ISBN: 9780930209230 - From Site to Vision: The Woman's Building in Contemporary Culture (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 419 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation in conjunction with the exhibition on Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building, October 1, 2011 to January 28, 2012, organized by the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design. This project is part of the Getty's initiative Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy. *** "'From site to vision: the Women's Building in contemporary culture' is a companion publication to 'Doin' it in public: feminism and art at the Woman's Building.' Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building comprises an exhibition, two scholarly publications, "Doing it in public: feminism and art at the Woman's Building' and 'From site to vision: the Woman's Building in contemporary culture,' and a series of public events that document, contextualize and pay tribute to the groundbreaking work of feminist artists and art cooperatives that were centered in and around the Los Angeles Woman's Building (downtown L.A.) in the 1970s and 1980s. Doin' It in Public is part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in LA 1945-1980, an unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, that brings together more than sixty cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword. Going around in circles, by Lucy Lippard; Introduction, by Terry Wolverton; Power and space: feminist culture and the Los Angeles Woman's Building, a context, by Sondra Hale; The Woman's Building and Los Angeles' leading role in the feminist art movement, by Laura Meyer; Looking through a new lens: an interview with Arlene Raven, by Terry Wolverton; Feminist art education at the Los Angeles Woman's Building, by Betty Ann Brown; "At home" at the Woman's Building (but who gets a room of her own?): women of color and community, by Michelle Moravec and Sondra Hale; The ritual body as pedagogical tool: the performance art of the Woman's Building, by Jennie Klein; The community of design/the design of community: an e-mail dialogue, by Sheila Levrant de Bretteville and Bia Lowe; Books in a new language, by Kathleen Walkup; Stories from a generation: video art at the Woman's Building, by Cecilia Dougherty; Words, writers, women, by Michele Kort; Lesbian art: a partial inventory, by Terry Wolverton; Unburying histories: the future(s) of feminist art, by Theresa Chavez. Size: 4to.…

Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

PAPERBACK. 1st edition. 419pp, large octavo, color phot. clean wraps, tight binding, clean and colorful throughout, slight wear to a couple corners, Very Good+.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good paperback with light shelfwear - NICE! Oversized.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Discussions of the Woman's Building in Los Angeles, the role of women in building it.

Softcover, 420 pages; very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.