An edition of Alex Da Corte (2016)

Alex Da Corte

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Alex Da Corte
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An edition of Alex Da Corte (2016)

Alex Da Corte

free roses

For his largest solo museum exhibition, Alex Da Corte took over all of MASS MoCA's second-floor galleries, presenting a selection of existing works and an expansive new sculptural installation inspired by Arthur Rimbaud's prose poem 'A Season in Hell'. Restaging past exhibitions and remixing examples from multiple bodies of work in a fresh narrative, the artist presents his bold output in a sumptuous environment that transforms the museum space. Carpeted and tiled floors, brightly painted walls, and neon lighting create a milieu for the art that is part suburban living room, part plush strip club. Full page illustrations of the visually intoxicating exhibition form the centerpiece of this volume are complemented by stills from the artist's electrifying videos as well as reproductions of his formally rigorous, brightly colored mashups of consumer objects and appropriated images. Two essays illuminate Da Corte's engagement with film, animation, and appropriation while exploring the personal, cultural, and political themes that run through the work. The book provides a glimpse of the prolific artist's breadth while capturing the sensory impact of Da Corte's simultaneously seductive and unsettling worlds.

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Language
English
Pages
208

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Cover of: Alex Da Corte
Alex Da Corte: true life
2020, Verlag der Buchhandlug Walther und Franz König
in English
Cover of: Alex Da Corte
Alex Da Corte: free roses
2016, MASS MoCA, DelMonico Books, an imprint of Prestel Publishing
in English

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Edition Notes

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name, curated by Susan Cross, held at MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, March 26, 2016-February 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-195).

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North Adams, MA, Muncih
Other Titles
Free roses
Copyright Date
2016

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
709.2
Library of Congress
N6537.D27 A4 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
208 pages
Number of pages
208

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44567295M
ISBN 10
3791355333
ISBN 13
9783791355337
LCCN
2016942443
OCLC/WorldCat
931642674

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Work Description

TRUE LIFE exhaustively documents Alex Da Corte's relationship with the musician Eminem over four exhibitions. From Detroit to Cologne, from an artist-run space to a major international museum, Eminem trails Da Corte's work through his thirties, reappearing, evolving alongside America, explaining more of himself each time. Eminem's place in culture and his role in Da Corte's practice, as well as the larger story of American identity, is explored through recent and commissioned essays by Hilton Als, Charlie Fox, William Pym, Martine Syms and Moritz Wesseler, as well as manipulated found texts and an extensive Q&A with Danish filmmaker Jørgen Leth, whose 1982 work Andy Warhol "Eating a Hamburger" strongly informs the discussion. TRUE LIFE is both an uncompromising reference book and a work of total fantasy, providing a key angle of approach to a vital American practice in the 21st century.00Text: Hilton Als, Charlie Fox, Martine Syms, William Pym and Moritz Wesseler.

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