mit press ma january 2011 (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Since the 1960s, Dan Graham's heterogeneous practice has touched on suchdisparate subjects as tract housing, the Shakers, punk music, and architecturaltheory; he has made videos, architectural models, closed-circuit installations, andglass pavilions. Graham, who came of age during the emergence of earth art, minimalism, and conceptualism, has situated his work on the borders between thesedifferent strains of contemporary practice. Although varying widely in subject andmedium, Graham's artwork and writings display a consistent interest inspectatorship, public-private relationships, and the constructed environment.Graham's extensive writings on his own work (collected in Rock My Religion andTwo-Way Mirror Power, both published by the MIT Press) have made him, by default, the primary interpreter of his own art. This October Files volume provides acounterweight, gathering key texts by critics and theorists that offer alternativeaccounts of Graham's art. The essays span thirty years and include hard-to-findtexts from exhibition catalogs and journals. The authors include such distinguishedtheorists, critics, and artists as Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Beatriz Colomina, Thierryde Duve, and Jeff Wall. A collection of essayson a key figure in postminimalist art, with texts spanning thirty years.