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1) The return of the real: the avant-garde at the end of the century

Author

Foster, Hal

Publication Date

c1996

Physical Desc

xix, 299 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

2) Compulsive beauty

Author

Foster, Hal

Publication Date

c1993

Physical Desc

xxi, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

3) Critical laboratory: the writings of Thomas Hirschhorn

Author

Hirschhorn, Thomas

Series

October Books

Publication Date

c2013

Physical Desc

xvi, 417 p. : ill.

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"For the artist Thomas Hirschhorn, writing is a crucial tool at every stage of his artistic practice. From the first sketch of an idea to appeals to potential collaborators, from detailed documentation of projects to post-disassembly analysis, Hirschhorn's writings mark the trajectories of his work. This volume collects Hirschhorn's widely scattered texts, presenting many in English for the first time. In these writings, Hirschhorn discusses the full...

4) Richard Serra

Publication Date

c2000

Physical Desc

205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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A critical primer on artist Richard Serra's work. Richard Serra is considered by many to be the most important sculptor of the postwar period. The essays in this volume cover the complete span of Serra's work to date--from his first experiments with materials and processes through his early films and site works to his current series of "torqued ellipses." There is a special emphasis on those moments when Serra extended aesthetic convention and/or...

5) Conversations about sculpture

Author

Serra, Richard, 1938-2024

Publication Date

[2018]

Physical Desc

1 online resource (266 pages) : 117 illustrations (some color), portraits

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"Drawn from talks between celebrated artist Richard Serra (b. 1938) and acclaimed art historian Hal Foster held over a fifteen-year period, this volume offers revelations into Serra's prolific six-decade career and the ideas that have informed his working practice. Conversations about Sculpture is both an intimate look at Serra's life and work, with candid reflections on personal moments of discovery, and a provocative examination of sculptural form...