Title & Author:

Explode every day : an inquiry into the phenomena of wonder / editor, Denise Markonish.

Publication:

Inquiry into the phenomena of wonder
North Adams, MA : MASS MoCA ; Munich ; London ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, [2016]
©2016

Description:

336 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes biographies of artists and writers.
"Published on the occasion of Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder, curated by Denise Markonish with Sean Foley, May 28, 2016-April 2, 2017."--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Joseph C. Thompson -- Introduction : Like two black holes colliding / Denise Markonish -- Unknown unknowns : an inquiry into wonder, the rainbow, and the aesthetics of every day experiences / Denise Markonish -- Negotiating wonder / Sean Foley -- Wonder, wondrous, wondering... / Jill Tarter -- Charles Lindsay -- Rachel Sussman -- Fred Tomaselli -- Still I wonder / Stefan Sagmeister -- Tristan Duke -- Institute for Figuring and Margaret Wertheim -- Ryan and Trevor Oakes -- Faith and the cultured despisers of the possible / Steven Holmes -- Jonathan Allen -- Christopher Gausby -- Laurent Grasso -- On wonder / Robin Ince -- Jason de Haan -- Demetrius Oliver -- Dark wonder : belowness, or the ineffable underground / Barbara Maria Stafford -- Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor -- Michael Light -- On the Guinness Book of Records / Sam Green -- Jen Bervin -- Hope Ginsburg -- Dario Robleto -- Julianne Swartz -- The thing itself / Maria Popova -- Sharon Ellis -- Nina Katchadourian -- Megan and Murray McMillan -- Exuberance : the passion for life / Kay Redfield Jamison -- Tom Friedman -- Pierre Huyghe -- Chris Taylor -- After a rain ; Argot ; Glory ; The day ; Fireworks ; Peridot ; Timberland ; Perpetually attempting to soar / Mary Ruefle -- In conversation with Lawrence Weschler.

Summary:

"Harnessing the idea of wonder as a thematic metaphor, the exhibition features both existing and new works by twenty-three international artist, each touching on certain facets of wonder, including: the perceptual/visionary, the technological/scientific, the philosophical/meditative, time/cosmos, and illusion/fear"-- MoCA website.

ISBN:

9783791355658 (hardbound)
3791355651 (hardbound)

Subject:

Art, American 21st century Exhibitions.
Wonder.
Awe.
Curiosity.
Art américain 21e siècle Expositions.
Admiration.
Curiosité.
awe (emotion)
Art, American.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Markonish, Denise, curator, editor.
Thompson, Joseph, 1958- writer of foreword.
Foley, Sean Patrick, 1969- author.
Ruefle, Mary, 1952- author.
Weschler, Lawrence, interviewee.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293639
Call No.: BIB 238751
Status: Available