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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: None, As Issued. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 96 pages. Published in 2008. Exhibition Catalog. One of the best books on the sculptural and installation art and achievement of Chakaia Booker ever published in our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The book is beautifully produced on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by the Kansas Museum of Contemporary Art to the highest standards. Essay by Exhibition Curator Christopher Cook. Interview by the artist with Valerie Cassel Oliver, Curator of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Foreword by Kemper Museum Director Rachael Blackburn Cozad. Artist Biography. Exhibition Checklist appended at the end. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark retrospective exhibition of the same name held at the Kansas Museum of Contemporary Art from June 1 through August 17, 2008. Presents "RubberMade: Sculpture by Chakaia Booker". Brilliant and powerful realizations of abstract sculpture made entirely from recycled rubber. Through a laborious and physically demanding process of twisting, slicing, and weaving found rubber - "sourced" from discarded bikes, cars, and farm equipment - she forms "dynamic, whimsical sculptures that fuse ecological concerns with questions about racial and economic differences, globalization, and existing socio-political power structures" (Christopher Cook). There is, quite simply, nothing like - and nothing comparable to - Chakaia Booker's work in contemporary American art: "An immersive installation made of de-constructed rubber tires and tubes. Booker's signature material was chosen by the artist for its association with riots" (Publisher's blurb). An absolute "must-have" title for Chakaia Booker collectors. This is a Presentation Copy from the Kansas Museum of Contemporary Art. It is very boldly and beautifully signed in gray pen-marker on the front free endpaper by Chakaia Booker. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The color gray brilliantly matches the monochrome color of recycled rubber tires. This title is a contemporary art classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. 24 color plates. One of the most brilliant American artists of our time. A fine copy. ISBN 189124616X. Signed by Author.…