Critical theory by Lucy R. Lippard focusing on art from various ethnic backgrounds. "Mixed Blessings is the first book to discuss the crosscultural process taking place in the world of Latino. Native-, African-, and Asian-American artists. ... [details]
Issue edited by Bice Curiger. Contents include: "Aural Tradition: The Art of Jason Moran," by Naomi Beckwith; "The Chinese City Between Dream World and Catastrophe," by Tom McDonough; "Cao Fei's Avatars and Antiheroes," by Hou Hanru; "Cao Fei, Performance Without Transcendence," by Jiayun Zhuang; "The Quiet Bohemia of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's Painting," by Rizvana Bradley; "Levitating Blackness: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's Right to Opacity," by Adrienne Edwards; "The Kiss," by Hilton Als; "My Flesh and Blood: Omer Fast's 'Continuity,'" by Roy Scranton; "Conflicts That Alter Our Lives," by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie; "Iraqi Whispers," by Sven Lütticken; "Rememberment of Things Past," by Mihnea Mircan; "Paintings Gags," by Suzanne Hudson; and "Adrian Ghenie, Painter of the Twentieth Century," by Brigid Doherty. ... [details]