| The Sienese Shredder [With CDROM] Contributor(s): Weschler, Lawrence (Text by (Art, Photo Books)), Schwitters, Kurt, Brown, Brice (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0978710835 ISBN-13: 9780978710835 Publisher: Sienese Shredder Editions OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General |
| LCCN: 2007235273 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.9" W x 9.8" (2.60 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The good ship Shredder embarks upon its fourth voyage into uncharted waters with another rich trove: specially designed portfolios by Martin Wilner and Arne Svenson; Lawrence Weschler on the surfeit of Christlike imagery in contemporary art; a previously unpublished sketchbook by Joan Mitchell; Kurt Schwitters works on paper including early letterhead designs and a reproduction of a rare "Ursonate" print; a portfolio of Valentine Hugo's quirky surrealism; Fred Mann's interview with English tenor John Mark Ainsley; National Book Award winner Mark Doty's meditation on Walt Whitman's tomb; Rochelle Gurstein's rediscovery of the mysterious Venus de' Medici; the kinky side of Swiss Renaissance master Urs Graf's drawings; Luise Kruger's folksy fabric works; a new Shredder-only story by Allan Gurganus; Wilson Bentley's microscopic photographs of snowflakes; Frances Richard on Duchamp and Gordon Matta-Clark; a large selection of R. Crumb's little-known portrait spools; and a CD of accordionist Guy Klucevsek's early work. |