Architecture of Life
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Published in conjunction with Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s inaugural exhibition in its landmark new building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Architecture of Life explores the ways that architecture—as concept, metaphor, and practice—illuminates various aspects of life experience: the nature of the self and psyche, the fundamental structures of(...)
February 2016
Architecture of Life
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Published in conjunction with Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive’s inaugural exhibition in its landmark new building designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Architecture of Life explores the ways that architecture—as concept, metaphor, and practice—illuminates various aspects of life experience: the nature of the self and psyche, the fundamental structures of reality, and the power of the imagination to reshape our world. The sweeping exhibition comprises over 150 works of art in a wide range of media, as well as scientific illustrations and architectural drawings and models, all of which are reproduced in full color in the catalog. International in scope, Architecture of Life presents work by artists Yuri Ancarani, George Ault, Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Marcel Duchamp, Léon Ferrari, Suzan Frecon, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Johannes Itten, Kimsooja, Fernand Léger, Tomás Saraceno; architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Buckminster Fuller, Frederick Kiesler, Toyo Ito, Lebbeus Woods; scientists Wilson Bentley, Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Viktor Schauberger; and composer Iannis Xenakis, among many others. The exhibition also includes Mbuti barkcloth drawings, Pomo baskets, Micronesian navigational charts, Tibetan meditation mandalas, and tantric drawings from Rajasthan.
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This book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Unfinished features more than 200 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and Cézanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works,(...)
May 2016
Unfinished: thoughts left visible
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This book explores the evolving concept of unfinishedness as essential to understanding art movements from the Renaissance to the present day. Unfinished features more than 200 works, created in a variety of media, by artists ranging from Leonardo, Titian, Rembrandt, Turner, and Cézanne to Picasso, Warhol, Twombly, Freud, Richter, and Nauman. What unites these works, across centuries and media, is that each one displays some aspect of being unfinished. Essays and case studies by major contemporary scholars address this key concept from the perspective of both the creator and the viewer, probing the impact that this long artistic trajectory—which can be traced back to the first century—has had on modern and contemporary art. The book explores the degrees to which instances of incompleteness were accidental or intentional, experimental or conceptual. Also included are illuminating interviews with contemporary artists, including Tuymans, Celmins, and Marden, and parallel considerations of the unfinished in literature and film. The result is a multidisciplinary approach and thought-provoking analysis that provide valuable insight into the making, meaning, and critical reception of the unfinished in art.
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'What People Do for Money' is published on the occasion of the 11th edition of Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art. Curated by artist Christian Jankowski, the biennial permeates the social fabric of Zurich by initiating collaborative projects between artists and citizens from different worlds of work. The catalogue features over thirty of these joint(...)
July 2016
Manifesta 11: What people do for money
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'What People Do for Money' is published on the occasion of the 11th edition of Manifesta, the European Biennial of Contemporary Art. Curated by artist Christian Jankowski, the biennial permeates the social fabric of Zurich by initiating collaborative projects between artists and citizens from different worlds of work. The catalogue features over thirty of these joint ventures along with illustrations of the thematic exhibition, documentation of the Pavillon of Refl ections on Lake Zurich, and coverage of the participatory artists’ guild at Cabaret Voltaire. Including commentaries from the artists’ collaborators, stills from the film programme, sociological research, and new literary texts, it presents a multifaceted portrait of Zurich one which by generating and gauging discussions serves to contextualise the Swiss capital within Europe today.
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L'ouvrage Jean Nouvel / Claude Parent, Musées à venir est né de l'exposition présentée du 14 janvier au 28 février 2016 à la Galerie Azzedine Alaïa, plaçant en dialogue deux figures majeures de l'architecture contemporaine. Il inclut les documents de l'exposition, articulés autour de la présentation, et par Jean Nouvel, et par Claude Parent, de quatre projets de musées(...)
January 2016
Jean Nouvel / Claude Parent, musées à venir
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L'ouvrage Jean Nouvel / Claude Parent, Musées à venir est né de l'exposition présentée du 14 janvier au 28 février 2016 à la Galerie Azzedine Alaïa, plaçant en dialogue deux figures majeures de l'architecture contemporaine. Il inclut les documents de l'exposition, articulés autour de la présentation, et par Jean Nouvel, et par Claude Parent, de quatre projets de musées non réalisés, du Plateau Beaubourg (1971) pensé par les deux architectes au Nouveau Musée de Claude Parent (2014-2015).
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Accompanying States of Exchange, this publication explores recent work by Havana-based artists that investigate relationships between economic exchange, information exchange and cultural production in public, private and personal contexts.
January 2008, London
States of exchange: artist from Cuba
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Accompanying States of Exchange, this publication explores recent work by Havana-based artists that investigate relationships between economic exchange, information exchange and cultural production in public, private and personal contexts.
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This new survey covers the rich and varied history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to current practices that demand audience interaction. As the hallmarks of Web 2.0—browsing, sharing, collecting, producing—increasingly permeate every aspect of society, this timely project reveals the ways in which artists and viewers have approached the(...)
November 2008, New York, London, San Francisco
The art of participation: 1950 to now
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This new survey covers the rich and varied history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to current practices that demand audience interaction. As the hallmarks of Web 2.0—browsing, sharing, collecting, producing—increasingly permeate every aspect of society, this timely project reveals the ways in which artists and viewers have approached the creation of open works of art. The featured artists include Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, John Cage, Janet Cardiff, Lygia Clark, Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Allan Kaprow, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Antoni Muntadas, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, and Erwin Wurm. Original essays by Rudolf Frieling, Boris Groys, Robert Atkins, and Lev Manovich identify seminal moments in participatory practice from the 1950s to the present day. A rich array of plates introduce work by all the artists in the accompanying exhibition, with reproductions of significant projects by other major figures—from Helio Oiticica, Joan Jonas, and Gordon Matta-Clark to Rirkrit Tiravanija and SUPERFLEX—rounding out the survey.
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Publication de l'exposition Musée Ziem, Martigues, 7 avril - 10 juin 2001. Cette exposition rassemble des oeuvres issues des collections du Fonds régional d'art contemporain Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur et du Fonds national d'art contemporain autour du thème architecture et fiction. Une architecture parasitée par des fictions diverses, qu'elles soient poétiques,(...)
March 2001
(Que saurions nous construire d'autre?)
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Publication de l'exposition Musée Ziem, Martigues, 7 avril - 10 juin 2001. Cette exposition rassemble des oeuvres issues des collections du Fonds régional d'art contemporain Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur et du Fonds national d'art contemporain autour du thème architecture et fiction. Une architecture parasitée par des fictions diverses, qu'elles soient poétiques, humoristiques, ou dérisoires. Le titre de l'exposition est emprunté à Kafka dans Le Château, phrase qui permet d'appréhender l'architecture telle que les artistes l'envisagent, sous la forme de digresssions et de décalages. Chaque artiste invité apporte une proposition qui déjoue toute volonté de système.
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March 2001
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In a supportive article covering the 4th Berlin Biennial, critic Steven Henry Madoff took a moment to question what many have termed "Biennial Fever," writing, "Are [biennials] here to capture trends or to advance artists' voices in a larger social dialogue? Do they promote international understanding or local interests? Are they bully pulpits for curators turned(...)
September 2008, Zurich
5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art
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In a supportive article covering the 4th Berlin Biennial, critic Steven Henry Madoff took a moment to question what many have termed "Biennial Fever," writing, "Are [biennials] here to capture trends or to advance artists' voices in a larger social dialogue? Do they promote international understanding or local interests? Are they bully pulpits for curators turned ideologues, or are they simply there to tap the art market's stopwatch till the next survey of hot new things draws the attention of an ever expanding universe of collectors?" For the 2008 edition of this always-provocative international fair, Curators Adam Szymczyk and Elena Filipovic brought together primarily newly commissioned work by 50 emerging and established international artists for a round-the-clock exhibition that included 63 nightly events. This expansive volume documents it all, and contains contributions by writers, critics and artists including Beatriz Colomina, Bettina Viesmann, Cameron Jamie, Gabriel Kuri, Babette Mangolte, Ahmet Ogut and Katerina Seda.
Prospect 1: New Orleans
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Following the physical devastation of New Orleans triggered by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, curator Dan Cameron responded by organizing a citywide initiative that would attract thousands of art-loving visitors to south Louisiana, many for the first time. Prospect.1 New Orleans inaugurates what is planned to be a biennial tradition, joining JazzFest and Mardi Gras as one of(...)
November 2008, Brooklyn
Prospect 1: New Orleans
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Following the physical devastation of New Orleans triggered by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, curator Dan Cameron responded by organizing a citywide initiative that would attract thousands of art-loving visitors to south Louisiana, many for the first time. Prospect.1 New Orleans inaugurates what is planned to be a biennial tradition, joining JazzFest and Mardi Gras as one of the city’s important cultural celebrations. For Prospect.1, eighty-one artists have come together from thirty-eight countries to present their work in twenty different locations throughout the city, transforming New Orleans into an expansive showcase for new art.
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This is a book about the creative life of Britain and the first attempt since the Festival of Britain to document the popular and folk art of the present day. Organised by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane, "Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK", presents a personal selection of objects and actions, containing elements of ambition, humour, pathos and resistance,(...)
May 2005, London
Folk archive : contemporary popular art from the UK
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This is a book about the creative life of Britain and the first attempt since the Festival of Britain to document the popular and folk art of the present day. Organised by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane, "Folk Archive: Contemporary Popular Art from the UK", presents a personal selection of objects and actions, containing elements of ambition, humour, pathos and resistance, which present us with invaluable evidence of life in Britain today.