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Air Guitar pioneered a kind of plain-talking in cultural criticism, willingly subjective and always candid and direct. A valuable reading tool for art lovers, neophytes, students and teachers alike, Hickey's book--now in its eighth printing--has galvanized a generation of art lovers, with new takes on Norman Rockwell, Robert Mapplethorpe, Stan.TITLE: Air guitar: essays on art and democracy. Personal Author: Hickey, Dave, 1940- ISBN: 0963726455 Summary: Air Guitar pioneered a kind of plain-talking in cultural criticism, willingly subjective and always candid and direct. A valuable reading tool for art lovers, neophytes, students and teachers alike, Hickey’s book—now in its third edition—has galvanized a generation of art.Laurie Anderson reads “My Weimar” from Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy by David Hickey at the PEN event 2004 State of Emergency: Unconventional Readings.
Summer Study Abroad - Contemporary Fine Art Practice. Module Overview. This is an interdisciplinary 3 week fine art course that aims to provide an innovati ve and experimental approach to the making and development of your work. On the course you will respond to open and concept based projects and you.Dave Hickey is a distinguished American art and cultural critic and the author of Dragon: Four Essays on Beauty (1993), Air Guitar: Essays on Art and Democracy (1997), and Pirates and Farmers (2014) and 25 Women: Essays on Their Art (2016). He has served as executive editor of Art In America, a contributing editor for the Village Voice and as.
In Air Guitar (1997) Hickey recalls how, flying home after four gruelling days sequestered in Washington DC as a member of an NEA grant panel wading through torrents of artists' slides in a winnowing process of aesthetic judgement, he made a beeline for the uncomplicated embrace of Vegas airport's video poker machines. Before he knew it, Hickey.
