Art Institute of Chicago

Pretty on top of pretty / Lisa Dorin -- Portals / Michael Ned Holte -- Viva hate / George Baker. Catalog of the exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, Oct. 22, 2010-Jan. 16, 2011 and at Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, Feb. 12-May 22, 2011./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-144). This stunning book offers an important mid-career retrospective of the work of American artist Richard Hawkins (born 1961), whose paintings, collages, and mixed-media pieces are making a crucial contribution to the contemporary art scene. Color plates present approximately 80 of Hawkins's works, representing each stage of his career and including pieces never before published. Based in Los Angeles, Hawkins addresses numerous contemporary issues in his art, especially those related to gender and identity and their connections to classical antiquity. The authors of the catalogue provide informative essays on aspects of Hawkins's work, the development of his vision, and his unique place in the contemporary art world.

The Modern Wing: Renzo Piano and the Art Institute of Chicago is a book of photography and essays documenting the construction of the modern wing.

"This splendid issue of Museum Studies explores the history and collections of the Art Institute's libraries, an integral component of the museum's educational and scholarly activities from its inception in 1879. Beginning with an overview of the libraries' history by their director, Jack Perry Brown, the publication includes over thirty short essays that explore outstanding printed books and journals in the holdings of the Ryerson Library; notable architectural materials in the Burnham Library; and other rare and interesting documents and objects in the museum's institutional archives."

"June Wayne's 'Narrative Tapestries: Tidal Waves, DNA, and the Cosmos' has been published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title, organized and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 3, 2010, to February 7, 2011."

A catalog for the exhibition of the same title at the Art Institute January 15-May 8, 2005.

This book features a variety of examples from the Art Institute of Chicago's collection of works by Jose Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), the preeminent Mexican broadside artist. Broadsides, a mainstay of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth-century Mexican penny press, were colorful, graphically powerful handbills treating a variety of themes, produced by publishers in collaboration with graphic artists like Posada. A critical essay by Posada Project guest curator Donna Miliotes (featured in both English and Spanish) analyzes Posada and his art in the context of his biography, his era, his politics, and the genre of the broadside. Published in conjunction with a two-part Art Institute exhibit (June 24-September 25, 2006; October 7, 2006-January 17, 2007).