From Publishers Weekly Photographer Carroll writes: ``I want everyone to know what an amazing, richly talented group of artists live and work'' in Chicago. This volume (and accompanying exhibit) is comprised of Carroll's portraits of Chicago artists, each ``referring directly to or re-creating some aspect of the imagery'' in the sitter's work. Alongside each portrait is an example of that work, and although the parallels between photo and painting (or sculpture) are unmistakable, the portraits for the most part are painfully contrived. In a painting by Dan Gustin, a naked man peers curiously into a Pandora-like box; in Carroll's portrait, Gustin lies shirtless on his back on the floor, looking uncomfortable and embarrassed. Cluttered with objects that overshadow the artists themselves, the portraits appropriate imagery without imbuing it withstet new meaning. The portraits that work best concentrate on a single motif; most noteworthy among these is Carroll's photo of David Klamen. Subtly erotic, the photo effectively portrays the painter as a primordial half-beast, half-man. Other artists featured include Don Baum, Linda Kramer, Jim Nutt, Barbara Rossi and Claire Zeisler. Yood teaches at Northwestern University. Copyright 1991 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists

Arts & Photography

Yood, James

Carroll, Patty

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

University of Illinois Press

In Spirited Visions, the first book in many years to focus on Chicago'svibrant art community. Patty Carroll resents forty-three remarkable portraits of prominent artists who work in a variety of styles and media.

Spirited Visions: Portraits of Chicago Artists. Photographs (Visions of Illinois)

Whether you call them franks, wieners, or red hots, hot dogs are as American as apple pie, but how did these little links become icons of American culture? Man Bites Dog explores the transformation of hot dogs from unassuming street fare to paradigms of regional expression, social mobility, and democracy. World-renowned hot dog scholar Bruce Kraig investigates the history, people, décor, and venues that make up hot dog culture and what it says about our country.These humble sausages cross ethnic and regional boundaries and have provided the means for plucky entrepreneurs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Hot dogs, and the ways we enjoy them, are part of the American dream. Man Bites Dog celebrates the power of the hot dog

Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America (Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy)

Kraig professor emeritus of History Roosevelt University Chicago Founding President Culinary Historians of Chicago

author Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America and Hot Dog: A Global History, Bruce

Photography & Video

AltaMira Press

Marilyn Monroe statuettes, Venus salt-and-pepper shakers, plastic Jesuses, and brides and grooms rescued from the tops of wedding cakes: useless kitsch or important cultural artifacts? The answer depends on your tastes and tendencies. But readers of both camps will find much to ponder in this celebration of the highlights (and low-lights) from the Museum of Corn-temporary Art.

Culture Is Everywhere

MARGOLIN, Victor

Museum of Corn-Temporary Art

Prestel Pub

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