Kester is brilliant. A fantastic historical and theoretical analysis of social realm based art. One of the most thoughtful accounts of recent art that you will find.
Joanne gair is best known for her painted-on swimsuits and/or shirts appearing in sports illustrated's swimsuit edition. Gair's palette includes lots of materials that other artists' don't, both because of the temporary nature of her original works.
The cover of this book is a good example of how not to flatten a book. The rest are just oh, look, here is (insert celebrity name here) sort of *.