This collection, spanning two decades of artistic activity, features selections of writings tracing the intellectual influences and development of one of the more formidable and productive minds in the contemporary art world. The writings of Enrique Martínez Celaya comprise public lectures; essays; interviews; correspondence with artists, critics, and scholars; artist statements; blog posts; and journal entries. This selection of writings includes the six public lectures Martínez Celaya delivered during his three-year appointment as the second Visiting Presidential Professor at the University of Nebraska. Marked by an encyclopedic curiosity and considerable knowledge about the world, these lectures explore the nature of photography and painting, the role of the artist as prophet, the relationship of art to the university and the museum, as well as reflections on his own work. Enrique Martínez Celaya: Collected Writings and Interviews, 1990–2010 features seventy-nine photographs from Martínez Celaya’s collection; an introduction by Klaus Ottmann, who teaches art history at the School of Visual Arts in New York and is the Robert Lehman Curator for The Parrish Art Museum in Southampton, New York; and a foreword by James B. Milliken, president of the University of Nebraska.

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Collected Writings and Interviews, 1990-2010

Arts & Photography

Martínez Celaya, Enrique

History & Criticism

University Of Nebraska Press

Notebook writings and sketches by the artist,92 pages, hardcover,15 plates, full-color throughout,11 x 7 inches

Enrique Martinez Celaya: Another Show for the Leopard

Baldwin Gallery

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Whale and Star Press Nomad, Enrique Martínez Celaya’s exhibition at the Miami Art Museum, consists of five large-scale paintings commissioned by the museum. This companion volume combines images of the finished paintings with Martínez Celaya’s notes, sketches, and photographs of the work in process to reveal the evolution and concept behind this body of work. An accompanying essay by Peter Boswell, senior curator of the Miami Art Museum, reflects on previous work by Martínez Celaya in relation to this new project cycle. The book also includes the artist’s exhibition history and a bibliography.

Nomad

Whale and Star

The October Cycle, California painter Enrique Martínez Celaya's most recent work, unapologetically challenges the postmodern denial of meaning. Proactive and strong, Celaya's paintings affirm life and the individual self, rather than deconstructing them. Published in conjunction with Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery/University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where Celaya's traveling exhibition appeared from Nov 21 2003–Jan 26 2004.

Enrique Martínez Celaya: The October Cycle, 2000--2002

Siedell, Daniel

Marquand Books

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Whale and Star Press Enrique Martínez Celaya’s blog, Bad Time for Poetry, began on August 24, 2007, and ended on May 25, 2009. In the emergence of the literary genre of the blog, Bad Time for Poetry existed as an antiblog, showing how this literary genre can be used to cultivate and preserve cultural commentary that has lasting value and is mindful of the past and responsible to the future. His posts were intended to be read closely, contemplated, and assimilated into readers’ lives. Martínez Celaya’s blog is now preserved in this complete compilation of his posts.

The Blog: Bad Time for Poetry (Artists and Writers)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

WHALE & STAR

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Whale and Star Press This limited edition book documents the creation of four music albums in the Nomad Series. The 144-page full-color, hardcover book, wrapped in linen with a CD inset designed to hold the four volumes of the series, was designed and produced by Enrique Martínez Celaya. The book includes work drafts and photos relating to the creation of the Nomad Series as well as lyrics, essays, and original art work by Celaya.  

Cowboy Junkies: The Nomad Series

Timmins, Michael

Wallach, Rick

Music

In On Art and Mindfulness, world-renowned artist and celebrated teacher Enrique Martínez Celaya shares his views and advice on the art-making process, the development of a practice, the management of obstacles, and the day-to-day choices we must make in order to remain creative and honest. Drawn from the actual sold-out workshops that Martínez Celaya taught over nine years at the venerable Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado, these concise teachings are relevant not only to artists but to anyone wishing to live a mindful, productive life.
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On Art and Mindfulness

Enrique Martinez Celaya: The Lovely Season: 27 February - 27 March 2008: [Exhibition Catalogue]

Liverpool Street Gallery

This collection, spanning nearly a decade of artistic activity, features selections of writings that trace the intellectual influences and track the development of one of the more formidable and productive minds in the contemporary art world. The writings comprise Enrique Martínez Celaya’s public lectures; essays; interviews; correspondence with artists, critics, and scholars; artist statements; blog posts; and journal entries. These texts were written during Martínez Celaya’s appointment as Visiting Presidential Professor at the University of Nebraska; Roth Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College; and, most recently, as the first Provost Professor of Humanities and Arts at the University of Southern California. Marked by Martínez Celaya’s encyclopedic curiosity and considerable knowledge about the world, these writings and interviews explore the role of art in life, evaluate texts by other modern and contemporary artists and thinkers, and reveal the artist’s deep engagement with artistic, philosophical, and literary lines of inquiry.

Enrique Martínez Celaya: Collected Writings and Interviews, 2010-2017

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