Bøger udgivet af Illinois State University, University Galleries

A group exhibition exploring the mysteries and militarization of outer spaceAccompanying the eponymous group exhibition at University Galleries of Illinois State University, this catalog features 29 works by artists that critically engage in poetic, scientific and geopolitical views of the cosmos. Artists include: Amy Balkin, Jen Bervin, William Cordova, Ala Ebtekar, Trevor Paglen and Cauleen Smith.

Apocalyptic absurdism: films, photographs, text and installation works by Egyptian artist Basim MagdyThis book--published in conjunction with Egyptian artist Basim Magdy's (born 1977) solo exhibition at Illinois State University--documents six films, a photographic installation and a newly commissioned text-based work.

By 1980 Walter Robinson (born 1950) had established himself as a critic for Art in America and member of the New York artists' collective Collaborative Projects. He became notable for paintings of square-jawed detective-hero types and swooning vixens based on pulp romance covers. Employing what critic Carlo McCormick termed a "devious sense of irony done with incredible sincerity," he examined painting's relationship to mass-culture images of desire, mining lurid illustrations from the 1940s and 50s and rerepresenting them in a style culled from "how to paint" books. Robinson's subsequent paintings of beer cans and bottles, pharmaceuticals, fast-food burgers, Lands' End models and online erotic "selfies" continue to address our indulgence of longing and excess in a media-saturated world. Walter Robinson: Paintings and Other Indulgences is the first monograph on Robinson, with photographs of 140 paintings spanning his 35-year career.

The House of the Seven Gables is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel. Serving as a repository of memory and atonement, the titular mansion itself functions as a portrait of the family's collective trauma. This publication features 27 works by 22 contemporary artists who explore themes of haunting, portraiture and the architectural uncanny. In acknowledgement of its direct relationship to an existing book, The House of the Seven Gables' design references the layout of the first edition of Hawthorne's novel, and features essays by exhibition curator, Kendra Paitz, as well as Justine S. Murison, Christopher Atkins and Corinne May Botz. Artists include: Sue de Beer, Anne Collier, Dario Robleto, Anya Gallaccio, Katy Grannan, Rachel Khedoori, Jacco Olivier, Robert Overby and Gregor Schneider.