Alireza Mashayekhi, Some very fine electronic music from Persia. A compilation spanning 40 years. COMPACT DISC MU 39570 ASK AT FINE ARTS LIB CIRC DESK |
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The $12 million stuffed shark: For an eye-opening study of the market for art and why some artists are paid millions and others starve, this is a fascinating read. Full of gory detail about how dealers, auction houses, collectors and artists operate. --David |
June 2008
Czech Eden by Matthew Monteith Matthew Monteith’s images of the people and the environment of the Czech Republic are provocative. They both pull you in and keep you out. Some landscapes are pastoral and others are industrial. Portraits of individuals look right at you but you have no idea what they are thinking. I was mesmerized by the images in this book. --Laura TR 655 M664 2007 |
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The magical life of Long Tack Sam by Ann Marie Fleming 2007 Interesting glimpse into the world during WWI-WWII and especially vaudeville life during this time. p.s. Great fashions and costumes! GV 1545 L66 F54 2007 |
The magical life of Long Tack Sam [videorecording]
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Offjects: concepts and designs for a change of century edition by Oscar Guayabero An exhibition of object design since 1992, household objects that remind us that design is part of our everyday life. And I just love the title! --Laura TS 171.4 O44 2006 Fine Arts Library |
Shoes: the complete sourcebook 2005 Almost all illustrations – drawings and photographs of SHOES! NK 1590 S56 P43 2005 Fine Arts Library --Beth |
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Cannibal, the Musical 1999 Biopic of Colorado's favorite son/cannibal Alferd Packer; it's an early effort by Southpark's Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Wikipedia has a lot to say about it. This is a good example of what Wikipedia is good for. And an EXCELLENT illustration of the fact that it doesn't have to be fine art to be available at the Fine Arts Library! DVD 2863 Fine Arts Library --ask at circulation desk --Ellen |
Martin Parr Recommended by Adam
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March 2008
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A performer's guide to Renaissance music Ask at FAL Circulation desk |
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The Holy Modal Rounders--Bound to Lose [videorecording] The director answered questions at a recent screening of this film. Wacky guys, wacky times, and Sam Shepard! www.boundtolose.com DVD 6528 FAL--ask at Circulation Desk. |
Hooks, Ed. Finally after 13 years! A new edition of the we-need-to-find-a-sceners bible. PN 2080 H6566 2007 |
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Been rich all my life [videorecording] / director/producer, Heather Lyn MacDonald. New York : First Run Features, c2006. “Meet the Silver Belles, five tap dancers who performed in the 1930s in Harlem at the famed Apollo and Cotton Club. Together again, they're dancing to standing ovations and sharing stories of the Harlem Renaissance.” Note: Subject Heading: Friendship --Beth |
Stimmung [sound recording]
2007 Superior vocal works from under the direction of Paul Hillier. Stimmung is scored specifically for voice, while his treatment of "In C" (below) is a new and extremely well done approach to the piece. COMPACT DISC MU 39455 |
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In C [sound recording] COMPACT DISC MU 39262 |
Philip Plisson's Celtic Coastlines I like it because it has a huge photo of part of the town of Aberystwyth including the Old College, where I studied, and also the house in which I lived for 3 years, and the building in which I had my natural food store! Also many other great photos of the sea along the coastlines of the 6 celtic countries. -F- TR 670 P563 2007 Fine Arts Library |
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Who is Bozo Texino? [videorecording] : the epic account of the improbable discovery for the true identity of the world's greatest boxcar artist. DVD 6287 Fine Arts Library |
Two landmark films finally on DVD. Extreme exploration of image-making and storytelling. DVD 6203 |
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Meredith Monk [videorecording]: Ellis Island; Book of days; interview with Monk |
Seed queen: the story of crop art and the amazing Lillian Colton by Colleen J. Sheehy The subject headings say it all: N 6537 C599 S54 2007 Fine Arts Library |
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A surprising disc coming from this South American MC. Sounding something like an expert mixing of Keith Jarrett and Erik Satie (in his more imaginative stylings), Gonzales has made a thoroughly enjoyable and memorable album of piano sketches that are at turns elegiac, ecstatic, comatose. The sound quality of the recording leaves something to be desired (expect a small amount of background noise and damage if you turn it up) but it also adds its fair share of charm to the recording, coming across as a work of private, brilliant impulse. Odd, but a CD to play again and again. --Tommy COMPACT DISC MU 38740 Fine Arts Library |
Shakey: Neil Young's biography by Jimmy McDonough Not only a great biography of an incredibly important musician, it is also an interesting overview of rock from the sixties to the nineties. --Laura Fine Arts Library |
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October 2007
The Well-tuned piano in The magenta lights [videorecording] / La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela. A complete 6-hour performance of La Monte Young's magnum opus for piano. Not as good a representation as is found on the out of print Gramavision 5CD box, which was stolen from us and which this version replaces, but still exquisitely beautiful piano that just doesn't end. Also contains video of the performance. |
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CD MU 38720 La bella devozione with music by Francesco Provenzale and Cristoforo Caresana, two baroque composers from Naples. Very nice. CD MU 38718 Motets by Provenzale and a few contemporaries. CD MU 38717 Passione, Vespro Again, Provenzale and friends doing Dialogo per la Passione, musica per la settimana santa a Napoli and Vespro all’oratorio dei Girolamini. Some beautiful music here. All 3 CDs are performed by Antonio Florio and the Cappella de’Turchini who are reviving baroque music of Naples. --Lara Ask for CDs by number at the Fine Arts Library's Circulation Desk. |
The Art of Travel by Alain de Botton How art has influenced what we consider beautiful in the world, and how an appreciation of art can enhance your travels and your life. “Although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so.”—from the jacket blurb TR 790 B68 2002B Fine Arts Library |
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The chapter on Ruskin in the above de Botton book describes Ruskin’s view that drawing can teach us to see, and that everyone should draw. The Elements of Drawing by John Ruskin NC 710 R8 1991 Fine Arts Library |
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September 2007
I'd like to recommend our newest Gershwin CD, "Porgy and Bess." Gershwin is always a classic, and that he wrote an opera when he did with this much style makes this worth a listen. --Holly CD MU 38,158 Fine Arts Library ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK |
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Robert Smithson Unearthed by Eugenie Tsai Interesting insights into one of 20th century art's best minds. --Tommy
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Margaret Kilgallen: In The Sweet Bye & Bye --Tim |
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A Love Supreme - John Coltrane --Tim |
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Where we live: photographs of America from the Berman collection These photographs are great, so realistic and familiar. Simple and complex at the same time. I’m sorry I missed this exhibition that was at the Getty, but at least we have this great catalog! TR 820.5 B753 2006 Fine Arts Library --Laura |
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Roots, Rock, Reggae. Do you like reggae? If you do, you have to watch this great video that gives a glimpse of the reggae scene in Kingston, Jamaica. The footage of Trenchtown is revealing, especially contrasted with the luxurious parts of Kingston. Artists interviewed and performing include Jimmy Cliff, Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals, Jacob Miller & Inner Circle, The Absyinnians, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Joe Higgs. --Laura VIDCASS 3712 Fine Arts Library ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK |
Norman McLaren. / Collector's ed. / Harrington Park, NJ / 2003(1940) A wonderful 2 DVD set chronicling some of the most beloved film creations of this early master. The films range from aesthetically sublime animations to live dance, but really it all dances. There's good reason this genre has come to be known as Visual Music. DVD 4789 Fine Arts Library ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK --Tommy |
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Great pianists of the 20th century --Lara CD MU 38,119 v.1-100 Fine Arts Library |
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Bulletin of the International String Figure Association FAL has several issues. There's also this website with links to other publications on the subject of world string art. --Ellen GV 1218 S8 B85 Fine Arts Library |
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The Magic Nut: A Prologue to The Nutcracker. / Shemiakin, Mikhail.
GV 1790 M34 S54 2005 Fine Arts Library Beautiful renderings of Chemiakin’s costumes and scenery for the ballet --Beth |
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April 2007 |
Wire Magazine A great place to find new music, especially if Spin, NME, and Rolling Stone aren't producing any worthwhile results for you. This British publication is always full of clearly written and interesting reviews of new (and old) music in most genres. --Tommy Unseen Worlds, a reissue record label, has released Blue Gene Tyranny's "Out of the Blue" and it is reviewed in the April issue of Wire. In the Boomerang section. see also www.unseenworlds.net and www.myspace.com/unseenworlds Current Periodicals, Fine Arts Library |
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My favorite book in the library at the moment: What do pictures want? : the lives and loves of images. / Mitchell, W. J. Thomas, 1942- / Chicago / 2005 N 7565 M523 2005 Fine Arts Library |
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And some recently acquired CDs 1. COMPACT DISC MU 37,818 Fine Arts Library ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK / Rodan (Musical group) / Rusty. / Chicago / 1994(1993) 2. COMPACT DISC MU 37,754 Fine Arts Library ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK / June of 44 (Musical group) / Engine takes to the water. / London, England / 1995(1994) 3. COMPACT DISC MU 37,828 Fine Arts Library ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK / Nyman, Michael / The piano. / (London) / 2006 4. -F- COMPACT DISC MU 37,734 Fine Arts Library COPY 1 ASK AT CIRCULATION DESK / Morton, Jelly Roll, d. 1941 / Jelly Roll Morton the complete Library of Congress recordings by Alan Lomax. / Cambridge, Mass. / 2006(1938) --Holly |
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Hiroshi Sugimoto Great
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