Poetic Practical

Sydney Stutterheim, Andie Trainer

ISBN 10: 0847871916 / ISBN 13: 9780847871919

Published by Rizzoli International Publications, US, 2022

About this Item

This extensively illustrated book includes 435 images, featuring never-before-seen archival materials and newly commissioned photography of Burden s studio and property. Burden s work, whether realized or unrealized, was fundamentally driven by a speculative approach to artistic production, one that compelled him to interrogate the physical limits of his own body, social mores, institutional capabilities, and scientific forces. Above all, his work repeatedly sought to test the thresholds of presumed impossibility, making his unrealized works the ultimate example of such measures. The sixty-seven artworks included in this publication offer a unique and unprecedented perspective on the life and working process of this formidable artist.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Poetic Practical
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, US
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847871916
• ISBN 13: 9780847871919
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Poetic Practical offers the first examination of Chris Burden’s unrealized projects, featuring never-before-seen archival materials and newly commissioned photography of Burden’s studio and property.

This extensively illustrated book includes 435 images, featuring never-before-seen archival materials and newly commissioned photography of Burden’s studio and property. Burden’s work, whether realized or unrealized, was fundamentally driven by a speculative approach to artistic production, one that compelled him to interrogate the physical limits of his own body, social mores, institutional capabilities, and scientific forces. Above all, his work repeatedly sought to test the thresholds of presumed impossibility, making his unrealized works the ultimate example of such measures. The sixty-seven artworks included in this publication offer a unique and unprecedented perspective on the life and working process of this formidable artist.
 

About the Author

Yayoi Shionoiri is the executive director of the Estate of Chris Burden and the Studio of Nancy Rubins. Sydney Stutterheim, PhD, is an art historian and writer. Andie Trainer is an editor at Gagosian. Donatien Grau is a critic, scholar, and museum executive.