Alex Bag: Edition bilingue anglais-allemand - Couverture rigide

Gygax, Raphael; Hainley, Bruce; Phillips, Glenn

 
9783037642207: Alex Bag: Edition bilingue anglais-allemand
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ISBN 10 : 3037642203 ISBN 13 : 9783037642207
Editeur : JRP Ringier, 2011

Synopsis

Since the mid 1990s, Alex Bag (*1969, lives and works in New York) has been one of the most interesting protagonists of video performance, and she is regarded as a vital reference point by an entire generation of younger artists such as Cory Arcangel and Shana Moulton. She became known for her technically simple video performances, in which she humorously took on and exploited TV culture and its most varied formats, as well as the art system and its romantic (artist) conceptions. With convincing precision, Bag cultivated a profound critique of the market system and society, and often appeared herself, as an extraordinarily agile and transformable actor taking on a multitude of roles. In the video that brought her to attention, "Untitled Fall '95" (1995), she played an art student who, as though in a video diary, depicted her desires and hopes as an artist and in her everyday schooling. In other videos she has frequently investigated the advertising structures in network TV (as in "Coven Services," 2004), or diverse TV genres and formats (as in "Fancy Pantz," 1997, and "Gladia Daters," 2005). Elements from advertising, film, and music videos, documentary and reality TV flow into her artistic work, which persistently generate a major critique of today's neoliberal societal structures.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Since the mid 1990s, Alex Bag (*1969, lives and works in New York) has been one of the most interesting protagonists of video performance, and she is regarded as a vital reference point by an entire generation of younger artists such as Cory Arcangel and Shana Moulton. She became known for her technically simple video performances, in which she humorously took on and exploited TV culture and its most varied formats, as well as the art system and its romantic (artist) conceptions. With convincing precision, Bag cultivated a profound critique of the market system and society, and often appeared herself, as an extraordinarily agile and transformable actor taking on a multitude of roles. In the video that brought her to attention, "Untitled Fall '95" (1995), she played an art student who, as though in a video diary, depicted her desires and hopes as an artist and in her everyday schooling. In other videos she has frequently investigated the advertising structures in network TV (as in "Coven Services," 2004), or diverse TV genres and formats (as in "Fancy Pantz," 1997, and "Gladia Daters," 2005). Elements from advertising, film, and music videos, documentary and reality TV flow into her artistic work, which persistently generate a major critique of today's neoliberal societal structures.

Présentation de l'éditeur

»Alex Bag gehört zu den Top Ten. Jedes Jahr, ganz gleich was sie macht.« Artforum

Alex Bag (*1969 in New York) eignet sich Ästhetik und manipulative Techniken von Popkultur und TV an und hebelt sie aus, indem sie die Mixtur aus Musik, Talk-Shows, Modeclips, Amateurvideos, Nachrichten und Werbung in respektlosen Konzept-Parodien zum reinen Nervenkitzel reduziert. Die Kunst- und die Konsumwelt, selbst das zweifelhafte Heldentum der amerikanischen Soldatin Jessica Lynch dienen ihr als Material für eine wilde Aneinanderreihung von Typen, die sie in ihrer Darstellung genau auf den Punkt bringt.

Die Publikation ist die vollständigste Darstellung von Bags Arbeit bisher. Der Band bietet neben einem Interview mit der Künstlerin und einem Essay eine umfangreiche Auswahl an Bildern aus all ihren Videos, darunter Untitled, Fall '95, das inzwischen Kultstatus erreicht hat, das sehr komische The Van und die gefeierte Aktion Coven Services for Consumer Mesmerism Product Sorcery, für die Bag Galerieräume in eine Werbeagentur verwandelte.

Ausstellung: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 9.1. Frühjahr 2009.

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Éditeur
JRP Ringier
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3037642203
ISBN 13 
9783037642207
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
230
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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