Howardena Pindell
Author: Adeze Wilford
Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag
Published: 2021-02-26
Total Pages: 120
ISBN-13: 9783960988953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAdeze Wilford, Alex Poots, Ashley James, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Howardena Pindell
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Book of Dust
Author: Agnes Denes
Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers (DAP)
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDenes began her compilation of data for this major work in 1972. Using dust as a metaphor and a connecting thread to facts and phenomena, she studies the human mind, our ethical values, standards of living, and survival, presenting haunting images of dust particles from outer space, such as the death of a star, distant and large objects in the universe, as well as earthly dust, including human dust, hallucinogens, poisons, chemicals, and nuclear waste. Book of Dust is a glance at the history and the future of the universe, from its violent birth to the formation of stars, the silent demise of galaxies, and the death of matter. From cosmic dust to human dust, from molecules to intelligence, this work is a cross-section of existence.
The Human Argument
Author: Agnes Denes
Publisher: Spring Publications
Published: 2008-03-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780882145693
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Human Argument is the first publication of Agnes Denes's collected writings. Denes-an early pioneer of both the environmental art movement and Conceptual art-has investigated the physical and social sciences, philosophy, linguistics, psychology, art history, poetry and music and transformed her explorations into unique works of visual art. Her work involves ecological, cultural, and social issues, and are often monumental in scale. She is perhaps best known for Wheatfield - A Confrontation (1982), a two-acre wheat field she planted and harvested in downtown Manhattan, a work that addresses human values and misplaced priorities.
Ends of the Earth
Author: Philipp Kaiser
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This catalogue to accompany the museum exhibition traces the emergence of the artistic impulses to use the earth as material, land as medium, and to locate works in remote sites, beyond familiar art contexts. Significantly, "Ends of the Earth" challenges many myths about Land art--that it was primarily a North American phenomenon, that it was foremost a sculptural practice, and that it exceeds the confines of the art system. Featuring over 100 artists hailing from countries including Great Britain, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States, the exhibition constitutes the most comprehensive survey of Land art to date"--Provided by publisher.
Brian Blomerth's Mycelium Wassonii
Author: Brian Blomerth
Publisher:
Published: 2021-10-14
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781944860417
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated account R. Gordon and Valentina Wasson, the pioneering scientist couple responsible for popularizing the use of psychedelic mushrooms.
Ernesto Neto
Author: Ernesto Neto
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 48
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHans Haacke
Author: Massimiliano Gioni
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: 2019-10-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780714879765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA monograph surveying the storied career of German artist Hans Haacke, on the occasion of a major retrospective exhibition Born in Germany in 1936, Hans Haacke is known for his intellectual and politically engaged art that has long shed light on systems of power. A pioneer of institutional critique, conceptual art, and environmental art, Haacke creates incisive, often site-specific works that call upon the viewer to engage or participate and thereby question invisible structural dynamics at play in society. This book offers an opportunity to revisit the artist's thought-provoking career in light of contemporary culture.
We are in Open Circuits
Author: Nam June Paik
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780262352758
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLight Years
Author: Mark Benjamin Godfrey
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 270
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhotography played a critical role in conceptual art of the 1960s and 1970s, as artists turned to photography as both medium and subject matter. Light Years offers the first major survey of the key artists of this period who used photography to new and inventive ends. Whereas some employed photographic images to create slide projections, photographic canvases, and artists' books, others integrated them into sculptural assemblages and multimedia installations. This book highlights the work of acclaimed international artists such as Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, Giuseppe Penone, and Ed Ruscha. Matthew Witkovsky's essay provides the larger context for photography within conceptual art, a theme that is further elaborated in texts by Mark Godfrey, Anne Rorimer, and Joshua Shannon. An essay by Robin Kelsey focuses on the pioneering work of John Baldessari in which he explored the element of chance, and an essay by Giuliano Sergio illuminates the lesser-known work of Arte Povera, an Italian movement that sought to dismantle established conventions in both the making and presentation of art.
In Land
Author: Ben Tufnell
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Published: 2019-11-29
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 1789040515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn attempt to melt an iceberg with a blowtorch, an indoor lake of tequila, an ascent of Mt Everest, driftwood burnt with sunlight focused through a magnifying glass and a doorbell that emits the sound of a dying star; these are some of the extraordinary artistic strategies covered in this collection. Gathering together texts published since 2002, as well as specially written new essays, In Land traces recent engagements with landscape, nature, environment and the cosmos.
