Aernout Mik (Museum of Modern Art, New York Exhibition Catalogues) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870707426 ISBN 13: 9780870707421

Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009

Synopsis

Dutch artist Aernout Mik's moving-image installations meld filmmaking, sculpture and architecture into experiences that are at once compelling and unsettling, irrational yet plausible. The artist designs and constructs architectural spaces that hold his moving images, making the viewer's physical relationship to the piece a critical component of the overall experience. By interrogating the most basic ideas of narrative and reality and rejecting classical cinematic ideals, Mik creates works that are rich in allusion but subversive of codes. Published to accompany the artist's first U.S. retrospective, this volume is a vivid exploration of Mik's work and process. Laurence Kardish, MoMA's Senior Curator in the Department of Film, situates Mik within the history of documentary and nonnarrative cinema, while Michael Taussig, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, investigates the ways in which the artist's work changes the way we see reality while simultaneously reinforcing the norms of visual culture. Abundantly illustrated with stills and the artist's own drawings, the book also features detailed descriptions of the installations, an exhibition history and a bibliography, making it the most comprehensive volume on the artist available in English.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870707426
• ISBN 13: 9780870707421
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Kardish Laurence