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He is part of the same Californian artistic milieu as Allen Ruppersberg, Guy de Cointet, and Bas Jan Ader--with whom he edited the magazine Landslide in 1969-1970.Through his installations and videos, drawings and paintings, play and sound performances, Leavitt re-examines the production of the Western imaginary, as imposed, since the end of World War II, by the \"Hollywood factory.\" Through a selection of parts of stage sets, the isolation and recombination of fragments coming from everyday culture, which often conceals a conservative social order and politics, he turns these representations inside out: he makes us see them as so many conceptual frameworks in which stories (fictional ones or from our own lives) can be set.Also at play in Leavitt's continuing exploration of \"the theater of the ordinary\" is the coexistence of nature and artifice, exemplified by such landmark works as Forest Sound (1970) and California Patio (1972). 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Play great rock while you learn from one of the most revered guitar methods of all time  These songs map directly to the lessons of William Leavitt's Modern Method for Guitar Vol. 1, the basic guitar text at Berklee College of Music. Carefully overseen by Scotty Johnson of Berklee's Guitar Department, these arrangements are crafted to Leavitt's time-proven approach, giving you the chance to apply what you learn to the music of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Santana and many others. The accompanying CD demonstrates all tunes and offers play-along tracks for practicing the duets. 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His works make use of narrative elements drawn from LA architecture and popular culture as well as from the movie and television industries.  The artist works in various media, including sculpture, painting, drawing, photography and theatre.      Framed as a sitcom setting, the narrative of THE PARTICLES (of White Naugahyde) tells the story of a family auditioning for a NASA program, which sends them to a newly planned space colony.  The demanding admission process makes them live in a security-free community in the desert together with other applicants.  These two weeks in the desert result in anxiety and anti-social behavior among the participants.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51552128696593,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51552128827665,"sku":"NGR9783905929607","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/3905929600.jpg?v=1751383912"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-william-leavitt.oembed?page=2","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}