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Paul McCarthy: Central Symmetrical Rotation Movement: Three Installations, Two Films
Chrissie Iles
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Hardback. Explores the role of mirrors, spinning, and "neurotic" architecture - a feeling of psychological breakdown - in the work of one of America's contemporary artists, Paul McCarthy. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 80 pages, 5 black & white illustrations + 25 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
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 ... Read more
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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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Series
Whitney Museum of American Art
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300141382
SKU
V9780300141382
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About Chrissie Iles
Chrissie Iles is the Anne and Joel Ehrendranz Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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