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Yayoi Kusama at Tate Modern, London (2012) (press release)

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ADP staff - 06 Jan 12

...Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. The exhibition will be accompanied by a major new catalogue and the first English translation of Yayoi Kusama’s autobiography Infinity Net. For further information please contact [...]

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Suburban Art (1992)

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John A. Walker (glossary) - 17 Jun 92

Suburban Art (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Surburban Art Suburban Art is a term used by Susan Freudenheim in 1987 to characterize the work of such American artists as Eric Fischl, Cheryl Laemmle and Nic Nicosia. She regarded...

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Process Art / Procedural Art (1992)

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John A. Walker (glossary) - 15 Jun 92

Process Art / Procedural Art (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Process Art / Procedural Art In the practice of action painting and tachisme in the 1940s and 1950s, particular stress was laid on the creative act of the artist; the...

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New Image Painting (1992)

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John A. Walker (glossary) - 13 Jun 92

...Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, in 1979. It featured the work of ten painters who “utilize imagery in non-traditional and innovative ways... the images fluctuate between abstract and real... they are presented as isolated.... drastically abbreviated or exaggerated”. Among the artists...

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Meta-Art (1992)

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John A. Walker (glossary) - 12 Jun 92

Meta-Art (1992) (Also Art-about-Art.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Meta-Art The prefix “meta” (from the Greek meaning “together with”, “after”, “behind”) has been linked with the word ’art’ from about 1970. The new term was formed by...

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Media Art (1992)

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John A. Walker (glossary) - 12 Jun 92

Media Art (1992) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Media Art All art is embodied in a physical medium (intermediate agency or substance) of some kind, consequently the term “Media Art” could be regarded as superfluous and uninformative....

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Black Art (1992)

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John A. Walker (glossary) - 02 Jun 92

Black Art (1992) (Related terms: Afro-American Art, Afro-Caribbean Art, Afro-Asian Art, [Neo-African Art, Ethnic Art], Minority Art, Third World Art, Non-European Art.) Excerpt fr. John A. Walker’s Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed. Black Art The term "Black Art" is...

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