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RECOMMENDED READING LIST

In The Making; Creative Options for Contemporary Art,
Linda Weintraub
ISBN: 1891024590

But is it Art, Cynthia Freeland
Oxford University Press 2001
ISBN 0-19-210055-

The Screaming Body,Stephen Barber
Creation Books 1999
ISBN 1-84068-009-1 N6537.H4 A4 2002

Eva Hesse, Elisabeth Sussman
Hardcover: 320 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.41 x 11.80 x 9.83
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr; (February 2002)
ISBN: 0300091680
Other Editions: Paperback
N6537.H337 S56 2002

Ann Hamilton, Joan Simon
Hardcover: 280 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.15 x 10.48 x 9.18
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; (April 1, 2002)
ISBN: 0810941600, N6853.M47 G73 2000

Annette Messager
Catherine Grenier
Hardcover: 191 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.86 x 10.44 x 10.65
Publisher: Flammarion; (November 10, 2001)
ISBN: 2080106198, N6537.S617 A4 2001

Kiki Smith - telling tales, Helaine Posner, Kiki Smith
Hardcover: 72 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.34 x 8.94 x 5.92
Publisher: Intl Center of Photography; (July 15, 2001)
ISBN: 0933642288

Louise Bourgeois

Marie-Laurie Bernadac
Hardcover: 192 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.93 x 10.63 x 10.63
Publisher: Flammarion; (August 15, 1997)

Louise Bouregois

Paulo Herkenhoff, Robert Storr
Paperback: 160 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.77 x 11.28 x 9.86
Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc.; (May 1, 2003)
ISBN: 0714841226

Louise Bourgeois, The Insomnia Drawings

Louise Bourgeois, Marie-Laure Bernadac, Elisabeth Bronfen
Hardcover: 580 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.75 x 13.50 x 10.25
Publisher: Scalo Verlag Ac; 220 illus., 2 vol., slipcased edition (February 15, 2001)
ISBN: 390824739X | ISBN: 2080136003

Jay DeFeo and the Rose

Jane Green, Leah Levy
Hardcover: 226 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 10.02 x 7.92
Publisher: University of California Press; (November 2003)
ISBN: 0520233557

The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art

by Lynn M. Herbert, Klaus Ottman, Peter Schjeldahl, Klaus Ottmann
Paperback: 112 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.41 x 10.48 x 8.54
Publisher: Contemporary Arts Museum; (June 15, 2002)
ISBN: 093608071X

MARLENE DUMAS

Dominic van den Boogerd, Barbara Bloom, Mariuccia Casadio
Phaidon Press

 Nobody knows
Yoshitomo Nara Drawings
Little More Press 2001
ISBN 4-89815-9

Constructing Masculinity (Discussion in Contemporary Culture, No. 11)
Maurice Berger (Editor), Brian Wallis, Simon Watson, Carrie Mae Weems
Paperback:  Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 9.03 x 6.02
Publisher: Routledge; (January 1996)
ISBN: 0415910536

 Other Suggested Readings:

Bachelard, Gaston, The Poetics of Reverie, childhood, language, and the cosmos, Beacon Press, Boston, 1960.

Bayles, David and Orland, Ted, Art & Fear, observations on the perils (and rewards) of ArtMaking, The Image Continuum, Santa Cruz, CA, 1993.

Bryant, Dorothy,  The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You,  Random House, Inc., New York, NY, 1971.

Campbell, Joseph, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space, metaphor as myth and as religion, Harper Row, New York, NY,  1986.

Campbell, Joseph,  Primitive Mythology, the masks of god, Penguin Books, 1959.

Campbell, Joseph, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1949.

Campbell, Joseph, The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers,  Doubleday, New York, NY, 1988.

Carrington, Leonora,  The Hearing Trumpet, Exact Change, Boston 1996.

Dillard, Annie, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a mystical excursion into the natural world,   Bantam Book, 1974.

Eliot, Alexander, The Universal Myths, heroes, gods, tricksters and others, Truman Talley Boks/Meridian, New York, 1976.

Elkins, James,  Why Art Cannot Be Taught, a handbook for art students, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 2001.

Gaarder, Jostein,  Sophie's World, a novel about the history of philosophy, Berkley Books, New York, NY, 1996.

Gelb, Michael, How to think like Leonardo daVinci, seven steps to genius every day, Dell Publishing, New York, NY, 1998.

Henri, Robert, The Art Spirit, Harper & Row, Publishers, NY,  1923.

Hillman, James,  The Soul's Code, in search of character and calling, Warner Books, New York, NY, 1996.

Hyde, Lewis, Trickster makes this World, mischief, myth and art,  North Point Press, New York, NY, 1998.

Johnson, Alexandra, The Hidden Writer, Diaries and the Creative Life,  Doubleday, New York, NY, 1997.

Jung, C. G., The Spirit in Man, Art, and Literature, translated by F.C. Hull, Princeton University Press, 1966.

London, Peter, No More Second Hand Art, Shambhala, Boston & London, 1989.

Maisel, Eric, PhD, A Life in the Arts, practical guidance and inspiration for creative and performing artists,  G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1992.

May, Rollo, The Courage to Create, Bantam Books, New York, NY, 1975.

McNiff, Shaun, Trust the Process, an artist’s guide to letting go, Shambhala, Boxton & Lonton, 1998.

Metzger, Deena  Writing for Your Life, a guide and companion to the inner worlds, Harper Collins Publishers, San Francisco, 1992.

Nachmanovitch, Stephen, Free Play, Improvisation in life & Art, Penguin Putnam, Inc., NY, 1990.

The Art Studio/Loft Manual: For Ambitious Artists and Creators
Eric Rudd ,Publisher: Cire Corp Pub; Illustrated edition (November 23, 2001)
ISBN: 0970995911

Sarton, May, Journal of a Solitude the intimate diary of a year in the life of a creative woman,  W.W. Norton & Company, New York, NY, 1973.

Truitt, Ann,  Prospect, The Journal of an Artist, Scribner, New York, NY, 1996

Vogler, Christopher,  The Writer's Journey, mythic structure for storytellers & screenwriters, Michael Wiese Productions, Studio City, CA, 1992.

Williams, John K., The Wisdom of your subconscious Mind, Printice-Hall, Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ,  1964.