Alex Da Corte: Free Roses

Cross, Susan; Da Corte, Alex

ISBN 10: 3791355333 / ISBN 13: 9783791355337

Published by Prestel, 2016

About this Item

Book Condition: Very Good.
Dust jacket: None.
Cover: Light rubbing, edge-wear, and discoloration on cover.
Pages: Clean and crisp throughout with the exception of a dog-eared page that seems
to be intentional - as issued - visible in 4th image.
Spine and binding: Strong

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alex Da Corte: Free Roses
• Publisher: Prestel
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791355333
• ISBN 13: 9783791355337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 2.39W x 23.65H x 28.42D centimeters 2.39 centimeters width by 23.65 centimeters height by 28.42 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1361 grams

About this title

Synopsis

A generously illustrated book on the dynamic work of neo-pop artist Alex Da Corte, whose immersive installations and provocative objects seamlessly blend high and low culture as they explore themes of love, sex, family, death, and desire. For his largest solo museum exhibition, Alex Da Corte takes over all of MASS MoCA’s second-floor galleries, presenting a selection of existing works and an expansive new sculptural installation inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s prose poem "A Season in Hell." Restaging past exhibitions and remixing examples from multiple bodies of work in a fresh narrative, the artist presents his bold output in a sumptuous environment that transforms the museum space. Carpeted and tiled floors, brightly painted walls, and neon lighting create a milieu for the art that is part suburban living room, part plush strip club. Fullpage illustrations of the visually intoxicating exhibition form the centerpiece of this volume and are complemented by stills from the artist’s electrifying videos as well as reproductions of his formally rigorous, brightly colored mashups of consumer objects and appropriated images. Two essays illuminate Da Corte’s engagement with film, animation, and appropriation while exploring the personal, cultural, and political themes that run through the work. The book provides a glimpse of the prolific artist’s breadth while capturing the sensory impact of Da Corte’s simultaneously seductive and unsettling worlds.

About the Author

SUSAN CROSS is Curator of Visual Arts at MASS MoCA. She is the author and editor of numerous publications on artists including Spencer Finch and Sol LeWitt. New York-based writer and curator ANNIE GODFREY LARMON is Assistant Editor at Artforum and a co-author of The Very Quick of the Word.