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Abloh-isms
(Hardcover)
Virgil Abloh; Edited by Larry Warsh
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A collection of essential quotations from the renowned fashion
designer, DJ, and stylist Abloh-isms is a collection of essential
quotations from American fashion designer, DJ, and stylist Virgil
Abloh, who was a major creative figure in the worlds of pop culture
and art. Abloh began his career as Kanye West's creative director
before founding the luxury streetwear label Off-White and becoming
artistic director for Louis Vuitton, making Abloh the first
American of African descent to hold that title at a French fashion
house. Defying categorization, Abloh's work has been the subject of
solo exhibitions at museums and galleries, most notably in a major
retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Gathered
from interviews and other sources, this selection of compelling and
memorable quotations from the designer reveals his thoughts on a
wide range of subjects, including creativity, passion, innovation,
race, and what it means to be an artist of his generation. Lively
and thought-provoking, these quotes reflect Abloh's unique
perspective as a trailblazer in his fields. Select quotations from
the book: "I believe that coincidence is key, but coincidence is
energies coming towards each other. You have to be moving to meet
it." "Life is collaboration. Where I think art can be sort of
misguided is that it propagates this idea of itself as a solo love
affair-one person, one idea, no one else involved." "Black
influence has created a new ecosystem, which can grow and support
different types of life that we couldn't before."
Toronto Then and Now pairs vintage images of Canada's largest city
– and North America's fourth most populous – with the same
views as they look today. Toronto has long been a financial
powerhouse in North America, and this is represented by its many
grand bank buildings. Canada's capital may be Ottawa, but the
financial power emanates from this thriving city, the fourth most
populous in North America. Sites include: Toronto Harbour, Fort
York, Queen's Quay Lighthouse, Toronto Island Ferries, Queen's Quay
Terminal, Canadian National Exhibition, Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion,
Princes' Gates, Royal York Hotel, Union Station, City Hall, St.
Lawrence Market, St. James Cathedral, Canadian Pacific Building,
Bank of Montreal, Dineen Building, Elgin Theatre, Arts and Letters
Club, Old Bank of Nova Scotia, Ryrie Building, Masonic Temple,
Osgoode Hall, Royal Alexandra Theatre, Gurney Iron Works, Boer War
Monument, CN Tower, Old Knox College, Victory Burlesque Theatre,
Maple Leaf Gardens, University of Toronto and much more.
Exploring the intersection of art, science and religion, "Seeking
Truth: Living with Doubt" considers that all three are paths to the
same end. Attacking not only the unyielding smugness of
evolutionary biologists but also the uncompromising surety of
Fundamentalist figureheads (in both the Christian and Islamic
faiths), author Steven Fortney and Marshall Onellion take the
reader on a path that disavows all such certainties and considers
the thought-provoking question; What does it mean to live with
doubt? Far from leaving questions unanswered, instead they tackle
such questions as proof versus faith, the impossibility of absolute
understanding, and how a combination of art, science and religion
can lead to a transcendence of that which we cannot know. In so
doing, they expose the dangers of "certainty," be it in religion,
science or any other ideology that claims to offer absolute truth.
"Seeking Truth: Living with Doubt" has been endorsed by theologians
(Arthur Dewey, Professor of Theology, Xavier University a Jesuit
University], Ohio, USA), biologists (Clark Lindgren, Grinnell
College, Iowa, USA), and physicists (Narendra Kumar, Director of
the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India), by Christians,
Jews, Hindus and Buddhists. It will appeal to those interested in
the two channels of truth seeking: transcencence (also called
religion) and the physical world (also called science). The book
interconnects many science topics, including cosmology,
neurobiology and evolution, to religion and the arts. It also
proposes some unorthodox ideas, including the equivalence of the
Christian concept of Grace and the Buddhist concept of Emptiness,
and that what a religious devout person does in prayer is identical
to what a writer does during the creative process.
"The Bible in the Latin West" is the first volume in a series that
addresses the codicology of texts. In considering how and why the
appearance of a manuscript changes over the centuries, Margaret T.
Gibson introduces students to the study of manuscripts and to the
wider range of information and expertise that can be brought to
bear on the study of manuscripts as historical objects as well as
texts. Here Gibson surveys the changes in the most important book
in the western world, the Latin Bible. She begins the survey in
late antiquity, discussing the volumes of the great senatorial
houses of the 4th century and how they influenced the early great
Bibles of northern Europe. The discussion then moves through the
Carolingian period, with its increased interest in commentary to
early vernacular versions, and goes on to reveal how in the 11th
and 12th centuries the growing numbers of monastic and university
readers made new demands on the texts which led to the inclusion of
glosses and other scholarly apparatus. Later, the combined
influences of increased literacy and growing wealth among the
population called for vernacular translations and devotional aids
such as Books of Hours. Gibson completes the survey with a look at
early printed Bibles. A useful volume for anyone being introduced
to the firsthand study of texts and their transmission, as well as
for graduate students in history, English, modern languages,
classics, and religious studies. "The Bible in the Latin West"
contains an introductory survey.
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