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Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values

Door Klaus Biesenbach

Categorie
Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer
#307113-KJ20
Titel
Mexico City: An Exhibition about the Exchange Rates of Bodies and Values
Auteur
Biesenbach, Klaus
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Jaar van uitgave
2002
ISBN10
097044284X
ISBN13
9780970442840
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original wrappers, (full page) illustrations in colour, 4to.
Samenvatting

Living in a cramped space where Beverly Hills and Calcutta meet every day, the artists gathered here explore the tension between wealth and poverty, among progress, stagnation, and improvisation, and between the violence and civility that animates the vibrant center that is Mexico City. These artists use everyday objects and situations to form a complex dialogue about Mexico City and its relationship with the first world, focusing on the influence of the global economy on aesthetic values and daily life. Daniela Rossell's series of photographs, Ricas y Famosas, captures the endangered species of the rich and famous in their ornate and overprotective environments, and Francis Alys documents people pushing and pulling their wares to and from the marketplace, leveraging their body weight ag
... (Lees verder)ainst the commercial value they are physically dragging along. Other artists include Eduardo Abaroa, Carlos Amorales, Gustavo Artigas, Miguel Calderon, Minerva Cuevas, Jose Davila, Ivan Edeza, Jonathan Hernandez, Teresa Margolles, Yoshua Okon, Ruben Ortiz Torres, Pedro Reyes, Santiago Sierra, and Melanie Smith.
Pagina's
332
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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