Uta Barth (Signed Limited Edition)

BARTH, Uta and Elizabeth A.T. Smith

ISBN 10: 0971368104 / ISBN 13: 9780971368101

Published by The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and St. Ann's Press, Los Angeles & Hollywood, CA, 2002

About this Item

Second edition, first printing. Hardcover. Limited edition of only 100 copies. Originally published in 1995 in conjunction with a show at Moca. Features an essay by Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Includes 38 color images by Barth. A fine copy in boards in a fine slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed and numbered by Barth. An as new copy.

Seller Inventory # 196567

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uta Barth (Signed Limited Edition)
• Publisher: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and St. Ann's Press, Los Angeles & Hollywood, CA
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0971368104
• ISBN 13: 9780971368101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

About this title

Synopsis

Since 1994, Uta Barth has been creating a series of photographs which consist of blurred images generated by focusing the camera on an unoccupied foreground. These unframed, empty, but lushly seductive images present only background information, implying the absence of subjects, and referring to the function of images as containers of information and the role of the viewer in reading that information. This book is a faithful reproduction of the long out-of-print catalogue which was published on the occasion of Barth's first major museum exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, in 1996.

About the Author

Uta Barth was born in Berlin, Germany, and now lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues inlcuding the Whitney Museum; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio; Parco Gallery, Tokyo; De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam; IKON Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom; and the Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
Elizabeth A.T. Smith is the Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and a former curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Her writings have appeared in "Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, The Architecture of R.M. Schindler," and " Matta in America", and she is the editor of "Blueprints for Modern Living."