Search Results: Titles starting with X from Howard Karno Books Inc

Buenos Aires: Pabellón de las Bellas Artes de la Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, 2006. (Upper 1-inch of spine bumped, bent with small tear at bend). color plates, cat., color pict. wrps. N.B. not released until 2008. Exhibition comprising the winning artwork of the juried contest of catholic religious art, considered one of the most important painting competition of the Catholic Church. The winners included: First prize for Jorge Alvaro, second prize for Hugo Sbernini, third prize for Darío Zana and fourth prize for Martín Riwny.

Lisboa: Culturgest, 2005. color plates, cat., ports., bio/chron., bibl., color pict. fldg. wrps. The central nucleus of the anthological exhibition dedicated to artist Xana (b. Lisboa 1951) were 5 videos filmed in Madrid, Lisbon and Lakes, places where the artist documented daily experiences: a visit to a Museum, a discotheque or a walk through the city. The videos included digital drawings and of phrases/legends that overlap with the images creating a fictional narrative of multiple readings. The event also included the installation titled "Muro de Lisboa" created with 720 industrial plastic containers inspired in the song "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, the Berlin wall, the wall Israel constructed to surround Cisjordania and all the other walls that separate communities in conflict. ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE TEXT.

México: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Casa del Tiempo, 1997. color plates, b/w port., bio./chron., cat., pict. wrps. Text by Luis Carlos Emerich on Xavier Esqueda's (b. México, 1943) surrealistic artwork of the 1990's.

Buenos Aires: Palacio Nacional de las Artes, Palais de Glace, 2006. color plates, cat., fldg. wrps. Catalogue of the winning participants of the 95th edition of the Salon Nacional de Artes Visuales from a selection of more than 1500 artworks from all over Argentina, with a 59% being created by women, totaling 52% of the accepted works and 45 % of the prizes. The catalogue presents the winners of the Acquisition prizes and special mentions of each category. Great Acquisition prizes included: Hector Medici (Painting), Mariana Schapiro (Sculpture), Leonardo Gotleyb (Engraving), Jorge Gonzalez Perrin (Drawing), Eduardo Carrera (Photography), Hector Alves (Ceramics), Silvia Millet (Textile) and Gabriela Francone (New experimental and installations).

Monterrey, Mexico: Cemex, S.A. de C.V., 2003. b/w and color plates, plans, draws., ind., color pict. d.j. Finalists and winners of the 11th edition of one of Mexico's most prestigious juried architectural prizes. The theme "Arquitectura Sustentable y Congruencia en Accesibilidad." Location, size, architects, builders, designers with color plates, and a summary is given for each project. Winners include: Agustín Landa, Boerto García e Ignacio Landa, Gastón Vives e Ignacio López, Juan Ortiz, Jesús Arena, Enrique Sánchez. Includes a summary of the winners of the first 10 years.

Porto Alegre: Perfeitura de Porto Alegre, 2004. b/w plates, facs., draws, b/w pict. wrps. Exhibition catalogue of the 11th. edition of the event that reunites the best local creations of graphic art that include: printed caricatures (including political), cartoons, illustrations and comic strips. Recognizes the historical role of graphic art and illustration in Brazil.

Guatemala: Fundación Paiz para la Educación y la Cultura, 2000. color plates, ports., cat., bio/chrons., color pict. wrps. Artwork of artists invited to the XII Bienal de Arte in Guatemala. Some of the artists include, Francisco Auyón (b. Guatemala 1968), Mauro Osoria (b. Guatemala 1960), Paula Nicho Cúmez (b. Guatemala 1955) and Eladio Bal Chalí (b. Guatamala 1970). LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000.

Lima: Colegio de Arquitectos del Perú, 2007. color plates, facs., plans, cat., advts., color pict. wrps. Presentation of the architectural projects from the participants of the 12th Biennial of Architecture and winners of the following categories: Architectonic works; Urban and Architectural Recuperation; Interior Architectural Design; Imaginary Projects; Professional Research; University works. Includes the winners of the Hexágono de Oro prize (Project: National Library of Perú by Francisco Vella Jardín, Augusta Estremadoyro de Vella, Guillermo Claux Alfaro and Walter Morales Llanos) and the first prize and special mention winning projects of each of the categories. Good reference for contemporary architecture. Contains 138 projects: 66 constructed work, 4 urbanization projects, 17 conservation / restorations works, 7 interior design, 27 projected work not yet constructed, 7 professional studies and 10 academic studies.

Quito: Colegio de Arquitectos del Ecuador Pichincha, 2000. b/w and color plates, ind., plans, fldg. color pict. wrps. Major production with beautiful re-productions documents contemporary architecture in Ecuador with a special section for international projects. Categories include: National architecture, Urban design, Restorationa and Rehabilitation, Theory/History/Criticism, Specialized Magazine (international), Gold Medal Winners, International architecture. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

São Paulo: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 1973. b/w plates, bio/chrons., ind., fldg. wrps. Catalogue for the 12th Bienal of Art in São Paulo. Artists and countries from around the world participated.

Buenos Aires: Fundacion Luz Austral, Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, 2002. b/w and color plates, ind., map, fldg. wrps. Bienal photographic event in Argentina that started in 1996. Exhibits are held in cities throughout the republic with emphasis on show in Buenos Aires. Good reference for current photography and photographers in Argentina.

Guatemala: Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"; Fundación Rozás-Botrán, 2010. color plates (some fldg.), cat., bio/chron., rice paper endpapers, color pict. wrps. OCLC: 656452012. Catalogue of the auction/exhibition of contemporary art and photography by mostly Caribbean artists. This edition pays homage as "Painter of the Year" to noted figurative painter Rodolfo Abularach (b. Guatemala 1933). "The catalogue for the 2010 festival gathers a group of contemporary artists, sculptors and photographers left out of the art circuits for not belonging to the power elites that are trying to manipulate the reality of Guatemalan art for their own interest. The jury that selected what's in it -along with other pieces that participated in the exhibition- represents a democratic vision in coincidence with other art events and also proposes new emerging names that refresh the whole vision"--paragraph in the "Prólogo" by Guillermo Monsanto, p. 1.

Guatemala: Fundación Paiz para la Educación y la Cultura, 2002. color plates, cat., bios./chrons., color pict. wrps. Catalogue bienal of art in Guatemala. The artist included are: Pintura: Arturo Monroy, Javier Azurdia, Alejandro Noriega, Abel Lopez Morales, Johann Sebastian Schneider, José Navarro Barberena, Hermes Alexey Marroquin, Hugo René Péez, Victor Armando Quan, Aristóteles Rafael Boror, Francisco Tiney Pablo, Pablo Navichoc Chavajay, ABraham Batzín Navichoc, Emilio González Morales. Escultura: Angel Poyón Calí, Verónica Riedel, Ambrocio Cholotio Quic, Marvin Olivares, Edgar Geovanni Girón, Veronique Simar. Fotografía: Alan Benchoam, Alfonso Catillo Solofre, Alvaro del Cid Mazariegos, René Calderón, Claudio Vásquez Vianchi, Alfonso Castillo Solofre, Guillermo Gutiérrez Solé, Andres Asturias, Mario Permuth. Instalación: Michael Benedict Barnoya, Marvin Olivares, Maria de Lourdes de la Riva de Menedez, Fernando Salazar Andrino, ALejandro Mastro, Tomás Garcia Zamora, Raúl… Read More

Lima: Colegio de Arquitectos del Perú, 2009. color plates, facs., plans, cat., advts., color pict. wrps. OCLC: 714030416. This 13th edition of the Biennale included the participation of renowned architects Jorge Burga B., Hernán Elguera Ch. and Guillermo Claux A. who along with Juan Solano O. and Patricia Flores M. integrated the new organizing committee. There were 139 architectural projects competing and for the first time in this juried competition. It included representative juries for the regions of Arequipa, Cusco, Junín and La libertad. Presentation of the architectural projects and winners of the following categories: Architectonic works; Urban and Architectural Recuperation; Interior Architectural Design; Imaginary Projects; Professional Research; University works. Includes the winners of the Hexágono de Oro prize.

Brasília: Livro Artesanal, 2002. b/w illus., bibl., b/w wrps. Brief, but interesting history of Xilography printing in the Northeast of Brazil, much of which has been used to illustrated cordel literature. Includes notation of important artists such as: J. Borges, Antônio Bento. Artisan production appears to be photocopied.

Rio de Janeiro: Do Cordel a Galeria, 1994. b/w plates, pict. wrps. Multimedia exhibit. For the first time, Cordel (a popular art form in northeastern Brazil) is reeaxamined by means of woodcuts and supplemented by films and videos. A great number of art works from the last 80 years were gathered. Almost 100 artists, extending from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul to the northern state of Pará. Includes work by Master Noza. Text in English and Portuguese by Leonor Amarante.

Santiago de Chile: Universidad de Chile, 2005. b/w and color plates, cat., bio/chron., color pict. fldg. wrps. Monographic study dedicated to Cristi (b. Chile 1920) an artist from the Chilean generation of 1940's and her characteristic style of soft expressionism in her painted Bodegones (still life), landscapes and scenes. LIMITED EDITION OF 500.

Guatemala: Fundación Paiz para la Educación y la Cultura, 2004. color plates (some fldg.), ports., bios./chrons., cat., color pict. wrps. Catalogue bienal of art in Guatemala. The artist included are: Pintura: Jorge Mazariegos Maldonado, Carlos Estrada Moreno, Norman Gabriel Morales Bedoya, Michael Benedict Barnoya, Verónica Riedel, Lourdes de Menédez, Rodolfo Walsh, Mario Permuth, Andrés Asturias, Claudio Vásquez, Alejandra Mastro, Arte Alternativo: Alejandro Mastro, Veronic Simar, Débora Du Flón. LIMITED EDITION OF 1000.

Guatemala: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes, Instituto de Antropologia e Historia, Asociacion Tikal, 2001. b/w and plates, maps, illus., plans, grphs., chts., meas. draws., tbls., wrps. Some highlights include:1. La regionalización en la costa del Pacífico: sus primeros pobladores. Barbara Arroyo.2. Concepto para la intervención del recurso cultural prehispánico en le noreste de Peten. Oscar Quintana Samayoa.3. Investigaciones en la periferia de Piedras Negras, Guatemala: Excavaciones de grupos residenciales. Amy M. Kovak.4. Los Juegos de Pelota en Tenam Puente, Chiapas. Gabriel Laló Jacinto.5. Estado actual y excavaciones en el Castillo de San Felipe de Lara. Yvonne Putzeys y Edgar R. Ortega.

Monterrey, NL, México: CEMEX; Arquine; RM Editorial, 2011. b/w and color plates, ports., plans, elevations, bios/chrons., color pict. soft boards. OCLC: 741342369. The renowned building award sponsored by international concrete, cement and aggregates giant CEMEX, based in Mexico, has become an important reference within the fields of architecture and construction over the last 18 years. And the annual book showing off the stunning winning projects, mostly in Mexico, is a treasure for architects, designers, engineers, libraries - anyone who is interested in the vital intersection between architecture and technology. The 19th prize categories include low-income housing, sustainability, urbanism, accessibility and residential, both single-family and complexes. The prizes are chosen by a prestigious jury of architects. ENGLISH AND SPANISH TEXT.