exhibition books

Kerry James Marshall: Mementos

Abstract: Exhibition book for a showing of works by Kerry James Marshall at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, May 6-June 28, 1998. Marshall works in the genre of history painting, seeking to "reread the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement and the whole of African-American history in relation to a very complex present" (Acknowledgements). The exhibit also included prints, sculpture, and video. Includes intepretive essays by Cheryl I. Harris and Richard J. Powell, with extracts from the writings of Will Alexander.

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 0941548406

Catalog Number: Book Marshall

Altogether Mutable: The Work of Mary Lou Zelazny

Edition: 500

Abstract: The book for an exhibition by Chicago-born artist Mary Lou Zelazny, featuring an essay on Zelazny by exhibition curator Allison Peters Quinn. The exhibition was held from Feb. 1 to April 12, 2009, at the Hyde Park Art Center. It features full-color photos of a selection of Zelazny's works since the 1970s

Language: English

Notes: Two copies

ISSN/ISBN: 0977808483

Website:

www.hydeparkart.org, www.artic.edu/~mzelaz

Catalog Number: book, zelazny mary lou

Let's Re-make the World

Edition: 600

Abstract: A collection of writing, posters and documentation relating to four exhibitions and seminars since 2006 -- two held in Chicago's Mess Hall, two in Copenhagen, Denmark. The events were a collaboration between the Ydre Norrebro Kultur Bureau (YNKB) and The Library of Radiant Optimism for Let's Re-make the World "as a way to question and react to political, emotional, and social apathy in the face of world wide environmental and economic crisis and war." The Chicago events were held at the Mess Hall in June 2007 and from Jan. 18 to 20, 2008.

Language: English

Notes: 81 pages, glossy

ISSN/ISBN: 16022815

Website:

www.ynkb.dk, www.letsremake.info

Catalog Number: book, library of radiant optimism

Jose De Rivera: Sculpture, Painting, Works on Paper

Abstract: The book for a 2002 exhibition of works by American artist Jose De Rivera (1904-1985), held at the Valerie Carberry Gallery on Michigan Avenue. An essay by Joan Pachner outlines De Rivera's career, a short preface to 20 pages of full-color photographs of De Rivera's abstract works from the 1930s through the 1980s.

Language: English

Notes: 35 pages, glossy

ISSN/ISBN: 0972483705

Catalog Number: book, de rivera jose

Alice Neel: Drawings

Abstract: Exhibition book for a showing of drawings by New York portrait artist Alice Neel (1900-84), held at the Arts Club of Chicago Sept.19-Nov. 8, 2003. Includes an introductory essay by Arts Club director Kathy Cottong and a biographical/critical essay by art historian Courtney Graham Donnell.

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 1891925156

Catalog Number: Book Neel