9780520218611 - Painting by Numbers ? Komar & Melamid?s Scientific Guide to Art by Wypijewski, Joann (17 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Komar and Melamid, pioneers of Soviet pop art, conducted a survey of what Americans want in art, resulting in many pages of "cross tabulations of the American poll"-What is art? Who defines it? And why is high art so remote from most people? 205 pages profusely illustrated. Top of spine bumped.; 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 ".

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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean, unmarked, crease-free spine, sharp corners. P/O name to FFEP, else fine. BP/Art Instruction.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 203 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 22 x 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "This book complements a national traveling exhibition of Komar and Melamid's interpretation of the 'most wanted' and 'most unwanted' paintings of fourteen countries titled: The People's Choice, organized and circulated by ICI - Independent Curators International, touring to museums from September 1998 to December 2000. What is art? Who defines it? And why is high art so remote from most people? With the same puckish humor and critical genius that made them the betes noires of Soviet cultural commissars, the Russian emigre art team of Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid takes on not only the billion-dollar American art industry but also capitalism's most venerated tool: the market research poll. With the help of The Nation Institute and a professional polling team, they discovered that what Americans want in art, regardless of class, race, or gender, is exactly what the art world disdains--a tranquil, realistic, blue landscape. Painting by Numbers includes the original questionnaire and reproductions of the 'most wanted' and 'most unwanted' paintings the artists made based on American survey results and on polls they commissioned in ten other countries--including Russia, China, France, and Kenya--representing almost one-third of the world's population. Essays by JoAnn Wypijewski and noted art critic Arthur Danto, as well as an interview with the artists, explore the crisis of modernism, the cultural meaning of polls, the significance of landscape, and the commodificaion of just about everything. / JoAnn Wypijewski is a senior editor at The Nation. Her work has appeared there as well as in Harper's, Il Manifesto, and other publications. Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid, pioneers of Soviet conceptual art, were expelled from official Soviet artists' associations and subsequently emigrated to the United States in 1978." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: What do people want?; America's most unwanted; America's most wanted; Blue landscapes, bewitching numbers, and the double life of jokes: An interview with Komar and Melamid; Master questionnaire and poll results; Vox pop: Notes on a public conversation, by JoAnn Wypijewski; Blue world order?: A post hoc statistical analysis of art preference surveys from ten countries, by John Bunge and Adrienne Freeman-Gallant; The paintings; Can it be the "Most wanted painting" even if nobody wants it?, by Arthur C. Danto. Size: Oblong. Collectible.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Good. What is art? Who defines it? And why is high art so remote from most people? With the same puckish humor and critical genius that made them the betes noires of Soviet cultural commissars, the Russian emigre art team of Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid takes on not only the billion-dollar American art industry but also capitalism's most venerated tool: the market research poll. With the help of The Nation Institute and a professional polling team, they discovered that what Americans want in art, regardless of class, race, or gender, is exactly what the art world disdains--a tranquil, realistic, blue landscape.'Painting by Numbers' includes the original questionnaire and reproductions of the 'most wanted' and 'most unwanted' paintings the artists made based on American survey results and on polls they commissioned in ten other countries--including Russia, China, France, and Kenya--representing almost one-third of the world's population. Essays by JoAnn Wypijewski and noted art critic Arthur Danto, as well as an interview with the artists, explore the crisis of modernism, the cultural meaning of polls, the significance of landscape, and the commodificaion of just about everything. A book about former Soviet conceptual artists Komar and Melamid's project to find out what qualities ordinary people want in painting, edited by Nation editor JoAnn Wypijewski. She interviews the artists and includes essays by herself, by Arthur Danto, by statisticians John Bunge and Adrienne Freeman-Gallant, as well as the master questionnaire and poll results for the Nation Institute poll.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. What is art? Who defines it? And why is high art so remote from most people? With the same puckish humor and critical genius that made them the betes noires of Soviet cultural commissars, the Russian emigre art team of Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid takes on not only the billion-dollar American art industry but also capitalism's most venerated tool: the market research poll. With the help of The Nation Institute and a professional polling team, they discovered that what Americans want in art, regardless of class, race, or gender, is exactly what the art world disdains--a tranquil, realistic, blue landscape.'Painting by Numbers' includes the original questionnaire and reproductions of the 'most wanted' and 'most unwanted' paintings the artists made based on American survey results and on polls they commissioned in ten other countries--including Russia, China, France, and Kenya--representing almost one-third of the world's population. Essays by JoAnn Wypijewski and noted art critic Arthur Danto, as well as an interview with the artists, explore the crisis of modernism, the cultural meaning of polls, the significance of landscape, and the commodificaion of just about everything. A book about former Soviet conceptual artists Komar and Melamid's project to find out what qualities ordinary people want in painting, edited by Nation editor JoAnn Wypijewski. She interviews the artists and includes essays by herself, by Arthur Danto, by statisticians John Bunge and Adrienne Freeman-Gallant, as well as the master questionnaire and poll results for the Nation Institute poll.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:9780520218611.

Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1997, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Published by University of California Press. Large softcover without DJ as issued. Condition new, square, tight and clean book, no edgewear, sharp corners, spine not creased, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent pages. Not a reminder. Oblong 4to, 205 pages, illustrated.

paperback. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 203 pages. 8.75x11.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.