ART WORKS: MONEY (Art Works) by Katy Siegel; Paul Mattick; ART WORKS:AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Art Works) by Barbara Steiner; Jun YangReview by: Sandra CowanArt Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Vol. 24, No. 1(Spring 2005), p. 57Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Art Libraries Society of NorthAmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27949360 .

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Challenging Themes

K?jr-1-?ZzdflB ART WORKS: MONEY / Kary HHH 9 ? ?||^ Siegel and Paul Mattick.?

:M^^i^M?W?^?^ 2004.?208 p.: ill?ISBN 0- 500

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^^n^^n^ "'^3 GRAPHY / Barbara Steiner and

WS^^^:S^^^?^^^? first in Thames & Hudson's new Art Works series- In addition to

?r ^?^?s?^^-j?^?ttM Autobiography and Money, the

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ti^es: Perform, Place, Touch,

^^^^?l Memory, and Utopia. In con s~-?'^Jts?????M cept and design, each volume

is intended to be an exhibition

reflecting the title's theme. Slick in design and format, these books are closely related to both an exhibition catalog and to the

juried exhibition-in-print journal American Paintings. Each book in the series is divided into several chapters or "rooms," and each room contains high quality reproductions of the work of several

artists, along with short explanatory notes and quotations. Art Works: Money, the first in the series, explores the art

market, the relationship between art and money, and the ways various artists work with money in their art and in their lives. The themes of each room, or chapter, are "Precious Material,"

"Credit," "Production," "Store," "Circulation," "Business," and

"Alternatives." From the abstract to the concrete, money in form or concept is used by many artists in their work. This is an inter

esting book, often with playful textual and visual commentary that ranges from the discussion of art as commodity to experi

ments with money as an artistic medium.

Art Works: Autobiography examines the history and nature of

autobiography in art. The themes of the different rooms are "Alter

Ego," "Disappearance," "Facts," "Authenticity," "Hybrids,"

"Race," "Political Systems," "Media," and "Self-Reflection." For

the most part, the artists and writers represented in this work

challenge the authenticity of autobiography. The introductory chapter of each volume is thoughtful,

interesting and well researched. The authors, experts in their

fields, include professors, art historians, curators, and artists.

The closing chapter of each is comprised of discussion, by artists and theorists, on the theme of the respective book. Although the tone is academic, the texts lack the substance of serious research. Each work includes a useful bibliography, artists' biographies, an illustration list, and an index of artists. Fifty or more interna

tionally known artists are represented in each volume. The strength of this series is its breadth rather than its depth.

The probable audience for the series will be undergraduate art

students, as well as practicing artists who have an interest in the

particular themes. Recommended for academic and art libraries, as well as large public libraries with significant use by artists.

Sandra Cowan, Reference Librarian, Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, Las Cruces, NM, scowan@las-cruces.org

In Brief SPACE: JAPANESE DESIGN SOLUTIONS FOR COMPACT LIVING / Michael Freeman.?New York, NY: Universe

Publishing, dist. by Rizzoli International Inc., September 2004.? 224 p.: ill.?ISBN 0-7893-1065-1: $29.95.

The size and shape of this

book, 6-3/4" 7," carry a mes

sage: "big ideas often come in small packages." Space is short on text, but the text is well written and essential; au thor Freeman leads the reader to the architectural features of note in the book's many photo graphs. The fascinating images document the work of some of

Japan's most creative archi

tects, who have converted compact, oddly shaped, tiny living spaces into serene, open, harmonious, elegant, functional liv

ing spaces. Their radical and ingenious solutions to seemingly overwhelming constraints incorporate unconventional mate

rials, blend the traditional and the new, combine natural and man-made elements, fuse architecture and interior design, and

reflect a sophisticated understanding of and appreciation for the

transforming power of light. The featured homes are in both ur ban and suburban settings. The represented architects include Yushio Maruyamu, Michimasa Kawaguchi, Yukio Hashimoto, Jun Tamaki, and Toshiaki Ishida, among many others. Hidden

storage areas, retracting furniture, flexible spaces, and managed views are some of the surprising details that are sure to delight, beguile, and inspire readers. This is an idea book, suitable and recommended for general and specialized collections alike.

Joan Stahl, Branch Manager, Art & Architecture Libraries,

University of Maryland, jstahl@umd.edu

ORLAN: CARNAL ART / Bernard Blist?ne, Regis Durand, Julian Agazagoitia, Christine Buci-Glucksmann, Laurent le Bon, and Caroline Cros.?Paris, France: Editions Flammarion, dist.

by Rizzoli International Publications, August 2004.?264 p.: ill.?ISBN 2-0803-0431-3: $50.00.

This is the first full mono

graph on an artist who,

surprisingly, given her long and controversial career, is not better

known. Born in 1947 in France, Orlan (a nom de guerre) began her career at the age of seven

teen, with staged photographs of her body. Her publicized surgi cal operations

as performance in the 1990s were upsetting and disquieting; these extreme

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