The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Mike Bidlo PUBLICATIONS
Born 1953 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Mod recreations, conceptual.
A strong devotee of modern art of the 20th century, Mike Bidlo creates exact replicas with free-hand drawings of work by well-known 20th modernists including Picasso and Matisse. Many of his works... Read full biography
A strong devotee of modern art of the 20th century, Mike Bidlo creates exact replicas with free-hand drawings of work by well-known 20th modernists including Picasso and Matisse. Many of his works are devoid of color. His replicas of Duchamp's bottle rack --- the original representing an... Read full biography
A strong devotee of modern art of the 20th century, Mike Bidlo creates exact replicas with free-hand drawings of work by well-known 20th modernists including Picasso and Matisse. Many of his works are devoid of color. His replicas of Duchamp's bottle rack --- the original representing an appropriation of a different sort --- are arranged directly on the floor like skeletal crowns or vertical lobster traps. Bidlo's recreations are intended to irritate the viewer and provoke unease, and many of... Read full biography
A strong devotee of modern art of the 20th century, Mike Bidlo creates exact replicas with free-hand drawings of work by well-known 20th modernists including Picasso and Matisse. Many of his works are devoid of color. His replicas of Duchamp's bottle rack --- the original representing an appropriation of a different sort --- are arranged directly on the floor like skeletal crowns or vertical lobster traps. Bidlo's recreations are intended to irritate the viewer and provoke unease, and many of those who experience that reaction regard their response as a testamony to his strength. One of the irritants is that you are not supposed to copy or imitate other peoples' art. Bidlo, by refusing to be original, is an original. Although he has done... Read full biography
A strong devotee of modern art of the 20th century, Mike Bidlo creates exact replicas with free-hand drawings of work by well-known 20th modernists including Picasso and Matisse. Many of his works are devoid of color. His replicas of Duchamp's bottle rack --- the original representing an appropriation of a different sort --- are arranged directly on the floor like skeletal crowns or vertical lobster traps. Bidlo's recreations are intended to irritate the viewer and provoke unease, and many of those who experience that reaction regard their response as a testamony to his strength. One of the irritants is that you are not supposed to copy or imitate other peoples' art. Bidlo, by refusing to be original, is an original. Although he has done Performances in the past (Jackson Pollock relieving himself in Peggy Guggenheim's fireplace; Andy Warhol's Factory), in the paint... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (17)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004McGowan, Alison C (Editor)1,512 pagesIt's All True: Imagining New York's East Village Art Scene of the 1980s
1999Kirwin, Elizabeth Seton916 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997Marquis Who's Who1,515 pagesThe Fate of a Gesture Jackson Pollock and Postwar American Art
1996Ratcliff, Carter352 pages (color)Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993Bowker R R1,473 pagesThe Exile's Return Toward a Redefinition of Painting
1993McEvilley, Thomas231 pagesArt Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991Wheeler, Daniel344 pages (color)Art What Thou Eat Images of Food in American Art
1990
(Exhibition catalog)Gustafson, Donna (others)191 pages (color)Pop Art A Continuing History
1990Livingstone, Marco271 pages (color)Artwords 2 Discourse on the Early 80s
1988Siegel, Jeanne (editor)319 pagesNew, Used and Improved Art for the 80's
1987Frank, Peter/Michael McKenzie159 pages (color)Postminimalism into Maximalism American Art 1966-1986
1987Pincus-Witten, Robert429 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesThe East Village Scene
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Kardon, Janet64 pagesNeo York Report on a Phenomenon
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Plous, Phyllis/Mary Looker56 pages (color)