University of California Press Blog» Art & Architecture http://www.ucpress.edu/blog Blog Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:48:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu Now at the Oakland Museum http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15605/summoning-ghosts-the-art-of-hung-liu-now-at-the-oakland-museum/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15605/summoning-ghosts-the-art-of-hung-liu-now-at-the-oakland-museum/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:28:10 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15605 The exhibition Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu, on display at the Oakland Museum through June 30, is the first comprehensive survey of the artwork of pioneering Chinese-American artist Hung Liu. The exhibition explores the evolution of Liu’s artistic practice, and investigates the complex interactions between individual memory and history, and documentary evidence and artistic [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15605/summoning-ghosts-the-art-of-hung-liu-now-at-the-oakland-museum/feed/ 0 Trevor Paglen in Conversation with Werner Herzog at Bryant Park http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15214/trevor-paglen-in-conversation-with-werner-herzog-at-bryant-park/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15214/trevor-paglen-in-conversation-with-werner-herzog-at-bryant-park/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 18:31:24 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=15214 If you’re in New York this September, do whatever it takes to get yourself to Bryant Park on Wednesday, September 19 at 7:00 pm. Live from the NYPL will host legendary director Werner Herzog in conversation with UC Press author Trevor Paglen for a special presentation on The Last Pictures—a golden disc of images created by Paglen, [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/15214/trevor-paglen-in-conversation-with-werner-herzog-at-bryant-park/feed/ 0 James Cahill Announces New Online Lecture Series on Chinese Art http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13134/james-cahill-announces-new-online-lecture-series-on-chinese-art/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13134/james-cahill-announces-new-online-lecture-series-on-chinese-art/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2011 16:39:49 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=13134 James Cahill, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Art at UC Berkeley and author of Pictures for Use and Pleasure: Vernacular Painting in High Qing China, has spent the last two years working on a comprehensive historical account of early Chinese landscape painting, a topic that has been somewhat neglected in the field of Art History. The [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/13134/james-cahill-announces-new-online-lecture-series-on-chinese-art/feed/ 2 Nature and Art in the Renaissance: A Counter-Narrative http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12505/nature-and-art-in-the-renaissance-a-counter-narrative/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12505/nature-and-art-in-the-renaissance-a-counter-narrative/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:59:04 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=12505 Guest Post by Mary D. Garrard

Renaissance art is a much-celebrated subject and its heroes loom large, as the numerous biographies and histories of the ‘masters’ Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Titian attest.  Art history textbooks continue to venerate the achievements of the major artists, whose ranks have been only slightly expanded to include a few [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12505/nature-and-art-in-the-renaissance-a-counter-narrative/feed/ 1 Infinite City: New Podcast with Rebecca Solnit and Lia Tjandra http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12318/infinite-city-new-podcast-with-rebecca-solnit-and-lia-tjandra/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12318/infinite-city-new-podcast-with-rebecca-solnit-and-lia-tjandra/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:24:35 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=12318 In the latest UC Press podcast, host Chris Gondek talks to author Rebecca Solnit and UC Press Art Director Lia Tjandra about the creation of Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas and UC Press’s act of faith in taking on the project.

In working on the book, Solnit says, she was alarmed to learn that she [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12318/infinite-city-new-podcast-with-rebecca-solnit-and-lia-tjandra/feed/ 1 In Memoriam: Nathan Oliveira http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12166/in-memoriam-nathan-oliveira/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12166/in-memoriam-nathan-oliveira/#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:15:14 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=12166 Nathan Oliveira, an acclaimed printmaker, painter, sculptor, and retired Stanford art professor well known for his contributions to the Bay Area Figurative Movement, passed away on November 13 the age of 81, according to an obituary in the Stanford Report. Widely regarded as a key figure in American art, Oliveira’s paintings, monoprints, drawings, watercolors, and [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12166/in-memoriam-nathan-oliveira/feed/ 0 Books and Baseball: Scenes from the Infinite City Release Party http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12055/books-and-baseball-scenes-from-the-infinite-city-release-party/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12055/books-and-baseball-scenes-from-the-infinite-city-release-party/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:11:20 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=12055 Contributors, friends, and fans gathered to celebrate the release of Rebecca Solnit’s Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas at the McCroskey Mattress Co. earlier this month. Not even a World Series game could keep them away, although the San Francisco Chronicle’s Leah Garchik did show up with with an earpiece in tuned to the game.

Over [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/12055/books-and-baseball-scenes-from-the-infinite-city-release-party/feed/ 0 A San Francisco Visionary http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11945/a-san-francisco-visionary/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11945/a-san-francisco-visionary/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:54:02 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=11945 Utne Reader has named Rebecca Solnit one of its 25 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World, praising Solnit for telling a different story than the one told by mainstream media in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina—”a story of strength and resilience” that revealed “the courage and humanity displayed by the millions of volunteers who helped [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11945/a-san-francisco-visionary/feed/ 1 Book Launch: Radical Light http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11694/book-launch-radical-light/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11694/book-launch-radical-light/#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:58:23 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=11694 To celebrate the publication of Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-2000, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive present an evening of light shows, multiple projection pieces, and film loops by Craig Baldwin, Gibbs Chapman, Scott Stark and the Overdub Club (Thad Povey, Lucio Menegon, [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11694/book-launch-radical-light/feed/ 0 A Narrated Tour of American Modern http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11469/a-narrated-tour-of-american-modern/ http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11469/a-narrated-tour-of-american-modern/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:57:29 +0000 ssilverman http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/?p=11469 Ever wonder about the back story behind Walker Evans’ iconic image of an Alabama tenant farmer’s wife? Or the camera technique Berenice Abbott used to capture such striking images of New York City’s skyscrapers? In American Modern, an illustrated companion guide to the photography exhibition of the same name, Sharon Corwin, Jessica May, [more...]]]> http://www.ucpress.edu/blog/11469/a-narrated-tour-of-american-modern/feed/ 0