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In the House of Balloon Dog: The Untold Story of Alaska Pollock

Matti Bunzl

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Description:In a striking limestone building at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Mies van der Rohe Way stands Chicago s Museum of Contemporary Art, home to work by legends like Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, and Kara Walker, as well as newcomers to the always-vibrant international art scene. Never a place for the timid or for those who prefer polite paintings and genteel etchings, the MCA lives by the motto Fear No Art and despite its distinction as one of Chicago s major museums, curators there still deliver the transgressive iconoclasm that has always set the museum apart. In 2008 anthropologist Matti Bunzl was given unrestricted access to the MCA as its staff prepared for a massive retrospective of work by international art superstar Jeff Koons. "In the House of Balloon Dog" catalogs Bunzl s experiences as he observed curators and preparators arranging Koons s stainless steel bunnies and aluminum lobsters and debating the placement of Made in Heaven, the provocative series depicting the artist and his erstwhile porn-actress wife in an assortment of uninhibited sex acts. Bunzl takes readers behind the scenes of the contemporary art museum to reveal how curators select what to show, the role donors play in these decisions, and the ways in which curation and marketing come together and sometimes come into conflict in a museum s attempt to reach a larger audience. Featuring appearances by many other leading artists such as Liam Gillick, Jenny Holzer, Karen Kilimnik, and Tino Sehgal, "In the House of Balloon Dog "is the first book of its kind, an eye-opening account of the contemporary art boom and a rare glimpse at the fate and future of art."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In the House of Balloon Dog: The Untold Story of Alaska Pollock. To get started finding In the House of Balloon Dog: The Untold Story of Alaska Pollock, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 136

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Release: 2013

ISBN: 0226924297

Description: In a striking limestone building at the intersection of Chicago Avenue and Mies van der Rohe Way stands Chicago s Museum of Contemporary Art, home to work by legends like Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, and Kara Walker, as well as newcomers to the always-vibrant international art scene. Never a place for the timid or for those who prefer polite paintings and genteel etchings, the MCA lives by the motto Fear No Art and despite its distinction as one of Chicago s major museums, curators there still deliver the transgressive iconoclasm that has always set the museum apart. In 2008 anthropologist Matti Bunzl was given unrestricted access to the MCA as its staff prepared for a massive retrospective of work by international art superstar Jeff Koons. "In the House of Balloon Dog" catalogs Bunzl s experiences as he observed curators and preparators arranging Koons s stainless steel bunnies and aluminum lobsters and debating the placement of Made in Heaven, the provocative series depicting the artist and his erstwhile porn-actress wife in an assortment of uninhibited sex acts. Bunzl takes readers behind the scenes of the contemporary art museum to reveal how curators select what to show, the role donors play in these decisions, and the ways in which curation and marketing come together and sometimes come into conflict in a museum s attempt to reach a larger audience. Featuring appearances by many other leading artists such as Liam Gillick, Jenny Holzer, Karen Kilimnik, and Tino Sehgal, "In the House of Balloon Dog "is the first book of its kind, an eye-opening account of the contemporary art boom and a rare glimpse at the fate and future of art."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with In the House of Balloon Dog: The Untold Story of Alaska Pollock. To get started finding In the House of Balloon Dog: The Untold Story of Alaska Pollock, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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