100 Not So Famous Views of L.A. Contributor(s): Thomason, Barbara A. (Author), Ulin, David L. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1938849353 ISBN-13: 9781938849350 Publisher: Prospect Park Books OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - Travel | United States - West - General - Art | Techniques - Painting |
Dewey: 759.13 |
LCCN: 2012474768 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.5" W x 11.6" (2.30 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A vibrant collection of paintings capturing Los Angeles from the eye of a local. Thomason paints as a native, capturing Los Angeles at the level of its streets.... this is Los Angeles without its history of forgetting, no longer rootless, placeless, but instead, through Thomason's transforming imagination, the embodiment of place." An original collection of paintings, 100 Not So Famous Views of L.A. offers intimate, often recognizable, sometimes unexpected glimpses of a city known and loved by the artist. Inspired by nineteenth-century Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, Los Angeles artist Barbara Thomason captures the charm and personality of her vibrant city, with commentary and history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thomason, Barbara A.: - Barbara Thomason is a Los Angeles-based artist whose paintings, drawings, and prints have been shown in exhibitions at many galleries, museums and universities. She received a masters in printmaking from California State University, Long Beach and worked as a master printer in lithography at renowned artist workshop Gemini G.E.L., where she printed for Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenberg, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Ed Ruscha, Ellsworh Kelly and many others. She has been on the art faculty at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, the University of California, Santa Cruz, University of Redlands, Otis College of Art and Design, and other fine institutions.Ulin, David L.: - David Ulin is a book critic for the Los Angeles Times and the editor of The Library of America's Writing Los Angeles |