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- We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold. Faith Ringgold is one of America’s most renowned artists and activists, whose inherently political, exquisitely executed work – from “story quilts” to paintings – tackle civil rights and gender inequality head on.
- Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney by Beauford Delaney and David Leeming. Amazing Grace paints a poignant picture of the celebrated African American artist Beauford Delaney, a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, and later – following a move to Paris in the 1950s – a noted abstract expressionist.
- Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs by Sally Mann. A memoir quite unlike any other, this book by American photographer Sally Mann weaves together words and images to form a vivid personal history, revealing the ways in which Mann’s ancestry has informed the themes that dominate her work (namely “family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South”).
- Close to the Knives by David Wojnarowicz. David Wojnarowicz’s beloved collection of creative essays, Close to the Knives, remains a vital work – “a scathing, sexy, sublimely humorous and honest personal testimony to the ‘Fear of Diversity in America’” (as per its inside flap).
100 Contemporary Artists A-Z ( ISBN 978-3836514903) is a two-volume edition contemporary art compendium. It is the 25th anniversary special edition and it features one hundred contemporary artists from TASCHEN 's seminal Art Now! 4 and Art at the Turn of the Millennium series.
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Our reading list evokes both the artists’ inner lives and their connections to their contemporaries and the art scene, whilst others shed light on the complexity of these figures and meditate on existential questions.
May 22, 2024 · Best books on the lives of famous artists recommended by leading art historians. Everything covered from Leonardo and Dutch masters to Patti Smith.
This is a list of artists who create contemporary art, i.e., those whose peak of activity can be situated somewhere between the 1970s (the advent of postmodernism) and the present day.
Aug 10, 2020 · If you’ve exhausted all the classics of French literature and the summer’s bestsellers, why not try another genre: the artists’ biography? Since many artists have lived thrilling lives, Artsper suggests these biographies of artists whose lives make for a compelling novel!
Best Biographies and Memoirs About Artists. I'd love to know which bios and memoirs of visual artists you have most loved and/or been fascinated by. flag. All Votes Add Books To This List. 90 books · 41 voters · list created December 4th, 2012 by Fasterpussycat Moore (votes) .
