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Its influences include comic books, B-movies, rock 'n' roll, surfing, hot rods, and Cold War imagery. Art historians call it Pop Surrealism; practitioners call it Lowbrow. With dozens of artist and gallery curator interviews, along with hundreds of examples, this program chronicles Lowbrow's evolution, its iconoclasm and often antagonistic relation to abstract expressionism, as well as the rise of female artists to its forefront. Artists interviewed...
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Every time I'm about to do a strip, it's because I can't avoid it, either because I need the money - in the old days - or now, because I just need to think something through, make it manifest. In this program, Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman - humble, humorous, and completely honest - talks about his life history and his creative process using New York City as a backdrop and family photos, clips from home movies, and panels from comic creations...
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Where do abstract painters and fashion designers find their muses? To what extent does the creative process differ between video artists, sculptors, and fine art embroiderers? How do illustrators and mixed media artists handle the business side of their work? Using capsule interviews with contemporary figures on the U.K. visual arts scene, this program draws viewers into the studio space and immerses them in the hands-on processes and limitless possibilities...
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"London poet, editor and art critic, Michael Glover, has been contributing his popular and engaging art essays to The Independent for the best part of ten years. Now, for the first time, a selection of fifty of his essays, some of which have been written exclusively for this volume, have been collected together in book form. Covering a vast span of styles and works from every era, each essay is accompanied by full-colour illustrations of the work...
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"The Secrets of Art offers a fresh encounter with familiar works of art, revealing untold stories, hidden meanings and surprising revelations hidden beneath the surface. Discover the secrets, mysteries, hidden meanings and stories behind famous works of art. A book full of surprises, discoveries, forgotten treasures and lost tales, The Secrets of Art takes us on a journey through the art world's mysteries to reveal that works of art are not always...
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"Mark 'Weissguy' Weiss set an unmatched standard for rock photography. Starting out as a teenager by sneaking into concerts with a neighbor's 35mm camera, he embarked on a legendary career that took him around the globe and onto some of the most memorable album and magazine covers in rock history--featuring the likes of Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, and Mötley Crüe to Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, and KISS, and so many more. With...
96) Art in America 1945-1970: writings from the age of abstract expressionism, pop art and minimalism
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An invigorating panorama of art writing from a crucial quarter century, adding vital context with incisive commentaries.
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This award-winning series reveals the full and fascinating stories behind famous works of art, not just how they came to be created, but also how they influenced others and came to have a life of their own in the modern world. The works of art featured here are both instantly familiar and profoundly mysterious. Revolutionary in their conception, and iconic years after their execution, they each have their own compelling stories. For behind the beautiful...