"This publication surveys Washington University's outstanding art collection, by focusing on 85 "masterpieces" which document the collection's most significant 19th- and 20th-century artworks. There are essays by 53 scholars interpreting artwork by Breton, Corot, Daumier and others."
"Thaddeus Strode's vibrant large-scale paintings are universes unto themselves: wild mash-ups of California surf and skateboard culture, Zen philosophy, rock music, literature, film, and comic books. "Absolutes and Nothings" marks the artist's first major museum show, presented as part of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum's "Contemporary Projects" series.Strode's images draw on a wealth of motifs inspired by a broad range of sources in ..."
To See Without Being Seen Contemporary Art and Drone Warfare by Meredith Malone, Svea Bräunert Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2016 by Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum ISBN-13: 978-0-936316-41-3, ISBN: 0-936316-41-1
"For centuries an artist adept in one medium has found solace, encouragement, and inspiration in another, even to the point of merging them. Michelangelo put down his chisel to pick up his pen; Blake pictorialized his poetry; Max Ernst collaged narratives; Gertrude Stein adopted a cubist style. This bicameral interplay of the verbal and pictorial has never been more pronounced than in our own time. The Dual Muse explores a range of creat ..."