Dancing with myself /

Dancing with Myself investigates the elemental importance of self-representation in art from the 1970s to the present day and the role of the artist as protagonist and subject of the work. Through a wide variety of artistic practices and artists (from Claude Cahun to LaToya Ruby Frazier, from Gilber...

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Corporate Author: Museum Folkwang Essen
Other Authors: Bethenod, Martin, Ebner, Florian
Format: Book
Language:Italian
English
French
Language Notes:Text in Italian, English, and French.
Published: Venezia : Marsilio, 2018.
Edition:Prima edizione.
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Summary:Dancing with Myself investigates the elemental importance of self-representation in art from the 1970s to the present day and the role of the artist as protagonist and subject of the work. Through a wide variety of artistic practices and artists (from Claude Cahun to LaToya Ruby Frazier, from Gilbert & George to Cindy Sherman, and from Alighiero Boetti to Maurizio Cattelan) coming from different cultures and backgrounds, generations and experiences, it reflects on the contrast between different approaches: melancholy and vanity, ironic games played with identity and political autobiography, existential rumination and the body as sculpture, effigy or fragment, and its symbolical representation.
Item Description:Catalog of an exhibition held at the Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy, April 8-December 16, 2018.
Physical Description:359 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9788831729048
8831729047