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The work of art : how something comes from nothing / Adam Moss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, [2024]Description: 424 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593297582
  • 059329758X
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Contents:
Introduction -- You, where are you? / Kara Walker -- Bread crumbs / Tony Kushner -- The child's way / Roz Chast -- Will your hand do the thing your mind wants? / Michael Cunningham -- God flows through him / Moses Sumney -- Later you'll understand / Sofia Coppola -- And there I was / Susan Meiselas -- A puzzle / Steven Sondheim -- Waiting / Louise Glück -- You're never going to be someone else / Maria de Los Angeles -- Tribe / Nico Muhly -- Disappearing himself / Thomas Bartlett The sperm bank and the scroll / Twyla Tharp -- What did you do when you were a kid? / John Derian -- Enough About me/What about me? / Barbara Kruger -- What if Dr. Seuss Fucked Maya Angelou? / David Mandel -- There's only one way it could possibly be / Gregory Crewdson -- The unconscious is waiting to see if you mean it / Marie Howe -- What the hell could you ask Sinatra? / Gay Talese -- A kind of derangement / Cheryl Pope -- With beginner's eyes / Samin Nosrat -- Brain, hand, pencil paper / Joanna Quinn & Les Mills -- Writing in the dark / Wesley Morris -- There, I've killed it / Amy Sillman -- Conjurer extraordinaire / Andrew Jarecki -- The song on his phone / Rostam -- Laugh here / Ira Glass -- I am a portal / Simhiwe Ndzube -- A "Rothko" on A1 / Dean Baquiet & Tom Bodkin -- Itchy little breakthroughs / Max Porter -- Theory and fog / Elizabeth Diller -- Here today, gone today / Ian Adelman, Calvin Seibert -- The computer has a hand too / Tyler Hobbs -- It is always harder / Marc Jacobs -- Alter ego / Grady West -- The brain is a slide carousel / Will Shortz -- A map of her mind / Sheila Heti -- I am begrudgingly on the wall / Gerald Lovell -- Stay simple / Jody Williams & Rita Sodi -- Don't hold back / Taylor Mac & Machine Dazzle -- Arguing / David Simon -- It's your book, you can do whatever you want / George Saunders -- How great thou art / Suzan-Lori Parks
Summary: "From former editor-in-chief of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art. What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work-the tortuous paths and artistic decisions-that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, breakthroughs, on to one triumphant finish after another"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 701.15 M913 Checked out 06/10/2024 33111011355019
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"The book is a visual feast, full of drafts, sketches, and scribbled notebook pages. Every page shows how an idea becomes a finished design." -Ari Shapiro, All Things Considered

From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art

What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Mosstraces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work-the tortuous paths and artistic decisions-that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, breakthroughs, on to one triumphant finish after another.

Featuring- Kara Walker, Tony Kushner, Roz Chast, Michael Cunningham, Moses Sumney, Sofia Coppola, Stephen Sondheim, Susan Meiselas, Louise Gl ck, Maria de Los Angeles, Nico Muhly, Thomas Bartlett, Twyla Tharp, John Derian, Barbara Kruger, David Mandel, Gregory Crewdson, Marie Howe, Gay Talese, Cheryl Pope, Samin Nosrat, Joanna Quinn & Les Mills, Wesley Morris, Amy Sillman, Andrew Jarecki, Rostam, Ira Glass, Simphiwe Ndzube, Dean Baquet & Tom Bodkin, Max Porter, Elizabeth Diller, Ian Adelman / Calvin Seibert, Tyler Hobbs, Marc Jacobs, Grady West (Dina Martina), Will Shortz, Sheila Heti, Gerald Lovell, Jody Williams & Rita Sodi, Taylor Mac & Machine Dazzle, David Simon, George Saunders, Suzan-Lori Parks

Introduction -- You, where are you? / Kara Walker -- Bread crumbs / Tony Kushner -- The child's way / Roz Chast -- Will your hand do the thing your mind wants? / Michael Cunningham -- God flows through him / Moses Sumney -- Later you'll understand / Sofia Coppola -- And there I was / Susan Meiselas -- A puzzle / Steven Sondheim -- Waiting / Louise Glück -- You're never going to be someone else / Maria de Los Angeles -- Tribe / Nico Muhly -- Disappearing himself / Thomas Bartlett The sperm bank and the scroll / Twyla Tharp -- What did you do when you were a kid? / John Derian -- Enough About me/What about me? / Barbara Kruger -- What if Dr. Seuss Fucked Maya Angelou? / David Mandel -- There's only one way it could possibly be / Gregory Crewdson -- The unconscious is waiting to see if you mean it / Marie Howe -- What the hell could you ask Sinatra? / Gay Talese -- A kind of derangement / Cheryl Pope -- With beginner's eyes / Samin Nosrat -- Brain, hand, pencil paper / Joanna Quinn & Les Mills -- Writing in the dark / Wesley Morris -- There, I've killed it / Amy Sillman -- Conjurer extraordinaire / Andrew Jarecki -- The song on his phone / Rostam -- Laugh here / Ira Glass -- I am a portal / Simhiwe Ndzube -- A "Rothko" on A1 / Dean Baquiet & Tom Bodkin -- Itchy little breakthroughs / Max Porter -- Theory and fog / Elizabeth Diller -- Here today, gone today / Ian Adelman, Calvin Seibert -- The computer has a hand too / Tyler Hobbs -- It is always harder / Marc Jacobs -- Alter ego / Grady West -- The brain is a slide carousel / Will Shortz -- A map of her mind / Sheila Heti -- I am begrudgingly on the wall / Gerald Lovell -- Stay simple / Jody Williams & Rita Sodi -- Don't hold back / Taylor Mac & Machine Dazzle -- Arguing / David Simon -- It's your book, you can do whatever you want / George Saunders -- How great thou art / Suzan-Lori Parks

"From former editor-in-chief of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art. What is the work of art? In this guided tour inside the artist's head, Adam Moss traces the evolution of transcendent novels, paintings, jokes, movies, songs, and more. Weaving conversations with some of the most accomplished artists of our time together with the journal entries, napkin doodles, and sketches that were their tools, Moss breaks down the work-the tortuous paths and artistic decisions-that led to great art. From first glimmers to second thoughts, roads not taken, crises, breakthroughs, on to one triumphant finish after another"-- Provided by publisher.

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