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Beauty's only screen deep

Creator
Contributor
Issued
  • 1983
Description
  • John Fekner's photographs explore NYC graffiti comenting on society's video/television watching indiference to the poverty and toxicity around us and the threat of nuclear war. The photo essay culminates in several photographs of a project in which Fekner collaborated with a graffiti artist to paint a mural inviting people into a bomb shelter in a building that had been bricked up completely. Two short essays at the beginning and end of the book are included.
Mode of Issuance
  • monographs
  • Mass produced
Form of Work
Subject
Work Type
Technique
  • Adhesive binding
  • Commercial binding
  • Handwriting
  • Photography
Measurements
  • 22 x 26 cm
Identifier
  • Fekn_Beau_02
Item Locator
  • N7433.4.F44 A61 1983
Repository
Publisher
Place of Production
Is Part Of
  • Wedge Pamphlet 10
Institution
Conversion
  • Photographed with a Canon 30d with a 24-105 IS L lens in Raw file format. In Photoshop CS3, edited for color and contrast using layers and curves adjustments and saved out as a tiff file.
Modified
  • 08/08/2023
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APA

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MLA

Artistsʼ Books at the University of Oregon Libraries, University of Oregon. "Beauty's only screen deep" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70bt10z

Chicago

Artistsʼ Books at the University of Oregon Libraries, University of Oregon. "Beauty's only screen deep" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70bt10z

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df70bt10z | title= Beauty's only screen deep |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-19 |publisher= Wedge Press}}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Fekner, John http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82249064
2 Lou Forgione http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LouForgione
3 Barbara Morrison http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/BarbaraMorrison
4 Rick Sayago http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RickSayago
5 Fred Maurice Baca http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/FredMauriceBaca
6 Don Leicht http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/DonLeicht
7 Ed Sayago http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/EdSayago
8 Steve Grivas http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/SteveGrivas
9 Luis Stand http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/LuisStand
10 Karen Creehan http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/KarenCreehan
11 Johnny Crash Matos http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/JohnnyCrashMatos
12 Robert Pecorini http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/RobertPecorini
13 Hank Lewis http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/HankLewis
14 Santaniello, Dave. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006103587
15 Jim Recchione http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/JimRecchione
16 Essays http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85044914
17 Documentary photography http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85101277
18 Artists' books http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85008302
19 notebooks http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300264354
20 University of Oregon. Design Library http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017087491
21 Wedge Press http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/publisher/WedgePress
22 New York >> New York >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5128581/
23 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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