Athletes make superb photography subjects. In motion, their bodies perform seemingly superhuman tasks that are a thrill to see. At rest, either before or after their feats, athletes’ faces are studies in concentration — or pain. Photos of teams remind us of our pack-ness; our ability to bond with others — or fight. RUGBY, Daniel [...]
Bryan Brown‘s First Fight 2 — the follow up to his debut comic about his experience in the world of mixed martial arts — shows our hero, a successful Philadelphia artist/illustrator (no superpowers here, but lots of heart), continuing his fascination with the sport as he goes about his life.
In the tradition of the Very Hungry Caterpillar, a book so much fun kids hardly realize they’re learning about the life cycle of a bug while they read it again and again, here comes “Ladybug and the Awesome Bug Book Adventure” by Bret Syfert, a native Philadelphian now living in London. With its collage of [...]
Dana Schutz‘s new monograph covering works from 2001-2009 is a nice coffee table book. With 100 color plates and two short pieces of writing (taking up a scant 9 pages), the book is not a scholarly look at the artist’s work. She surely deserves that book and it will probably come, say with a big [...]
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We live at a time of unprecedented memoir-izing where people tell all, or as much as they want to reveal (often lots more than a reader wants to know). Here are two memoirs that have either direct or indirect relationships with the art world.
Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol by Tony Scherman and David Dalton 509 pages $40 at amazon If you’re a Warhol afficionado, you will wolf down this 448 page entertaining, gossipy and fact-filled tome. The book is an in-depth retelling of Warhol’s life from birth to near-death gunshot wounds from Valerie Solanis in 1968, dwelling mostly [...]
Post by Judith Stein If you have ever wondered about creativity and the zeitgeist, you will enjoy James Rosenquist’s new autobiography, Painting Below Zero, Notes on a Life in Art. It is a richly colored account of one artist’s trajectory from the fifties to the present day, an engaging narrative that tracks his transformation from [...]
Since the King of Pop died, I’ve been catching up on my Michael Jackson video watching. The ones that really grab me are Thriller and Beat It which aspire to be short movies and pretty much are. Jackon’s dancing is remarkable to watch of course. But his dance moves take on even greater visual energy [...]
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By libby | December 2, 2008
Nike Desis’ Fashion activity book, Color Me Fierce! www.quirkbooks.com The first girl to break into the boy group that runs FLUXspace was Nike Desis. So you know she’s gotta have some spine. And the spine has showed up on a book that arrived on my doorstep the other day. She has just published a coloring [...]
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Two books came into my inbox recently and they’re both photographers’ travel books –all pictures and little text and kind of perfect for the summer. In both books (one is a pdf book and available only online) the pictures are quirky and great–not the usual National Geographic choices. 5 DAYS IN NAMIBIA BY RICHARD RENALDI [...]
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