ARTBOOK BLOGEventsStore NewsMuseum Stores of the MonthNew Title ReleasesStaff PicksImage GalleryBooks in the MediaExcerpts & EssaysArtbook InterviewsEx LibrisAt First SightThe Artbook 2023 Gift GuidesArtbook Featured Image ArchiveArtbook D.A.P. Events ArchiveDATE 11/1/2024 Celebrate Native American Heritage Month!DATE 10/27/2024 Denim deep diveDATE 10/26/2024 Join Artbook | D.A.P. at Shoppe Object High Point, 2024DATE 10/24/2024 Photorealism lives!DATE 10/21/2024 The must-have monograph on Yoshitomo NaraDATE 10/20/2024 'Mickalene Thomas: All About Love' opens at Philadelphia Museum of ArtDATE 10/17/2024 ‘Indigenous Histories’ is Back in Stock!DATE 10/16/2024 192 Books presents Glenn Ligon and James Hoff on 'Distinguishing Piss from Rain'DATE 10/15/2024 ‘Cyberpunk’ opens at the Academy Museum of Motion PicturesDATE 10/14/2024 Celebrate Indigenous artists across the spectrumDATE 10/10/2024 Textile as language in 'Sheila Hicks: Radical Vertical Inquiries'DATE 10/8/2024 Queer history, science-fiction and the occult in visionary, pulp-age Los AngelesDATE 10/6/2024 The Academy Museum comes on strong with 'Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema' | AT FIRST SIGHTTHE D.A.P. STAFF | DATE 9/27/2010Touchable Sound At First SightIn an era that advocates streamlined product and music at the click of a mouse, Touchable Sound celebrates those independent-spirited bands and musicians who make their own records, relishing the opportunity to produce labor-intensive one-off artifacts with no prospect of remuneration. As Henry H. Owings puts it in his introduction, it is a book that "honors those that invest countless hours to further their art... It's about having an attention to detail and a disinterest in the bottom line." |