Boris Groys & Andro Wekua: Wait to Wait (English/German)

Edited by Christoph Keller. Texts by Boris Groys and Andro Wekua.

ISBN 10: 3037640219 / ISBN 13: 9783037640210

Published by JRP | Ringier / Christoph Keller Editions, 2009

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Z : 14 x 20 cm, hardcover, cloth binding, dust jacket, 160 pages, 20 color illustrations - An "unequal" pair from the ranks of philosophy and contemporary art were brought to the table for debate. The celebrated Russian philosopher Boris Groys, and the young international artist from Georgia Andro Wekua, discussed their shared experiences in the Soviet system, the conditions governing production in contemporary art today, and the sensitivities of a generation of artists born in the 1970s, taking Wekua's two large installations "Wait to Wait" and "Get Out of My Room" as examples. Phenomena such as loneliness, doubles, repetitions, mirror images, and waiting are the central themes of this conversation, illustrated by pictures of the two installations and several collages by Wekua.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1594033213897

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Boris Groys & Andro Wekua: Wait to Wait (English/German)
• Publisher: JRP | Ringier / Christoph Keller Editions
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3037640219
• ISBN 13: 9783037640210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Contemporary art
  • Politik
  • Interview

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Synopsis

Celebrated Russian philosopher Boris Groys and Georgian artist Andro Wekua were convened for this publication to compare and discuss their experiences of contemporary art: the Soviet era, the contemporary conditions of production and the concerns of a new generation of artists born in the 1970s. Wekua's two large installations "Wait to Wait" and "Get Out of my Room" serve as touchstones for these topics. As Groys and Wekua also explore their generational differences--Groys recalling the critical and social solidarity of Russian art circles in the 1970s, Wekua noting the nomadism and ubiquity of "scene" for his generation--broader themes of loneliness, doubles, repetitions and waiting emerge, which are punctuated in the book by images of the two installations and several collages by Wekua.