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OUT OF STOCK Open House: Working in Brooklyn Since the 1970s, Brooklyn has experienced an artistic renaissance as emerging and mid-career artists have increasingly moved to the borough. Attracted by the availability of large, affordable spaces, this community now includes hundreds of artists and more than fifty flourishing art galleries in such areas as Williamsburg, D.U.M.B.O, and Fort Greene. Open House: Working in Brooklyn is the first comprehensive survey of Brooklyn's art scene. The exhibition and this corresponding catalogue include some of the best work being done in painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, photography, film, and video by some of Brooklyn's talent. Among these are the nonagenarian sculptor Louise Bourgeois, who works in a Dean Street studio; the Swiss-born photographer Christoph Draeger, recently arrived in the borough; and the emerging painter Nancy Drew. CONTEMPORARY ART 2004, 9 x 6 inches, 240 pp, 186 color plates Softcover, ISBN 0-87273-150-2 code: bkly hou L-1

OUT OF STOCK Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers This Brooklyn Museum exhibition catalogue features photographs dating from the 1940s to the 1990s. It conatins the work of Black photographers working in America, including Hugh Bell, Todd Gray, Gordon Parks, Beuford Smith, and Carrie Mae Weems, among many others. The prints range from black-and-white and chromogenic to digital and computer-generated. Introductory essays are titled “Empowering the Eye”, by Clyde Taylor and “Diasporic Double Vision”, by Deba P. Patnaik. PHOTOGRAPHY 2001, 11 x 9 inches, 250 pp, b&w, color and chromogenic images Softcover. ISBN 0872731448 code: bkly ima K-1

OUT OF STOCK Great Expectations: John Singer Sargent Painting Children Sargent's reputation is often defined by his achievements as a painter of sophisticated society portraits. However, as this examination of his career reveals, he created a significant number of portraits of children and genre paintings featuring children. The title of this book makes ironic reference to Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations," and is used here to suggest how Sargent's paintings of children related to the expectations associated with representations of childhood in art and literature. How Sargent ultimately advanced childhood as an artistic subject is also discussed in this volume. There are essays by curators and professors of fine arts, and color illustrations of Sargent's often lesser-known paintings of children. Included are Sargent family photographs, some of which are previously unpublished. PAINTING 2004, 11 x 9 inches, 255 pp, 94 images in color and b&w Softcover, ISBN 0821261703, ISBN-13: 9780821261705 code: bkly sar K-1

OUT OF STOCK Vital Forms: American Art & Design in the Atomic Age Ever wonder who designed the elegant, finned cars of the '50s, the Slinky toy, or the hula hoop? The answers are all here in this fascinating study of the Atomic Age aesthetic. From 1945 to 1960, American art and design broke free from the influences of Europe and Asia. The result was nothing short of radical, with breathtakingly new forms and styles. AMERICAN ART AND DESIGN 2001, 11 x 8 inches, 256 pp, color and b&w photographs Softcover, ISBN 0872731456 code: bkly vit L-1

OUT OF STOCK Carved Memories: Heritage in Stone from the Russian Jewish Pale For more than a century, Russian Jews were restricted to residence in the western provinces of Russia, the so-called Pale of Settlement. In this fascinating volume, 125 duotone photographs document the carved tombstones of this region, specifically present-day Ukraine and Moldova. The stones are poignant memorials to the lost world of the shtetl and practically all that remain of a major Jewish folk art tradition. They are also unique genealogical records for Americans descended from Russian Jewry. The photographs, made by the artist and photographer David Goberman from the 1930s through the 1960s, are in many cases the sole documentation of tombstones that have been effaced or destroyed. Published to accompany an exhibition organized by the Brooklyn Museum, this book is an essential contribution to the history of Jewish art and culture. JEWISH FOLK ART 2000, 8 x 12 inches, 168 pp, 125 duotone photographs Hardcover, ISBN: 0847822567, ISBN-13: 9780847822560 code: bkly car K-1

OUT OF STOCK Eastman Johnson: Painting America Published in conjunction with the first major exhibition of the work of Eastman Johnson (1839-1905) in 25 years, this catalogue contains 73 paintings and 35 drawings by one of the most important American artists of the nineteenth century, including several works never before on view. Famous for his iconic and often-cited images of American life, such as the Brooklyn Museum's Not At Home, Johnson's prolific career ranged from drawings, rural genre subjects, Civil War scenes, interior scenes, and portraiture. This volume provides a comprehensive exploration of the entire scope and depth of Johnson's oeuvre. It features drawings and paintings from the Brooklyn Museum’s permanent collection, a selection of portrait heads from the 1840s, drawings of Native-American Chippewa Indians, and works portraying African-Americans, which had not been exhibited publicly since the nineteenth century. The catalogue also contains several essays and artist’s letters as well as an exhibition history and monograph bibliography. PAINTING 1999, 9 x 12 inches, 272 pp, color and b&w images Softcover, ISBN 0872731383, ISBN-13: 9780872731387 code: bkly east L-1

OUT OF STOCK William Merritt Chase: Modern American Landscapes, 1886-1890 This catalogue, published in conjunction with a Brooklyn Museum exhibition, examines the first time a distinctive Impressionist style was used by an American artist to portray American subjects. It includes 124 illustrations with 54 full-color plates and informative essays by Barbara Dayer Gallati. PAINTING 1999, 11 x 9 inches, 192 pp, 54 color plates, 70 b&w images Softcover, ISBN 0872731405 code: bkly cha K-1

 

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