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Stopgap Measures presents an exciting selection of essays, interviews and shorter pieces on the work of American artist Mike Kelley (19542012) written over more than three decades by the noted art historian and cultural critic John C. Welchman. Kelleys provocative career gave rise to some of the most conceptually and materially diverse work of recent times in performance, writing, painting, drawing, sculpture, banners, multimedia installation, appropriated objects and images and video, as well as numereous collaborations. This volume includes reflections on specific works, and features a signature series of pathbreaking essays on Kelleys innovations in photography and writing as well as explorations of major themes in his practice, research and thinking: physical comedy and verbal humor; memory; popular culture, dress-up and Americana; the uncanny; imaginative projection and dark fantasy; appropriation and giving; authorship and self-construction; and the artists littleremarked upon negotiation with the histories of and ideas about Asia. The book concludes with new essays on Kelleys engagement with animals and the nonhuman; and on the refrain disappearances that punctuate Kelleys career set in relation to specters of social catastrophe and nuclear annihilation.

Stopgap Measures presents an exciting selection of essays, interviews and shorter pieces on the work of American artist Mike Kelley (19542012) written over more than three decades by the noted art historian and cultural critic John C. Welchman. Kelleys provocative career gave rise to some of the most conceptually and materially diverse work of recent times in performance, writing, painting, drawing, sculpture, banners, multimedia installation, appropriated objects and images and video, as well as numereous collaborations. This volume includes reflections on specific works, and features a signature series of pathbreaking essays on Kelleys innovations in photography and writing as well as explorations of major themes in his practice, research and thinking: physical comedy and verbal humor; memory; popular culture, dress-up and Americana; the uncanny; imaginative projection and dark fantasy; appropriation and giving; authorship and self-construction; and the artists littleremarked upon negotiation with the histories of and ideas about Asia. The book concludes with new essays on Kelleys engagement with animals and the nonhuman; and on the refrain disappearances that punctuate Kelleys career set in relation to specters of social catastrophe and nuclear annihilation.

Las descarnadas, inspiradoras y emocionantes memorias del icono y legendario ganador de varios premios Oscar, Sylvester Stallone, sobre su increíble camino al estrellato y la mejor historia jamás contada de un ganador contra todo pronostico.En los cincuenta años transcurridos desde que Sylvester Stallone subio corriendo los escalones del Museo de Arte de Filadelfia, el mismo y esos escalones se han convertido en simbolos de resiliencia y determinacion, y han inspirado a millones de personas de todo el mundo para perseguir sus sueños. En Los escalones, Stallone relata como persiguio sus propios sueños. Culminando un proceso de reflexion de decadas, Sly cuenta sus origenes -un nacimiento dificil, una infancia aun mas dificil, años de problemas en el colegio por no ser comprendido- y explica como la historia real de una vida exitosa se construye afrontando, asumiendo y, en ultimo termino, superando nuestras dificultades. La clave esta en la distancia que estamos dispuestos a recorrer y en los pasos que debemos dar para pasar de donde estamos a donde queremos llegar.En una narracion enmarcada entre su llegada a Nueva York en 1969 y el triunfo de Rocky en los Oscar de 1977, Sly teje un vivido y apasionante relato de lucha, subsistencia y, finalmente, exito. Escribe sobre sus inicios y tambien sobre los años posteriores, asi como sobre la persistencia, creatividad y resiliencia que lo llevaron no solamente a crear Rocky, sino a labrarse una carrera repleta de papeles iconicos. Los escalones constituye un testimonio de la extraordinaria vida de Stallone y una profunda meditacion sobre la importancia de la fuerza de voluntad, la vision y el trabajo duro.

A HISTÓRIA DA BANDA QUE DEFINIU UMA GERAÇÃO EM UMA OBRA OFICIAL NARRADA PELO PRÓPRIO PAUL MCCARTNEY E PELOS EX-INTEGRANTES DA WINGS!Narrado em primeira pessoa, este relato imersivo do próprio Paul Mc

When Abdul Rahman Munif embarked on the first extensive study in Arabic about Marwan Kassab Bachi, he mailed the artist asking about how his art emerged, its contextual influences, and timely interpretations. Marwan recorded his answers on seven audio tapes and sent them to Munif, but also started writing his memoirs in Arabic. This book is an anthology of the letters exchanged between two friends, Marwan in Berlin and Munif in Damascus, from 1990 to 2004.

When Abdul Rahman Munif embarked on the first extensive study in Arabic about Marwan Kassab Bachi, he mailed the artist asking about how his art emerged, its contextual influences, and timely interpretations. Marwan recorded his answers on seven audio tapes and sent them to Munif, but also started writing his memoirs in Arabic. This book is an anthology of the letters exchanged between two friends, Marwan in Berlin and Munif in Damascus, from 1990 to 2004.

This is a marvelPublishers WeeklyCompelling and dramaticBooklist...the allure of an opera legend is rendered with humanizing gritForeward ReviewsMaria Callas, called La Divina, is widely recognised as the greatest diva who ever lived. Jerome Charyns Callas springs to life as the headstrong, mercurial, and charismatic artist who captivated generations of fans, thrilling audiences with her brilliant performances and defiant personality.Callas was one of the first divas to come from an impoverished background. As an outsider, she was shunned by the Italian opera houses, but through sheer force of will and the power and range of her voice, she broke through the invisible wall to sing at La Scala and headline at the Metropolitan Opera, forging an unforgettable career. Adored by celebrities and statesmen, the notable and notorious alike, her every movement was shadowed by both music critics and gossip columnists until, having lost her voice, she died alone in an opulent, mausoleum-like Paris apartment.In Charyns inimitable style, Maria La Divina humanizes the celebrated diva, revealing the mythical artist as a woman who survived hunger, war, and loneliness to reach the heights of acclaim.

For more than three decades, South African artist William Kentridge has created a vast body of work comprising drawings and multimedia installations that have been exhibited worldwide.Here he immerses us in the artistic, intellectual and production processes of his creations, providing philosophical, autobiographical, technical and practical commentary and giving intimate insight into the studios where he has created throughout his life.A Natural History of the Studio is not only a must-read for admirers of Kentridges work, but also a vibrant personal and philosophical exploration of the creative process and a critical look at the world and the human condition.

Hatties down on her luck. Shes collected enough enemies in high places that the only work she can find is a one-night-only vanity project being mounted by an extremely unlikely impresario, and beyond that things are looking bleak. However her career concerns must be put aside when an old friend appears, in serious trouble and asking for a big favour. Hattie tries to help, but things swiftly go awry and she finds herself thrown into a cat-and-mouse game with some very shady types who pursue her across London all the way to (where else?) backstage in the theatre on opening night.

Many of us are drawn to a life in the arts but daunted by how to balance that ambition with the very real need to pay rent and put food on the table. It is impossible to become an accomplished painter, composer, or novelist without spending time experimenting, making false starts, absorbing criticism, reading, talking, and moping about the house. All this time must be purchased, one way or another. Is the history of art and ideas just a history of rich kids?The answer, of course, is no. William Carlos Williams was a family doctor. Franz Kafka was an insurance man, as were Charles Ives and Wallace Stevens. Grace Hartigan temped. James Joyce mooched off his brother; Christopher Isherwood ingratiated himself with a wealthy uncle. Virginia Woolf and Louisa May Alcott were determined to make their writing pay no matter what. And their material circumstances had an impact on all of their creative outputs.From family money to jobs to colorful schemes, Mason Currey, author of the acclaimed Daily Rituals, explores both the well-worn and unlikely paths forward for the up-and-coming artist. Making Art and Making a Living is an entertaining and thought-provoking examination of the collision of creative ambitions with real-world necessities and of the messy, glorious, torturous compromises that gifted individuals have patched together when facing the eternal dilemma of an artistic life.

Step into a whimsical world of imagination, color, and natural wonder with Painting the Secrets of the Forest with Watercolors, a comprehensive and inspiring watercolor workbook for artists of all levels who want to bring forest-inspired scenes to life. Begin your journey with a solid foundation in watercolor essentials: from understanding materials and tools to mastering techniques like color blending, layering, brush control, pigment manipulation, and more. Youll also learn about color theory and how to apply that to your paintings! Once youve built your technical skills, discover how to find and collect inspiration from nature. Learn how to keep a creative journal filled with sketches, pressed leaves, or notes from your walks, and transform that inspiration into original artwork. Also included are guided exercises to show you how to observe colors in the wild and match them with your palette, while step-by-step practice paintings help you paint realistic and imaginative flowers, plants, insects, and more. Each tutorial includes detailed instructions, a color guide, and tips for customizing your painting. After just a few small practice paintings, youll gain the confidence and inspiration to start creating your own original art!

Downtown NYC of the mid-1970s and early 80s was the perfect landscape for reinvention. If the Lost Generation writers telegraphed the death of the American dream, the No Wave era, led by artists including Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, Nan Goldin, Sonic Youth and the Contortions, challenged that dream by howling "NO" while creating a counterculture that brought punk, rock, jazz, funk, the art world, hip hop, and outlaw literature together into an international explosion of creativity. Why was this scene so compelling, and remains so today? What set this confluence of time, place, and people apart from the rest? The answer, in a word: women. Women, resisting stereotypes. Reinventing themselves according to their individual artistic visions. Adele Bertei was a pivotal figure in the No Wave movement. She was an original member of the Contortions and Brian Enos fascination with the band resulted in the seminal No New York record, released in 1978. NO NEW YORK: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene will provide an uncompromising testimony to the first significant, international movement of women artists creating work on an equal footing with the men, the fruits of which were some of the most striking and unique of this era.

Antique furniture restoration is more than a technical pursuit its a conversation with history. Each piece tells a story fashioned by time, craftsmanship and countless hands. This book invites conservators and woodworkers, amateur or professional, into the nuanced world of furniture conservation, where technique is shaped by an understanding of history, materials and the use for generations to come. Whether youre restoring a treasured family heirloom or a museum-quality piece, this book will help you approach your work with clarity, sensitivity and a respect for the past.

Beyond ready-made solutions design as a practice of critical questioning How can design education foster hope in times of crisis? Authored by Anab Jain, Nikolas Heep, and Stefan Zinell from the Department of Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, this reader introduces a groundbreaking approach to design pedagogy. At its core are speculative practices, world-building, material engagement, and storytelling, equipping students and practitioners to address urgent questions of our time from the climate crisis to technological acceleration. Rather than offering solutions, the book cultivates the essential ability to design questions. With contributions from internationally renowned authors such as Paola Antonelli, Fiona Raby, Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Zoy Anastassakis, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, Lilli Hollein, and Rory Hyde, the volume opens up new perspectives on the role of design in a world in transformation. Highlights of the book Innovative reader from the Department of Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna Focus on speculative design, world-building, and storytelling A new approach: designing questions instead of predefined answers Interdisciplinary reflections on climate, technology, and society International contributions from leading voices in design, art, and theory An essential publication for students, educators, and researchers in design, as well as for all who seek new methods to respond to global challenges with creativity and hope.Led by award-winning designer and professor Anab Jain, Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna fosters speculative, ecological and critical design education, supported by colleagues Nikolas Heep and Stefan Zinells interdisciplinary expertise.

Beyond ready-made solutions design as a practice of critical questioning How can design education foster hope in times of crisis? Authored by Anab Jain, Nikolas Heep, and Stefan Zinell from the Department of Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, this reader introduces a groundbreaking approach to design pedagogy. At its core are speculative practices, world-building, material engagement, and storytelling, equipping students and practitioners to address urgent questions of our time from the climate crisis to technological acceleration. Rather than offering solutions, the book cultivates the essential ability to design questions. With contributions from internationally renowned authors such as Paola Antonelli, Fiona Raby, Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti, Zoy Anastassakis, Nana Biamah-Ofosu, Lilli Hollein, and Rory Hyde, the volume opens up new perspectives on the role of design in a world in transformation. Highlights of the book Innovative reader from the Department of Design Investigations, University of Applied Arts Vienna Focus on speculative design, world-building, and storytelling A new approach: designing questions instead of predefined answers Interdisciplinary reflections on climate, technology, and society International contributions from leading voices in design, art, and theory An essential publication for students, educators, and researchers in design, as well as for all who seek new methods to respond to global challenges with creativity and hope.Led by award-winning designer and professor Anab Jain, Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts Vienna fosters speculative, ecological and critical design education, supported by colleagues Nikolas Heep and Stefan Zinells interdisciplinary expertise.

Art is my life and my life is art . . .The story of the twentieth-century avant-garde is a story of resistance, of the outsider, of strangeness, of individual freedom, of rejecting the ordinary and overcoming marginalisation through self-invention. It is also a story that can be told through the prism of one of its most renowned figureheads: Yoko Ono.From her early life escaping aristocratic Japanese society and the horrors of World War II to adventurous and productive exile in New York, Onos work built upon the histories of Dada, surrealism, Zen Buddhism, and experimental music. A significant influence on the elusive Fluxus artistic network, she was connected to all its major personalities. Pursuing dreams of revolutionary liberation and aiming to recreate shattered post-war reality through performance, art and text, she established a legacy - despite her tumultuous personal life - as one of the most visionary artists and activists of her generation.Marking the intersection of biography, cultural history and artistic meditation, Love Magic Power Danger Bliss explores the deep history and vitality of the 20th century avant-garde movement and the inspiring, provocative figure who became its most celebrated, most misunderstood icon.

Coppola - The Godfather Spielberg - JawsLucas - Star WarsThis is story of the most successful group of friends in the history of cinema and how they reshaped it forever.The Last Kings of Hollywood tells the thrilling, dramatic inside story of how the three filmmakers rivalled and supported each other, fell out and reconciled, and struggled to reinvent popular American cinema. Along the way, Coppola directed The Godfather, then the highest-grossing film of all-time, until Spielberg surpassed it with Jaws - whose record Lucas broke with Star Wars, which Spielberg surpassed again with E.T. By the early 1980s, they were the richest, best-known filmmakers in the world, each with an empire of their own. The Last Kings of Hollywood is an unprecedented chronicle of their rise, their dreams and demons, their triumphs and their failures - intimate, extraordinary, and supremely entertaining.

Its 1977, and punk rock has just hit Liverpool. The legendary Erics club is home to the citys rebels, posers and misfits. Its a place of attitude, adventure and new possibilities, and it changes lives. Some become pop stars; Penny Kiley becomes a music journalist. The story traces Pennys relationship with the music scene from the turbulent political 1980s into the changing culture of the 21st century. Throughout these years, she never stops being a misfit, and the question remains: how do you navigate normal life when punk is dead and you dont know youre autistic? Atypical Girl begins as a coming-of-age story and ends as a midlife reinvention. What unites them is a search for identity and the role that music plays in all our lives. * With an all-star cast including Paul McCartney, Duran Duran, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Echo & The Bunnymen, Wayne Hussey, The Mission, Sisters of Mercy, The Cramps, Jonathan Richman, Bill Drummond, KLF Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl, Buzzcocks, Jimmy Sommerville, The Communards and Alan Bleasdal.

PELA PRIMEIRA VEZ NO BRASIL, O PODEROSO E EMOCIONANTE LIVRO DE MEMÓRIAS DE ALEX VAN HALENBest-seller do New York TimesNeste relato íntimo e aberto, nada como qualquer livro de memórias de rock and roll que voce ja leu, Alex Van Halen compartilha sua historia pessoal de familia, amizade, musica e amor fraternal em uma homenagem notavel ao seu amado irmo e companheiro de banda.Esta e a carta de amor do baterista de setenta anos Alex Van Halen para seu irmo mais novo, Edward, (talvez "Ed", mas nunca "Eddie"), escrita enquanto ainda lamentava sua morte prematura.Em sua voz aspera, mas doce, Alex relata a infancia dos irmos, primeiro na Holanda e depois na classe trabalhadora Pasadena, California, com um pai musico itinerante e uma me nascida na Indonesia - o tipo de me que advertia seus filhos a "sempre usarem terno", no importa o quo famosos eles se tornassem. Uma mulher que era orgulhosa e pratica, indiferente sobre pegar uma sacola de cachorro de um jantar repleto de estrelas. Ele tambem compartilha contos de politica musical, brigas internas e muito comportamento de bad boy. Mas, principalmente, sua historia e de fraternidade, musica e amor duradouro."Eu estava com ele desde o primeiro dia", escreve Alex. "Nos compartilhamos a experiencia de vir para este pais e descobrir como nos encaixar. Nos compartilhamos um toca-discos, uma casa de 800 pes quadrados, uma me e um pai e uma etica de trabalho. Mais tarde, nos compartilhamos a parte de tras de um onibus de turne, o alcoolismo, a experiencia de nos tornarmos bem-sucedidos, de nos tornarmos pais e tios, e de passar mais horas no estudio do que eu passei fazendo qualquer outra coisa nesta vida. Nos compartilhamos uma profundidade de compreenso que a maioria das pessoas so pode esperar alcançar em uma vida inteira."Nunca houve um relato preciso deles ou da banda, e Alex quer esclarecer a vida e a morte de Edward.Brothers inclui fotos nunca antes vistas dos arquivos privados do autor.

Un libro para locos del cine: claro, divertido y sin postureo.¿Por qué todavía se ruedan películas con guiones tan malos? ¿Qué es un actor bancable? ¿Cómo es posible que Harry Potter no fuera rentable en taquilla? ¿Cual es la camara de cine mas usada de la historia?Cine descomplicado es una guia divertida, visual y sorprendentemente adictiva que te revela todo lo que siempre quisiste saber sobre el mundo del cine: como se hace una pelicula, como funcionan las grandes productoras, que ocurre realmente en un rodaje y por que algunas acaban siendo autenticos desastres gloriosos.No hace falta leerlo de principio a fin. Puedes abrirlo por cualquier capitulo y descubrir como se ruedan las escenas de accion, quien manda realmente en un rodaje o que pasa despues de la ultima claqueta.Un recorrido lleno de anecdotas, curiosidades y secretos del septimo arte, contado con humor, pasion y un estilo cercano que convierte la complejidad del cine en algo facil de disfrutar.