Book Description
Since the late 1960s, American artist Martha Rosler has produced seminal works in the fields of photography, performance, video, installation, critical writing, and theory. Committed to an art that engages a public beyond the confines of the art world, Rosler investigates how socioeconomic realities and political ideologies dominate ordinary life. Her astute critical analyses are often cloaked in deadpan wit.
This book, which accompanies the first retrospective exhibition of Rosler's work, contains seven color photo essays by Rosler; an excerpt from the curatorial project "If You Lived Here"; essays by Alexander Alberro, Catherine de Zegher, Sylvia Eiblmayr, Jodi Hauptman, and Annette Michelson; a conversation between Rosler and Benjamin Buchloh; and a biography/bibliography along with a complete list of art works.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE:
Ikon Gallery Birmingham, UK December 1998 - January 1999
Nouveau Musée Villeurbanne, France January 1999 - February 1999
Generali Foundation Vienna, Austria May 1999 - August 1999
MACBA Barcelona, Spain Fall 1999
The New Museum New York City Spring 2000
Publisher comments
Since the late 1960s, American artist Martha Rosler has produced seminal works in the fields of photography, performance, video, installation, critcal writing, and theory. Committed to an art that engages a public beyond the confines of the art world, Rosler investigates how socioeconomic realities and political ideologies dominate ordinary life. Her astute critical analyses are often cloaked in deadpan wit.
This book, which accompanies the first retrospective exhibition of Rosler's work, contains seven color photo essays by Rosler; an excerpt from the curatorial project "If You Lived Here"; essays by Alexander Alberro, Catherine de Zegher, Sylvia Eiblmayr, Jodi Hauptman, and Annette Michelson; a converstation between Rosler and Benjamin Buchloh; and a biography / bibliography along with a complete list of artworks.
Catherine de Zegher is Director of the Drawing Center in New York City. She is the editor of INSIDE THE VISIBLE (MIT Press, 1996).
