A commentary by the "New Yorker" art critic accompanies 117 photographic collages by the celebrated and popular artist, whose work in this medium reflects a synthesis of observation, panorama, and impression

Cameraworks

Arts & Photography

Lawrence Weschler

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

KNOPF

Solidarity: Poland in the Season of its Passion

Fireside

Poland in the season of its pasion

SIMON AND SCHUSTER

This catalogue was published on the occasion of the Marlborough’s first exhibition of the American sculptor, Deborah Butterfield, well known for her renditions of horses made from found detritus, metal, wood, and patinated cast bronze. Deborah Butterfield was born on the same day as the 75th Kentucky Derby, an event which she describes as an impetus for her lifelong fascination with her unique subject matter: horses. Along with boarding and caring for her own horses, her sculptures exemplify the great appreciation and respect she has for them. The fully illustrated catalogue features eighteen color plates and an essay and interview entitled Animal, Vegetable, Mineral by Lawrence Weschler, a veteran of The New Yorker and director emeritus of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU.

Deborah Butterfield

Marlborough Gallery, Inc.

Published on the occasion of the artist's 2009 solo exhibition at L.A. Louver Gallery, Deborah Butterfield offers a unique portrait of the artist's work, as well as of the landscape and forms from which she derives her inspiration. An intimate interview by Lawrence Weschler provides insight into Butterfield's philosophy and process, while personal photography by the artist of her studios in Montana and Hawaii, her horses, and sculptures at various points of making allows an unprecedented glimpse into her creative environments. Detailed photos and installation shots of new sculpture from her gallery exhibition (April 9 - May 9, 2009), along with images of works represented by L.A. Louver over the course of Butterfield's association with the gallery, give a further view of the scale, scope and methods with which the artist conveys her powerful works of abstract figuration. With an introduction by L.A. Louver Director Kimberly Davis, and designed by Stefan Bucher, 344 Design.

Kimberly Davis

Sculpture

L.A. Louver Publications

A collection of stories-some well known, some more obscure- capturing some of the best storytelling of this golden age of nonfiction. An anthology of the best new masters of nonfiction storytelling, personally chosen and introduced by Ira Glass, the producer and host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life. These pieces-on teenage white collar criminals, buying a cow, Saddam Hussein, drunken British soccer culture, and how we know everyone in our Rolodex-are meant to mesmerize and inspire.

The New Kings of Nonfiction

MICHAEL LEWIS

Jack Hitt

James McManus

MICHAEL POLLAN

Bill Buford

Chuck Klosterman

David Foster Wallace

Dan Savage

Reference

Penguin Publishing Group

The distinguished art critic Donald Kuspit reserved a chapter of his book, The Rebirth of Painting in the Late Twentieth Century, for Vincent Desiderio, who, he says, "pictures privacy, with great sensibility and masterful craft" and "Old Master brilliance." This significant monograph, the first on the artist, will gain him the praise and audience his startling accomplishments and empathy deserve, as well as raise him to the top rank of contemporary painters, alongside Mark Tansey, Eric Fischl, John Currin and Gerhard Richter. More than 100 of Desiderio's works, some of them enormous canvases and triptychs, are faithfully reproduced here, and, thanks in part to five gatefolds their painstaking detail and sweeps of emotion can be truly appreciated. Desiderio's repeated themes and motifs, appearing in often perplexing narratives of great psychological complexity, strike at the intellect and the heart: art history (often manifested in piles of books open to paintings), human intimacy, heroic behavior and, perhaps most viscerally, the plight of the artist's handicapped son, Sam. Rounding out the volume are many works on paper and excerpts from the artist's sketchbooks, an interview by Donald Kuspit, and essays by Lawrence Weschler, Barry Schwabsky and Mia Fineman. Most of all, in Desiderio's highly original works, the viewer will rediscover painting's ability to both astonish and move.

Vincent Desiderio: Paintings 1975-2005

Mia Fineman

Vincent Desiderio

Donald Kuspit

Barry Schwabsky

History & Criticism

D.A.P./Marlborough Gallery

The greater Los Angeles area covers 4,850 square miles--the size of a small country--and holds almost 18 million people. Perhaps America’s largest human creation, it has been vilified and celebrated in equal measure since its inception. Is L.A. the face of the apocalypse, or an ultimate paradise at continent’s edge--or both? With LA Day/LA Night, photographer Michael Light continues his aerial examination of the arid American West by bringing together two opposing views of the city in a double-volume set. LA Day stares directly into the sun, which blasts the metropolis in a relentless and specific light. LA Night drifts over the city as it grows darker, and begins to resemble the starry sky vaulted above. Referencing Ed Ruscha, Peter Alexander, Julius Schulman and writers from Philip K. Dick to Raymond Chandler, LA Day/LA Night continues Los Angeles’s rich cultural legacy of examining its favorite schizophrenic subject--itself.

Michael Light: LA Day/LA Night

David L. Ulin

Photography & Video

Radius Books

David Hockney : something new in painting (and pho

HOCKNEY, DAVID

Pace Gallery

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