| Manual of Contemporary Art Style Contributor(s): Helguera, Pablo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0979076609 ISBN-13: 9780979076602 Publisher: Jorge Pinto Books OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2007 Annotation: This funny book masquerades as an old-fashioned guide to the manners and foibles of the art world, written by a savvy 21st century artist. But it is clever, and has many voices: snide like Miss Manners, sweet and impeccable like Emily Post, sharp like Swifts encyclopedia of clichs, and sneaky like David Wilsons fabricated documents for the Museum of Jurassic Technology. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | Conceptual - Reference - Art | Reference |
| Dewey: 702.3 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.45 lbs) 132 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: You ll find all sorts of things in Helguera s Manual that aren t in any other book: the difference between an A-level artist and a B-level artist, how to cure the dreaded festivalist syndrome, how to keep your conviction that you re the greatest artist in history, and whether it is ethical for a critic to sleep with an artist whose work she doesn t like. This is a very funny book. It masquerades as an old-fashioned guide to the manners and foibles of the art world, written by a savvy twenty-first century artist. But it is clever, and has many voices: snide like Miss Manners, sweet and impeccable like Emily Post, hapless like Bouvard and P cuchet, earnest like an Art World for Dummies, sharp like Swift s encyclopedia of clich s, sneaky like David Wilson s fabricated documents for the Museum of Jurassic Technology. Helguera s tongue seems to be in his cheek that s what you re meant to think but he is often very helpful, and everything he says is true. --James Elkins, author of How to Use your Eyes and Our Beautiful, Dry and Distant Texts: Art History as Writing. In the process of writing the rules of the game, Helguera also skewers its participants. --Rebeca Spence, ArtNews An artist who dares to look at the big picture ... Helguera] has a savvy understanding of art history and art audiences, enough to know that a little humor and a bit of irony are sometimes the best tools in an artist arsenal. --Barbara Pollack, artist and writer |