Lucas Samaras Arne Glimcher Pierre (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hard bound, no dust jacket as issued. 122 pages. The catalog for an exhibition held by the Pace Gallery, New York , from November 9 to December 24, 2010, with essays by Arne Glimcher and Pierre Alexandre de Looz. Illustrated with more than 50 color portraits. Minor shelf weasr, otherwise very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A FINE FIRST EDITION.

Hardcover. The catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition of portraits of fellow artists, writers, and friends by Lucas Samaras; held at Pace Gallery, NYC, November 9 - December 24, 2010. Essays by Arne Glimcher and Pierre Alexandre de Looz. First edition. 120 pages; 111 full-page color plates + 14 text illustrations; 8 x 11.75 inches. Condition: Fine/As New hardcover; no dj as issued. LAID-IN is the gallery exhibition announcement card and press release. Books ship the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping may be more than quoted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Heads! More heads! I need more heads! Like the carnivorous plant in Little Shop of Horrors Samaras' hunger for heads was insatiable, and like the plant he would ultimately consume them. But unlike the plant he would regurgitate a transformed image that unmasked internal realities that the heads all attempted to keep private, remain camouflaged. During the past 12 months I was pimping for Lucas, something I had done in the past. The first response from the subjects was invariably. Do I have to take my clothes off?I assured them that this time all he wanted was their heads. In his series Sittings (1978-1980) he wanted them stripped bare. Essentially an auto-portraitist, Samaras expanded his repertory in Sittings to include his friends. It began after the completion of his Photo-transformations (1973-1976) in which he employed the Polaroid SX-70 camera to create tiny tableaux where he transformed himself in multiple incarnations ranging from extravagant beauties to grotesque monstrosities. The photo-transformations ar.