Hlady Marla (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good with moderate wear to covers and no marks to text. Clean, unmarked plates & text, perfectbound; with only former gallery's stamp at front & rear. AB/7.2; Quarto; 48 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pp. with B/W and full-colour illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from September 19 to October 21, 2001. Cover slightly edgeworn and rubbed. "When I first saw it, Marla Hlady's work gave me a good hearty laugh. I found the utilitarian quacking, barking and braying machines that she had made by simply skinning mechanical toys spontaneously funny. After a while, though, it began to dawn on me that there was a lot more going on in this work than humour. I began to notice all the clear art-historical references to dadaism's useless machines, to the absurdist noise autamata of surrealism and neo-dadaism, to pop art?s ambivalent critique of consumerism, as well as the witty nod to the elegant simplicity of minimalist reduction. Later, I felt a distinct chill when, for a split second, I was drawn out of myself and given a fleeting objective glimpse at the touching spectacle of human longing." - Marc Mayer in the foreword.…