The Arts Books

Book SynopsisTelling the stories of the American superstars of pop and high culture who journeyed to Israel to perform, lecture, and rivet fans, Goldman chronicles how the creative class has both expressed and influenced the American relationship with Israel.Trade ReviewEffectively highlights the left-right division that is splitting much of the world.--Kirkus Reviews

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Book Synopsis A companion volume to the author''s Suicide in the Entertainment Industry: An Encyclopedia of 840 Twentieth Century Cases (2002), this reference work chronicles 298 cases of what can be broadly defined as celebrity homicides from the early twentieth century onward. Cases are drawn from the realms of film, theatre, music, dance and other entertainment fields. In each instance, the person was either the actual or suspected perpetrator or the victim of a murder. Included are entries on such well-known personalities as film comedian Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle, actress Sharon Tate, music producer Phil Spector, rap artist Notorious B.I.G., and superstar Michael Jackson. Each entry covers the crime, its legal disposition, and the subject''s personal and professional background, comprehensively documented with notes and a separate bibliography.Trade Reviewrecommended"" - Choice""well-written...valuable"" - Booklist""highly useful...excellent...a well-researched and well-written resource for scholars of all levels...definitive tool"" - Reference Reviews.Table of Contents Acknowledgments vii Foreword by Jimmy McDonough 1 Preface 3 The Cases 5 Appendix 1: Narcocorridos 355 Appendix 2: Occupations 359 Bibliography 369 Index 375

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Book SynopsisTHE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS: 2013--2014

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“This book is all about sketching the Sun, and it is marvelous. … you get a better idea of what to look for, different methods that could be used for observing the Sun and even some activities that would be fun to do with children. … All the different mediums used are explained in a step-by-step tutorial style, that are very easy to follow and there are hundreds of examples of sketches of the Sun.” (AstroMadness.com, April, 2016)Table of ContentsIntroduction to Solar Observing and Sketching.- Basic White Light Sketching.- Sketching for Science – White Light.- Projection Sketching.- Tracking Active Regions.- Hydrogen Alpha.- Calcium K.- Composite Sketches with more than one type of filter.- Spectrohelioscope.- Transits/occultation.- Eclipse.- Animations.- Solar Inspired Art.- Contributor Gallery.

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Book SynopsisTHE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS 2014-2015

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Book SynopsisTHE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS 2015-2016

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Book SynopsisThis collection offers writings on the body with a focus on performance, defined as both staged performance and everyday performance. Traditionally, theorizations of the body have either analyzed its impact on its socio-historical environment or treated the body as a self-enclosed semiotic and affective system. This collection makes a conscious effort to merge these two approaches. It is interested in interactions between bodies and other bodies, bodies and environments, and bodies and objects.Trade ReviewWhat does it mean to feel? Sentient Performativities of Embodiment considers both the social resonance and the political stakes of this question by concentrating the study of affect more closely upon the site of the inexorably mortal human body. By convening an impressive group of scholars whose research sites challenge simplistic distinctions between 'the aesthetic' and 'the real,' Hunter, Krimmer, and Lichtenfels have crafted an anthology that compels us to return our attention to the lived complexity of feeling as a material register of human experience. This beautifully curated book will expand critical conversations between affect studies and performance studies, restoring in our consideration of feeling the fleshy, corporeal timbre of the felt. -- Patrick Anderson, University of California, San DiegoSentient Performativities of Embodiment: Thinking alongside the Human is an immense effort; broad in scope and comprehensive in its attempt to foreground practice-based research in the Arts. This type of scholarship has been gaining ground within a number of prominent institutions and the authors should be congratulated for bringing the views of so many excellent artists/scholars together in one volume. -- Henry Daniel, Simon Fraser UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Ways of Knowing and Ways of Being Known by Lynette Hunter Part I: The Body in Performance—Somatic Complexity Chapter 1. Weird Embodiment by Timothy Morton Chapter 2. The Senses and Sciences of Fascia: a Practice as Research Investigation by Joseph Dumit and Kevin O’Connor Chapter 3. The Petrie Dish: Somatic Praxis, Embryology, Becoming in Marie Chouinard’s “The Rite of Spring” by Hilary Bryan Chapter 4. The Performativity of Performance: Doing Things with Bodies and What Words Might Do in Relation to That. A Lecture/Demonstration (Not for the Squeamish) by Jess Curtis Part II: The Body in Performance—Attentiveness Chapter 5. Enminded Performance: Dancing with a Horse by Nita Little Chapter 6. JUST LIKE THAT: William Forsythe || Between Movement and Language by Erin Manning and Brian Massumi Chapter 7. Her Heart Can Lift Mountains by Beating: Form and Formlessness in Performance Process by Sean Feit Part III: The Body in Performance—Emergence Chapter 8. Transversal Affectivity and the Lobster: Intimate Advances of Deleuze and Guattari, Rodrigo Garcia and La Carnicería Teatro, and Jan Lauwers and Needcompany by Bryan Reynolds & Guy Zimmerman Chapter 9. Kantor’s DIRECTOR: “I will be myself, but I will be with the actors” by Peter Lichtenfels Part IV: Bodies Walking, Bodies Writing Chapter 10. Where Can Walking Be Taking Me? by Álvaro Iván Hernández Rodríguez Chapter 11. Walking with/Com-Pains: (Re-)(Em)bodying Missteps and Messmates by Ilya Noé Chapter 12. Walking Home: A Feminist Tracing of Home and Belonging by Maureen Burdock Part V: Bodies—Critical Race, Politics and History Chapter 13. Jewish Ears and Aryan Dirndls: National Socialist Racial Ideology and Jewish Identity by Elisabeth Krimmer Chapter 14. “So That They Never Forget the Holocaust:” Memorial Tattoos and Embodied Holocaust Remembrance by Verena Hutter Chapter 15. Presidential Dancing: The Bodies of Heads of State by Maxine Leeds Craig Chapter 16. Socialization through the Arts: Katherine Dunham as Social Activist by Halifu Osumare

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Book SynopsisGeorge Quasha’s extraordinary sculptures unite natural stones in a state of breathtakingly improbable balance. The stones are not altered physically or bonded in any way; rather, Quasha discovers an unknown axis that brings them into radical alignment. The stones 'learn' this state of levity in contrast to their ordinary state of gravity, resulting in a new art form that feels alive with its own individual energy and personality. Here, 37 axial stones are displayed in dazzling full-page color photos. The accompanying text explains not only how the stones were found and eventually came together, but explores the aesthetic, philosophical, spiritual, and practical implications of an art of danger and impermanence. 'Action pages' document the process—the repeated setting up, balancing, losing balance, and falling—until the full axial stone is born: a whole being greater and more real than the sum of its parts.

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Book SynopsisLike a long, funny letter from an old friend, an album of drawings by the legendary singer and activist for social justice, Joan Baez. Since retiring from active performing, Baez has focused her formidable talents on painting and drawing. This collection of drawings shows another side of Baez: lovingly loose and charming sketches on reoccurring themes such as politics, relationships, women, animals, and family. Each section, organized thematically, includes an introductory piece by the artist. Baez approaches her line drawings as exercises in freedom: she begins drawing upside down—often using her non-dominant hand—without any preconceived notion of where the lines might lead her. Beginning with her seminal debut album in 1960, Baez has been a musical force of nature of incalculable influence whose earliest recordings fed a host of traditional ballads into the rock vernacular. In 1963, she introduced Bob Dylan to the world, beginning a tradition of mutual mentoring that continued across her many recordings. As a lifetime advocate for non-violent social change, she marched on the front line of the civil rights movement with Martin Luther King Jr., shined a spotlight on the Free Speech Movement, took to the fields with Cesar Chavez, organized resistance to the Vietnam War, and inspired Vaclav Havel in his fight for a Czech Republic. Am I Pretty When I Fly? reveals yet another side of a beloved icon.Trade Review“Am I Pretty When I Fly? shows me a side of Joan Baez I could not have imagined. It is entertaining, moving, ridiculously funny, insightful, and mysterious.” —Lana Del Rey“Joan Baez is still doing beautiful, cool stuff....abstract, quivery, weird, inscrutable, pure, and hilarious.” —The New Yorker “A book exploding with spontaneity and humor, and a grand tour through the mind of one of the great artists of the twentieth century.” —Steve Martin “Baez isn’t current, she’s timeless.” —Los Angeles Times “Joan Baez is much more than a cultural icon and spiritual/creative godmother to multiple generations of people on this planet. She has repeatedly put herself on the line for peace and justice and for the downtrodden who have nowhere to go. And then there’s that voice—stunning, earth-shattering, loving, reaching in and piercing one’s soul to help us hang on for dear life. And now her artwork and drawings, along with her pointed wit, reach into us again. We know we live in an upside down world, but the human eye, in its every waking moment, is actually taking an upside down picture and turning it right side up on the way to the brain. This book insists we see the world the way it really is. I’ve never seen such a work as this. Wow. Just wow.” —Michael Moore“Am I Pretty When I Fly? is moving, subversive, and heartbreaking. Childlike but not childish, full of wonder as well as despair. I loved it. Just like life. Thank you, Joan.” —Bette Midler“We always knew Joan Baez was funny and clever. We didn’t know she was that funny and clever. The real surprise, however, came to us in Joan’s new book, Am I Pretty When I Fly? These drawings elicit a stunning depth of feeling as they spin off from humor and romp through tenderness, cynicism, anger, heartbreak and—cloaked in silliness—a terrifying peek at current events. She has put down the guitar and reached for a pen and paper without missing a beat. This brilliant book is an example of an artist drawing the best of herself. These amazing ‘feelustrations’ are revelatory not only of Joan but humanity itself. She is a gift that keeps on giving.” —Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner “Fans and newcomers alike will appreciate this intimate look into Baez’s unique artistry....By gracefully walking a fine line between blunt-force honesty and flights of fancy, the book is satisfying, enjoyable, and rewarding.”—Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisAn intimate history of America’s first publicly funded artists’ housing project and its residents, and the precarious place of art-makers in a changing New York City. Westbeth Artists Housing was founded in 1970 to provide affordable housing for artists and their families. It occupies a full city block in what back then was one of New York’s less desirable neighborhoods, the desolate far-West Village. Over the next fifty years, the building complex served as a Great Society for bohemians, home at any one time to more than three hundred and eighty creators, who included the pioneering video artist Nam June Paik, jazz great Gil Evans, and the photographer Diane Arbus, who took her life in her apartment in 1971, barely a year after she’d moved in. To its tenants Westbeth offered the possibility of a middle-class life at affordable rents that freed them to walk along the cliff-edge of their art. Barton Lidice Beneš filled unlikely vessels (a water-gun, a squirting flower) with his HIV-positive blood in a series called “Lethal Weapons.” The actor Black-Eyed Susan played dozens of roles in the legendary Ridiculous Theater Company. After her basement studio was flooded during Superstorm Sandy, Karen Santry dove into the noxious water in rented scuba gear to check the condition of her paintings. With the passing of time, Westbeth’s artists watched their neighborhood gentrify and rebrand as the glitzy Meatpacking District, where the median price for real estate is now near $4 million and thrift shops have given way to designer boutiques. And while some of them achieved fame, obscurity drove others to bitterness and despair. The Twilight of Bohemia frames its story with that of the life and tragic death of Gay Milius, a gifted and flamboyantly eccentric painter, flea-market picker, and novelist who moved into the building in 1970 and committed suicide there in 2006. Sociologists describe Westbeth as a Naturally-Occurring Retirement Community, or NORC; today, a majority of its residents are over 60. But is Westbeth just an arty senior center, a tiny island of nonconformist characters marooned in the midst of a late-stage capitalist sea? Is artmaking a specter of a past way of life or a good that merits our society’s continuing support—and if it is, what larger purpose might it serve? The Twilight of Bohemia explores the changing notions of what it means to be a successful artist and the heartbreaking difficulty of surviving in the 21st century as one. It’s a book for anyone who loves brilliantly written, lyrical stories of passion, idealism, ambition and community, for any reader interested in urban social history or the history of art, and for those who still believe in the old bohemian ethos: of living for art.

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Book SynopsisThe long-awaited first career survey from photographer Amos Badertscher, who comprehensively documented a uniquely American queer underworld

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Book SynopsisA celebration of 25 years of RxART, a pioneering nonprofit organization that works at the intersection of visual art and health careRxART is the nonprofit organization that has been a force behind installing uplifting art by well-known contemporary artists to the walls of major pediatric hospitals in the United States, bringing joy to young patients facing medical conditions. Founded in 2000 by former gallerist Diane Brown, RxART creates museum-quality art installations that humanize health care spaces and improve the patient experience.RxART: The Artists and Projects Transforming Healthcare Spaces commemorates 25 years of the organization's tireless dedication to making hospitals a place of healing, creativity, and hope. The book showcases 50 site-specific projects by some of the biggest names in contemporary art, including Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Kenny Scharf, Nicolas Party, Nina Chanel Abney, Ryan McGinley, Ed Ruscha, Julia Chiang, and William Wegman, among many others.Alongside the 100 images, readers will discover an exclusive conversation with renowned contributing artists Derrick Adams, Ann Craven, Rashid Johnson, and Rob Pruitt, moderated by Matthew Higgs.Featuring a bold cover and beautifully printed imagery, RxART: The Artists and Projects Transforming Healthcare Spaces is a testament to the transformative power of art in improving lives.

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Book SynopsisThe longest running contemporary art triennial in North America presents major artistic projects from more than fifty world-renowned artists, in New Orleans

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Book SynopsisWhether you''re sneaking through the undergrowth to preempt a bandit ambushor hunting elusive forest creatures, Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Bigger Forest has youcovered. With an area that''s a whole 45% bigger than a standard Flip-Mat, GameMasters can now dream even bigger! Don't waste your time sketching whenyou could be playing. With Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Bigger Forest, you'll beready next time your players want to brave the dark and deepforests!Fully laid out, Flip-Mat: Bigger Forest measures 27 by 39inches, but folds down to a convenient and portable 8 by 10 incheseasyenough to toss into your bag for the game! Its coated surface can handle any dryerase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs andnovices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master''sarsenal!Price Includes VAT

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Book SynopsisAn intriguing look at secrecy during the Byzantine Empire and the role of the art historian in seeking truth

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Book SynopsisInitiated by the Balkan History Association, this unique interdisciplinary volume explores the complex history of cultural, diplomatic and religious relations between Serbia and Romania during the late nineteenth and twentieth century. The authors, scholars with a wide range of academic backgrounds, address these themes in the context of Austro-Hungarian imperialism, the interwar period and the Communist era. The essays in Part I examine diplomatic, political and military relations, while those in Part II explore intellectual and artistic links between the two countries, including religion, literature and the visual arts. This is a landmark publication, the first of its kind in English, and will leave readers with a more comprehensive understanding of cultural and political relations in Southeastern Europe. "This volume, the first of its kind, covers political diplomatic, cultural and religious relations between the Romania and Serbia, seen through the processes that shaped the two nations over the past two centuries, but also through case studies of prominent diplomats, educators, artists, rulers and statesmen. The result is a comprehensive survey of Romanian-Serbian relations based on serious archival research, leading to new and more inclusive perspectives. I am quite convinced that the collection will become a standard guide for all those interested in the relations between Serbs and Romanians." —Prof. Slobodan G. Markovich, University of Belgrade "Historically, relations between neighboring nations and the people who populated them, have at various points been plagued by conflict. Yet it is difficult to cast complete blame on either side as it can be surmised that the actions taken were a result of people subject to their times. However, aside from confrontations, neighboring states also cooperated, fought together in the interest of common values, against invaders, while they also intermarried, thus enhancing both cultures. The present volume is a successful attempt by Romanian and Serbian specialists to find the political-diplomatic, cultural, and artistic interferences, that amounted to the elements of cooperation between Romanians and Serbs in the last centuries. Such instances of alliance, far from few in number, certainly prevailed in the history of the two nations, and they shaped the destiny of Romania and Serbia into the modern and contemporary eras." —Prof. dr Ioan Bolovan, Institutul de Istorie “George Bariţ” Cluj-Napoca and University Babeș-Bolyai Cluj-NapocaTrade Review"This volume, the first of its kind, covers political diplomatic, cultural and religious relations between the Romania and Serbia, seen through the processes that shaped the two nations over the past two centuries, but also through case studies of prominent diplomats, educators, artists, rulers and statesmen. The result is a comprehensive survey of Romanian-Serbian relations based on serious archival research, leading to new and more inclusive perspectives. I am quite convinced that the collection will become a standard guide for all those interested in the relations between Serbs and Romanians." —Prof. Slobodan G. Markovich, University of Belgrade "Historically, relations between neighboring nations and the people who populated them, have at various points been plagued by conflict. Yet it is difficult to cast complete blame on either side as it can be surmised that the actions taken were a result of people subject to their times. However, aside from confrontations, neighboring states also cooperated, fought together in the interest of common values, against invaders, while they also intermarried, thus enhancing both cultures. The present volume is a successful attempt by Romanian and Serbian specialists to find the political-diplomatic, cultural, and artistic interferences, that amounted to the elements of cooperation between Romanians and Serbs in the last centuries. Such instances of alliance, far from few in number, certainly prevailed in the history of the two nations, and they shaped the destiny of Romania and Serbia into the modern and contemporary eras." —Prof. dr Ioan Bolovan, Institutul de Istorie “George Bariţ” Cluj-Napoca and University Babeș-Bolyai Cluj-NapocaTable of ContentsAleksandra Djurić Milovanović/Mircea Măran/Christene D’Anca: Introduction – Miodrag Milin/Victor Neumann: The Idea of Nationality among Romanians in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: The Political Involvement of Vincențiu Babeș, Andrei, and Alexandru Mocsonyi as Representatives of the Banat Region – Ivana Spasović: Romanians and Serbs in the Banat Military Border – Felicia Aneta Oarcea: Romanian-Serbian Relations Reflected in Vasile Popeangă’s Works. Historiographical Insight – Srđan Mićić: Boško Čolak-Antić and Yugoslav-Romanian Relations – Anđelija Miladinović: Maria of Yugoslavia: Romanian Princess, Yugoslav Queen – Dragan Bakić: The First Yugoslav Ambassador: Jovan Dučić in Romania, 1937–1940 – Vladimir Lj. Cvetković: Josip Broz Tito, Petru Groza and Yugoslav-Romanian Relations 1945–1947 – Nemanja Mitrović: Tito’s and Ceauşescu’s Personal Contribution to the Development of Yugoslav-Romanian Cooperation in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s – Raluca Prelipceanu: The Circulation of Icon Painters between Banat and Transylvania during the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries – Jovana Kolundžija: Stefan Tenecki: The Baroque Painter of Serbs and Romanians – Maria Alexandra Pantea/Virginia Popović: Serbian Intellectuals from Arad, Personalities of Central Europe – Mircea Măran/Aleksandra Djurić Milovanović: Vladimir Dimitrijević and Serbian-Romanian Church Relations in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries – Octavia Nedelcu/Gordana-Nicoleta Peici: Romanian-Serbian Literary Relations at the Beginning of the Millennium – Diana Mihuț: In-between Local Identity and National Artistic Heritage. A Case Study: Naive Painting from Uzdin – Acknowledgments – Notes on Editors and Contributors – Index.

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Book SynopsisCRISIS! Dog and Cat find out the family is moving. Dog freaks out. He does NOT want to move. He goes through all the classic stages: denial, anger, bargaining, and depression. Cat tries to get him to acceptance. But Cat is fine—really she is—or is she? Dog and Cat plow through the days until moving. They eat. They nap. They argue. They take care of their owners. But can they figure out how to stop this terrible move? Dog & Cat is told in a series of funny concrete (shape) poems and hilarious conversations. Perfect for any kid, age 9 and up. Or anyone who just wants a fun book.

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