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REQUIRED READING

CAMPANA BROTHERS: complete works (so far)

“A highly anticipated monograph, the first of their career, this book contains newly commissioned photography and detailed information on all of the Campanas’ designs, including prototypes, rare one-offs, and limited and mass-production pieces. In addition, four illuminating essays by experts in the design field make this the book on the Campanas for years to come.”

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S T R I P E S:  d e s i g n  b e t w e e n  t h e  l i n e s

“…this release traces the linear motif’s history all the way back to the paleolithic era and features eye-catching images of architecture, fashion, nature, and interiors.”

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S U R R E A L I S M  T O  D I E  F O R

“Surrealism certainly had roots in an imaginative obsession with torture and killing…” via Art in America

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D R A W  I T  W I T H  Y O U R  E Y E S  C L O S E D:

the art of the art assignment

“The publication’s editors, Dushko Petrovich and Roger White, asked a wide selection of art teachers ‘to tell us about art assignments: remarkable ones they had given, received, or just heard about’… Amidst the professional demands of art schools, these examples suggest training for the unexpected and capricious expectations of the real world.” via ART IN AMERICA

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M I N I M A L I S M  A N D  F A S H I O N

“the history of minimalism in art and fashion, and all its icons…  it’s connections with futurism, realism and functionality.”  via love aesthetic  

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A N  I N V I T A T I O N  T O  S E E

“…full-color reproductions are accompanied by clear and informative commentaries, many include quotations from the artists themselves or from distinguished critics.”

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W O R D S  F O R  A R T  m e l  b o c h n e r

“did conceptual artists usher art into the realm of language or… did the fact that art had already become linguistic allow certain artist to invent a practice that could be called conceptual art?”

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L I V E S  O F  T H E  A R T I S T S

“during the third quarter of the 20th century, the New Yorker - characterized by intellectual assurance, cultural breadth and refreshing clarity - played a central role in defining late modern taste.”

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E L E M E N T A L  F O R M

Robert Storr’s essay on high-minimalist pieces created during the 1960’s… “how the weight of the object measures against his or her own”

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WITHOUT BOUNDARY: seventeen ways of looking

“to examine the various ways in which these artists’ works diverge from popular expectations.”