Category Archives: books
meister
i bought the most amazing book from my favorite store in the mission: gravel and gold. the book is called gunta stölzl: bauhaus master. through writings and artworks from stölzl from about 1917-1931, the book gives an incredibly intimate look at … Continue reading
the specter of cinema
juliet koss, my former professor, recently published an epic book entitled modernism after wagner. i don’t want to say the book is entirely dedicated to me, but chapter six is called “the specter of cinema.” so draw what conclusions you … Continue reading
where i was from
thoughts on where i was from by joan didion the past tense in didion’s title, where i was from, reveals the author’s detached relationship with the state, and appropriately sets the tone of the entire book. california’s conflicting foundations are ripe … Continue reading
tauba auerbach
tauba auerbach is a san francisco born artist who visually explores chaos theory: she tries to find order in that which is seemingly random. my favorite works of auerbach’s search for intentionality in tv static. imagine my delight when i … Continue reading
just kids
i spent all of saturday getting sunburned and reading just kids, patti smith’s beautiful tribute to her friend robert mapplethorpe. i couldn’t put the book down, not even to apply sunscreen. smith, as always, writes poetically and articulately while also offering … Continue reading
spectropia
look at this great book i got at the 826 valencia pirate store! it’s a reissue of a book first published in 1863 called spectropia or surprising spectral illusions. the book is full of colored figures against a white background. … Continue reading
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hallo paulo freire
a germane quotation from paulo freire’s classic pedagogy of the oppressed: “the pedagogy of the oppressed, as a humanist and libertarian pedagogy, has two distinct stages. in the first, the oppressed unveil the world of oppression and through the praxis … Continue reading
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flocks
christien meindertsma is a designer intent upon raising consumer awareness about the raw materials that go into our products. in the index of her book pig 05049 she writes, “in taking good care of the earth, basically, the first step … Continue reading
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j’accuse, baby
i’m currently reading art workers: radical practice in the vietnam war era by julia bryan-wilson. the book explores the enticing but problematic idea of the artist as a laborer through the works of carl andre, robert morris, lucy lippard, and hans … Continue reading
