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61) I always think it's forever: a love story set in Paris as told by an unreliable but earnest narrator
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The renowned graphic artist presents a memoir of a year abroad in Paris and how it led to an all-consuming love affair and eventual heartbreak that forced him to confront his own past traumas and toxic masculinity.
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Gabrielle Civil mines black dreams and black time to reveal a vibrant archive of black feminist creative expressions. Emerging from the intersection of pandemic and uprising, the déjà vu activates forms both new and ancestral, drawing movement, speech, and lyric essay into performance memoir. As Civil considers Haitian tourist paintings, dance rituals, race at the movies, black feminist legacies, and more, she reflects on her personal losses and...
Author
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this wide-ranging biography, Henry Adams explores how a once central figure can come to be forgotten. With his account of the life of the prolific and influential Adolf Dehn, and a look at the circles of artists and writers in which Dehn moved, Adams helps to fill in what he calls the "secret or subterranean history of art.""--
67) Yoko Ono
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Little Yoko had everything she could dream of - except time with her busy parents. After years of struggle and hunger during the war, Yoko made her way to New York to meet other free spirits and study art. One day, John Lennon came to see her work and together, they imagined a better world: one in which war no longer raged and everyone worked for peace. This inspiring story of the artist and activist's life features a fact and photo section at the...
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Born in the Bronx to a Sicilian mother and Southern father, Frederic Tuten always dreamed of being an artist. Determined to trade his neighborhood streets for the romantic avenues of Paris, he learned to paint and draw, falling in love with the process of putting a brush to canvas, and the feeling it gave him. At fifteen, he decided to leave high school and pursue the bohemian life he'd read about in books, a life of salons and cafes and "worldly...
70) Mag men
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"For more than fifty years, Walter Bernard and Milton Glaser have revolutionized the look of magazine journalism. In Mag Men, Bernard and Glaser recount their storied careers, offering insiders' perspective on some of the most iconic design work of the twentieth century. The authors look back on and analyze some of their most important and compelling projects, from the creation of New York magazine to redesigns of such publications as Time, Fortune,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"...a... picture book biography of modern art icon Keith Haring, celebrating the ways his life embodied the message: art is for everyone."--
Keith Haring believed that art should be enjoyed by everyone. When he first moved to New York City, he found the subways decaying and dreary-- and decided that they needed illuminating and radiating art. Brown follows Haring's work and message: Art is life, and Life is art. -- adapted from front flap
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Born in the Bronx to a Sicilian mother and Southern father, Frederic Tuten always dreamed of being an artist. Determined to trade his neighborhood streets for the romantic avenues of Paris, he learned to paint and draw, falling in love with the process of putting a brush to canvas, and the feeling it gave him. At fifteen, he decided to leave high school and pursue the bohemian life he'd read about in books, a life of salons and cafes and "worldly...
Author
Series
Art:21 volume 4
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Companion book to Art for the Twenty-First Century, the first broadcast series for national television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States today.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Paige VanZant is a rising Mixed Martial Arts star in the UFC's women's strawweight division and holds a reputation for her ability to defeat obstacles and brutal fights in and out of the octagon. But long before she was a world-class fighter and winning over fans with her unlikely strength, Paige battled her own private demons. Rise is the story of her fight to become a bone-breaking competitor. It is the deeply moving and soul-inspiring journey...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"Gyo Fujikawa's iconic children's books are beloved all over the world. Now it's time for Gyo's story to be told--a story of artistic talent that refused to be constrained by rules or expectations. Growing up quiet and lonely at the beginning of the twentieth century, Gyo learned from her relatives the ways in which both women and Japanese people lacked opportunity. Her teachers and family believed in her and sent her to art school and later Japan,...
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