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Premises: Invested Spaces in Visual Arts, Architecture, & Design from France 1958-1998

Anthony Vidler; Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; Denis Hollier

Synopsis:
Celebrating 40 years of creative innovation from France, Premises explores conceptions of space in a wide range of artistic disciplines including painting, film, architecture, and design. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo in October 1998, this book offers an in-depth understanding of the complex issues and theories that weave together nearly a half-century of artistic production in a fascinating country.Diverse in expression, the works of Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Genet, Jean-Luc Godard, Yves Klein, Le Corbusier, and Bernard Tschumi probe real and imagined territories to articulate public and private spaces, create rooms of memory or zones of communication, and elevate the standards of living. Essays by acclaimed scholars are interwoven with illustrated chronologies documenting the era's crucial events and developments and art dossiers featuring gorgeous color reproductions, artist biographies, and bibliographies.Destined to become the definitive resource on a previously unexplored subject, Premises reveals the dynamic correspondences and achievements that define a vibrant period in French art and culture.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2011, Hardcover - 2009, Softcover - 2009, Softcover - 2008, Softcover - 2008, Softcover - 2008, Softcover - 2007, 2006, Softcover - 2004, 2003