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Bibliography

Books

An, Kyung   Who's afraid of contemporary art? : an A to Z guide to the art world Thames & Hudson;
Atkins, Robert   Artspeak : a guide to contemporary ideas movements, and buzzwords, 1945 to the present  Abbeville Press;
Baker, Kenneth   Minimalism well written by an art critic Abbeville Press
Barnes, Julian   Keeping an Eye Open: essays on Art
Cumming, Robert   Art, A Field Guide Knopf; 1st. edition (November 27, 2001)
_______________  Art, A visual History  DK; Slp edition (September 1, 2015)
Dickerman, Leah  Inventing Abstraction 1910-1925,  Museum of Modern Art, NYC
Finger, Brad and Weidmann, Christine 50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know  Prestel (May 1, 2011)
Gompertz, Will  What Are You Looking At  Plume; Reprint edition (September 24, 2013)
Gooding, Mel and Furlong, William  Artists Land Nature  Harry N. Abrams; 1st edition (October 1, 2002)
_____________________________  Speaking of Art
Grovier, Kelley  100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age   Thames & Hudson; 1 edition (November 4, 2013)
Hoving, Thomas,
Art for dummies
Lancaster, John introducing Op Art
Leslie, Richard   Pop art : a new generation of style Smithmark Publishers (September 1997)
Meyer, James    Minimalism  Yale University Press (August 11, 2004)
Moszynska, Anna   Abstract Art
Nickas, Bob  Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting Phaidon Press; Reprint edition (March 24, 2014)
Perry, Grayson   Playing to the gallery : helping contemporary art in its struggle to be understood
Phaidon Press The Art Book, 2012
Phaidon Press The 20th Century Art Book
Phaidon Press The 21st Century Art Book
Rosenthal, Mark Abstraction in the Twentieth Century Guggenheim Museum Pubns
Tate Gallery   Forty years of modern art 1945-1985
Thornton, Sarah  Seven Days in the Art World   W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (November 2, 2009)
_____________  33 Artists in 3 Acts W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (September 8, 2015)
Varnedoe, Kirk   Pictures of Nothing : abstract art since Pollock Princeton University Press; 1st edition (October 29, 2006)
Wilson, Michael   How to read contemporary art : experiencing the art of the 21st century  Harry N. Abrams (May 14, 2013)
Articles
Essay by Isaac Kaplan:  If You Don’t Understand Conceptual Art, It’s Not Your Fault
Magazines
Art in America,  Art Forum, Art Nexus

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