Verlag: JRP | Ringier, 2015
ISBN 10: 303764379X ISBN 13: 9783037643792
Anbieter: Antiquariat UEBUE, Zürich, Schweiz
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Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 10,5 x 16,5 cm (softcover) 64 pages (24 color & 7 b/w ill.) - Vern Blosum does not exist. The story can be told in just a few lines: in 1961 an artist paints five canvases inspired by pages in a horticulture book; then came parking meters bearing temporal commentaries, water hydrants, and animals. Some of them were shown at Leo Castelli Gallery, sold to collectors and public institutions, included in seminal exhibitions or books on Pop art: a seemingly normal progression in an artist's career, were it not for a rumor that emerged regarding his true identity. Alfred H. Barr, the director of MoMA, started to worry about it in 1964 and, after extensive inquiries, came to the conclusion that Vern Blosum did not exist. His paintings were taken down or sent back to storage, and the artist's name fell into oblivion. Vern Blosum does not exist, but his work does. And that is precisely what this book aims to reveal.
Verlag: JRP | Ringier, 2006
ISBN 10: 3905701022 ISBN 13: 9783905701029
Anbieter: Antiquariat UEBUE, Zürich, Schweiz
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Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 15 x 21 cm (softcover) 320 pages (b/w illustrations) - The publication brings together David Robbins' key interviews with Richard Prince or Allan McCollum, his writings on television, Hollywood, and Warhol, and contributions to his "Institute for Advanced Comedic Behavior". A compilation of non-fiction and fiction, the book is structured with the subtle psychological rewards of the novel in mind.
Verlag: JRP | Ringier, 2006
ISBN 10: 3905701537 ISBN 13: 9783905701531
Anbieter: Antiquariat UEBUE, Zürich, Schweiz
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Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 20,5 x 28,6 cm (hardcover) 64 pages (40 colour ill.) - First monograph Valentin Carron s sculptures mark a renewal of appropriationist discourse: through the re-employment of vernacular forms that are not part of the dominant culture, the artist develops a project confusing genres. Neither authentic nor kitsch, not readymade nor really craft, these objects play with ambiguity (fake wood, fake concrete, fake bronze, etc.) and with an iconography of power and authority (public sculptures or commemorative monuments, traditional forms, etc.). Alongside several artists such as Andro Wekua, Mai-Thu Perret, and Vidya Gastaldon, Valentin Carron (*1975) marks the emergence of a new artistic scene in Switzerland. Published with the Centre d art contemporain, Geneva, and Kunsthalle Zurich.
Verlag: JRP | Ringier, 2016
ISBN 10: 3037644222 ISBN 13: 9783037644225
Anbieter: Antiquariat UEBUE, Zürich, Schweiz
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Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. 20,5 x 28,6 cm (hardcover) 64 pages (45 color ill.) - First monograph dedicated to Virginia Overton, whose minimalist sculptural practice emergeas a direct response to her physical presence in the exhibition space.
Verlag: JRP | Ringier, 2005
ISBN 10: 2940271224 ISBN 13: 9782940271221
Anbieter: Antiquariat UEBUE, Zürich, Schweiz
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Softcover. Zustand: Wie neu. 1. Auflage. 15 x 21 cm (softcover) 192 pages - An anthology of the artist's important essays, published between 1978 and today in the pages of Artforum, Flash Art and Lawson's own magazine Real Life. This collection should prove an invaluable tool for understanding the rise of the "Pictures Generation" and of the art market in the 80's.