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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

Rupturing Beauty

Abstract: A catalogue and briefing on the works of artists Marie Krane Bergman, Shane Huffman, Michael Kiresuk, Jocelyn Nevel and Frances Whitehead.

Language: English

Catalog Number: Catalogue, Rupturing Beauty

Beyond Green: Toward a Sustainable Art

Abstract: Photography of sustainable art, as compared to sustainable living.

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 0935573429

Website:

www.smartmuseum.uchicago.edu

Photography's Multiple Roles

Abstract: Photography's Multiple Roles assesses photography as stylisticly as a form of art, a form of documentation, in marketing and as a scientific tool.

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 0-9658887-2

Catalog Number: Book-Neff,Terry Ann

Pregnant

Abstract: A collection of self-portrait photos by Chicago photographer Suzette Bross, all taken in the last stages of her 2003 pregnancy with her daughter. "[T]his project considers the implications of the most radical physical changes her pregnancy produced" (from the introduction, by art historian James Yood of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago).

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 0965995089

Website:

www.suzettebross.com

Catalog Number: Book Bross

Jim Nutt: Paintings

Abstract: Catalog for an exhibition of paintings by Chicago imagist Jim Nutt, held at the Phyllis Kind Gallery from May 10-June 11, 1991. All are face portraits. Photography by William H. Bengtson.

Language: English

Catalog Number: Book Nutt

Jorg Immendorff

Abstract: Commemorative booklet for an exhibition of paintings by German artist Jorg Immendorff at the Arts Club of Chicago, September 22-December 17, 2004. Includes images of the works exhibited. Some paintings include German-language text. Introduction by Arts Club director Kathy Cottong; commentary by University of Illinois art history professor Jonathan Fineberg.

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 1891925172

Catalog Number: Book Immendorff

Takeover: The Hyde Park Art Center

Abstract: Record of all works presented at "Takeover," an exhibit at the Hyde Park Art Center from April 24-June 11, 2006. The concept of the exhibit was that artists were "asked to assume control of the building as a medium for an artwork or series of artworks. Artists were invited to correspond, utilize, or deconstruct the art center" (from curator's introduction). Includes wide variety of contemporary art created in various media.

Language: English

ISSN/ISBN: 0977808416

Website:

www.hydeparkart.org

Catalog Number: Book Hyde Park Art Center

Society for Contemporary Art, 1940-2000: 60th Anniversary

Abstract: A comprehensive documentation of all works given to the Art Institute of Chicago by the Society for Contemporary Art, one of the Institute's subsidiary divisions, on the sixtieth anniversary of the same. List of artist contributors is partial.

Language: English

Catalog Number: Book, Art Institute of Chicago

Claire Prussian: Survey

Abstract: Guide to an exhibition of work by Chicago-born artist Claire Prussian, held at the Illinois Art Gallery (James R. Thompson Center) in Chicago from January 20-March 17, 1995. Includes paintings, drawings, block prints, mixed-media, and lithograph. Commentary on the erotic aspect of Prussian's art is provided by art critic and professor Joanna Frueh. Exhibition items were photographed by Michael Tropea and the book layout was by JNL Graphic Design, Chicago.

Language: English

Catalog Number: Book Prussian