The puppet show / curated by Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni ; with contributions by John Bell ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schaffner, Ingrid.

Kuoni, Carin.

Bell, John, 1951-

University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Contemporary Art.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Puppets--Exhibitions.

Puppets.

Puppet theater--Exhibitions.

Puppet theater.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2008.

Contents:

Acknowledgments / Claudia Gould

Acknowledgments / Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni

Preamble and précis : an atomic introduction to "The puppet show" / Ingrid Schaffner

Playing with a lack of control / John Bell

Tyranny of the copy / Terence Gower

The puppet theater is the epic theater / Jena Osman

Their own / John Pemberton

The inner puppet / Allen S. Weiss

Sources / Ingrid Schaffner

Puppet philosophy : notes on puppets and figures / Carin Kuoni

The "as-if" reality of puppet theater / Jane Taylor

The regenerative legacy of Alfred Jarry's Ubu roi / Michael R. Taylor

Works in the exhibition

Puppet storage.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition "The puppet show," Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, January 18-March 30, 2008"--p. [5].

Artists in the exhibition: Guy Ben-Ner, Nayland Blake, Louise Bourgeois, Maurizio Cattelan, Anne Chu, Nathalie Djurberg, Terence Gower, Dan Graham and Japanther, The Handspring Puppet Company, Pierre Huyghe, Christian Jankowski, Mike Kelley, William Kentridge, Cindy Loehr, Paul McCarthy, Annette Messager, Matt Mullican, Bruce Nauman, Dennis Oppenheim, Philippe Parreno and Rirkrit Tiravanija, Laurie Simmons, Doug Skinner and Michael Smith, Kiki Smith, Survival Research Laboratories, Kara Walker, Andy Warhol, Charlie White.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780884541134

0884541134

OCLC:

183262912