ISBN: 9788495951885 - emergencies (5 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 302 pages. 8.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 280 Illus. (Col.).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Description: Emergencies collects work relating to Alfredo Jaar's Emergency, or to its call for attention to the developing world. From Tony Oursler's Boot to Anri Sala's Dammi i Colori, the works presented here were gathered together for the inaugural exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporneo de Castilla y Le\*n, which opened in Le\*n, Spain, in 2005. MUSAC's agenda, above and beyond collecting contemporary art, is the establishment of a dialogue with the public about everyday events that affect and threaten human sensibility. Emergencies documents that collecting, and is also a platform for the expression of the artists' and the museum's utopian hopes, as well as a stage for the fight between injustice and artists' dreams. To that end, each section of this dense, well-designed volume lists further reading on the artistic and political topics covered--government, nonprofit and reference addresses to turn to for more information in addition to web sites of interest.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextArtwork by Thomas Hirschhorn, Marc Bijl, Marjetica Potr?, Isaac Julien. Photographs by Boris Mikhailov. Edited by Alfredo Jaar.