Sonya Rapoport (4 results)

Condition: Good. 8vo. 42 pp. Soft cover. Very Good. Color plates throughout. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz (1919-2019).

Paperback. Condition: New. Sonya Rapoport has long been a pioneer in the merging of science and technology with art. Now in her eighties, Rapoport's work has been shown internationally, including as part of traveling exhibitions sponsored by the U.S. Information Service and the National Endowment for the Arts. In honor of her trememendous contributions and accomplishments, twelve noted scholars, scientists, and art historians have come together in this book to discuss her work. The result is an engaging look at a career that covers half a century and spans genres from traditional artforms to abstract expressionism and digital art. Editor Terri Cohn, cocurator of two upcoming retrospective exhibits of Rapoport's work--at the Kala Art Institute and the Mills College Art Museum--calls her a systems conceptual artist whose artwork mediates scientific, feminist, Jewish, and sociopolitical themes. At times her work is playful or downright humorous, at others uncommon or disturbing. Rapoport combines her formal training as a painter and her clear bent toward mathematical thinking with audience participation and web-based media, always pushing boundaries and creating meaningful relationships across seemingly unrelated fields.…

Condition: Good. 4to. 117 pp - 124 pp. Soft, stapled blue wraps. Good with marginal edgewear along stapled spine. Color and black and white plates. Article reprinted from the peer-reviewed academic journal Leonard, Volume 39, No. 2 (2006). Scarce.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

72 pp.; 27.6 x 21.2 cm.; staple bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Winter 1981 issue of Journal. Edited by Michael Delgado, Jerry Dreva, and Marianne Zlotnick. Contents include: "L.A. Demystified," by Peter Schjeldahl; "Schjeldahl Demystified," by Peter Plagens; "Trends: Traditions and Dirt: An Opinionated Guide to the Current State of Art in Northern California," by Robert Atkins "Exhibitions in Print," by Ronald Benom, Kevin Boyle, Carole Caroompas, Carl Cheng (John Doe Co.), Roy Dowell, Jud Fine, Nancy Hirsh, David Ireland, Mark Lere, Richard Lovelace, Patti Podesta, Sonya Rapoport, Bryan Rogers, Darryl Sapien, Jill Scott, Richard Turner, and Bob Wilhite. Cover: Patrick Hogan. Good / Very Good. Rubbing and handling wear to covers including light creasing along right side edge of recto. Slight curve to bottom right corner of publication. 7 mm. bumping of right side edge of covers and contents. Contents clean and unmarked.…