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Courtney Martin

    Le travail de Courtney Martin examine de manière critique le rêve américain et la définition même d'une 'bonne vie' dans la société contemporaine. À travers ses contributions à des publications de premier plan et sa chronique régulière pour On Being, elle explore comment les individus redéfinissent le succès et l'épanouissement au-delà des mesures conventionnelles. L'approche de Martin est ancrée dans une profonde curiosité pour la psyché humaine et les constructions sociales, offrant aux lecteurs des perspectives éclairées sur la recherche du bonheur personnel et de l'authenticité. Son écriture met au défi les lecteurs de reconsidérer leurs propres valeurs et aspirations.

    Dwan Gallery: Los Angeles to New York, 1959-1971
    Know Who You Are
    Mighty Myles
    False Tongues
    Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters. The Frightening New Normality of Hating Your Body
    Donald Judd
    • Donald Judd

      • 264pages
      • 10 heures de lecture
      5,0(1)Évaluer

      Artists, architects, art historians, critics, and curators explore the work of Donald Judd as both artist and critic in essays spanning all of Judd's career.Donald Judd (1928-1994) is one of the most influential American artists of the postwar era. Beginning in the 1960s, he developed new ideas about art--in both his works and writings--that challenged many of modernism's core tenets by resisting the categories of painting and sculpture. Judd described this work as specific objects. Critics labeled it minimalism. Perhaps because Judd's own critical writings provide a discursive framework for his work, some of the monographic essays on his work are not widely known. This volume collects critical and scholarly writings on Judd, examining his work as both artist and critic.

      Donald Judd
    • False Tongues

      • 339pages
      • 12 heures de lecture
      3,7(78)Évaluer

      The Reverend Callie Anson should have learned her lesson by now: revisiting the past is seldom a good idea. But she succumbs to peer pressure and attends a reunion at her theological college in Cambridge, where she is forced to confront painful memories – and the presence of her clueless ex, Adam.Margaret Phillips, the Principal of the college, has a chance for happiness but before she can grasp it she has to deal with her own ghosts – as well as corrosive, intrusive gossip. Both Margaret and Callie learn something about themselves, and about forgiveness, from wise retired priest John Kingsley.Meanwhile, in London, police officers Neville Stewart and Mark Lombardi are involved with the latest stabbing of a teenager. Was the victim – gifted, popular schoolboy Sebastian Frost – all he seemed to be, or was there something in his life that led inevitably to his death? The police find themselves plunged into the queasy world of cyber-bullying, where nothing may be as it seems.While they’re apart, Callie and Mark’s relationship is on hold, and his Italian family continues to be an issue. Will Mark realize, before it’s too late, that while his family will always be important to him, he is entitled to something for himself?

      False Tongues
    • Mighty Myles and Super Sparky embark on adventures at Grandma's House, utilizing their superpowers to tackle everyday tasks and challenges. Through teamwork and creativity, they demonstrate how to turn ordinary situations into extraordinary experiences, showcasing the importance of problem-solving and family connections.

      Mighty Myles
    • Know Who You Are

      A Spiritual Guide to Eradicating Anxiety, Depression, and Dis-ease

      • 102pages
      • 4 heures de lecture

      Focusing on the profound impact of mindset on health, this book emphasizes that a significant portion of mental and physical ailments stems from ignorance about divine health. It highlights that stress-related issues are prevalent, with many people unaware that they can take control of their well-being. Instead of merely addressing symptoms like anxiety or depression, the author encourages readers to confront the underlying thoughts that contribute to their suffering, empowering them to overcome challenges and achieve better health.

      Know Who You Are
    • This is the catalogue for an exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which explores the considerable contributions of Virginia Dwan and her legendary gallery to post-WWII American art.It is being carefully curated by Press author James Meyer. Founded by Virginia Dwan in 1959, the Dwan Gallery was a leading avant-garde space with locations in Los Angeles and New York, presenting the art of Franz Kline, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Sol LeWitt, and Robert Smithson, among others. Where the Los Angeles gallery featured abstract expressionism, neo-dada, and Pop, the New York branch reflected the emerging movements of minimalism, conceptualism, and land art. The activities of the Dwan Gallery transpired not just in and between Los Angeles, New York, and Paris, but also in the wilderness of the American West, where Dwan fostered a new genre of art known as earthworks (land art). A keen follower of the Parisian art scene, Dwan also gave many nouveaux realistes such as Yves Klein their debut shows in the United States."

      Dwan Gallery: Los Angeles to New York, 1959-1971
    • Rasheed Araeen

      • 320pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Spanning 60 years, this publication surveys the art, editing and curating activities of London-based, Pakistani-born artist Rasheed Araeen (born 1935) for the first time, presenting an expansive artistic practice that has had a profound influence on generations of artists, writers and thinkers. Whether as a pioneer of Minimalist sculpture, a publisher of magazines at the forefront of postcolonial thinking like Third Text (founded 1987) or as an abstract painter drawing inspiration from the art of the Abbasid period, Araeen has consistently sought to realign the understanding of Modernism imposed by the hegemonic discourses of the West. Bringing together newly commissioned essays by leading art critics and historians, documentation from the artist's archive as well as an extensive survey of Araeen's work, this publication offers the opportunity--long overdue--to assess Araeen's impact as an artist and thinker.

      Rasheed Araeen