New Art Books
Compiled by Raymond J. Steiner
ART TIMES May 2009
PHAIDON PRESS: Art and Electronic Media by Edward A. Shanken. 304 pp.; 11 3/8 x 9 7/8; 300 Illus., 250 in Color; Artists’ Biographies; Author’s Biographies; Bibliography; Index. $75.00 Hardcover. *****
YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS: Dada’s Women by Ruth Hemus. 256 pp.; 8 x 10 3/8; 80 Illus., 20 in Color; Notes; Bibliography; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. ***
The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 by Douglas Eklund. 352 pp.; 8 5/8 x 10 3/8; 333 Illus., 286 in Color; Notes; Exhibition Checklist; Selected Bibliography; Index. $60.00 Hardcover. ****
National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 29 (Ed.) Ashok Roy. 80 pp.’ 8 ¼ x 11 ¾; 124 Illus., 107 in Color. $40.00 Softcover. *****
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PRESS: A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund (Ed.) Daniel Shulman. 192 pp.; 8 ¼ x 11; B/W & Color Illus.; Exhibition Checklist; Appendix. $39.95 Softcover. ****
UNIVERSITY PRESS OF FLORIDA: The Highwaymen Murals: Al Black’s Concrete Dreams by Gary Monroe. 160 pp.; 10 x 8; 98 Illus., 95 in Color. $39.95 Hardcover. ***
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON PRESS: Expanding the Boundaries: Selected Drawings from the Yvonne and Gabriel P. Weisberg Collection by Lisa Dickinson Michaux w/ Gabriel P. Weisberg. 96 pp.; 9 x 12; 75 Color Illus.; Checklist of Exhibition. $29.95 Softcover. *****
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: The Art of Art History: A Critical Anthology by Donald Preziosi. 624 pp.; 6 5/8 x 9 3/8; B/W & Color Illus.; Notes; Lists of Texts; List of Illustrations; Biographical Notes; Glossary; Index. $27.95 Softcover. *****
Dictionary of American Art and Artists by Ann Lee Morgan. 537 pp.; 5 x 7 ¾. $17.95 Softcover. *****
PRESTEL: Erotic Sketchbook: Salvador Dali by Norbert Wolf. 64 pp.; 6 ½ x 8 ¾; 35 B/W & Color Illus.; List of Works Illustrated. $25.00 Hardcover. *****