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A Loss in the Art World: Jeanne-Claude

November 19th, 2009 by Hillary Veeder

The wife of environmental artist Christo has died. Read more in the NYTimes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/20/arts/design/20jeanne-claude.html

Want to learn more about Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work? Take a look at these books that can be found at Middleton Library.

Christo, and David Bourdon. 1972. Christo. New York: H.N. Abrams.

Christo. 1973. Christo: Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72. New York: H.N. Abrams.

Christo, Werner Spies, and Wolfgang Volz. 1977. The running fence project. New York: H.N. Abrams.

Christo, Ellen R. Goheen, and Wolfgang Volz. 1978. Christo–Wrapped walk ways: Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977-78. New York: H.N. Abrams.

Hovdenakk, Per, and Jörg Schellmann. 1982. Christo, complete editions, 1964-1982: catalogue raisonné and introduction. New York, N.Y.: New York University Press.

Christo. 1985. Christo, surrounded islands: Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980-83. New York: H.N. Abrams.

Laporte, Dominique. 1986. Christo. New York: Pantheon Books.

Christo, Jörg Schellmann, and Joséphine Benecke. 1988. Christo prints and objects, 1963-1987: a catalogue raisonné. Munich: Edition Schellmann.

Vaizey, Marina, and Christo. 1990. Christo. New York: Rizzoli.

Christo, Jeanne-Claude, Jörg Schellmann, and Joséphine Benecke. 1995. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, prints and objects, 1963-95: a catalogue raisonné. München: Edition Schellmann.

Chernow, Burt. 2002. Christo and Jeanne-Claude: a biography. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Christo, Jeanne-Claude, Wolfgang Volz, Anne L. Strauss, and Jonathan Henery. 2005. The gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979-2005. Köln: Taschen.

Greenberg, Jan, Christo, Jeanne-Claude, and Sandra Jordan. 2008. Christo and Jeanne-Claude: through the Gates and beyond. New York: Roaring Brook Press.

New Books

November 19th, 2009 by Hillary Veeder

Be on the look-out for these new titles set to hit the shelves of the Middleton Library stacks!

The American Architecture Awards

November 12th, 2009 by Hillary Veeder

Check-out the 2009 winners of the American Architecture Awards.

http://www.chi-athenaeum.org/archawards/index.html

A New Orleans MIR (Make it Right) House is one of the projects, by GRAFT Architekten, honored this year .

New Blog!

November 11th, 2009 by Hillary Veeder

Welcome to the LSU Libraries Art & Design Blog!

This blog will feature news pertaining to the LSU Libraries Art & Design collection, including new books, training sessions, resource spotlights, and the general happenings in and around the art world!