The Americans : new art / organised by Barbican art ; curated by Mark Sladen ; with texts by Bruce Hainley...[and others]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barbican Art Gallery.

Hainley, Bruce.

Slyce, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, American.

Postmodernism--United States--Exhibitions.

Postmodernism.

United States.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

303 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Americans. new art.

Americans new art

Place of Publication:

London : Booth-Clibborn Eds., [2001]

Summary:

The last five years has been a period of explosive activity in the American art scene. This definitive survey of its most exciting and ebullient contemporary artists was shown at London's Barbican Art Gallery. Respected British curator Mark Sladen explored both East and West Coasts to select new work by emergent and cult figures, from Keith Edimier's silicone cast of himself in his mother's womb to Amy Adler's portraits of teen icons, Sarah Sze's sprawling installations to Paul Pfeiffer's intricate laser-fused powder sculptures.

Contents:

Too much information / Mark Sladen

The artists / with introductory texts by John Slyce

Reminders, digressions, a few things idiosyncratically (even allegorically) related to but not included in the exhibition / Bruce Hainley

Do it yourself! / Katy Siegel

Pushing an open door: the artist as culture broker / Bennett Simpson.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition, "the americans. new art.", Oct. 25-Dec. 23, 2001, Barbican Gallery, London.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1861542224

OCLC:

48448175