Books written by Carol Becker
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Zones of Contention: Essays on Art, Institutions, Gender, and Anxiety
Shady Lacey (1971), Shadow Panel (1971), Black Widow (1971), Satin Hanky (1972), Istrian River Lady (1974), and Waiting Lady (1972) establish a complex relationship between the woman getting dressed and an unspecified voyeur watching, ...
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The William Greenberg Desserts Cookbook: Classic Desserts from an Iconic New York City Bakery
These recipes transcend trends while appealing to modern palates. This book adds a fresh perspective to the bakery and its recipes, while also staying true to the tradition and community its customers have loved for decades.
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Social Responsibility and the Place of the Artist in Society
Social Responsibility and the Place of the Artist in Society
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The Subversive Imagination: Artists, Society, and Responsibility
The works conceived of in the spirit of these texts not only challenge how we are to think about art, but how we are to respond to the social questions art addresses, sometimes vehemently.
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Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production
The book explores places from the coal-mining towns of western Pennsylvania, to the Birla House where Gandhi was shot, to the sinking city of Venice.
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Accidental Audience: Urban Interventions by Artists
Intervention work is site-specific, eclectic in form, and generally involves an element of unpredictability - possibilities to be experienced through chance encounters. Surprise or serendipity is part of what constitutes the work.
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Surpassing the Spectacle: Global Transformations and the Changing Politics of Art
Completed just before the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center catastrophe, this book is remarkably prescient of the new concerns that have now become foremost in our thoughts since the attack.
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Letter to the World
Letter to the World
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Design Downtown For Women (Men Will Follow)
This book explores the factors that influence their desire to do business, travel to, and stay in your downtown.
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Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production
The book explores places from the coal-mining towns of western Pennsylvania, to the Birla House where Gandhi was shot, to the sinking city of Venice.