{"id":487,"date":"2019-09-04T21:25:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T01:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/?p=487"},"modified":"2019-09-04T21:35:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T01:35:49","slug":"august-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/august-1959","title":{"rendered":"August 1959"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"197\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-cover.jpg 197w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-cover-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption><em>August 1959<\/em> cover <br>by Joshua Field<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2>August 1959<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3>by Joshua Field<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This visual journal by artist Joshua Field was produced as part of the exhibition &#8220;In Absentia&#8221; in 2017. Using a combination of collage, painting, and drawing, the artist explores a mysterious confluence of events in August of 1959.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"554\" src=\"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-pages-48-49.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-pages-48-49.jpg 700w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-pages-48-49-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-pages-48-49-210x166.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption><em>August 1959<\/em> pages 48-49 <br>by Joshua Field<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>About the author:<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Joshua Field (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuafield.com\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Field<\/a> holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His work has been featured in numerous publications including <em>ArtSlant<\/em>, <em>DailyCandy<\/em>, <em>DesignYouTrust<\/em>, and Saatchi Online\u2019s<em> 100 Curators, 100 Days<\/em> and is held in both private and public collections. He has participated in residencies at the Contemporary Artists Center and the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). Field is Assistant Professor of Foundations and Fine Arts at the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver, Colorado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong><br><em>August 1959<\/em><br>by Joshua Field<br>perfect-bound paperback, 80 pages<br>6.88&#8243;x4.25&#8243;<br>illustrated<br>open edition<br>$13.00<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Joshua Field (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.joshuafield.com\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Field<\/a>, Denver, Colorado, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase the book directly from Lulu.com <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/joshua-field\/august-1959\/paperback\/product-23747203.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"HERE (opens in a new tab)\">HERE<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Joshua Field<br \/>\nself-published, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/joshua-field-august-1959-cover.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8O04t-7R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}