Dave Hickey. Univ. of Chicago, $29 (192p) ISBN 978-0-226-33315-1
Throughout these trenchant essays on female artists, Hickey (Air Guitar) is characteristically incisive, challenging, and weird; he’s just as likely to cite a Rolling Stones concert or Lou Reed lyric as the theory of Gilles Deleuze or Jacques...
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Dave Hickey, Author, Steven Bluttal, Author, Phaidon Press, Author , intro. by Dave Hickey. Phaidon $125 (624p) ISBN 978-0-7148-4540-1
With its beautiful layouts, pin-sharp reproductions and sparkling texts, this enormous 15-pound book is worth every penny of its price. The volume kicks off with an illuminating essay by Dave Hickey (Air Guitar
) that traces the development of...
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Dave Hickey, Author, Dave Hickey, Text by (Art/Photo Books) Art Issues Press $12.95 (64p) ISBN 978-0-9637264-0-7
Modern art, say those in the know, isn't so much about beauty as it is about instruction. Art appreciation is considered, in our culture, a consequence of sophistication, taste and learning--the property of the learned elite, the rich and famous....
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Lynn Zelevansky, Author, Dave Hickey, Author, Keith Edmier, Author . Rizzoli $29.95 (112p) ISBN 978-0-8478-2440-3
As many teen and tween boys discovered in a famed mid-'70s issue of Dynamite
magazine, Farrah Fawcett (then Farrah Fawcett Majors), in addition to being the Charlie's Angels
starring actress, is an artist. Edmier was one of those boys, and
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Dave Hickey. Univ. of Chicago, $25 (240p) ISBN 978-0-226-33313-7
Veteran art critic Hickey (25 Women) delivers another poignant and masterful collection of essays. In each selection, he critically and humorously contemplates cultural zeitgeists and the essence of good art in music, books, paintings, and...
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