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Warren Lehrer is an American author and artist/designer known mostly for his highly visual books and multimedia projects.〔(Designers and Books contributor bio )〕 Lehrer came to prominence in the 1980s and 90s for his attempts at capturing the shape of thought and speech on the printed page in his books and performance scores characterized by polyvalent narratives and expressionistic typography.〔''Print Magazine'' article. Philip Meggs (Author). "Performing Art: Warren Lehrer's Books Fill The Printed Page With Sound and Movement." ''Print Magazine'', May/June 1993, p. 80-87.〕〔AIGA Journal article, Fall 1987. Philip Meggs (Author. “An Oracle of the 21st Century.” AIGA Journal, Fall 1987, p. 4-9.〕 His most recent book, ''A Life in Books: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley'' (Goff Books, 2013), is an "illuminated novel" that contains 101 books within it. == Life == Lehrer was born in 1955 and raised in Queens, New York.〔Bio entry, Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes, Richard Kostelanetz (Author), Routledge, 2001, p.364-365.〕 He is the son of Arthur and Ruth Lehrer, brother of broadcast journalist Brian Lehrer, and married to author and performer Judith Sloan. Lehrer received his BA from Queens College, CUNY, and an MFA from Yale University. He is a full professor at the School of Art and Design at Purchase College, SUNY, and a founding faculty member of the "Designer As Author" graduate program at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City. Together with Judith Sloan, Lehrer founded EarSay Inc. in 1999, an artist-driven, non-profit arts organization in Queens, NY.〔(Earsay website ).〕 Lehrer is profiled as a pioneer practitioner of design authorship and visual literature in numerous books and feature articles on graphic design, typography, book arts, and experimental literature.〔''No More Rules: Graphic Design and Postmodernism'', Rick Poynor (Author), Yale University Press, 2003, Lawrence King Publishers, 2013, p. 130-132.〕〔(''New York Times'' Book Review ). Audible Ink. Julie Lasky (Author), October 20, 1996, p.39.〕〔''A Short History of the Printed Word'', Warren Chappell & Robert Bringhurst (Authors), Hartley and Marks Publishers, 2000, p. 219-220.〕 Lehrer has received awards for his books and projects, including the 2014 IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Awards) Outstanding Book of the Year Award for Most Original Concept,〔IPPY (Independent Publisher) (Official Award Notification ). Interview with Award-Winning Author Warren Lehrer, Independent Publisher, (Part 1 ). (Part 2 ).〕 the 2004 Brendan Gill Prize,〔(Brendan Gil Prize web page ).〕 The 2003 Innovative Use of Archives Award, three American Institute for Graphic Arts Book Awards, The International Book Design Award, a Best of the Best Award from the New York Book Show, a National Indie Book Award, and a Prix Arts Electronica Award. He is also the recipient of fellowships and grants from The National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, The New York Foundation for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, The Furthermore Foundation, and others. His work has been exhibited widely and is in many collections including the Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, L.A. County Art Museum, The Getty Museum, Georges Pompidou Centre, and Tate Gallery.〔http://arcade.nyarc.org/search~S8/?searchtype=X&searcharg=Warren+Lehrer&searchscope=8&sortdropdown=&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBMIT=Search&searchlimits=&searchorigarg=XWarren+Lehrer%26SORT%3DDZ〕 The Crossing the BLVD exhibition (co-produced with Sloan) premiered in 2003 at The Queens Museum of Art and has traveled to fourteen other museums and galleries throughout the United States.〔(''Washington Post'' article on Crossing the BLVD exhibit ); ''LA Times'' link, The Global Village, Lynne Duke (Author), January 6, 2004.〕 Lehrer is a frequent lecturer and presenter at universities, art centers, and bookstores, and has been keynote speaker/performer at conferences on book arts, design and oral history, most recently as keynote speaker at the 2013 NY Art Book Fair Contemporary Artists Book Conference at PS1 MoMA NY.〔(NY Art Book Fair 2013 Contemporary Artists' Books Conference program ).〕 Lehrer's performances and plays have been performed at venues including La MaMa Experimental Theatre, The Knitting Factory, Independent Art at Here, The Painted Bride, The LaGuardia Performing Art Center, The Market Theatre (Johannesburg) and The Theatre Workshop (Edinburgh).〔(A Life In Books Performance at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 2013 ).〕 Since 2009, Lehrer has been setting stories and text into animation, video, and interactive media, and is working on an enhanced ebook edition of A Life In Books.〔("Lunch Break Video: an Anti-Globalization Animation" ) ''Print Magazine'', Michael Dooley (Author), February 24, 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Warren Lehrer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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