Lydia Yee

Francesco Manacorda

Corinna Gardner

"This exhibition is founded on a simple conceit: a group of anthropologists from outer space set out on a mission to understand life on Earth. After examining some basic aspects of terrestrial life, they investigate the phenomenon that human beings call 'contemporary art'"--Page 7.

Illustrating 175 Objects with 250 Plates in Full Colour

Cuauhtémoc Medina

Barbara Fischer

Kitty Scott

Teresa Gleadowe

Lourdes Morales

Raising Frankenstein presents compelling new writing that explores the education and formation of curators. This book offers an overview of recent thinking on curatorial pedagogy, designed to elucidate, define and build on current debates surrounding this subject. The questions posed here are timely and provocative. The five essays provide a set of cogent inquiries and analyses for all those who concern themselves today with the presentation and theorization of contemporary art. At its heart lies the single question, "Where does the curatorial profession reside?" Raising Frankenstein is developed from the conference Trade Secrets: Education / Collection / History, organised by the Banff International Curatorial Institute in collaboration with Teresa Gleadowe, and held at The Banff Centre, November 12 - 14, 2008.

Curatorial Education and Its Discontents

Raising Frankenstein

Michael White

Mondrian had a pioneering role in the definition and conceptualisation of abstraction, but was also interested in the complex relationship between his artworks, the space around them and the belief that they were conceived to inspire. His studios in Amsterdam, Paris and New York reflect different stages of the painter's way of thinking and of his intentions. Each was designed to allow the artist to perform a clearly defined intellectual and social role. As well as focusing on his studios, this book also explores Mondrian's broader relationship with architecture and urbanism. Many of Mondrian's best-known Neo-Plastic works will be included in full colour, along with a plethora of images of the artist in his studio.0Exhibition: Tat Liverpool, UK (10.6.-21.9.2014).

Mondrian and his Studios: Colour in Space

Glenn Ligon

Alex Farquharson

Gregg Bordowitz

Glenn Ligon (b. 1960) is one of the most significant American artists of his generation. Much of his work relates to abstract cxpressionism and minimalist painting, remixing formal characteristics to highlight the cultural and social histories of the time, such as the civil rights movement. This new book brings together artworks and other material Ligon references or work with which he shares certain affinities. The book illustrates works by Ligon and other artists--including Chris Ofili, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Lorna Simpson, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Jasper Johns--accompanied by texts by Ligon, Francesco Manacorda, Alex Farquharson, and Gregg Bordowitz, and an anthology of some 20 texts selected/excerpted by Ligon.

Glenn Ligon: Encounters and Collisions

Francesco Manacorda

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