Again: Selected Interviews and Essays - Couverture souple

Blair, Dike

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 094532314X ISBN 13 : 9780945323143

Editeur : WhiteWalls, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

As an artist, Dike Blair is unusual because he has worked on parallel paths, concentrating equally on critical writing and artistic production. His paintings and sculptures celebrate momentary conditions of light and the skewed formalism of retail displays. Yet in his writing, the restraint he deploys in his art explodes into a voracious appetite for the complex interrelations between creative work and commercial culture. "Again" is a fascinating tour through the breadth of Blair's interests, with essays on a variety of contemporary artists, such as Richard Prince and John McCracken, as well as interviews with sci-fi authors, movie special effects teams, and industrial designers. Blair ventures far beyond the usual contours of the art world, introducing readers to retail anthropologist Paco Underhill, robotics scientist Hans Moravec, and furniture designer Xavier Lust as well as acquainting us with the Minneapolis Skyway and the Akari floor lamp. Accessible to experts and laypeople alike, "Again" is the product of an inquisitive thinker examining his interests and influences from a number of angles and making inspired connections between them.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dike Blair is adjunct professor of painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is an editor of Purple Journal and was a contributor to the renowned catalog Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited at Centre Georges Pompidou, the Whitney Museum, and the Walker Art Center.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WhiteWalls, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 094532314X
• ISBN 13: 9780945323143
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible