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GRAND OVERVIEWS

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Gatherings of things become a collection only some of the time. The bigger the folder, the more problems it will have. The collection at MoMA is gigantic, but has been collected by curators of consequence — persons with, seemingly, open, honest appreciation of supporting the living working photographer.

We know others by their opinion

I bought the book, partly, as a test of my understanding of the Formulaic response provided by online buff sites. After seeing post on a board where photography is held as a reverence to the National Parks; then reading the linked review of the catalog, I bought the book. Knowing that I’d likely not see MoMA, (I rarely travel east of the Mississippi) the buy seemed perfect.

while not perfect the book is a good compendium; guided selection. I will use this book during my lomo lunch discussions. so, once again, we can be guided by negative reactors, knowing that they reacted without seeing, or thinking about the item under discussion.

They couldn’t be correct, so their opinion could be (was) inverted.

What We Owe

what we want to find– is what we owe the work, as a minimum.

The curators /editors of this volume have announced that it is the first of 3. I will probably buy the 2nd, but am unlikely to buy the third —

A curator has history to understand, revisit, revise –even project. They are editors of the past, and, if they are good, they provide a version usable to the working(growing) artist.
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Experimental or Theoretical

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art is an experimental practice. something done; an activity. Gesture — conjecture — the studio is where it plays out. Conceptual art altered the studio– location, and meaning. Performance played up & upon the conceptual stage.

Linda Barry: Biblio

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Barry Biblio

  • Girls and Boys (Real Comet Press 1981) ISBN 0-941104-00-1
  • Big Ideas (Real Comet Press, 1983) ISBN 0-941104-07-9)
  • Everything in the World (HarperCollins 1986) ISBN 978-0060961077
  • Down the Street (HarperCollins 1988) ISBN 978-0060963040
  • The Fun House (HarperCollins 1988) ISBN 0-06-096228-3
  • The Good Times Are Killing Me (Perennial/HarperCollins, 1988) ISBN 0-941104-22-2
  • Come Over, Come Over (HarperCollins 1990) ISBN 0-06-096504-5
  • My Perfect Life (Perennial/HarperCollins 1992) ISBN 978-0060965051
  • The Lynda Barry Experience (spoken word cassette tape/CD 1993) ISBN 1-882543-17-3
  • It’s So Magic (Perennial/HarperCollins 1994) ISBN 978-0060950460
  • The Freddie Stories (Sasquatch Books 1999) ISBN 978-1570611063
  • Cruddy (Simon & Schuster hardcover 1999; paperback 2000) ISBN 978-0684838465
  • The Greatest of Marlys (Sasquatch Books 2000) ISBN 1-57061-260-9
  • One! Hundred! Demons! (Sasquatch Books 2002) ISBN 9781570613371
  • The Two Questions
  • What It Is (Drawn and Quarterly 2008) ISBN 978-1897299357
  • Picture This: The Near-Sighted Monkey Book (Drawn and Quarterly 2010) ISBN 1-897299-64-8
  • Blabber Blabber Blabber: Volume 1 of Everything (Drawn and Quarterly 2011) ISBN 978-1770460522
  • Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor (Drawn and Quarterly 2014) ISBN 978-1770461611

First Reads

  1. What It Is (Drawn and Quarterly 2008) ISBN 978-1897299357
  2. Picture This: The Near-Sighted Monkey Book (Drawn and Quarterly 2010) ISBN 1-897299-64-8
  3. Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor (Drawn and Quarterly 2014) ISBN 978-1770461611

Her well known book is The Good Times Are Killing Me, but the books for an early art effort, or as an item of restart, that pat or kick you need, read the “First Reads” list. She is on tumblr, so you’ll find her if you are interested.

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