242 pages 152 illustrations 87 in color. Rubbing and wear to the covers and edges with a small bump to the head of the spine. Some rubbing and wear to the dustjacket cover now protected with a Mylar cover. Text is in German and English Preface by Dietrich Karner. Introduction by Sabine Breitwieser. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Generali Foundation, Vienna 11 May-12 August 2001. List of Works in Exhibition. Biographies and Bibliography.

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Title

Double Life : Identit�t und Transformation in der Zeitgen�ssischen Kunst / Identity and Transformation in Contemporary Art

Publisher

Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther K�nig, K�ln

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

3883755109

ISBN 13

9783883755106

Binding

Cloth

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Very Good

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To be able to take one's self off like a jacket and put on another self--who hasn't occasionally wished it were possible? Identity and transformation are among the central issues for contemporary art making, and Double Life pulls together a diverse selection of artists whose work embraces the possibilities of personality and appearance, racial and sexual stereotype, role-playing and reality. The artists in Double Life--from Marina Abramovic, Adrian Piper, and Andy Warhol to Ion Grigorescu, Eleanor Antin, Pierre Huyghe and Cindy Sherman--have all employed various strategies in their desire to assume different roles. Whether ironic, eccentric, utopian or critical, their methods have ranged from the subtle to the extreme. Zoe Leonard's pin-up calendar is filled with sexy portraits of her bearded self. Early black-and-white photographs by Cindy Sherman show the artist casually dressed as a random sampling of everyday people. Pierre Huyghe's Ann Lee is an anime extra, a digital character completely lacking any discernible identity. But artist Lynn Hershman perhaps best articulates the issue when she writes, "I always told the truth for the person who I was, but the person kept fluctuating."

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