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Charles Atlas : about time /

"American artist Charles Atlas (born 1949) is a leading figure in film and video art known for his pioneering work at the intersections of moving image, dance and performance. Alongside the artist's first retrospective, About Time surveys 50 years of groundbreaking work through immersive m...

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Other Authors: De Blois, Jeffrey (Editor, Contributor), Balsom, Erika (Contributor), Eisenman, Nicole, 1965- (Contributor), Syms, Martine (Contributor), Myles, Eileen (Contributor), Sawyer, Drew (Contributor), Trecartin, Ryan, 1981- (Contributor), Chambers-Letson, Joshua Takano (Contributor), Strafer, Jordan, 1990- (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Boston, Massachusetts] : New York : The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston ; DelMonico Books/D.A.P., 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Atlas, Charles > Exhibitions.
Atlas, Charles > Criticism and interpretation.
Atlas, Charles > Themes, motives.
Video art > United States > Exhibitions.
Installations (Art) > Exhibitions.
Dance in art > Exhibitions.
Art, American > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Art, American > 21st century > Exhibitions.
ART / General.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Table of Contents:
  • Director's foreword / Jill Medvedow
  • What does unstable time even mean? / Jeffrey De Blois
  • All the images will reappear / Erika Balsom
  • Charles Atlas / Nicole Eisenman
  • The Years
  • Dear Charlie / Martine Syms
  • MC⁹
  • The party part / Eileen Myles
  • "Misfitting together": Charles Atlas's collaborative portraits / Drew Sawyer
  • Personalities
  • Between dance & camera / Ryan Trecartin
  • A prune twin
  • Dancing after the end of the world with Atlas / Joshua Chambers-Letson
  • The tyranny of consciousness
  • Devastation in the waning of justice / Jordan Strafer
  • Site specifics
  • Works in the exhibition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Trustees
  • Reproduction credits.