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Critical Kitaj: Essays on the Work of R. B. Kitaj (Issues in Art History Series)
Published in Hardcover by Rutgers University Press (December, 2000)
Authors: James Aulich and John Lynch
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An excellent collection of critical essays
As a student currently researching a dissertation on Kitaj, I must say that this handy little book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the study of this fascinating artist. The texts are rather dense and scholarly (the general reader should check out Marco Livingstone's monograph) but they cover a very wide range of issues and interpretations, some of which have never been dealt with in depth before. One such example is Pat Gilmour's essay on Kitaj's importance as a screenprinter, something rarely touched on in the literature, mainly due to Kitaj's re-evaluation of his early work.

Furthermore, other essays explore Kitaj's relation to tradition, his interest in cinema, as well as the social and historical context surrounding some of his allusive paintings. There is even a rather critical essay by Terry Atkinson (formerly of Art & Language) which takes Kitaj to task for daring to carry on the "fetish" of painting. Rather, suggests Atkinson, artists ought to give up such nonsense and sit around pondering the nature of Modernism instead. Oh well, we can't all be philosophers, yet it's heartening that there are still artists alive such as Kitaj who can carry on producing painting which invites informed and stimulating discussion in books such as this.


Framing the Falklands War: Nationhood, Culture and Identity
Published in Hardcover by Open Univ Pr (December, 1991)
Author: James Aulich
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Political Posters in Central and Eastern Europe 1945-1995: Signs of the Times
Published in Paperback by Manchester Univ Pr (June, 2000)
Authors: James Aulich and Marta Sylvestrova
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Vietnam Images: War and Representation
Published in Hardcover by Palgrave Macmillan (June, 1989)
Authors: Jeffrey Walsh and James Aulich
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