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One day at a time : Manny Farber and termite art / curator, Helen Molesworth.

Fine Arts Library ND237.F345 A4 2018
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), organizer, host institution.
Pacific Design Center (West Hollywood, Calif.), host institution.
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Molesworth, Helen, 1966- editor, curator.
Standardized Title:
One day at a time (Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.))
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Farber, Manny.
Art and society--Exhibitions.
Art and society.
Farber, Manny--Exhibitions.
Farber, Manny, 1917-.
Local Subjects:
Farber, Manny, 1917-.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:
279 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Place of Publication:
Los Angeles : Museum of Contemporary Art ; New York : DelMonico Books/Prestel, 2018.
Summary:
"'Termite Art,' in Farber's definition, is art born of observing and acknowledging the transitory nature of daily life. It is also a key antidote to the widespread problem of 'White Elephant' art--big, swaggering 'masterpiece art' self-consciously striving for greatness. In this book, artists, historians, and critics dive deep into art that forgoes such ambition in order to attend to the pleasures and problems of the everyday. The book is anchored by an essay by editor Helen Molesworth and features four contemporary commissioned artists' projects that exemplify 'Termite Art,' an interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin, and a carefully selected collection of historical essays by and about Farber that functions as a reader on the subject"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
One day at a time / Helen Molesworth
Midday light conversation / Helen Molesworth and Jean-Pierre Gorin
Blame the audience / Jason Simon
Around 1962 / Gregg Bordowitz & Glenn Ligon
Writings by and about Manny Farber
White elephant art vs. termite art / Manny Farber
Kitchen without kitsch / Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson
aran kitchens, aran sweaters / Patricia Patterson
A bug's life / Jonathan Crary
Manny Farber and landscape / Kevin Parker
Painter of pictures / Robert Polito.
Notes:
Exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, from October 14, 2018 to March 11, 2019, and at the MOCA Pacific Design Center, from November 17, 2018 to February 24, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Contains:
Farber, Manny. Works. Selections.
ISBN:
9783791357669
3791357662
OCLC:
1030446193

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