Maira Kalman : various illuminations (of a crazy world)
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Maira Kalman : various illuminations (of a crazy world)
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania , DelMonico Books, 2010
Available at 6 libraries
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Exhibition catalogue
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Jan. 14-June 6, 2010; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, July 2-Oct. 26, 2010; Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, Nov. 16, 2010-Feb. 13, 2011, and another location in the United States
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Description
The world as seen through Kalman's eyes is a quirky, slightly off-kilter place as colourful and varied as a kaleidoscope. For decades this brilliant artist has captured our hearts with her whimsical illustrations and engaged our minds with her trenchant observations. A companion to a travelling exhibition, this monograph on Kalman's work features hundreds of paintings, drawings, sketchbook pages, and journal entries as well as rarely glimpsed photographs, stills from performance pieces, and examples of her newest project, embroidery. Kalman was born in Tel Aviv in 1949 and moved to New York at the age of four. Among her varied body of work are illustrated books for children and adults, clocks she designed with her late husband Tibor Kalman, columns for The New York Times, fabrics for Maharam and Isaac Mizrahi, and sets for the choreographer Mark Morris. In this book, Kalman offers commentary on her life as an artist, collector, observer, traveller, and maker of lists, while essays by curator Ingrid Schaffner and art historian Kenneth Silver explore her unique gift for distilling the extraordinary from the merely ordinary. From the youngest readers to the most discerning critics, Kalman's many admirers will embrace this wonderful celebration of a life dedicated to making art.
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