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Images of Bliss Ejaculation, Masculinity, Meaning Murat Aydemir 2007 Spring

From Holbein to hard-core porn, a critical exploration of male orgasm in Western culture

Clement Greenberg, Late Writings Clement Greenberg Robert C. Morgan, Editor 2007 Spring

A publishing event: culminating works by a major figure in art history, collected here for the first time!

The Scar of Visibility Medical Performances and Contemporary Art Petra Kuppers 2006 Fall

Grapples with the limits of medicine and the mysteries of human bodies in contemporary art and culture

Too Beautiful to Picture Zeuxis, Myth, and Mimesis Elizabeth C. Mansfield 2006 Fall

An intriguing look at imitation in Western art from antiquity to the present

Collectivism after Modernism The Art of Social Imagination after 1945 Blake Stimson and Gregory Sholette, Editors 2006 Fall

Analyzes collective artistic practice from the Cold War to the global present

Sheer Presence The Veil in Manet’s Paris Marni Reva Kessler 2006 Fall

Examines the cultural and aesthetic significance of the veil in nineteenth-century France

Cabinet of Curiosities Mark Dion and the University as Installation Colleen J. Sheehy, Editor 2006 Fall

Mark Dion digs into the University of Minnesota

The Matrixial Borderspace Bracha Ettinger 2005 Fall

A groundbreaking intertwining of the philosophy of art and psychoanalytic theory

Modern Dance, Negro Dance Race in Motion Susan Manning 2006 Fall

Integrates the histories of black and white dance in modern America

Herschel V. Jones The Imprint of a Great Collector Lisa Dickinson Michaux, Marla J. Kinney and Jane Immler Satkowski Karen Jacobson, Editor 2006 Spring

A richly illustrated guide to one of the most significant collections of prints in America, including luminaries Rembrandt, Dürer, Whistler, and Cassatt

Money in the Bank The Katherine Kierland Herberger Collection Corine Wegener and Karal Ann Marling 2006 Spring

A comprehensive illustrated guide to American toy banks

Ether The Nothing That Connects Everything Joe Milutis 2005 Fall

Diagrams the interconnections among cosmic consciousness, hermetic avant-gardes, and technological progress

The Aesthetics of Disengagement Contemporary Art and Depression Christine Ross 2005 Spring

Reveals how artists engage the scientific notion of depression

Sex Objects Art and the Dialectics of Desire Jennifer Doyle 2006 Spring

Complicates the role sex plays in art—from the scandalous to the absurd

American Exposures Photography and Community in the Twentieth Century Louis Kaplan 2005 Fall

A fascinating analysis of how photographers image and imagine American communities

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University of Minnesota Press

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