From Russia with doubt /anglais - Couverture souple

Lerner, Adam

 
9781616891626: From Russia with doubt /anglais
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1616891629 ISBN 13 : 9781616891626
Editeur : Princeton Architectural Press, 2013

Synopsis

In 2010 the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver director Adam Lerner did something unheard of in the museum world: he mounted a large exhibition of paintings without first knowing whether they were real or fakes. Painted in the Suprematist and Constructivist style of early twentieth-century Russian avant-garde masters, the 181 canvases had been acquired by amateur collectors Ron and Roger Pollard from a mysterious seller in Germany they met on eBay who claimed the paintings were found in an abandoned shipping container held in German customs since the 1980s. In From Russia with Doubt, Lerner skillfully weaves together the tale-from the initial eBay find to his controversial decision to exhibit the collection-guiding readers through the looking glass into the Byzantine corridors of the art world and beyond, describing the owners' quest to authenticate and appraise the would-be masterpieces. What he finds raises powerful questions about our own relationship to art.

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À propos de l'auteur

Adam Lerner, PhD is Director and Chief Animator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver (MCA Denver). With a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University and a Master’s degree from Cambride, he has organised numerous exhibitions of contemporary art as nontraditional subjects, such as household junk collections, educational silent films and unauthenticated art.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In 2010 the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver director Adam Lerner did something unheard of in the museum world: he mounted a large exhibition of paintings without first knowing whether they were real or fakes. Painted in the Suprematist and Constructivist style of early twentieth-century Russian avant-garde masters, the 181 canvases had been acquired by amateur collectors Ron and Roger Pollard from a mysterious seller in Germany they met on eBay who claimed the paintings were found in an abandoned shipping container held in German customs since the 1980s. In From Russia with Doubt, Lerner skillfully weaves together the tale-from the initial eBay find to his controversial decision to exhibit the collection-guiding readers through the looking glass into the Byzantine corridors of the art world and beyond, describing the owners' quest to authenticate and appraise the would-be masterpieces. What he finds raises powerful questions about our own relationship to art.

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Éditeur
Princeton Architectural Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1616891629
ISBN 13 
9781616891626
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
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