In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature, f...(展开全部)

Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functione...(展开全部)

Art Is Not What You Think It Is utilizes original research to present a series of critical incursions into the current state of debate on the idea of art, making manifest what has been largely missing or unsaid in those discussions. Links museology, history, theory, and criticism to the realities of contemporary social conditions and shows how they have structurally functione...(展开全部)

It is what it is (or...Are we done yet?) What’s your deliverable? It’s a common question, as crass as it is self-evident. We deliver Design…24/7. But it’s a strange word – deliverable – with so many embedded assumptions. Someone else demands, requires, needs, wants, and ultimately pays (or doesn’t), but we always deliver. The verb makes sense, it’s the noun that’s the problem: ...(展开全部)

It is what it is (or...Are we done yet?) What’s your deliverable? It’s a common question, as crass as it is self-evident. We deliver Design…24/7. But it’s a strange word – deliverable – with so many embedded assumptions. Someone else demands, requires, needs, wants, and ultimately pays (or doesn’t), but we always deliver. The verb makes sense, it’s the noun that’s the problem: ...(展开全部)

With But Still, It Turns, Paul Graham curates a subtle thesis and revitalising manifesto for photography. The dynamic and diverse work gathered here advocates an unashamed, but not uncomplicated, dedication to the brilliant tangle of reality. Without being tempted by the artifice of the studio or the restrictive demands of conventional documentary, these artists tell open-ended...(展开全部)

Big brother Charlie is happy to share his toys with Lola—but his handmade, prize-winning rocket is off-limits! When temptation becomes too much for Lola, she tries to take down the rocket—and it falls and breaks! Can friendship between brother and sister get put back together again?

Big brother Charlie is happy to share his toys with Lola—but his handmade, prize-winning rocket is off-limits! When temptation becomes too much for Lola, she tries to take down the rocket—and it falls and breaks! Can friendship between brother and sister get put back together again?

『as it is』は、川内倫子が自身の出産から約3年間、子育ての中で出会った子どもの姿や身近な風景を撮りためて構成した新作写真集。 川内の初作品集『うたたね』（2001年）は自身の身の回りのものをテーマに制作した作品で、そこから近作の『Halo』（2017年）では、外の世界へとまなざしを向け、遠い宇宙を感じさせるイメージを切り開いてきた。 本書は『うたたね』から20年という歳月がたった今、もう一度、自身の子どもや家族とともに、目の前の日常風景を見つめ直し、原点に立ち返ってつくられた作品集である。 また、本作では、川内が一人の母親として感じてきたことが短いテキストで挟み込まれ、現在進行形で綴る家族の物語でありながら、子どもという生命力溢れる存在の普遍性にも迫っている。 四季の移り変わりを通じて出会う自然と光の美しさ、暮らしの中で見つける小さな生き物た...(展开全部)

『as it is』は、川内倫子が自身の出産から約3年間、子育ての中で出会った子どもの姿や身近な風景を撮りためて構成した新作写真集。 川内の初作品集『うたたね』（2001年）は自身の身の回りのものをテーマに制作した作品で、そこから近作の『Halo』（2017年）では、外の世界へとまなざしを向け、遠い宇宙を感じさせるイメージを切り開いてきた。 本書は『うたたね』から20年という歳月がたった今、もう一度、自身の子どもや家族とともに、目の前の日常風景を見つめ直し、原点に立ち返ってつくられた作品集である。 また、本作では、川内が一人の母親として感じてきたことが短いテキストで挟み込まれ、現在進行形で綴る家族の物語でありながら、子どもという生命力溢れる存在の普遍性にも迫っている。 四季の移り変わりを通じて出会う自然と光の美しさ、暮らしの中で見つける小さな生き物た...(展开全部)