"Showcased here are African-American quilts and basketry; Hispanic shrines, painted pinechests, and lacework; Appalachian love seats with woven corn-shuck seats ..."
"Revivals! Diverse Traditions features the many contributions of five strongly individual aesthetics - African American, Appalachian, Colonial Revival, Hispanic, and Native American - to crafts in the United States between 1920 and 1945. Although Colonial Revival was by far the most popular of traditions - especially with its focus on preserving an Anglo-Saxon past - these other cultures have provided us with a broad tapestry of American ..."
"It is indeed an "industrious art" that The Fabric Workshop has innovated-as the first retrospective edition documents with ingenuity and lively scholarship. From the narratives of the workshop's founding and remarkable growth to commentary on its art-historical precedents and instructive descriptions of its procedural techniques, the full story told by curators and museum directors is in these pages, along with over two hundred stunnin ..."
Urban Encounters Art, Architecture, Audience: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, March 19-April 30, 1980 by Lawrence Alloway, JanetKardon, Nancy Foote, Ian Mcharg Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Pennsylvania, Institute Of Cont ISBN-13: 978-0-88454-055-7, ISBN: 0-88454-055-3
"Critical analysis of twenty-one important sites of public art in America including an index of work organized by city."
"64 pg Art Catalog from a show at The Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania, October 9- November 29, 1987, Janet Karden Director. Includes many b+w and Full color (some full-page) photos of Robert Kushner's artwork."
Photography, a sense of order December 11, 1981-January 27, 1982, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania by JanetKardon, University Of Pennsylvania Paperback, 60 Pages, Published 1981 by The Institute ISBN-13: 978-0-88454-027-4, ISBN: 0-88454-027-8
Image Scavengers(1st Edition) Painting by JanetKardon Paperback, Published 1982 by Institute Of Contemporary Art - University Of Pennsylvania ISBN-13: 978-0-88454-030-4, ISBN: 0-88454-030-8
"The period between the two world wars has come to be known as the machine age, the era of the airplane and the ocean liner, the time when Manhattan became a beacon of modernism symbolized by that indominitable structure, the great American skyscraper. This was also the time when hundreds of European artists fled to this country, seeking liberty and a better life, and bringing with them new ideas and new technical skills, thereby signifi ..."
"Aside from the clubs, the street origins (most evident in graffiti works) have
nurtured an anti-establishment stance and a youthful ... To attempt to categorize
artists who happen to have shown in the same urban area is perhaps to raise an
artificial esthetic ... Shown there were Fred Brathwaite, Futura 2000, and Keith
Haring. The present prevalent neo-expressionist mode is represented here by
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keiko Bonk, Luis ..."
"Clay: primordial, oozy, fundamental. It is not difficult to picture its origins. Thousands of years ago, someone noticed how it hardened and dried in the sun, and fashioned it into a useful item like a cup or a bowl. How long did it take before the human urge for beauty took hold, and the utilitarian became art? We can't know the answer precisely, but we do know that as far back as 24,000 BC clay was formed into animal and human figures ..."
Investigations 1985-#6 (James Brown: Paintings); #7 Robert Colescott: the Artist and the Model; #8 (Jedd Garet: Paintings and Sculpture); #9 (Jody Pinto: the Henri Drawings); #10 Face to Face: Recent Portrait Photography by Paula Marincola, JanetKardon, Gerald Silk, Jedd Garet 8 Pages, Published 1984 by Institute Of Contemporary Art, University Of Pennsylvania ISBN-13: 978-0-88454-036-6, ISBN: 0-88454-036-7
Investigations 1, 2 3, 4 and 5 John Dowell, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Joyce Kozloff, Rick Paul by Paula Marincola, JanetKardon, Don Webster Paperback, 5 Pages, Published 1983 by Philadelphia: Institute Of Contemporary Art ISBN-13: 978-0-88454-034-2, ISBN: 0-88454-034-0
Connections Bridges, Ladders, Ramps, Staircases, Tunnels by JanetKardon, Hal Foster Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 1983 by Inst Of Contemporary Art ISBN-13: 978-0-88454-032-8, ISBN: 0-88454-032-4
"exhibition March 11 - April 24, 1983, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of
Pennsylvania Janet Kardon, University of Pennsylvania. Institute of
Contemporary Art. Paul Thek. The Procession/Easter in a Pear Tree. 1969,
installation, Mickery Galerie Loenensloot, Loenen, the Netherlands - Kingstown
pier, Stephen said. Yes, a disappointed bridge. The. Ree Morton, Signs oILove,
1976, installation at University Art Museum, Berkeley ..."
Connections Bridges-Ladders-Ramps-Staircases-Tunnels by Hal Foster, JanetKardon Published 1982 ISBN-13: 978-0-317-57675-7, ISBN: 0-317-57675-5