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050 14 $aN6490$b.A56855 2009 (LC)
100 1 $aAllen, Jonathan,$d1966-
245 10 $aMagic show /$cJonathan Allen & Sally O'Reilly ; with contributions by Simon During ... [et al.]
260 $aLondon :$bHayward Publishing,$cc2009.
300 $a115 p. :$bill. (some fold.) ;$c25 cm.
500 $aPublished on the occasion of Magic show, a Hayward touring exhibition organised in collaboration with QUAD, Derby. Exhibition held QUAD, Derby, 28 November 2009 - 31 January 2010 and at four other venues through December 19, 2010.
505 0 $aBewildering logic / Sally O'Reilly -- From Bosch to Blackpool / Jonathan Allen -- A resonant moment in the twinned histories of art and magic / Simon During -- Headless / Brigitte Felderer -- Magic and the willing suspension of disbelief / Peter Lamont -- Pebbles in the polis / Pierre Taillefer -- Ose's leap into the void / Helen Varola -- Death charm / Marina Warner -- Wonderlust : a foray into the histories of magics and their influence -- Artists : Jonathan Allen, Archive (Chris Kubick & Anne Walsh), Zoe Beloff, Ansuman Biswas & Jem Finer, Joan Brossa, Rick Buckley, Brian Catling, Center for Tactical Magic, Jackie & Denise Chapwoman, Tom Friedman, Brian Griffiths, Colin Guillemet, Joao Maria Gusmao & Pedro Paiva, Susan Hiller, Alexandra Hopf, Christian Jankowski, Janice Kerbel, Annika Lundgren, Juan Munoz, Bruce Nauman, Ian Saville, Ariel Schlesinger, Suzanne Treister, Sinta Werner -- Conjuring consent -- L'art magique / Andre Breton [and others].
520 $aMagic Show demonstrates how visual artists adopt the perception-shifting tactics of the theatrical magician to explore questions of creative agency, the power of suggestion, and the fragility of belief. Artists, like magicians, manipulate and mystify not simply for entertainment, but to redress fundamental relationships within the social, political or cultural realm. This richly illustrated book, with over 100 colour reproductions, contains essays that elaborate on the intersections between art and magic by Jonathan Allen and Sally O'Reilly, as well as texts on each of the 24 featured artists. It also contains new writing on arcane images and esoteric ideas from the cultural history of magic by Simon During, Brigitte Felderer, Peter Lamont, Pierre Taillefer, Helen Varola and Marina Warner; a fold-out collation of texts and images exploring the dynamics of magic, art and power; and an illustrated selection of curious props and off-beat ephemera from the world of theatrical magic.
650 0 $aVisual perception$vExhibitions.
650 0 $aArt, Modern$y20th century$vExhibitions.
700 1 $aO'Reilly, Sally,$d1971-
988 $a20100218
906 $0OCLC