Bismarck Edited (10 results)

HC. frontis & two illustrations (illustrator). 197pp, ads Volume Two ONLY of this set, with wear and staining to cloth covers. good, red cloth (hardcover) wear and staining to cloth.

1972, History, D. C. Heath and Company, 169 p., very good paper.

Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 16 x 23 cm, 280 pages, 28 color & 23 b/w illustrations. - Museums of contemporary artas they have been defined, activated, and understood over the past thirty yearsare in need of a reassessment to re-think the traditional notion of the "museum." With its traditional core tasks of collection and conservation, this historic category stands in contrast to the term "contemporary." This volume takes a variety of complementary perspectives on today's museology as it reflects upon the paradoxes underlying the very concept of the museum of contemporary art. Composed of three chapters"Now," "Tomorrow," and "Flux"and gathering together original essays, extensive conversations, as well as canonical texts, this anthology addresses questions regarding the roles and tasks of the contemporary art museum. It discusses its double character as a site of both production and conservation, and emphasizes its relation to different public spheres. It also explores ways of dealing with the standards, norms, and regulations that emerge from the practices of collecting, organizing, and educating.

Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 16 x 23 cm, 376 pages, 33 color & 104 b/w illustrations - This scholarly publication discusses the historical development of the Kunsthalle Bern and its implications for the localization of art. It contributes to current research on institutional histories by looking at the many ways in which the Kunsthalle Bern addresses the question of how exhibitionary practices take place.

Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z : 24 x 17 cm, 208 pages, numerous illustrations - Reprocessing Reality is designed to elucidate the notion of reality in all its facets. Dealing critically with reality has a long history, particularly in visual arts. The question of what reality is or could be is also broached in Visions du Réel, the film festival in Nyon. Film and art, while looking back on a quite different past, are actually moving in the same direction. Reprocessing Reality is conceived as a curator's essay that makes us acutely aware of the power of imagery as well as its shortcomings. It revolves around media, people, and stories. Taking stock of an environment formed by ambiguities and interdependencies, the project deals with issues that concern the reader's own context of life. Three introductory essays discuss the subject of the documentary from three different perspectives: that of the visual arts, the documentary film, and the mass media. The main focus of the publication is on the artists themselves, and their contribution to the current discourse is presented by an extensive set of illustrations and accompanied by their own texts.

1st English Translation Edition. Hardback. Very good in very good, edge worn, faded on spine and plastic protected, d/w. Spine twisted and bumped, edges and corners bumped. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.

Condition: Very Good. 1981. Paperback. "Revised papers of a conference held in Toronto in April 1976, which was sponsored by the African Studies Committee of the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. Includes bibliography and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Bismarck U. Mwansasu and Cranford Pratt. x, 243 p. ill. 23 cm. Associated Names: Mwansasu, B. U. Associated Names: Pratt, Cranford. Paperback. Fine copy. [Paperback ed.]". Keywords: Socialism in Tanzania. Not a first edition copy. . . .

Condition: Very Good. 1981. Paperback. "Revised papers of a conference held in Toronto in April 1976, which was sponsored by the African Studies Committee of the Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto. Includes bibliography and index. Commissioning organisation: edited by Bismarck U. Mwansasu and Cranford Pratt. x, 243 p. ill. 23 cm. Associated Names: Mwansasu, B. U. Associated Names: Pratt, Cranford. Paperback. Fine copy. [Paperback ed.]". Keywords: Socialism in Tanzania. Not a first edition copy. . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. W : 24 x 30 cm, 286 Seiten/pages woth 400 color reproductions, Leineneinand/clothbound. - The 16 small artist s books Ruscha produced between 1962 and 1978 (Twentysix Gasoline Stations, Various Small Fires, et al.) remain definitive classics of the genre. The texts written especially for Reading Ed Ruscha by Douglas Coupland and W.S. Di Piero explore Ruscha s use of text through the lens of literary and poetic form, while Beatrice von Bismarck, in her essay, examines the book as work, medium of publication and exhibition format. The catalogue s editor, Yilmaz Dziewior, presents an overview of Ruscha s engagement with artist s books and the written word. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, Reading Ed Ruscha includes large-format illustrations of exhibitions and installation views, with 400 images in color.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Annual volumes. 12 volumes, 1958-1970, lacking only 1964. Gilt cloth and paper over boards. Approximately 4500 pages. Text in German. Ex-library with spine label (or remnants thereof) and two or three small stamps on early leaves, one spine with a rubbed spot at the crown, else a near fine set. (N.B. A few volumes without a title leaf, presumably as issued [or as bound?]; the table of contents page immediately follows the front flyleaf.).