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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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MOCA Focus: Eric Wesley
Author: Eric Wesley
Author: Eric WesleyPublisher: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
West Coast artist Eric Wesley was born in 1973 in Los Angeles. His work, which can take the form of sculpture, painting, drawing, architectural model or public artwork proposal, often uses decrepit materials and conveys a humorous take on the world and his own identity within it. For the 2004 Whitney Biennial, he created scale sets for a faux reality show; his 2000 kinetic sculpture "Kicking Ass" was a mechanized donkey that kicked holes in the gallery wall behind it. This small monograph is the first publication dedicated solely to the artist's work, and is published on the occasion of his 2006 exhibition as part of the MOCA Focus series.
MOCA Focus
Author: Sterling RubyPublisher: Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Edited by Lisa Mark. Text by Philipp Kaiser.
Frieze Art Fair Yearbook
Author: Los Angeles Magazine
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Category : California, Southern
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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Alien Nation
Author: John GillPublisher: Hatje Cantz
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Alien Nation explores the ways the metaphor of the alien (little green man) has been used to process the reality of the alien (illegal or otherwise). If the cinema of the 1950s and 60s sublimated the fear of atomic catastrophe or communist attack into interplanetary drama, the more recent work collected here uses elements of that retro sci-fi world as powerful metaphors for our deep-seated fears of the Other, the foreigner--the increasingly frequently decried "invasion" of immigrants, or just the presence of people of different skin colors and beliefs. Among the 12 international contemporary artists showcased are Laylah Ali, Kori Newkirk and Yinka Shonibare. They and their compatriots explore themes of otherness and difference in film, sculpture, painting, photography and installation. Their interplanetary visitors--which might be built from Christmas ornaments, like Marepe's untitled creature, or sewn from African cloth, like Shonibare's "Dysfunctional Family"--are illustrated alongside film stills and posters from the 1950s and 60s, a glossary of alien names from those films, several thoughtful essays and interviews with the participating artists. A timely, ambitious and thought-provoking exploration of the complex relationship between fiction, race and contemporary art.
The Art Assassin
Author: Albert WangPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557556333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 725
Book Description
In this provocative and groundbreaking nonfiction novel, Albert Wang who is an investigative reporter in the tradition of Hunter Thompson and Norman Mailer reinvents his fictional alter-ego qi peng as a Utah conceptual artist who is trying to make it into the contemporary art world, particularly New York City, from a relative unknown.This mystery novel begins with qi peng's suicide within his future and leads down a darker path into this emerging artist's sordid past as he aspires to find love and appreciation from his fellow artists/characters/celebrities... Wang's controversial reportage as an act of performance art focuses on the spiritual "murder" of the soul as a counterpart to Truman Capote's classic book, "In Cold Blood," that looks at physical murder of humans.
Whitney Biennial 2022
Author: David BreslinPublisher: Whitney Museum of American Art
ISBN: 9780300263893
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Presenting the latest iteration of this crucial exhibition, always a barometer of contemporary American art The 2022 Whitney Biennial is accompanied by this landmark volume. Each of the Biennial's participants is represented by a selected exhibition history, a bibliography, and imagery complemented by a personal statement or interview that foregrounds the artist's own voice. Essays by the curators and other contributors elucidate themes of the exhibition and discuss the participants. The 2022 Biennial's two curators, David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards, are known for their close collaboration with living artists. Coming after several years of seismic upheaval in and beyond the cultural, social, and political landscapes, this catalogue will offer a new take on the storied institution of the Biennial while continuing to serve--as previous editions have--as an invaluable resource on present-day trends in contemporary art in the United States.
Allan Kaprow
Author: Allan KaprowPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368907
Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Documents artist Allan Keprow's life and work through an extensive chronology that visually portrays his evolution from painter to environmental artist to inventor of the Happening and the Activity.
Any Ever
Author: Ryan TrecartinPublisher: Skira
ISBN: 9780847837427
Category : Multimedia (Art)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Borne of the internet age, Ryan Trecartin is critically dissecting our media- and social-networking-soaked reality with his zany, outlandish epic videos. This book surveys all of the major works of this artist's young career.