Allan Kaprow has been described as an avant-garde revolutionary, a radical sociologist, a Zen(ish) monk, a progressive educator, and an anti-art theorist. But, above all, as this book reminds us, he has been an influential artist. Known for his "Happenings," Kaprow created vanguard performances in the early 1960s in which he collaged various art forms (painting, music, dance), disguised as ordinary things (newspaper, noise, body movement), into quasi-theatrical events. In the decades since, his works have remained open to the changing character of contemporary experience, always seeking the thresholds at which art and life converge. Because this art places such emphasis on direct experience, some people today think Kaprow's works were primarily transitory and immaterial. Childsplay corrects that misconception by providing a vivid description of Kaprow's Happenings and other art activities, clarifying their materiality, duration, and setting, as well as the ways in which people participated in them. Jeff Kelley brings the artist, his era, and his work to life by showing that Kaprow's artworks were physically present, socially engaged, and intellectually resonant in the moment of their enactment.

Childsplay: The Art of Allan Kaprow

Arts & Photography

Kelley, Jeff

History & Criticism

University of California Press

Allan Kaprow has been described as an avant-garde revolutionary, a radical sociologist, a Zen(ish) monk, a progressive educator, and an anti-art theorist. But, above all, as this book reminds us, he has been an influential artist. Known for his "Happenings," Kaprow created vanguard performances in the early 1960s in which he collaged various art forms (painting, music, dance), disguised as ordinary things (newspaper, noise, body movement), into quasi-theatrical events. In the decades since, his works have remained open to the changing character of contemporary experience, always seeking the thresholds at which art and life converge. Because this art places such emphasis on direct experience, some people today think Kaprow's works were primarily transitory and immaterial. Childsplay corrects that misconception by providing a vivid description of Kaprow's Happenings and other art activities, clarifying their materiality, duration, and setting, as well as the ways in which people participated in them. Jeff Kelley brings the artist, his era, and his work to life by showing that Kaprow's artworks were physically present, socially engaged, and intellectually resonant in the moment of their enactment.

Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection is a breathtaking and insightful survey of post-Tiananmen Square Chinese art and culture. As this richly illustrated work reveals, contemporary Chinese art—often discussed as a cynical reaction to emerging consumerism or as a satiric response to the academic patriotism of socialist realism—is more haunted than cynical, more a matter of a nation's suppressed psychic expression than of pop iconoclasm or ironic detachment. The paintings, sculptures, and installations of such Chinese artists as Ai Weiwei, Liu Xiaodong, Zhang Xiaogang, and Lin Tianmiao convey the shadows that trouble their nation as it undergoes a rapid process of modernization. Half-Life of a Dream, companion book to the exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is the museum's first sustained examination of Chinese artistic practice since the acclaimed publication of Inside Out: New Chinese Art. Beautiful in its presentation and fresh in its tone, Half-Life of a Dream gathers a distinguished group of art historians and critics to assess the Logan Collection and to capture this important moment in Chinese art. Copub: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection

A figurative painter with an understated touch, Liu Xiaodong (born 1963 in Liaoning province, China) is one of China's leading and most passionate artists. He has found a way to chronicle—without cynicism—what might be called the psychic landscape of a society in transition. The Three Gorges Project: Paintings by Liu Xiaodong features five large scale oil paintings that focus on China's massive Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangzi River. Under construction since 1994, the Three Gorges Dam is the biggest building project undertaken in China since the Great Wall, and will be the world's largest hydroelectric facility. Yet the dam, scheduled for completion in 2009, has stirred intense worldwide debate, both for its environmental and social impact on the land and population along the river. In 2003 Liu began working on a series of mostly large canvases in which the massive Three Gorges Dam serves as an allegory of the spiritual cost of material progress. Documenting an extraordinary moment in Chinese history, the monumental artworks presented in The Three Gorges Project poignantly address the project's equally significant physical and social impact on the region and its population.

The Three Gorges Project: Paintings by Liu Xiaodong

Tsuruta, Kaz

Asian Art Museum

This Chinese art book profiles the modern, metallic sculptures of one of China's greatest contemporary artists. Rocks Into Gold is an exhibition of site-specific sculptures by Zhan Wang, one of China's most celebrated contemporary artists. The exhibition incorporates elements from two strains of the artist's work: his "scholar's rocks," sculptures in which Zhan creates shiny stainless steel replicas of the weather-worn boulders traditionally used in China for contemplation and reflection; and his "cityscape" sculptures in which Zhan creates topographical models of urban landscapes using mirrored utensils, steel pots, and pans. Combining these two distinct styles, Zhan has created an original work for the Asian Art Museum that will carry a unified theme drawing upon San Francisco and its history. Rocks Into Gold explores a sense of place, discovery and exploration while touching upon the histories of China, the American Western frontier and Chinese American immigration.

Rocks Into Gold: Zhan Wang: Sculptures from the Sierra

William T. Wiley

Fuller Golden Gallery

Free Utilities transportation and fuel

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

lulu.com

The Cocoa Touch frameworks and APIs are powerful tools for creating native iOS apps, and they're free with Xcode, Apple's development environment. If you've already gotten your feet wet with Objective-C, and you're ready to learn more about iOS development, then Learn Cocoa Touch for iOS is the book for you. You'll learn on the job - building cool apps as you read through the book that will teach you what you need to know to use Cocoa Touch and prepare you for creating your own apps. Learn Cocoa Touch for iOS shows you how to use frameworks like MapKit, Twitter, and MediaPlayer. You'll also learn about hardware APIs so you can get the most out of your accelerometer, camera, and more. You'll even learn about more advanced features like Grand Central Dispatch. Along the way, you'll be building these real-world apps: A home inventory management system A live-updating Twitter client A photo browser with an animated slideshow If you're ready for the next step toward becoming a Cocoa Touch master, this is the book for you. What you'll learn Apress 2 1 366 14.0 96 800x600 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE

Learn Cocoa Touch for iOS

Computers & Technology

Operating Systems

Apress

The Apple Watch offers the closest connection yet between your app and users. But you can't just port your existing iPhone app to the watch; instead, you'll write a WatchKit Extension. Learn which of your app's features should come to the watch, how to make your UI look great on both watch sizes with WatchKit's Interface Controller, and how to submit your app to the App Store and get it onto the wrists of your customers. With the Apple Watch, your app is right there on your user's wrist. This book teaches you how to extend your existing iPhone app with a WatchKit Extension, giving your users quick access to your app's most important features and an intimate user experience that's always within arm's reach. You'll learn how to display beautiful interfaces to the user, how to use the iPhone app for heavy number-crunching, and the best way to keep everything in sync across your users' devices. You'll develop a watch app to take advantage of the best WatchKit has to offer, and by the end of this book, you'll be ready to ship your own apps to the App Store. Plus, this book will help focus your efforts. What features make sense on the watch? How should you organize them? How do you tell your users what they can do? You'll learn how to brainstorm to come up with the best strategy for your app. When your users are proudly showing off their Apple Watch, this book will help you make sure it's your app on there. What You Need: You'll need a Mac running Xcode 6.2 or higher, and for deploying your app to a real watch, you'll need an Apple Watch and compatible iPhone. You'll also need a membership in Apple's developer program to do any on-device testing.

Developing for Apple Watch: Your App on Their Wrists (Pragmatic Programmer)

Programming

Pragmatic Bookshelf

You've got a great idea for an Apple Watch app. But how do you get your app from idea to wrist? This book shows you how to make native watchOS apps for Apple's most personal device yet. You'll learn how to display beautiful interfaces to the user, how to use the watch's heart rate monitor and other hardware features, and the best way to keep everything in sync across your users' devices. New in this edition is coverage of native apps for watchOS 2. With the new version of the WatchKit SDK in Xcode 7, your apps run directly on the watch. On Apple Watch, your app is right on your users' wrists, making your code closer than ever before. Create native watchOS apps by extending your iPhone app with a WatchKit Extension, giving your users quick access to your app's most important features and an intimate user experience that's always within arm's reach. You won't just be creating apps - with Glances to provide timely information, notifications to inform your users of the latest updates, and watch face complications to show your users data as soon as they raise their wrists, your watchOS apps will be the best the App Store has to offer. Any book can teach you how to make a watch app. This book will help focus your efforts and refine your app's feature set. Which features make sense on the watch? How should you organize them? You'll learn what to consider when judging watch app features, allowing you to come up with the best strategy for your app. You'll test your apps on real Apple Watch hardware, and by the end of this book, you'll be ready to ship to the App Store. What You Need: You'll need a Mac running OS X Yosemite capable of running Xcode 7 or later. To build your apps for your Apple Watch, you'll need to be running watchOS 2 or later, connected to a compatible iPhone.

Developing for Apple Watch: Create Native watchOS Apps with the WatchKit SDK

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Childsplay: The Art of Allan Kaprow

Childsplay: The Art of Allan Kaprow

Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection

The Three Gorges Project: Paintings by Liu Xiaodong

Rocks Into Gold: Zhan Wang: Sculptures from the Sierra

William T. Wiley

Free Utilities transportation and fuel

Learn Cocoa Touch for iOS

Developing for Apple Watch: Your App on Their Wrists (Pragmatic Programmer)

Developing for Apple Watch: Create Native watchOS Apps with the WatchKit SDK