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Conversations with Stalin
A coming-of-age memoir about growing up in Cold War–era New York in a dysfunctional family of first-generation Jewish immigrants.
Waterlog: A Swimmer’s Journey Through Britain
Deakin offers a fascinating perspective on modern Britain through the exploration of its waters. This item is part of the Study Room Guide to Remoteness (P2600).
The Amazing Decade: Women and Performance Art in America, 1970-1980
A detailed study of the role women artists played in the develpment and expansion of performance art
Acts and Apparitions: Discourses on the Real in Performance Practice and Theory, 1990-2010
Examines how contemporary performance practices have been driven by questions of The Real and the consequent political implications of the concept’s disintigrating authority.
Riot
An intellectual biography of artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien , looking at key moments in his career and discussing the influences that shaped them. Contributors: Cynthia Rose, Paul Gilroy, Kobena Mercer, B. Ruby Rich, bell hooks, Giuliana Bruno, Christine Van Assche, Laura Mulvey, Stuart Hall.
Ana Mendieta: Blood and Fire
*currently unavailable*
An overview of Mendieta’s work published to accompany Galerie Lelong’s exhibition 8 September – 8 October 2011. Photographs, film stills, critical texts and interviews.
In The Shadow of the American Dream: the Diaries of David Wojnarowicz
Diaries of the artist David Wojnarowicz, capturing the emotional, sexual and political chaos of modern urban life.
Memories That Smell Like Gasoline
David Wojnarowicz explores memory, the longing for love and sexuality in the specter of AIDS. Cartoons, paintings and writings.
The Bloody Sacrifice: a personal experience of contemporary blood rites
‘That Was Us’ : Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance
A collection of critical essays and artist reflections considering some of the richest and most important developments to take place in contemporary Irish theatre and performance.
