hyde or die

Happy World Book Day! I thought I would give you a list of fun books that I have read recently, and not so recently, that you might also enjoy, or not enjoy. Whatever. I like making lists.

• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• Any of the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
• The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera
• Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
• World War Z by Max Brooks
• Blindness by Jose Saramago

What would you suggest? I am really forcing myself to finish this, because I bought it like a fool, and it’s miserable. I need a new book!

March 04, 2010, 2:03pm  

Since I like to whine and lament about what I can’t afford, I thought I would do a little midweek pick-me-up of what I can. And share it with you. Because I’m kind and generous and so on, and so on…

• My Name Is Charles Saatchi and I’m An Artoholic < $10 AND it’s from Phaidon..whodathunkit?
• Taschen has this whole section of books for around $10, this weekend I got one on Conceptual Art, Video Art and Gothic Art, they were actually on sale so I got 3 for $20. Steal!
• Antony Gormley for under $20? Why not!
• It’s a Curating Book Bonanza over here at Amazon.com, all these are under $20 and awesome at the same time!
• Helmut Newton: A Gun for Hire for $6…I’ll race you.
• Picasso for less than $4, this is thievery!
• Antony Gormley: Between You and Me is going for $45ish, but considering some people are selling one of the editions for $1000+ I think that this is a bargain if I have ever seen one.

March 03, 2010, 2:26pm  

Pretty books by Penguin…

the third set of PENGUIN’S beautiful great ideas series is finally available in the united states. the covers feature designs in shades of green by the fantastic david pearsons. this set of twenty pocket paperbacks includes foucault, plutarch, kierkegaard, camus, proust, tolstoy, and freud. via…

January 28, 2010, 10:37am  

The Twitter Modern Classics Tumblr is killing me with too much awesome.

(Was this my first follow friday?)

January 22, 2010, 10:28am  

» Artists Pick Books on MAN

One of my most valued books is a tiny little tome that Jerry Saltz edited for Frieze over a decade ago. Smartly titled, “An Ideal Syllabus,” it features artists, curators and critics picking their favorite or most-valued books.

Earlier this month I asked some artists to essentially re-create the exercise for MAN. Next up: Andrea Zittel, the Joshua Tree, Calif.-based artist. Zittel is currently building a ‘floating island’ for the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Art & Nature Park.

I am excited for this new series on MAN.  I’m not particularly excited by Zittel’s choices but that’s fine. Each to their own.  Click the link above to see her favesies.

January 22, 2010, 9:53am  

I was thinking about it all day. I don’t know why, but I was. What is it you ask? When Taschen will be having another warehouse sale of course! And guess what I just found out? It’s this weekend!* Just another example of how I’m psychic.

*I am not 100% sure if this is all locations or just Los Angeles locations. I will get back to you with an update when I find out. If I don’t get back to you it’s because I’m hawking old jewelry at that pawn shop on Pico so I can buy more books. Don’t judge.

January 20, 2010, 4:39pm  

» The Original of Laura and 8 other unfinished novels...

This little article reminds me that I still haven’t picked up 2666.

November 11, 2009, 1:44pm  

I really want the new book by They Might Be Giants.

Kids Go!, TMBG’s second children’s book, comes packaged with a DVD and is super adorable. We were immediately sold by the stern notice on the back: “WARNING! This book is only for kids ready to move like a monkey. This book is only for kids ready to move like a jumping bean. This book is only for kids ready to go! go! GO!” via…

I’m ready to move like a jumping bean!

October 27, 2009, 1:40pm  

Botkyrka konsthall’s international artist’s book exhibition is open for contributions - books and texts in various forms - by artists all around the world. This is the second edition of the exhibition Labyrint opening on November 7th 2009 in Sweden.

The title of the exhibition, Writings and Observations, refers to the artistic practice of writing as a way of seeing, a way of altering the world.

This year’s edition will focus on artist’s books, artists’ publications, text art, and various aspects of writing in contemporary art. A research into writing as a way of thinking will be carried out. Does text art change the way we view contemporary literature and writing in media? How are ideas brought forth through text, and how can the way we read an older literary work or history per se, be changed through text? Labyrint will also present works with performative aspects such as film manuscripts of artists, and art in relation to text, music and sound.

http://www.botkyrka.se/botkyrkakonsthall
http://www.labyrintpress.com

October 21, 2009, 12:05pm