"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (November 22, 2015-February 21, 2016)"-- Colophon.

Edited by Diana Thater. Text by Kent Nagano, Bernhart Schwenk.

Exhibition held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 13 November 2001 to 3 February 2002.

Make to Know: From Spaces of Uncertainty to Creative Discovery will change the way you think about creativity. The book upends popular notions of innate artistic and visionary genius and probes instead the event of discovery that happens through the act of making. In contrast to the classic tale of Michelangelo, who 'saw the angel in the stone', the artists and designers Buchman interviews for this book talk about knowing their work as they engage in the doing. Make to Know explores the revelatory nature of the creative journey itself. As Buchman weaves together the vivid stories of his multiple conversations, we learn about writers of all stripes as they confront creative spaces of uncertainty 'the blank page'; about visual artists and what they understand from the materials they encounter; about designers and architects and the iterative process of solving problems; and about actors and musicians facing the surprises of improvisational performance. Make to Know is a book that will, ultimately, open a path to your own making, and, in the end, will have significant implications for how you live. Make to Know presents a way of thinking that democratizes creativity and uncovers a process that leads to knowing both ones work and oneself. It is relevant to anyone interested in why creativity matters.

Published on the occasion of the twenty-five year anniversary of David Zwirner, this book paints a picture of the gallery’s growth and development through the lens of the artists that have shaped it. Since its founding in 1993, David Zwirner has above all else been guided by its artist-centric ethos. Beginning with the gallery's early days on Greens Street in SoHo, to its transition and expansion to Chelsea, London, the Upper East Side, and Hong Kong, this book captures David Zwirner's devotion to its inimitable roster of artists and estates. The heart of the publication is a wide-ranging, dynamic selection of the gallery's standout exhibitions—in many cases handpicked by David Zwirner himself. Many of these exhibitions highlight the countless works that ended up in major museum and private collections around the world. Also featured is an extensive gallery history that details all of the exhibitions by every artist and estate presented at David Zwirner, accompanied by archival imagery. With contributions by Richard Shiff and Robert Storr, as well as a foreword by David Zwirner, this publication offers rare insights into the growth of a commercial gallery through its long-term commitment to artists.

A vibrant guide to the artistic, cultural, and social faces of the new media.

Mit der überblicksartig angelegten Ausstellung "Diana Thater. Keep the faith." präsentiert die Kunsthalle Bremen und das Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen eine umfassende Werkschau der kalifornischen Künstlerin Diana Thater (*1962). Sie bezieht in der noch jungen Videokunst eine höchst eigenständige Position, weil sie die Videoprojektionen mit dem Raum durch eingefärbtes Tages- und Kunstlicht verschmilzt. Ihre Themen kreisen um das Verhältnis von unberührter und kultivierter Natur, das sie am Bild des wilden oder gebändigten Tieres vorführt. Die zeitgleichen Ausstellungen in Siegen und Bremen ergänzen sich: In Bremen wird der Schwerpunkt auf die jüngeren Arbeiten seit 1998 gelegt, während das Siegener Museum sich den grundlegenden frühen Arbeiten widmet, die zwischen 1993 und 1997 entstanden sind. Der Katalog dokumentiert umfassend mit großen Farbabbildungen die in beiden Häusern installierten Arbeiten. Erstmals ist im Buch ein Verzeichnis aller bisher entstandenen Installationen und Monitorarbeiten von Diana Thater veröffentlicht. Die Katalogtexte nähern sich dem Werk der Künstlerin aus drei unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Diana Thater erläutert in ihrem grundlegenden Aufsatz ihre Konzepte zu den in beiden Ausstellungsteilen gezeigten Arbeiten. Sie gibt damit zugleich einen Überblick über die bisherige Entwicklung ihrer künstlerischen Interessen. Barbara Engelbach untersucht den Umgang der Künstlerin mit dem Medium Video im Kontext der Diskussionen um Medienspezifik der 1960er und 1970er Jahre. Wulf Herzogenrath entwickelt zum künstlerischen Umgang Thaters vom projizierten Bild im architektonischen Raum eine Vorge-schichte ähnlicher Auffassungen von Künstlern früherer Medien, die mit Film- und Diaprojektionen arbeiteten.

Whether designing complex video sculptures & installations, experimenting with electronic psychedelia, creating conceptual & performance art, or producing vanguard works that promote social issues, artists from all over California have utilized video technology to express revolutionary ideas.

This book is devoted to the masterpiece earthwork of Robert Smithson.

Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995 shines a spotlight on a historical moment and a body of work in the history of media art that has been largely overlooked since its inception. The exhibition explores the connections between our current moment and the point at which video art was transformed dramatically with the entry of large-scale, cinematic installation into the gallery space. This exhibition will present a re-evaluation of monitor-based sculpture since the 1970’s and serve as a tightly focused survey of works that have been rarely seen in the last twenty years. Artists featured in the exhibition are Dara Birnbaum, Ernst Caramelle, Takahiko Iimura, Shigeko Kubota, Mary Lucier, Muntadas, Tony Oursler, Nam June Paik, Friederike Pezold, Adrian Piper, Diana Thater, and Maria Vedder.--Gallery website.