The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73. He had been hospitalized for a week, said Ms. Gins, who declined to give the cause of death. "This mortality thing is bad news," Ms. Gins said by phone from her studio on Houston... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73. He had been hospitalized for a week, said Ms. Gins, who declined to give the cause of death. "This mortality thing is bad news," Ms. Gins said by phone from her studio on Houston Street. She said she would redouble her efforts to prove that "aging can be outlawed." . Arakawa, who was known professionally by his surname, and Ms. Gins explored their philosophy, which they called Reversible Destiny, in poems, books, paintings... Read full biography
The following obituary is by Fred A. Bernstein and published in The New York Times, May 19, 2010. Arakawa, a Japanese-born conceptual artist and designer, who with his wife, Madeline Gins, explored ideas about mortality by creating buildings meant to stop aging and preclude death, died Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 73. He had been hospitalized for a week, said Ms. Gins, who declined to give the cause of death. "This mortality thing is bad news," Ms. Gins said by phone from her studio on Houston Street. She said she would redouble her efforts to prove that "aging can be outlawed." . Arakawa, who was known professionally by his surname, and Ms. Gins explored their philosophy, which they called Reversible Destiny, in poems, books, paintings and, when they found clients, buildings. Their most recent work, a house on Long Island, had a steeply sloped... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (37)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998
1997
Marquis Who's Who
1,515 pages
Printmaking in America Collaborative Prints and Presses 1960-1990
1995
Hansen, Trudy (others)
248 pages (color)
Art Today
1995
Lucie-Smith, Edward
512 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
A Nation's Legacy 150 Years of American Art from Ohio Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Columbus Museum of Art
198 pages (color)
Word As Image American Art 1960-1990 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Bowman, Russell/Dean Sobel
172 pages (color)
American Painting
1990
Goddard, Donald; Robert Rosenblum (Intro)
319 pages (color)
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
A Concise History of Modern Painting
1988
Read, Herbert
418 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
The State of the Art
1987
Danto, Arthur C
228 pages (color)
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
American Art Since 1945
1982
Ashton, Dore
224 pages (color)
Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
1980
Castleman, Riva
144 pages (color)
American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists
1980
Johnson, Una E
266 pages (color)
Art About Art
1978
Lipman, Jean/Richard Marshall
176 pages (color)
Art Since Pop
1978
Walker, John
110 pages (color)
American Art in Belgium (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Societe des Expositions
175 pages (color)
30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Baro, Gene
160 pages (color)
SoHo, New York Downtown Mahhattan/Berliner Festwochen (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Block, Rene
431 pages
The Golden Door Artist-Immigrants of America, 1876-1976
1976
McCabe, Cynthia Jaffee
432 pages (color)
From Foreign Shores Three Centuries...Foreign Born American Masters (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Milwaukee Art Center
186 pages (color)
Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art
1973
Onn, Gerald (Translator)
0 pages
Icons and Images of the Sixties
1971
Calas, Nicolas and Elena
347 pages
Contemporary Art Dialogue between East and West (Exhibition catalog)
1969
National Mus Mod Art, Tokyo
114 pages (color)
Pop Art Redefined (Exhibition catalog)
1969
Russell, John/Suzi Gablik
240 pages (color)
The Joys and Sorrows of Recent American Art
1968
Weller, Allen S
185 pages
Drawings/Recent Acquisitions Museum of Modern Art/New York
1967
Lieberman, William S
48 pages
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)