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Leigh Bowery - The Life and Times of an Icon
A biography and tribute to a colourful unique and larger than life character, written by his close friend, Sue Tilley.
Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s
Beginning with discussions of the pioneering generation of artists such as Ronald Moody, Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling, Chambers candidly discusses the problems and progression of several generations, including contemporary artists such as Steve McQueen, Chris Ofili and Yinka Shonibare.
Sensible Politics: The Visual Culture of Nongovernmental Activism
A diverse group of contributors, from art historians, anthropologists, and political theorists to artists, filmmakers, and architects, considers the interaction of politics and the visual in such topics as the political consequences of a photograph taken by an Israeli soldier in a Palestinian house in Ramallah; AIDS activism; images of social suffering in Iran; the “forensic architecture” of claims to truth; and the “Make Poverty History” campaign. Transcending disciplines, they trace a broader image complex whereby politics is brought to visibility through the mediation of specific cultural forms that mix the legal and the visual, the hermeneutic and the technical, the political and the aesthetic.
One Year Performance 1981–1982
In his third one-year performance piece, from 26 September 1981 through 26 September 1982, Hsieh spent one year outside, not entering buildings or shelter of any sort, including cars, trains, airplanes, boats, or tents.
SD Video 31’ 15 video, colour, sound
The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination
This publicationis a polemic, provocative account of disappearance, forgetfulness and untimely death.
Stephen Holman Live Performances 1987-2005
Video documentation featuring three decdes of work that helped define a unique genre of US west coast performance art.
Vito Acconci: Diary of a Body 1969-1973
A comprehensive mid-career retrospective of Acconci's work
Chris Burden: Extreme Measures
Vito Acconci: Writings, Works, Projects
This monograph includes both extensive visual documentation from throughout Vito Acconci's career and a wide selection of his writings.
Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties
How 1960s African American artists and many of their sympathetic peers addressed the struggle for racial justice in powerful works of art is examined across a pivotal decade.
Riot
An intellectual biography of artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien , looking at key moments in his career and discussing the influences that shaped them. Contributors: Cynthia Rose, Paul Gilroy, Kobena Mercer, B. Ruby Rich, bell hooks, Giuliana Bruno, Christine Van Assche, Laura Mulvey, Stuart Hall.
Rebecca Horn
Catalogue from the Rebecca Horn retrospective that opened at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 1993. Contributions include interviews and essays by Rebecca Horn, Germano Celant, Nancy Spector, Giuliana Bruno, Katherina Schmidt, Stuart Morgan, Nicholas Serota, Thomas Krens.
