Published by Phaidon, 2001
ISBN 10: 0714839892 ISBN 13: 9780714839899
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover missing dustjacket; 160 pages; otherwise very good condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Phaidon, 2001
ISBN 10: 0714839892 ISBN 13: 9780714839899
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover with dustjacket; 160 pages; good condition; light rubbing to covers; remainder mark to bottom outer edge of pages; publisher's "non-mint copy" stamp on first page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Phaidon Press Limited, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 0714839892 ISBN 13: 9780714839899
Seller: LEFT COAST BOOKS, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 159 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Slightly shopworn with publisher's remainder mark/half-title page. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "American video and installation artist Doug Aitken exploded on the international art scene with his multi-screen work 'electric earth,' which captivated audiences at the Venice and Whitney Biennales. This work focused on the bizarre nocturnal experiences of a young man exploring the edges of Los Angeles, presenting dream-like sequences which rearrange the linear flow of narrative into a series of unforgettable, disjointed photographic tableaux. Like much of his work, it contrasts the high-tech speed of contemporary daily life with the monotony of the urban landscape. In subsequent work set in distant places, from the island of Montserrat to the jungles of Guyana, Aitken creates unexpected yet beautiful imagery which encircles the viewer and creates a suspended, hyper-real portrait of contemporary life. In the Survey, curator and critic Daniel Birnbaum sets Aitken's art within the context of contemporary philosophy and the work of other recent artists who have explored expanded notions of time and space, in the Interview frieze publisher and critic Amanda Sharp discusses the artist's working methods, in the Focus section critic J rg Heiser looks at Aitkens recent 'i am in you,' a five-screen work centering on the imaginative experiences of a young girl. For his Artist's Choice Aitken has selected a short story by Jorge Luis Borges whose description of altered realities through the distortions of mirrors and memory echoes the artists own interests. Artist's Writings include Aitken's retelling of an unusual story he once heard from strangers which served as the basis for subsequent video work." - Publisher. Size: 4to.
Published by Phaidon, 2001
ISBN 10: 0714839892 ISBN 13: 9780714839899
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover with dustjacket as issued; 160 pages; good condition; light rubbing to covers; ex-gallery copy with sticker taped around bottom of spine; sticker, stamp and pencil numbers on first couple pages; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Published by Phaidon Press, Inc, London and New York, 2001
ISBN 10: 0714839892 ISBN 13: 9780714839899
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Printed white wrappers, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs, video and text by Doug Aitken. Interview with the artist by Amanda Sharp. Essays by Daniel Birnbaum, Jörg Heiser, and an excerpt from Jorges Luis Borges. Includes a chronology, bibliography and a list of illustrations. 160 pp., with four-color plates throughout. 11-1/2 x 10 inches. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (light surface marks, else Fine). From the publisher: "American video and installation artist Doug Aitken (b.1968) exploded onto the international art scene with his multi-screen work electric earth, which captivated audiences at the Venice and Whitney biennales in 1999. This work focused on the bizarre nocturnal experiences of a young man exploring the edges of Los Angeles, presenting dream-like sequences that rearrange the linear flow of narrative into a series of unforgettable, disjointed photographic tableaux. Like much of his work, it contrasts the high-tech speed of contemporary daily life with the monotony of the urban landscape.In other works he has explored the eerie, desterted atmosphere of Jonestown, Guyana, the site of the notorious mass suicide of religious cultists (monsoon, 1997); a remote diamond-mining region of Namibia, closed to outsiderssince 1908 (diamond sea, 1997); and the collective dreams of India's Bollywood film industry (into the sun, 1999). Portraying some of contemporary art's most beautiful imagery, Aitken's installations encircle the viewer, creating a suspended, hyperreal portrait of contemporary life. In the survey, curator and critic Daniel Birnbaum sets Aitken's art within the context of contemporary philosophy and the work of other recent artists who have explored expanded notions of time and space. In the Interview, Frieze publisher and critic Amanda Sharp discusses the artist's working methods, while in the Focus section critic Jörg Heiser looks at Aitken's i am in you (2000), a five-screen work centring on the imaginative experiences of a young girl. For his Artist's Choice Aitken has selected a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, whose description of altered realities through the distortions of mirrors and memory echoes the artist's own interests. Artist's Writings include Aitken's retelling of an unusual story he once heard from strangers, which served as the basis for subsequent video work.".