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Wenda Gu: Art from Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium, 2003
Published by MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
Edited by Mark H. C. Bessire and Designed by MECA faculty Margo Halverson & Charles Melcher of Alice Design Communications.
For more information call the ICA at MECA: (800) 639-4808

(The exhibition: "Wenda Gu: Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium" is organized by a consortium of art colleges, including The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, and will be on display at the ICA at MECA June 21-October 3, 2004.)

William Pope.L: The Friendliest Black Artist in America, 2002
Published by MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
Edited by Mark H. C. Bessire and Designed by MECA faculty Margo Halverson & Charles Melcher of Alice Design Communications
This book, which accompanies a nationally touring exhibition of Pope.L's work, explores his impact on American art and culture. It contains sections on practices, body, performance, dialogue, consumption, and a selection of the artist's writings and a chronology. The essays are by Mark H. C. Bessire, C. Carr, Geoffrey Hendricks, Stuart Horodner, Lowery Stokes Sims, Kristine Stiles, and Martha Wilson.
Available for U.S. $24.95
For more information call the ICA at MECA: (800) 639-4808

Translation/Seduction/Displacement: Post- Conceptual and Photographic Work by Artists from South Africa
Exhibition Catalogue
published by Maine College of Art, Portland, Me: Institute of Contemporary Art and Fer Inc.
Edited by Lauri Firstenberg and John Peffer
Essays by Rory Bester, Santu Mofokeng, John Peffer, and Lauri Firstenberg; 47 pages, black and white images. Available for US $15.00 postage paid.

Someday: Robert Farber: A Retrospective
Exhibition Catalogue
published by Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Essays by Carl Belz, Robert Rosenblum, and Robert Storr; checklist of exhibition; color, 72 pages. Available for US $15.00 postage paid.

Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Ike Ude
published by MIT Press and edited by Mark H.C. Bessire and Lauri Firstenberg with an
interview by Okwui Enwezor and essays by Aimee Bessire, Lauri Firstenberg, Kobena Mercer, Valerie Steele and Ike Ude. In color with 185 pages the book is available through MIT Press. To order call 800-356-0343 0r (617) 625-8569.

Rez Williams: Steel Walls and Waterlines, 1999
Exhibition brochure.
Maine College of Art, Portland ME: Institute of Contemporary Art. Eight-page fold-out brochure with essay by Mark H.C. Bessire; exhibition checklist; nine black-and-white images. Available for US$ 5.00 postage paid.

Flow Thru Out,1999
Exhibition brochure.
Maine College of Art, Portland ME: Institute of Contemporary Art. Six-page fold-out brochure with essays by Mark H.C. Bessire and Sasha M. White; four black-and-white images. Available for US$ 5.00 postage paid.

The Art of Reading: Books and Non-Books, 1999
Exhibition brochure.
Maine College of Art, Portland ME: Institute of Contemporary Art.
Eight-page fold-out brochure with essay by Sasha M. White; exhibition checklist; seven black-and-white images. Available for US$ 5.00 postage paid.

Omnium Gatherum: An Installation by Lucy Mitchell, 1999
Exhibition catalogue.
Maine College of Art, Portland ME: Institute of Contemporary Art. 32-page catalogue with essays by AimÈe H.C. Bessire and Mark H.C. Bessire; exhibition checklist; nine black-and-white images. Available for US$ 8.00 postage paid.

Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art and the Shakers, 1997
Exhibition brochure.
Maine College of Art, Portland ME: Institute of Contemporary Art.
Twelve-page fold-out brochure with essay by France Morin; five color images. Available for US$ 5.00 postage paid.

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