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LA artland : contemporary art from Los Angeles / [essays by Chris Kraus, Jane McFadden, Jan Tumlir ; edited by Oriana Fox and Catherine Grant].

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Black Dog, ©2005.Description: 222 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1904772307
  • 9781904772309
Subject(s):
Contents:
A walk around the neighborhood / Chris Kraus -- Lessons of the class of 90 : siting recent art in Los Angeles / Jan Tumlir -- Los Angeles : then and now, here and there / Jane McFadden -- Designing environments / Jorge Pardo [and others] -- Elaborate fictions / Anthony Ausgang [and others] -- Text and image / John Baldessari [and others] -- Constructing identities / Amy Adler [and others] -- Building the absurd / Liz Craft [and others] -- Re-figuring abstraction / Mark Bradford [and others] -- The popular is the political / Andrea Bowers [and others] -- Shifting scale / Chris Burden [and others] -- Deviant rituals / Ron Athey [and others].
Summary: This is the first in-depth study of Los Angeles art from the 1960s to today. It contains interviews with artists and gallerists, alongside expert texts by art historians, giving an insight into the various sub-scenes that make up the LA artworld.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Yellow 709.794 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10447

Includes bibliographical references.

A walk around the neighborhood / Chris Kraus -- Lessons of the class of 90 : siting recent art in Los Angeles / Jan Tumlir -- Los Angeles : then and now, here and there / Jane McFadden -- Designing environments / Jorge Pardo [and others] -- Elaborate fictions / Anthony Ausgang [and others] -- Text and image / John Baldessari [and others] -- Constructing identities / Amy Adler [and others] -- Building the absurd / Liz Craft [and others] -- Re-figuring abstraction / Mark Bradford [and others] -- The popular is the political / Andrea Bowers [and others] -- Shifting scale / Chris Burden [and others] -- Deviant rituals / Ron Athey [and others].

This is the first in-depth study of Los Angeles art from the 1960s to today. It contains interviews with artists and gallerists, alongside expert texts by art historians, giving an insight into the various sub-scenes that make up the LA artworld.