The Velvet Grind: Selected Essays, Interviews, Satires (1983-2005)

David Robbins

ISBN 10: 3905701022 / ISBN 13: 9783905701029

Published by JRP Ringier and Les Presses Du Reel, Zurich/Dijon, 2006

About this Item

soft cover. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, creases. strong sewn binding.; english text. signed with a nameless inscription on the half-title page. 319pp., b/w illustrations. contains writings, interviews by the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Velvet Grind: Selected Essays, Interviews, Satires (1983-2005)
• Publisher: JRP Ringier and Les Presses Du Reel, Zurich/Dijon
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3905701022
• ISBN 13: 9783905701029
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine Plus
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art History, General

About this title

Synopsis

Asked to contribute to Artforum's “Top Ten” column, David Robbins used one of his entries for “Electricity: That we don't annually celebrate Electricity Day is unfathomable.” That sense of whimsy, even amid an advanced critical sensibility, makes this collection of essays from the past quarter century a great read. A regular contributor to magazines such as Real Life (in the 1980s), Purple Prose (in the 1990s) and Artforum, Robbins is one of the first artists and critics to investigate the art world's entrance into the culture industry. His work reflects on the spectacle, the transformation of the position of the artist in the visual system, and the future role of the spectator in art. This publication also brings together his key interviews with Richard Prince, Allan McCollum and Clegg & Gutman; his writings on television, Hollywood and Warhol; and contributions to his “Institute for Advanced Comedic Behavior.”

About the Author

David Robbins was born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, in 1957. His work has been featured in solo shows at London's Cubitt Galley and at the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Des Moines Art Center and at Feature Inc. in New York. He lives and works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.