Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society, 1970s-1990s

I have tried out a lot of books for teaching college courses about art of the '70s, '80s, '90s...this new book by Linda Weintraub...is the best for teaching I have found thus far...Weintraub is artist- and reader-friendly. She imagines intelligent readers outside the narrow borders of the art world...I find her emphasis on the artist's point of view a refreshing antidote to all those other "histories" in which the artists' voices have disappeared. Jean Robertson, New Art Examiner

The book is very informative on the artists,talks about their different pieces, I just wish it was in color instead of black and white because it takes away from the pieces meaning and depth

..."Art on the Edge and Over" [is] the sort of publishing experiment that anyone with an interest in contemporary art should seek out. Why? Because books on art don't try terribly hard to communicate with a wide audience, and this one does. ...Her prose is refreshingly straightforward--doubly so because many of the 35 artists she covers are creating complex art. ...If you're familiar with an artist's work, you'll still gain insights into his or her vision. If you don't, Weintraub's chapters are sound, sensitive primers. It's tough to accomplish both tasks, but she does. Robert L. Pincus, San Diego Union-Tribune

"Art on the Edge and Over is an excellent educational tool for people who need an introduction to the latest trends and developments in the visual arts." Robert C. Morgan, art critic

"...people are almost universally unprepared to respond to the vanguard art of our present age...This makes a guidebook indispensable...we have to encounter this art in terms the history of viewing has not prepared us for...Just as there is no art like it, there is no book like the present book...I am beyond measure grateful that Linda Weintraub has undertaken the immense labor that making this art available must have required. All of us who care about art...are greatly in her debt." Arthur C. Danto, from the Foreword