Problems and provocations : Grand Arts 1995-2015 / edited by Stacy Switzer and Annie Fischer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grand Arts (Gallery)

Contributor:

Switzer, Stacy.

Fischer, Annie (Editor)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grand Arts (Gallery).

Art, American--Missouri--Kansas City--20th century.

Art, American.

Art, American--Missouri--Kansas City--21st century.

Missouri--Kansas City.

Physical Description:

447 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Grand Arts 1995-2015

Place of Publication:

Kansas City, Missouri : Grand Arts, 2016.

Summary:

Grand Arts, a contemporary art project space in Kansas City, MO, quietly but radically tested the limits of institutional and artistic support for nearly two decades. In helping more than 120 national and international artists realize projects considered too difficult, provocative, or complex to attract funding and support otherwise, the gallery achieved insider fame and deepseated respect as a bastion of generosity and risk. Now, as its final endeavor, Grand Arts gamely interrogates its values, methods, outcomes and legacies in 'Problems and Provocations: Grand Arts 1995?2015' ?an indispensable source book on creativity, collaboration and what it takes to realize a major work of contemporary art. 00The volume documents 30 key projects from Grand Arts? previously unexcavated history, by artists such as Alice Aycock, Patricia Cronin, Ellie Ga, Alfredo Jaar, Isaac Julien, Annie Lapin, Laurel Nakadate, Filip Noterdaeme, William Pope L., Tim Rollins & K.O.S., Emily Roysdon, Tavares Strachan and the Propeller Group. Recent annotations and previously untold stories by artists and collaborators complement an archival deepdive of photographs, artist proposals, sketches, notes, internal documents and items of private correspondence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780692625538

0692625534

OCLC:

957546185