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NMB (New Millennium Butch) by Peggie Miller (Peggie Miller, 2011)

Written by Carla on February 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

NMB (New Millennium Butch). Peggie Miller, with photographs by Akintola Hanif, Tamara Fleming, Paka Khan, and S.D. Nicholas, PMP Enterprise, 2011, $40.
There’s not a tremendous amount of information about this title, which appears to be self-published, but if you follow the link above you can read a bit more and purchase it online.

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UPDATED: Black Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot” (Temple, 2010)

Written by Carla on February 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Black Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot” has been selected for the 2011 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women’s Studies published in 2010. Congratulations, Deb, and all the contributors!!
Black Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot”. Edited by Deborah Willis. Temple University Press, 288p, ISBN 978-1-4399-0205-9, $34.95.
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Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art by Kellie Jones (Duke, 2011)

Written by Carla on January 27, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art. Kellie Jones, Duke University Press, May 2011, 464 pages, 27 illustrations, cloth ISBN 978-0-8223-4861-0 $99.95; paper ISBN 978-0-8223-4873-3 $29.95.
Check out this wonderful profile on Jones (with lots of photos): Tales of the Real Village People: Or How She Became Kellie Jones. Amazon isn’t even listing this title yet, nor can you pre-order it [...]

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D.A.P. ’s new Los Angeles Showroom opening 1/29

Written by Carla on January 22, 2011 — Leave a Comment

For more details on the new showroom, visit the ARTBOOK blog: http://www.artbook.com/blog.html
Visit them at ART LOS ANGELES CONTEMPORARY January 28 – 30th at the Barker Hanger.

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Revue Noire Limited Editions

Written by Carla on November 28, 2010 — Leave a Comment

(Of course these go on sale after I get back from Paris, but you can probably order online. Those prices are not for the faint of heart.)
LIMITED EDITIONS
nouvelle exposition de la MAISON REVUE NOIRE / A new REVUE NOIRE exhibition
01 dec – 24 dec 2010
(du mercredi au samedi 13:00-19:00 et sur rendez-vous) / (Wed-Sat 1:00pm-7:00pm and [...]

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    Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
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