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A "memorial to those lost to AIDS and to two of the great unsung heroes of the early years of the epidemic. Callen, a white gay Midwesterner who moved to New York, became a leading figure in the movement to increase awareness of AIDS in the face of willful neglect; Hemphill, an African American gay man, contributed to the black gay and lesbian flowering in Washington, D.C., with poetry of searing intensity and introspection"--
8502) Frida Kahlo
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Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of Mexico's greatest artists. This brief biographical novel provides a glimpse into her turbulent life and her symbolic art.
8504) Absolute away: a novel
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"The first movement tells the story of Edie Metzger, a little Jewish girl who bit Hermann Göring's lip so hard it bled at a Nazi book-burning rally in 1933. In the second, in 1956, grown Edie is the passenger clinging to the backseat of the Oldsmobile 88 convertible driven by Jackson Pollock, moments before it plunges off the road. In the third, the narrative embarks into an ever-unspooling universe of Edies that might have lived--Edie's gender,...
8505) Bless: Volume 1
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At a young age, Aia Utagawa was scouted as a model, but his real ambition is to become a makeup artist. But, even as the end of high school approaches, it's a dream he hides inside, afraid of stepping outside his prescribed role as a pretty face. Then, one day, he meets Jun, a quiet classmate who hunches because she's ashamed of her face, covered in freckles. He convinces her to enter a school runway fashion contest together--with him doing her makeup....
8506) Just Julian
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"Nineteen-year-old Julian doesn't see any point to life. After years of bullying at school, he is so depressed that his single mother must stay home from work to care for him, and the only outlet for his feelings is his artwork. He sees a glimmer of hope after meeting the similarly out-of-place Romeo at a party and sharing a kiss with him. But Romeo has always identified as straight--and he hangs out with a group of guys who hurt Julian's friend Paris...
8507) Kerry James Marshall
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The most comprehensive book yet on this inspired, inventive chronicler of the African-American experience Alabama-born, Chicago-based Kerry James Marshall is one of the most exciting artists working today. Critically and commercially acclaimed, the painter is known for his representation of the history of African-American identity in Western art. Conversant with a wide typology of styles, subjects, and techniques, from abstraction to realism and comics,...
8508) Henri Rousseau
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A brief biography of Henri Rousseau accompanies fifteen color reproductions and critical interpretations of his works.
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July 1924. Sarah Cunningham, a young Modernist painter, arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea from Paris to bury her older sister, Ada Belle. En route, she is shocked to learn that Ada Belle’s suspicious death is a suicide. But why kill herself? Her plein air paintings were famous and her upcoming exhibition of portraitures would bring her even wider recognition. Sarah puts her own artistic career on hold and, trailed by Ada Belle’s devoted dog, Albert,...
8511) Mondo New York
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"Home to outcasts, misfits, losers, perverts, lunatics, gangsters, pranksters, outlaws, neurotics, psychotics, maniacs, brainiacs, hippies, yippies, yuppies, junkies, flunkies, monkeys, all trying to claw their way to the top of trash heap, all screaming me, me, I want my fame my fortune, my lousy fifteen minutes, my, what the f*** whatever it is - You want it? We got it! It's MONDO NEW YORK."
8512) Red colored elegy
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"Ichiro and Sachiko hope for something better, but they're no revolutionaries: their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sprawling between the sheets. Red Colored Elegy charts the heartache, passion, and squabbles of a young artist couple struggling to make ends meet. Drawing upon the French New Wave, legendary Garo cartoonist Seiichi Hayashi upends the manga norms of the day by creating a revelatory portrait of a stormy love affair...
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"Women artists of the Harlem Renaissance dealt with issues that were unique to both their gender and their race. They experienced racial prejudice, which limited their ability to obtain training and to be taken seriously as working artists. They also encountered prevailing sexism, often an even more serious barrier. Including seventy-two black and white illustrations, this book chronicles the challenges of women artists, who are in some cases unknown...
8516) Bruce Lee
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Pequen̋o and grande volume 31
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"Lee Jun-Fan nació el año del Dragón en San Francisco pero se crió en Hong Kong. Actuó desde pequeño en una veintena de películas. A los 12 años empezó a practicar artes marciales y posteriormente fue campeón de chachachá. Para sacarle del ambiente de las peleas de bandas, sus padres decidieron enviarle a Estados Unidos. Allí estudió la carrera de Filosofía. Abrió su propia escuela de artes marciales y creó un estilo propio llamado...
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The award-winning series Craft in America is dedicated to exploring America's rich craft history. Episode Nine, Crossroads, follows the evolution of American craft through filmed visits to five nationally acclaimed artists. We explore the crossroads of craft, where change evolves from global influences and the exciting intersections between the handmade and modern technology.
8519) Obata's Yosemite: the art and letters of Chiura Obata from his trip to the High Sierra in 1927
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8520) Louvre up close
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This oversize, colorful companion to Art up close examines 24 reproductions of art housed in the Louvre accompanied by magnified details which readers can locate within each reproduction (answers are provided in the back, along with further information about the artist or artistic media).
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