Category Archives: Library

LIBRARY SHELF: The Spoken Image: Photography & Language

Scott, Clive The Spoken Word: Photography & Language (1999) LAST LINE: “Apparently one hundred per cent evidence, the photograph never, finally, gives itself away.” ICI SHELF: Photography ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (05-17-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings

Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray and Other Writings (1982) FIRST LINE: “The artist is the creator of beautiful things.” ICI SHELF: Fiction ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (05-05-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Vision and Painting

Bryson, Norman Vision and Painting: The Logic of the Gaze (1983) FIRST LINE: “It is a sad fact: art history lags behind the study of the other arts.” ICI SHELF: Visuality ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (05-03-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: RE/Search #13

Juno, Andrea and V. Vale, eds. RE/Search #13: Angry Women (1991) FIRST LINE: “Angry Women is not about women, but about the future survival of our planet.” ICI SHELF: RE/Search ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-30-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Frida Kahlo

Lowe, Sarah M. Frida Kahlo (1991) FIRST LINE: “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” ICI SHELF: Artist Monographs ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-26-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Inside the White Cube

O’Doherty, Brian Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space (1999) LAST LINE: “Or the gallery itself could be removed and relocated to another place.” ICI SHELF: Art Texts ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-23-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Pablo Picasso

Cabanne, Pierre Pablo Picasso: His Life and Times (1977) LAST LINE: “Dead, his oeuvre continues to live in the perpetual present of creation and goes right on disturbing it.” ICI SHELF: Artist Monographs ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-20-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: The Universe and Dr. Einstein

Barnett, Lincoln The Universe and Dr. Einstein: A Clear Explanation of Einstein’s Theories (1948) LAST LINE: “’The law of the conservation of the mass of a system becomes identical with the law of conservation of energy…’” ICI SHELF: Prague ICI … Continue reading

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LIBRARY SHELF: Books, Boxes and Portfolios

Zeier, Franz Books, Boxes and Portfolios: Binding, Construction, and Design Step-by-Step (1983) FIRST LINE: “The steps described under this heading are not meant to be followed one by one.” ICI SHELF: Bookmaking ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-14-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Yves Klein

Restany, Pierre Yves Klein: Fire at the Heart of the Void (1992) LAST LINE: “Thus we will ourselves be fire.” ICI SHELF: Artist Monograhs ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-11-12)

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