Steve McQueen : Bass / edited by Donna De Salvo and Isabel Friedli, with Elsa Himmer and Emily Markert ; designed by Irma Boom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McQueen, Steve, 1969- artist.

Contributor:

De Salvo, Donna M., editor, curator.

Friedli, Isabel, editor.

Himmer, Elsa, contributor.

Markert, Emily, contributor.

Boom, Irma, book designer.

Dia:Beacon (Art museum), host institution.

Schaulager (Art museum : Münchenstein, Switzerland), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McQueen, Steve, 1969---Exhibitions.

McQueen, Steve.

Artists, Black--Great Britain--Exhibitions.

Artists, Black.

Bass guitar music--Exhibitions.

Bass guitar music.

Site-specific installations (Art)--Exhibitions.

Site-specific installations (Art).

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Bass

Place of Publication:

New York : Dia Art Foundation ; Münchenstein : Laurenz Foundation, Schaulager ; 2024

Summary:

"The subject of this volume is the colossal traveling immersive installation conceived by British film director and video artist Steve McQueen (born 1969). Under his direction, the 30,000-square-foot ground-level gallery at Dia Beacon is transformed into an installation comprising 60 lightboxes, in concert with a sonic component performed by world-renowned bassists. The co-commission will be shown at Schaulager, Basel, in 2025.The accompanying publication features an introduction by Dia curator Donna De Salvo, who embeds the work in the context of McQueen's oeuvre to date, along with five essays by leading experts in musicology, cultural studies and Black studies as well as a narrative reflection by an esteemed poet. An extensive series of plates reflects the reverberating character of the color, light and sound installation, with further illustrations documenting the planning and realization process of this site-specific project."

Notes:

"This book was commissioned in conjunction with "Steve McQueen" at Dia Beacon, New York, May 12, 2024 - April 14, 2025. The commissioned work will be on view at Schaulager, starting in June 2025."

ISBN:

0944521207

9780944521205

OCLC:

1511753398