artists and community

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artists and community

Lives of the artists

masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought)

Before I die

When artist Candy Chang lost someone she loved, she painted the side of an abandoned house with chalkboard paint and the sentence, "Before I die I want to___." Soon the wall was covered with the hopes and dreams of her community. Describes the worldwide movement, and highlights forty-eight walls and their stories. Includes instructions on starting your own wall.

In and out of place

contemporary art and the American social landscape
1993

Lives of the artists

masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought)
1995
A collection of short biographical sketches of famous artists emphasizing their unique personalities and the impressions they made on the people who knew them.
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