Nein, Onkel : snapshots from another front 1938-1945 / edited by Ed Jones and Timothy Prus. Published by Archive of Modern Conflict. ICP Library call no.: TR592.5. N45 2007 If there ever was a book that could make the case for humanity in German soldiers of World War Two, this would be the one. But enough of… Continue reading New Acquisitions: Nein, Onkel
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New York Art Book Fair
The ICP-Bard MFA team is appropriately going to participate in the NY Art book fair this coming weekend at P.S.1. Over the last few years, the book form has become a more prominent player in the way we organize thoughts within our practice. We now have enough (if not too many) publications to justify a… Continue reading New York Art Book Fair
Richard Long’s Heaven and Earth
Heaven and Earth spoke to me as I slid it off the shelf. Heavy, it sits in your hands as quite large. Richard Long did a lot of walking and piling of stones, for those who are unfamiliar to his art works. He photographs the interpretation of his experience of a planned journey, and titles… Continue reading Richard Long’s Heaven and Earth
From the Vertical Files
From the Vertical Files
Images of a rattlesnake eating a hamster. From an exhibition at the AMNH in 1955 on photography entitled "The Camera at the Museum". Lew was to do a piece on the show in U.S. Camera, and these images were among the promotional materials. A very conservative show, that included many early stock-like images of animals… Continue reading From the Vertical Files
From the Vertical Files
One Hundred Stonewares
One Hundred Stonewares (ICP Library call #: TR656 .U431 2008) From the Collection of The University of Tokyo, Photographed by Yoshihiko Ueda and Edited by Yoshiaki Nishino This is one of a series of, I think, 3 books from the University of Tokyo Press on cultural objects. In the introduction to this book, the topic… Continue reading One Hundred Stonewares
A Short Introduction
Hello readers, I would like to introduce myself as a new administrator to the ICP Library blog. My name is Garret Miller, and I am a 2nd year MFA candidate at the ICP-Bard program. I will try to update you with a variety of topics including the library's recent acquisitions, rare book profiles, and my… Continue reading A Short Introduction