Gregory Williams: Palm Perspectives

The John S. Williams plantation in Georgia was operated largely with the labor of slaves—and this was in 1921, 56 years after the Civil War. Williams was not alone in using “peons,” but his reaction to a federal investigation was almost unbelievable: he decided to destroy the evidence. Enlisting the ...more

Why go to Disneyland when you can visit Lotusland? If you've never heard of this unique garden 100 miles north of the Magic Kingdom, you may want to plan a detour to Santa Barbara next time you're in Southern California. Tours are limited; however, this book enables garden enthusiasts to ...more

Martin Kippenberger's premature death in 1997 at the age of 43 brought to an end one of the most prolific and controversial careers in 20th-century art. While some critics dismissed the German painter and sculptor as a showman, others hailed him as the greatest artist of his era. His personal ...more

This collection of Rosemarie Trockelís work from 1980 to the present is full of video, drawings, wool, everyday objects, sculptures, and all the media with which she has advanced what Artforum describes as a ìlong-running effort to expand and challenge the terms of dialogue between artist and audience.î ...more

Since the 1960s, Los Angeles has been a hub for groundbreaking art. This slim volume features work by Bas Jan Ader, Michael Asher, John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Douglas Huebler, Larry Johnson, Mike Kelley, William Leavitt, Paul McCarthy, Bruce Nauman, Maria Nordman, Raymond Pettibon, Stephen Prina, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha and ...more

The final Mummy film! Introduction by the grandson of horror mega-star Lon Chaney, Jr. and interviews with starlett Virgina Christine ("Princess Anaka"). Rare photographs and complete shooting script. How is it that make-up mastermind Jack Pierce almost permanently disfigured the young and beautiful Christine? What was Chaney's real opinion of ...more

Description: Foci gathers together interviews with ten of the most renowned curators working internationally in the field of contemporary art. The interviews are rich with wide-ranging dialogue and cover issues such as the relationship between the exhibit and its location, art as the barometer for the age, the role of ...more

Every year American Photography presents images--hundreds of the best, selected by a jury of outstanding publishing and design professionals--that capture the spirit of the year. Each year's selection becomes a time capsule of events, people and issues, as well as a periscope view of the medium and its evolving technologies. ...more