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Return to Function surveys contemporary artists who make functional objects that verge on "the designed"--from vehicles to clothes to mobile studio units--which happily confirm that the once-firm line between fine art and the applied arts is indeed dissolving. These artists--Jules De Balincourt, Claire Fontaine, François Curlet, Fabrice Hyber, J. Morgan Puett, Michael Rakowitz, Joe Scanlan, Franck Scurti, Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga and others--make objects that are simultaneously critical and practical. By choosing to create objects that meet utilitarian criteria, they show that artworks can be a part of the larger social, political and economic fabric. This volume features an in-depth discussion of seminal artists working in this vein, including Lucy Orta, Andrea Zittel and Jorge Pardo.
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Return to Function
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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, 2009
ISBN 10: 0913883352
ISBN 13: 9780913883358
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Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Maria, CA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 94 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wis., May 1 to August 23, 2009 and at the Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa, October 2, 2009 to January 10, 2010. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. *** CONTENTS: Foreword and acknowledgements, by Stephen Fleischman; A return to function, by Jane Simon; Notes on function, by Martha Schwendener; Usefulness: an extension beyond an intention, by Ami Barak. "Return to Function surveys contemporary artists who make functional objects that verge on 'the designed'--from vehicles to clothes to mobile studio units--which happily confirm that the once-firm line between fine art and the applied arts is indeed dissolving. These artists--Jules De Balincourt, Claire Fontaine, Franncois Curlet, Fabrice Hyber, J. Morgan Puett, Michael Rakowitz, Joe Scanlan, Franck Scurti, Ricardo Miranda Z iga and others--make objects that are simultaneously critical and practical. By choosing to create objects that meet utilitarian criteria, they show that artworks can be a part of the larger social, political and economic fabric. This volume features an in-depth discussion of seminal artists working in this vein, including Lucy Orta, Andrea Zittel and Jorge Pardo." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible. Seller Inventory # 062157
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Return to Function.; Essays by Martha Schwendener and Ami Barak. (exhibition publication)
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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2009
ISBN 10: 0913883352
ISBN 13: 9780913883358
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Seller: J. HOOD, BOOKSELLERS, ABAA/ILAB, Baldwin City, KS, U.S.A.
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Paperback. 94 pp., 21 colour plates. As new, clean, tight & bright condition. Seller Inventory # 154904
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Return to Function
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Madison Museum of Contemporary A, 2009
ISBN 10: 0913883352
ISBN 13: 9780913883358
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized. Seller Inventory # M0913883352Z3
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Return to Function: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
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Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 2009
ISBN 10: 0913883352
ISBN 13: 9780913883358
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Softcover, 94 pages, very good condition except long ink stain to front cover; no internal marks. Seller Inventory # ReSiMa20