From
ZBK Books, Carlstadt, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since March 10, 2023
Used book in good and clean conditions. Pages and cover are intact. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks. Fast Shipping. Seller Inventory # ZWM.SK86
Discusses the findings of the research by Soviet art critics on what Americans want in art
Reviews:
In December 1993, the Russian emigre art collaborators Komar and Melamid began a statistical market research poll to determine America's "most wanted" and "most unwanted" paintings. Since then, the whimsical project has spread around the world. Polls in the United States, Ukraine, France, Iceland, Turkey, Denmark, Finland, Kenya, and China revealed that people wanted portraits of their families and always "blue landscapes." After conducting research, the pair paint made-to-order works that meet the wanted (landscape) and unwanted (abstract) criteria; they follow up with town meetings as virtual performance pieces. This intriguing and serious volume documents issues raised by the conflict between high art and popular taste. The best reading is an interview with the artists, whose gift of gab bounces around Marxism, Stalinism, God's inscrutability, Wagner, "Sears style," and the crisis of ideas in art. The project has been debated in the Nation and recorded in art magazines, and this summary volume is highly recommended for all contemporary collections.?Mary Hamel-Schwulst, Towson State Univ., Md.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Title: Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid's ...
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: good
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine. First Edition. What is art and who defines it? Why is high art so remote from most people? With the same puckish humor and critical genius that made them the bêtes noires of Soviet cultural commissars, the Russian émigré art team takes on the billion-dollar American art industry and capitalism's most venerated tool: the market research poll. The help of The Nation Institute and a professional polling team, they discovered what Americans want in art, regardless of class, race, or gender, is exactly what the art world poopoosa tranquil, realistic, blue landscape. Slight traces of handling to the dust jacket only. 11¼" - 8¾". book. Seller Inventory # 278133
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. What is beauty? Who defines it? And why is high art so remote from most people? With the same puckish humor and critical genius that made them the betes noires of Soviet cultural commissars, the Russian emigre art team of Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid takes on not only the billion-dollar American art industry but also capitalism's most venerated tool: the market research poll. With the help of a professional polling firm, they discovered that what Americans want in art, regardless of class, race, or gender, is exactly what the art world disdains -- a tranquil realistic blue landscape. Painting by Numbers includes the original questionnaire and reproductions of the 'most wanted' and 'most unwanted' paintings the artists made based on American survey results and on polls they exported to nine other countries -- including Russia, China, France, and Kenya -- representing more than one-third of the world's population. Essays by JoAnn Wypijewski and noted art critic Arthur Danto, as well as interviews with the artists, explore the crisis of modernism, the cultural meaning of polls, the significance of landscape, and the commodification of just about everything. With the help of a professional polling firm, ex-Soviet art critics Komar and Melamid discovered that what Americans really want in art, regardless of class, race, or gender, is exactly what the art world disdains--a tranquil, realistic 'blue landscape'. Komar and Melamid provide a comic and profound discussion of art in our time. Full color art throughout. Seller Inventory # 20110214130486
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: monobooks, Waterford, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition stated 1997, no previous printings listed, presumed first. Signed and inscribed on the title page to named person by Editor, Joann Wypijewski. Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, no names no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ as new, bright and shiny, no tears, no chips, very slight shelfwear, price not clipped. Oblong 4to, 205 pages, well illustrated. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. Seller Inventory # 018498
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Missing. First Edition. Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 1997.FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. As new. Unread. First Edition, First Printing.Previous owner's artistic embossed stamp at bottom of half-title page, otherwise as new. Seller Inventory # 2401210010
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Seller Inventory # Scanned0374228809
Quantity: 1 available