Charles J Gaines

Ben Patterson: In the State of Fluxus

Performing and visual artist Ben Patterson (born 1934) was a founding member of Fluxus' participatory, do-it-yourself, anticommercialist avant-garde network. While many Fluxus artists, influenced by John Cage's precedent, employed conceptual techniques borrowed from music (e.g., the event score), Pa...

ArtCenter Talks: Graduate Seminar, The First Decade 1986–1995

This collection of never-before-published talks at one of the leading art schools in the United States documents an exciting decade in the development of contemporary art and arts education, featuring interviews with renowned artists, curators and writers Beth B, Rosetta Brooks, Luís Castro Leiva, M...

Kerry James Marshall (Contemporary Artists series)

The most comprehensive book yet on this inspired, inventive chronicler of the African-American experienceAlabama-born, Chicago-based Kerry James Marshall is one of the most exciting artists working today. Critically and commercially acclaimed, the painter is known for his representation of the histo...

Terry Adkins: Recital

This first career-spanning volume of dynamic artist/musician Terry Adkins surveys three decades of multimedia installations and performances. Born in 1953 in Washington, DC, Terry Adkins grew up deeply invested in visual art, music, and language. His approach to art making is similar to that of a co...

The Next Valley Over: An Angler's Progress

Acclaimed sporting and adventure writer Charles Gaines has spent much of his life on the water, around the world, fishing rod in hand, angling for trout, redfish, salmon, bonefish, bass, marlin, tuna, and practically everything else that swims. Just about any place where there's water to fish and ec...

Waters Far and Near: Tales of Angling Adventure and Misadventure Around the World

From the glacial lakes of Patagonia to the safari camps of Zambia, Charles Gaines has traversed the globe in search of the elusive catch. Traveling by helicopter, kayak, ship or houseboat, on lakes, rivers, oceans and everglades, he has visited five continents and over 20 countries following his pri...

Charles Gaines: Gridwork 1974-1989

Widely regarded as one of the leading exponents of postminimalist art in the late 1970s, Charles Gaines (born 1944) is known primarily for his photographs, drawings and works on paper that investigate systems, cognition and language. Considered against the backdrop of the Black Arts Movement of the ...

A Family Place: A Man Returns to the Center of His Life

The writer describes how, yearning for a remote getaway spot, he and his wife bought 160 acres in Nova Scotia and, enlisting their children and their daughter's carpenter boyfriend, built a home there. 25,000 first printing. National ad/promo.

Sportstalent: Discover Your Natural Athletic Talents and Excel in the Sport of Your Choice

Stay Hungry

Arnold's Fitness for Kids Ages Birth to Five: A Guide to Health, Exercise and Nutrition

Arnold's Fitness for Kids Ages 6-10: A Guide to Health, Exercise, and Nutrition

Arnold's Fitness for Kids Ages 11-14

A Family Place

Last Convoy to Europe

The Next Valley over: An Angler's Progress

Charles Gaines (artist)

Charles Gaines (born 1944) is an American artist whose work interrogates the discourse relating aesthetics and politics. Taking the form of drawings,...

Charles Gaines

Charles L. Gaines (born c. 1942) is an American writer and outdoorsman, notable for his works on fly fishing, his role in the development of paintball, and his...