Helen Plum Library

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the "icebreaker." For...

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dalí became the most famous of the Surrealists. Buñuel, Lorca, Picasso and Breton all had a great influence on his career. Dalí's film, An Andalusian Dog, produced with Buñuel, marked his official entry into the tightly-knit group of Parisian Surrealists, where he met Gala, the woman who became his lifelong companion and his source of inspiration. But his relationship soon deteriorated...

Encaustic painting is one of the world's most venerable art forms, having been practiced consistently around the world since the ancient Egyptians first used it to decorate sarcophagi, and enjoying continuing popularity in the modern era with artists such as Paul Klee and Diego Rivera. In this new text, Jennifer Margell offers readers a comprehensive introduction to the medium, featuring instructive how-tos for encaustic art beginners, revealing interviews...

Este libro recoge una amplia antología de textos de Eduardo Westerdahl pertenecientes a sus diversas épocas. La editora, Pilar Carreño Corbella, sitúa al crítico en una amplia introducción histórica, anota los textos y completa su edición con una cronología y una amplia bibliografía. Las vanguardias necesitan una puesta en cuestión, un inventario que recoja los productos que siguen operativos y los que tienen que pasar al desván del anticuario....

A remarkable presentation of the "finished ideas of a practicing architect of high rank in his profession," this early-twentieth-century showcase of homes features a wide range of designs from a Midwest master. Reproduced from a rare edition, the work features a splendid array of dwellings, from cottages and bungalows to sprawling mansions. Each house is meticulously illustrated and accompanied by complete floor plans. "A poorly planned house is usually...

The characters and scene. Paris, Seine. Gradually Van Gogh appeared. 1885,1886? I had to explore it. Things started to whirl. 1885. Were there some in my collection? The trip revealed itself as if in puzzle pieces fitting exact. The other part of Van Gogh's life I explore is what really occurred with his illness in 1890 and why do we see so little evidence in his paintings. Have the odd paintings been thrown away or never attributed? Through some...

Un estudio sobre los nuevos medios que se emplean para eliminar la inseguridad en ámbito urbano Dos son los temores centrales que organizan los miedos que moldean la vida en la ciudad. El primero se refiere a la desigualdad económica, el segundo al desconocimiento de los otros y el temor a la pérdida de identidad personal. La incertidumbre y la confusión se han incrementado por la rapidez de los cambios de las últimas décadas, lo que ha provocado...

The Memory Factory introduces an English-speaking public to the significant women artists of Vienna at the turn of the twentieth century, each chosen for her aesthetic innovations and participation in public exhibitions. These women played important public roles as exhibiting artists, both individually and in collectives, but this history has been silenced over time. Their stories show that the city of Vienna was contradictory and cosmopolitan: despite...

Dark Beauty focuses on the minute detail in Harry Clarke's stained-glass windows, particularly in the borders and lower panels of his work. Clarke's brilliance as a graphic artist is clearly visible in his book illustrations, which are imbued with precise attention to intricate designs, and he applied the same lavish focus to every facet of his stained glass. The title 'Dark Beauty' refers to the duality of Clarke's work that sees delicate angels...

De nos jours, on ne défend plus l'idée que les peuples autochtones conquis et colonisés étaient sans culture ou sans histoire, tout en reconnaissant néanmoins que leur histoire était obscure et leur univers culturel opaque pour les premiers voyageurs européens. Roland Viau écrit ici la rencontre entre l'Europe et l'Amerindia en donnant la parole à l'Autre. Sa perspective est globale, proche de la world history — symbiose entre les disciplines...