Books & Media

A Sense of Balance: The Sculpture of Stoney Lamar, a 70-page full-color exhibition catalogue accompanying the current exhibition by the same name, is now available for purchase.

This definitive account of Black Mountain College describes a unique educational experiment and the artists and writers who conducted it.

Looking Within: Mark Peiser The Art of Glass is a 78 page full color catalog from Peiser's 2003 exhibition at the Asheville Art Museum.

This book explores the life and work of influential artist Harvey K. Littleton, founder of America's Studio Glass Movement.

Carol Wallace's historical novel explores the events surrounding Vincent Van Gogh's final days.  It's the featured book for the Asheville Art Museum's September Discussion Bound Book Club.

This six page publication was produced in conjunction with the Asheville Art Museum's 2001 exhibition, Rafael Guastavino: Barcelona to Black Mountain.   

This 61 page catalog was produced in conjunction with the Asheville Art Museum's 1997 exhibition, North Carolina to Israel Photographic Project.  

This full-color 56 page exhibition catalog was published in conjunction with the Asheville Art Museum's 2006 retrospective of Norm Schulman's work.

Shock and the Senseless in Dada and Fluxus is an exploration of how the Fluxus and Dada Art Movements challenged traditional notion of art.  Written by Dorothee Brill.   

The Black Mountain Dossiers are part of an ongoing project of the Black  Mountain College and Arts Center.  No. 1 focuses on the work of Joseph Fiore.

Fiore/Drawing is the catalog for the Asheville Art Museum exhibition.  This 48 page, full color catalog is an excellent resource for those interested in learning more about Fiore's work.

This beautiful monograph explores the work of artist Mel Chin.  Published by the Station Museum of Contemporary Art .  168 pages, full color. Learn more about the artist's earlier exhibition at the Museum.

9-11/9-11 is a graphic novel by artist Mel Chin.

This book by Rachel Nash Law and Cynthia W. Taylor has been referred to as the "definitive book on white oak basket making."

Kevin Wilson's novel has been selected as October's Discussion Bound Book Club book.  It tells the story of what happens when two adult children move back in with their eccentric, avant-garde artist parents.

Dr. A Everette James is an art critic and a collector of folk art.  This book examines folk art as a whole and how it should be evaluated in the larger art-world context.

This 6 page catalog provides biographies of the artists who participated in the Asheville Art Museum's 2009 exhibition, Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed.

This catalog was produced in conjunction with the Asheville Art Museum's 2000-2001 exhibition, Endings and Beginnings.  82 pages.  Full color.

This black & white catalog was produced in conjunction with the Asheville Art Museum's 2005 exhibition of William Waldo Dodge's work.

Mary Ann Caws' book examines Motherwell's way of thinking and writing in relationship to his visual art.

Vadim Bora: A Visual Legacy of Expressive Freedom From Initial Spark to Final Form

Erich Hartmann's evocative publication contains the photographs of Nazi concentration and extermination camps that he took in the 1990s.  Learn more about In the Camps.

This 6-page full color catalog has a comprehensive image list and information about the exhibition, Chasing the Image.

This 6 page, full color catalog contains an Art/Sewn exhibition checklist and information about each of the participating artists.