Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement, three installations, two films (Signed First Edition)
McCARTHY, Paul and Chrissie Iles
Language: English
Published by Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2008
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 69 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 26 through October 12, 2008. Featuers an essay by Chrissie Iles and the text of her conversation with McCarthy. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations and a checklist. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and inscribed by McCarthy on the title page to a couple of prominent art collectors in the year of publication and with a drawing as well. A terrific copy and uncommon signed.
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- Title
- Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement, three installations, two films (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- McCARTHY, Paul and Chrissie Iles
- Publisher
- Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- Publication year
- 2008
- Signed
- Signed
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300141386
- ISBN 13
- 9780300141382
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Item weight
- 2.125 pounds
- Seller catalogs
- Art Monographs
This is the first publication to explore the role of mirrors, spinning, and “neurotic” architecture––a feeling of psychological breakdown––in the work of one of America’s most important contemporary artists, Paul McCarthy (b. 1945). The book is published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Whitney, for which McCarthy is creating two new installations to appear alongside his Bang Bang Room (1992) and two recently rediscovered film loops (1966, 1971).
Each work involves a room structure that the viewer can step into and experience―often becoming disoriented as either the floor or entire structure spins, or as walls fold inward and outward. By comparing McCarthy’s use of rotational movement and visual effects to that of other artists of the 1960s and
1970s, the author seeks a new understanding of this bold innovator. An interview with McCarthy himself offers an unprecedented discussion of the influences on his art―including experimental filmmakers Stan Brakhage, Stan Vanderbeek, and Bruce Conner. The book not only raises new points but also recovers information and images from films once lost.Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Whitney Museum of American Art (June 26 – October 12, 2008)
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About the Author
Chrissie Iles is the Anne and Joel Ehrendranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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