P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Overview
| Works: | 201 works in 326 publications in 3 languages and 8,184 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Exhibition catalogs Criticism, interpretation, etc Essays Photobooks Video art Interviews |
| Roles: | Editor, Other, Organizer of meeting, his, isb, Publisher |
| Classifications: | N7053.O43, 709.2 |
Publication Timeline
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Most widely held works about
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
- This is not a wall : collected short stories on CODA's Party wall at MoMA PS1( Book )
- Adventures( Book )
- Fifty seventh to fourty second, 01 by Society for Technology and Teacher Education( Book )
- See you later overtaker in a casket crazy basket by Daniel Santoro( Book )
- Nicholas Venaglia by Nicholas Venaglia( Book )
- Two paintings : September 2009 by Ned Vena( Book )
- History of PS1 by Klaus Biesenbach( Book )
- Upper East Side stories by Denise Kupferschmidt( Book )
- Ride or die by Pooneh Maghazehe( Book )
- Jeanette Mundt by Jeanette Mundt( Book )
- It's fashion! by Drew Heffron( Book )
- Andrea Callard Papers( )
- Hard drive by Nicolas Atkins( Book )
- The story of Umaru Dikko by Robert Gardner( Book )
- P.S.1 from 2000 to 2007 : the affiliation between P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and the Museum of Modern Art by Yng- Ru Chen( )
- Archives pamphlet file : P.S. 1 : miscellaneous uncataloged material( )
- The A.I.R. Gallery archives by N.Y.) A.I.R. Gallery (New York( )
- Archives pamphlet file : new media : miscellaneous uncataloged material by N.Y.) Museum of Modern Art (New York( )
- Thirtysomething : New York City's alternative arts organizations and the challenge to remain alternative by Angela Goding( )
- Franklin Furnace Ephemera Collection, Compiled by Matthew Hogan by Franklin Furnace (Archive)( )
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Most widely held works by
P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Take your time : Olafur Eliasson by
Ólafur Elíasson(
Book
)
5 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 567 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In the art of Olafur Eliasson, the sun can rise inside a museum and rainbows can appear indoors. His immersive installations explore the intersection of nature and artifice, transforming ordinary spaces into sites of wonder and spectacle. From kaleidoscopes to waterfalls to mirrored passageways, the projects invite the viewer's active participation while passing provocative questions about the workings of human perception. Published in conjunction with a major survey organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this catalogue presents a series of original essays investigating the complex origins and implications of Eliasson's practice. More than two hundred color reproductions offer a rich overview of his most significant artworks from 1990 to the present."--Jacket
5 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 567 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In the art of Olafur Eliasson, the sun can rise inside a museum and rainbows can appear indoors. His immersive installations explore the intersection of nature and artifice, transforming ordinary spaces into sites of wonder and spectacle. From kaleidoscopes to waterfalls to mirrored passageways, the projects invite the viewer's active participation while passing provocative questions about the workings of human perception. Published in conjunction with a major survey organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this catalogue presents a series of original essays investigating the complex origins and implications of Eliasson's practice. More than two hundred color reproductions offer a rich overview of his most significant artworks from 1990 to the present."--Jacket
Above the pavement-- the farm! : architecture & agriculture at PF1 by
Rosten Woo(
)
9 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 553 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Above the pavement - the farm! reveals the groundbreaking efforts of architecture firm WORKac and their team of more than 150 collaborators - farmers, politicians, horticulturalists, technicians, soil scientists, engineers, architecture students, and artists - to create a working urban farm, hoisted 30 feet high, using industrial cardboard tubes filled with more than 50 varieties of locally grown fruits and vegetables."--Back cover
9 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 553 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Above the pavement - the farm! reveals the groundbreaking efforts of architecture firm WORKac and their team of more than 150 collaborators - farmers, politicians, horticulturalists, technicians, soil scientists, engineers, architecture students, and artists - to create a working urban farm, hoisted 30 feet high, using industrial cardboard tubes filled with more than 50 varieties of locally grown fruits and vegetables."--Back cover
Deep storage : collecting, storing, and archiving in art(
Book
)
4 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This publication documents the importance of collecting and packaging, storing, and archiving as a contemporary artistic strategy. It lends surprising insight into the process of creating art, which itself is a result of collecting experiences and materials, by using the work of forty internationally celebrated artists as examples." "In Deep Storage, these archives of materials become works of art themselves. The documentation and exhibition of these extreme departures from conventional forms of collection and recollection is a stunning project in the avant-garde tradition." "In accordance with its subject matter, this book is organized like a storage file of information, in which the broad spectrum of artistic contributions and essays and texts by twenty-five authors is presented alphabetically."
4 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 436 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This publication documents the importance of collecting and packaging, storing, and archiving as a contemporary artistic strategy. It lends surprising insight into the process of creating art, which itself is a result of collecting experiences and materials, by using the work of forty internationally celebrated artists as examples." "In Deep Storage, these archives of materials become works of art themselves. The documentation and exhibition of these extreme departures from conventional forms of collection and recollection is a stunning project in the avant-garde tradition." "In accordance with its subject matter, this book is organized like a storage file of information, in which the broad spectrum of artistic contributions and essays and texts by twenty-five authors is presented alphabetically."
Roth time : a Dieter Roth retrospective by
Dirk Dobke(
Book
)
5 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sculptor, poet, diarist, graphic designer, pioneer artist's book maker, performer, publisher, musician, and, most of all, provocateur, Dieter Roth has long been beloved as an artist's artist. Known for his mistrust of all art institutions and commercial galleries--he once referred to museums as funeral homes--he was also known for his generosity to friends, his collaborative spirit, and for including his family in his art making. Much to the frustration of any gallery that tried to exhibit his work (supposedly none more than once), Roth thumbed his nose at those who valued high purpose and permanence in art. Constantly trying to undo his art education, he would set up systems that discouraged the conventional and the consistent: he drew with both hands at once, preserved the discarded, and reveled in the transitory. Grease stains, mold formations, insect borings, and rotting foodstuffs were just some of the materials used, both out of a fascination with their painterly, textural aspects and for their innate ability to make time visible and play to chance. "More is better," he once said, and more there always was. Roth never stopped working, and he believed that everything could be art, from his sketch pad to the table he sat at, the telephone he talked on, or his friend's kitchen (the kitchen was later sold to a museum). Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective is published to mark the first major survey exhibition of the artist's work since his death in 1998. Five decades of drawings, graphics, books, paintings, objects, installations, films and video works are represented. The publication offers a window into Roth's creative world, reflecting him and his era. The exhibition is organized by the Schaulager with The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.--Amazon.com
5 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sculptor, poet, diarist, graphic designer, pioneer artist's book maker, performer, publisher, musician, and, most of all, provocateur, Dieter Roth has long been beloved as an artist's artist. Known for his mistrust of all art institutions and commercial galleries--he once referred to museums as funeral homes--he was also known for his generosity to friends, his collaborative spirit, and for including his family in his art making. Much to the frustration of any gallery that tried to exhibit his work (supposedly none more than once), Roth thumbed his nose at those who valued high purpose and permanence in art. Constantly trying to undo his art education, he would set up systems that discouraged the conventional and the consistent: he drew with both hands at once, preserved the discarded, and reveled in the transitory. Grease stains, mold formations, insect borings, and rotting foodstuffs were just some of the materials used, both out of a fascination with their painterly, textural aspects and for their innate ability to make time visible and play to chance. "More is better," he once said, and more there always was. Roth never stopped working, and he believed that everything could be art, from his sketch pad to the table he sat at, the telephone he talked on, or his friend's kitchen (the kitchen was later sold to a museum). Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective is published to mark the first major survey exhibition of the artist's work since his death in 1998. Five decades of drawings, graphics, books, paintings, objects, installations, films and video works are represented. The publication offers a window into Roth's creative world, reflecting him and his era. The exhibition is organized by the Schaulager with The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Museum Ludwig, Cologne.--Amazon.com
NeoHooDoo : art for a forgotten faith(
Book
)
3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"NeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in the late 1960s, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion. This book examines the work of thirty-three artists, including Jimmie Durham, David Hammons, Jose Bedia, Rebecca Belmore, and James Lee Byars, who began using ritualistic practices during the 1970s and 1980s as a way of reinterpreting aspects of their cultural heritage. Younger artists such as Tania Bruguera and Michael Joo are shown to have drawn upon the iconography of ritual. The original essays, which discuss artistic use of ritual as a form of celebration, catharsis, or political critique, stand alongside contributions from NeoHooDoo's key sources of inspiration: Robert Farris Thompson, Ishmael Reed, and Quincy Troupe."--Jacket
3 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 364 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"NeoHooDoo, a phrase coined by the poet Ishmael Reed in the late 1960s, celebrates the practice of rituals, folklore, and spirituality in the Americas beyond the scope of Christianity and organized religion. This book examines the work of thirty-three artists, including Jimmie Durham, David Hammons, Jose Bedia, Rebecca Belmore, and James Lee Byars, who began using ritualistic practices during the 1970s and 1980s as a way of reinterpreting aspects of their cultural heritage. Younger artists such as Tania Bruguera and Michael Joo are shown to have drawn upon the iconography of ritual. The original essays, which discuss artistic use of ritual as a form of celebration, catharsis, or political critique, stand alongside contributions from NeoHooDoo's key sources of inspiration: Robert Farris Thompson, Ishmael Reed, and Quincy Troupe."--Jacket
Bruce Nauman : disappearing acts by
Bruce Nauman(
Book
)
3 editions published in 2018 in English and German and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bruce Nauman is widely acknowledged as a central figure in contemporary art, and the stringent questioning of values --both aesthetic and moral-- that has long sustained his project remains urgent today. For more than fifty years, Nauman has explored how mutable experiences of time, space, sound, movement, and language provide an insecure foundation for our understanding of our place in the world. This richly illustrated catalogue, which includes rare and previously unpublished images, offers a comprehensive view of the artist's work in all media --including drawings; early fiberglass sculptures; sound environments; architecturally scaled, participatory constructions; rhythmically blinking neons; and a recent 3-D video that harks back to one of Nauman's earliest performances. A wide range of authors --artists, curators, and historians of art, architecture, and film-- focus on topics that have been largely neglected, such as the architectural structures that posit real or imaginary spaces as models for ethical inquiry and mechanisms of control. Curator Kathy Halbreich's introductory essay explores Nauman's many acts of disappearance, withdrawal, and deflection as revelatory of his central formal and intellectual concerns. Eighteen further contributions tease out the various themes that run through this protean and elusive artist's work
3 editions published in 2018 in English and German and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bruce Nauman is widely acknowledged as a central figure in contemporary art, and the stringent questioning of values --both aesthetic and moral-- that has long sustained his project remains urgent today. For more than fifty years, Nauman has explored how mutable experiences of time, space, sound, movement, and language provide an insecure foundation for our understanding of our place in the world. This richly illustrated catalogue, which includes rare and previously unpublished images, offers a comprehensive view of the artist's work in all media --including drawings; early fiberglass sculptures; sound environments; architecturally scaled, participatory constructions; rhythmically blinking neons; and a recent 3-D video that harks back to one of Nauman's earliest performances. A wide range of authors --artists, curators, and historians of art, architecture, and film-- focus on topics that have been largely neglected, such as the architectural structures that posit real or imaginary spaces as models for ethical inquiry and mechanisms of control. Curator Kathy Halbreich's introductory essay explores Nauman's many acts of disappearance, withdrawal, and deflection as revelatory of his central formal and intellectual concerns. Eighteen further contributions tease out the various themes that run through this protean and elusive artist's work
A self-portrait : John Coplans, 1984-1997 by
John Coplans(
Book
)
3 editions published in 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 221 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Manny Farber : about face by
Manny Farber(
Book
)
5 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
5 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Janet Cardiff : a survey of works including collaborations with George Bures Miller by
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev(
Recording
)
7 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Chen Zhen : [a tribute] by
Zhen Chen(
Book
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3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Video acts : single channel works from the collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust by
Klaus Peter Biesenbach(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 200 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
John Wesley : paintings 1961-2000 by
Alanna Heiss(
Book
)
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents the first U.S. retrospective of works by the painter John Wesley (b. Los Angeles, 1928) spanning the years 1961 to 2000. Curated by P.S.1 Director Alanna Heiss, this exhibition follows the career of an artist who, to his credit, has successfully evaded definition for nearly four decades." "Wesley is known for his consistency of palette (baby blues, cotton-candy pinks), his use of painted "frames" within his pictures, his early emblem paintings, his cartoon Bumstead paintings, and ultimately for his representations of an inner erotic voyage." "The paintings and works on paper included in this exhibition will provide a context for understanding the stylistic changes and multi-layered process behind Wesley's work." "Initially considered in alignment with Pop artists of the early sixties, Wesley consistently produced works of such a subtle and subversive nature as to put him in a category of his own. He used the early tools of advertising production to reveal the unproductive practice of daydreaming. Influences on his work range from Surrealism to Art Nouveau, from ancient Greek pottery to Matisse. Wesley's colorful and figurative style also reflects the "flat" world of comics and posters. His secret life is ours; the works uncover the private world of a dreamer, where the dreamer is the protagonist, the artist, and the viewer." "To accompany the exhibition, P.S.1 has produced this book which includes an interview with Alanna Heiss, new essays by Brian O'Doherty and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, a chronology by Hannah Green and an anthology of significant texts by authors Donald Judd, Hannah Green, Sanford Schwartz, Thomas McGonigle, Dan Flavin, Martin Hentschel, Ken Johnson, Peter Plagens, and Roberta Smith. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 199 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents the first U.S. retrospective of works by the painter John Wesley (b. Los Angeles, 1928) spanning the years 1961 to 2000. Curated by P.S.1 Director Alanna Heiss, this exhibition follows the career of an artist who, to his credit, has successfully evaded definition for nearly four decades." "Wesley is known for his consistency of palette (baby blues, cotton-candy pinks), his use of painted "frames" within his pictures, his early emblem paintings, his cartoon Bumstead paintings, and ultimately for his representations of an inner erotic voyage." "The paintings and works on paper included in this exhibition will provide a context for understanding the stylistic changes and multi-layered process behind Wesley's work." "Initially considered in alignment with Pop artists of the early sixties, Wesley consistently produced works of such a subtle and subversive nature as to put him in a category of his own. He used the early tools of advertising production to reveal the unproductive practice of daydreaming. Influences on his work range from Surrealism to Art Nouveau, from ancient Greek pottery to Matisse. Wesley's colorful and figurative style also reflects the "flat" world of comics and posters. His secret life is ours; the works uncover the private world of a dreamer, where the dreamer is the protagonist, the artist, and the viewer." "To accompany the exhibition, P.S.1 has produced this book which includes an interview with Alanna Heiss, new essays by Brian O'Doherty and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, a chronology by Hannah Green and an anthology of significant texts by authors Donald Judd, Hannah Green, Sanford Schwartz, Thomas McGonigle, Dan Flavin, Martin Hentschel, Ken Johnson, Peter Plagens, and Roberta Smith. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET
Henry Darger : disasters of war by
Henry Darger(
Book
)
4 editions published in 2004 in English and Polish and held by 195 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
4 editions published in 2004 in English and Polish and held by 195 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
David Reed paintings : motion pictures by
David Reed(
Book
)
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
1 edition published in 1998 in English and held by 191 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Into me/out of me by
Klaus Biesenbach(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 187 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Into Me/Out of Me is about the imagined, descriptive and performative acts of passing into, through and out of the human body. This book focuses on the primordial relationship between the internal and the external metabolism (eating, drinking, excreting), reproduction (intercourse, birth), and violence (shooting, impaling, perforation). Into Me/Out of Me brings together explorations and visualizations of these three processes, which deal with the wet and the dry, the inner and the outer surfaces of the body, and the material world. Spanning over 40 years and featuring an international group of more than 130 artists, Into Me/Out of Me employs a wide range of media to illuminate the literal and metaphorical ways that humans interact with each other and material matter. These daily exchanges are presented within the frameworks of natural science, historical and mythological confrontations, ritualistic practices, and self-exploration."--Jacket
2 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 187 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Into Me/Out of Me is about the imagined, descriptive and performative acts of passing into, through and out of the human body. This book focuses on the primordial relationship between the internal and the external metabolism (eating, drinking, excreting), reproduction (intercourse, birth), and violence (shooting, impaling, perforation). Into Me/Out of Me brings together explorations and visualizations of these three processes, which deal with the wet and the dry, the inner and the outer surfaces of the body, and the material world. Spanning over 40 years and featuring an international group of more than 130 artists, Into Me/Out of Me employs a wide range of media to illuminate the literal and metaphorical ways that humans interact with each other and material matter. These daily exchanges are presented within the frameworks of natural science, historical and mythological confrontations, ritualistic practices, and self-exploration."--Jacket
Mexico City : an exhibition about the exchange rates of bodies and values by
Klaus Biesenbach(
Book
)
6 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
6 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The Real royal trip = El real viaje real by
N.Y.) Institute for Contemporary Art (New York(
Book
)
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
El título de la muestra hace referencia al cuarto y último viaje de Cristóbal Colón a Centroamérica, seguido del adjetivo real, es decir, verdadero. Tomando como motivo aquella aventura americana, con lo que supuso de intercambios culturales para el mundo, la exposición refleja el carácter dinámico e innovador del arte que en la actualidad se está realizando en España e Iberoamérica, a través de la obra de veinte "artistas-viajeros" de tendencias dispares. Su presencia pone de relieve los vínculos lingüísticos y culturales existentes entre ambos lados del Atlántico que permiten hablar de una cultura en español que no conoce fronteras
3 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 160 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
El título de la muestra hace referencia al cuarto y último viaje de Cristóbal Colón a Centroamérica, seguido del adjetivo real, es decir, verdadero. Tomando como motivo aquella aventura americana, con lo que supuso de intercambios culturales para el mundo, la exposición refleja el carácter dinámico e innovador del arte que en la actualidad se está realizando en España e Iberoamérica, a través de la obra de veinte "artistas-viajeros" de tendencias dispares. Su presencia pone de relieve los vínculos lingüísticos y culturales existentes entre ambos lados del Atlántico que permiten hablar de una cultura en español que no conoce fronteras
Ed McGowin : name change : one artist, twelve personas, thirty-five years : Alva Isaiah Fost, Lawrence Steven Orlean, Irby
Benjamin Roy, Nathan Ellis McDuff, Euri Ignatius Everpure, Isaac Noel Anderson, Nicholas Gregory Nazianzen, Thorton Modestus
Dossett, Ingram Andrew Young, Melvill Douglas O'Connor, Edward Everett Updike, William Edward McGowin by
Ed McGowin(
Book
)
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Peter Young : paintings, 1963-1980 by
Peter Young(
Book
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3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paintings: 1963-1980 is published in conjunct with the Peter Young retrospective at P.S.1 (June 24 through September 24) and is the official catalogue of the exhibition. The book contains 75 plates, featuring work Young made during the first two decades of his career in New York City and Bisbee, AZ, where he currently lives and works. Young first moved to New York in 1960 to study art history at N.Y.U., and went on to study painting at The Art Students League, studying under Steven Green and Estaban Vicente, and graduating in 1963. Young had his first solo show at the Nicolas Wilder Gallery in Los Angeles in 1968, and was included in the 1968 Whitney Biennial and in the 1972 Documenta. The P.S.1 exhibit marks the occasion of Peter Young's first retrospective." "The book features an introduction by PARC Foundation director David Deutsch, a foreward by P.S.1 director Alanna Heiss, as well as essays by Klaus Kertess and Ellen H. Johnson. Kertess's essay "Tribe of One" was written specifically for inclusion in the book, and Johnson's essay "Peter Young: A Chronology of the Work" was reprinted with permission of the Johnson Estate, originally published in Artforum in 1971"--Jacket
3 editions published in 2007 in English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paintings: 1963-1980 is published in conjunct with the Peter Young retrospective at P.S.1 (June 24 through September 24) and is the official catalogue of the exhibition. The book contains 75 plates, featuring work Young made during the first two decades of his career in New York City and Bisbee, AZ, where he currently lives and works. Young first moved to New York in 1960 to study art history at N.Y.U., and went on to study painting at The Art Students League, studying under Steven Green and Estaban Vicente, and graduating in 1963. Young had his first solo show at the Nicolas Wilder Gallery in Los Angeles in 1968, and was included in the 1968 Whitney Biennial and in the 1972 Documenta. The P.S.1 exhibit marks the occasion of Peter Young's first retrospective." "The book features an introduction by PARC Foundation director David Deutsch, a foreward by P.S.1 director Alanna Heiss, as well as essays by Klaus Kertess and Ellen H. Johnson. Kertess's essay "Tribe of One" was written specifically for inclusion in the book, and Johnson's essay "Peter Young: A Chronology of the Work" was reprinted with permission of the Johnson Estate, originally published in Artforum in 1971"--Jacket
Paul Graham : American night by
Paul Graham(
Book
)
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paul Graham's photographs touch upon the social fracture of America -- the great divide -- between included and excluded, white and black, have and have-not. It is a simple topic, shunned these days or only dealt with in clichéd photo-journalism. American Night embraces this neglected territory in a series of shocking images which lodge firmly in our consciousness as they negotiate the boundaries of art and document. The majority of the images are high key photographs which give the feeling of stepping out of a sheltered place into bright sunlight, temporarily blinding the viewer with an overwhelming whiteness. Drained of colour, shadow and form, they resonate with the lives of those they portray walking, carrying, waiting and wandering in the bleached landscape. Then suddenly the sequence snaps to a vibrant full colour image of a freshly minted 'dream home' -- blue sky, green grass and a verdant palette that is perfect beyond attainment -- before returning to the glare of this endless emptiness. A dense series of dark street portraits also disrupts this narrative of light, adding a claustrophobic intensity to the searing reality of the dispossessed in contemporary America." -- Publisher's description
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Paul Graham's photographs touch upon the social fracture of America -- the great divide -- between included and excluded, white and black, have and have-not. It is a simple topic, shunned these days or only dealt with in clichéd photo-journalism. American Night embraces this neglected territory in a series of shocking images which lodge firmly in our consciousness as they negotiate the boundaries of art and document. The majority of the images are high key photographs which give the feeling of stepping out of a sheltered place into bright sunlight, temporarily blinding the viewer with an overwhelming whiteness. Drained of colour, shadow and form, they resonate with the lives of those they portray walking, carrying, waiting and wandering in the bleached landscape. Then suddenly the sequence snaps to a vibrant full colour image of a freshly minted 'dream home' -- blue sky, green grass and a verdant palette that is perfect beyond attainment -- before returning to the glare of this endless emptiness. A dense series of dark street portraits also disrupts this narrative of light, adding a claustrophobic intensity to the searing reality of the dispossessed in contemporary America." -- Publisher's description
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- Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) Editor
- Biesenbach, Klaus Other Author Editor
- Kunst-Werke Berlin Other Organizer of meeting Editor
- Ólafur Elíasson 1967- Author
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Bal, Mieke 1946-
- Grynsztejn, Madeleine Author of introduction
- Andraos, Amale 1973-
- Wood, Dan 1967-
- Heiss, Alanna Other Author Editor
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Art, American Art, Latin American Art, Mexican Art, Modern Art, Spanish Artists Art--Private collections California--San Francisco Cardiff, Janet, Chen, Zhen, Cities and towns in art Conceptual art Coplans, John Darger, Henry, Drawing Erotic art Farber, Manny Graham, Paul, Human figure in art Installations (Art) Kramlich, Pamela Kramlich, Richard Male artists McGowin, Ed, Mexico--Mexico City Miller, George Bures, Nauman, Bruce, Neon lighting in art Neon sculpture New York (State)--New York Ólafur Elíasson, Outsider art Photography, Artistic Pop art Postmodernism Process art Reed, David, Ritual in art Roth, Dieter, Sculpture, Abstract Sex in art Site-specific art Social classes Spirituality in art Themes, motives United States Video art War in art Watercolor painting Wesley, John,
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Museum of Modern Art (New York). P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
Museum of Modern Art (Nowy Jork). PS 1 Contemporary Art Center.
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P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York, N.Y.)
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P.S. 1 Museum
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P.S. One Contemporary Art Center
Project Studio 1 Contemporary Art Center.
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