The works of ten Michigan artists reference Detroit whenever possible: the mosaic in the Cobo Hall station depicts seven full-scale automobiles; at the Grand Circus Park stop, a bronze life-sized figure reads the Detroit Free Press and ...
Selected Works from the Detroit Institute of Arts
Art Deco in Detroit explores the wide-ranging variety of these architectural marvels, from world-famous structures like the Fisher and Penobscot Buildings, to commercial buildings, theaters, homes, and churches.
... ( paint cans , rollers , brushes , hammers , saws ) in order to come " to grips with the real world . " 4 In two sug- gestively titled installations , Stuff of Dreams ( Detroit Artists Market , 1975 ) and Education of the Schoolboy ...
Thirty illustrated essays highlighting a variety of Detroit artists.
Cruise down the inner-city streets of Detroit and your eyes take in an array of familiar images of poverty and decay. What renowned photographer David Clements sees on these gritty...
A photographic record of almost three decades of Detroit's changing urban fabric
Art in Public Places in the United States
For this volume, author Bradford Frost selected 192 images from the exhibit to showcase the perspectives of hundreds of residents and the places they presented, from the gritty to the sublime.
"Landlord Colors: On Art, Economy, and Materiality reconsiders periods of economic and social collapse through the lens of artistic innovations and material-driven narratives.