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Alex Da Corte Susan Cross

Alex Da Corte By Susan Cross

Alex Da Corte by Susan Cross


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Summary

A generously illustrated book on the dynamic work of neo-pop artist Alex Da Corte, whose immersive installations and provocative objects seamlessly blend high and low culture as they explore themes of love, sex, family, death, and desire.

Alex Da Corte Summary

Alex Da Corte: Free Roses by Susan Cross

For his largest solo museum exhibition, Alex Da Corte takes 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. Fullpage illustrations of the visually intoxicating exhibition form the centerpiece of this volume and 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.

Alex Da Corte Reviews

"Complete with full-page illustrations and essays by Mass MoCA curator Susan Cross, this volume chronicles a decade of work by neo-pop artist Alex Da Corte, whose vibrant sculptures, paintings, and videos examine themes such as death and desire." -Boston Magazine

About Susan Cross

SUSAN CROSS is Curator of Visual Arts at MASS MoCA. She is the author and editor of numerous publications on artists including Spencer Finch and Sol LeWitt. New York-based writer and curator ANNIE GODFREY LARMON is Assistant Editor at Artforum and a co-author of The Very Quick of the Word.

Additional information

GOR012271150
9783791355337
3791355333
Alex Da Corte: Free Roses by Susan Cross
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Prestel
2016-09-12
208
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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