avant-garde jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt collection, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: , — Posted on October 2, 2008 at 11:18 am

By: Cindi Strauss

From the publisher: “Presents 800 jewelry objects and drawings from 1960 through 2006 by more than 170 international jewelry artists in the Helen Williams Drutt Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Includes essays about Minimalist and Conceptual influences and the history behind the collection, a chronology, and artist biographies.”

Reviewer: Laura

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The $12 million stuffed shark : the curious economics of contemporary art and auction houses

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: , — Posted on July 3, 2008 at 8:36 am

By: Don Thompson

For an eye-opening study of the market for art and why some artists are paid millions and others starve, this is a fascinating read.  Full of gory detail about how dealers, auction houses, collectors and artists operate.

Reviewer: David

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Seed queen : the story of crop art and the amazing Lillian Colton

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: , — Posted on December 1, 2007 at 12:05 pm

By: Sheehy, Colleen J.

The subject headings say it all:
Celebrities — United States — Portraits.
Seeds as art material — United States.

Reviewer: Ellen

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Who is Bozo Texino? : the epic account of the improbable discovery for the true identity of the world’s greatest boxcar artist

Material Type: All, Movies — Tags: , , — Posted on December 1, 2007 at 11:43 am

By: Bill Daniel

Here is a great film from a once-local film maker (Bill Daniel) about box-car-writers …. was that the beginnings of graffiti? More at www.billdaniel.net/who_is_bozo_texino/info.

Reviewer: Tim

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The Elements of Drawing

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: , , — Posted on October 26, 2007 at 11:53 am

By: John Ruskin

The chapter on Ruskin in the above de Botton book describes Ruskin’s view that drawing can teach us to see, and that everyone should draw.

Reviewer: Longhorn Reviewer

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Robert Smithson Unearthed

Material Type: All, Books — Tags: , , — Posted on September 29, 2007 at 11:46 am

By: Eugenie Tsai

Interesting insights into one of 20th century art’s best minds.

Reviewer: Tommy

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