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| Cover type : | Hardcover |
| Dimensions : | 215 x 291 mm |
| Pages : | 92 |
| Pictures : | 150 colors and 37 b/w |
| Price : | CHF38 / €25 / £19 / $35 |
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| ISBN : | 978-3-03764-076-0 |
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| Publication : | August 2009 |
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The art of de(con)struction
American artists Cory Arcangel, Jessica Ciocci & Jacob Ciocci/Paper Rad, Shana Moulton, and Ryan Trecartin & Lizzie Fitch, have been brought together in this publication. In their works the artists create an overwhelming, color-charged aesthetic with an excessive density of content, reacting to the consumer-oriented condition of Western society. In their image-spaces the four collaborations address a culture of excess, constructing their critique via a form of appropriation, which simultaneously releases a veritable deluge of images. In the tradition of experimental film and Scatter art they probe potential unconventional narrative patterns and test for the disintegration of stereotypes. As a result, the video works are often shown in sculptural settings, in which fragments of pop culture and handcrafted forms are amalgamated into a multimedia Gesamtkunstwerk.
Published with the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich.
