Christo

National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Molly Donovan

This book, which accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, covers Christo and Jeanne-Claude's career of more than 40 years by focusing on 60 major works from the collection of Dorothy and Herbert Vogel. Featured are several early wrapped objects and packages, as well as photographs, preparatory drawings, collages, and models for large-scale public works. An illuminating interview with Christo and Jean-Claude gives insight into the history of their partnership, their working methods, and their artistic principles.

Christo and Jeanne-Claude in the Vogel Collection

Andy Goldsworthy

Tina Fiske

In January 2003 British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy was invited to createa work of art for the National Gallery of Art. The project began with a series of ephemeral works on Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia. From this phase a series of photographic suites and a diary remain. The second phase of the project resulted in Roof, a permanent, site-specific sculpture at the National Gallery comprising nine stacked-slate domes installed over the course of nine weeks by Goldsworthy,his assistant, and a group of British drystone wallers in the winter of 2004-2005. This volume traces the development of Goldsworthy's project atthe National Gallery from conception to completion and situates the artist's sculpture and practice within an age-long tradition of structures.It features the only fully illustrated catalogue documenting Goldsworthy's permanent installations-more than 120 works dating from 1984 to 2008 and spanning three continents.

The Andy Goldsworthy Project

Nancy McWilliams

Ellen L. K. Toronto

Gemma Ainslie

Maurine Kelly

Christine C. Kieffer

The past two decades of psychoanalytic discourse have witnessed a marked transformation in the way we think about women and gender. The assignment of gender carries with it a host of assumptions, yet without it we can feel lost in a void, unmoored from the world of rationality, stability and meaning. The feminist analytic thinkers whose work is collected here confront the meaning established by the assignment of gender and the uncertainty created by its absence. The contributions brought together in Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Gender-free Case address a cross-section of significant issues that have both chronicled and facilitated the changes in feminist psychoanalysis since the mid 1980s. Difficult issues which have previously been ignored (such as the pregnancy of the therapist or sexual abuse regarded as more than a fantasy) are considered first. The book goes on to address family perspectives as they interact and shape the child’s experience of growing up male or female. Other topics covered are the authority of personal agency as influenced by the language and theory of patriarchy, male-centred concepts that consistently define women as inferior, and the concept of gender as being co-constructed within a relationship. The gender-free case presented here will fascinate all psychoanalysts interested in exploring ways of grappling with the elusive nature of gender, as well as those studying gender studies.

Into the Void

Psychoanalytic Reflections on a Gender-free Case

Molly Donovan

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