The Newspaper in Art
Hardcover
1996 · Spokane, Wash
by Apgar, Garry et al.
Spokane, Wash: New Media Ventures, Inc, 1996. Hardcover. VG- (Few marks from previous gallery owner. Slate-gray cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket, 220 pp., 210 BW & color illus.; weighs 3.5 lbs. "Documents the important role newspapers have played in the development of important art movements. ... Artists use newspapers as incidental props and minor visual modifiers, but the newspaper attains its highest level of significance in artworks in which it is a key symbol or the sole subject." (dj) With essays by Garry Apgar, Shaun O'L. Higgins, and Colleen Striegel, and many fine examples of newspaper-related art across the centuries. (Inventory #: 142785)