Allora & Calzadilla Specters of Noon

White, Michelle; Tejada, Roberto (CON); Ault, Julie (CON); Deloughrey, Elizabeth (CON); Immerwahr, Daniel (CON)

ISBN 10: 0300254466 / ISBN 13: 9780300254464

Edité par The Menil Collection, 2021

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Synopsis :

A beautiful presentation of a new suite of works made for the Menil Collection by Allora & Calzadilla

The Puerto Rico-based collaborative duo Allora & Calzadilla created Specters of Noon as a group of seven large-scale works specifically for the Menil Collection. The ensemble is orchestrated around the idea of solar noon, a notion derived from Surrealist texts by Caillois, Césaire, and others that probe the transcultural mythology of noon--a time when shadows vanish and delirious visions momentarily reign. The works include light projections, guano, ship engines, live vocal performance, and coal. Using the Menil's Surrealist holdings as a point of departure, Specters of Noon is infused throughout with a Caribbean perspective that addresses the instability of environmental and colonial politics; one work is a power transformer damaged in Hurricane Maria that is half-sheathed in bronze. Filled with stunning installation photography and insightful texts both commissioned and reprinted, this volume captures the spirit of Jennifer Allora (b. 1974) and Guillermo Calzadilla's (b. 1971) deeply researched and multifaceted work.

Distributed for the Menil Collection

Exhibition Schedule:

Menil Collection, Houston
(September 26, 2020-June 20, 2021)

À propos de l'auteur: Mari Carmen Ramírez is the Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and the director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Allora & Calzadilla Specters of Noon
Éditeur : The Menil Collection
Date d'édition : 2021
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : As New