"This catalog is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Tania Bruguera : talking to power/hablandole al poder' at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (June 16-October 29, 2017), MUAC Museo Universitario Arte Contemporaneo (May 12-September 9, 2018), and the Irish Museum of Modern Art (week of April 25, 2019-July 14, 2019)"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Works in the exhibition. Susie Kantor -- Transitional institutions and the sort of political timing-specificity / Lucia Sanroman and Susie Kantor -- Tania Bruguera : performance and the Hinterfragen / Peggy Phelan -- Art after the fact : Tania Bruguera and the aesthetics of situation / Grant H. Kester -- Tania Brugera and Suzanne Lacy in conversation -- Use the museum / Ivan Muniz Reed -- A lexicon interpreted / Jose Luis Falconi -- The projects / Susie Kantor -- Works in the exhibition.
Summary:
The work of Cuban artist Tania Bruguera (born 1968) researches and performs the ways in which art can be applied to collective everyday life, focusing on the transformation of emotion into political action. Talking to Power / Hablandole al Poder' surveys Bruguera's artworks for the public sphere created between 1985 and 2017, all of which position art as a resource for social change. This collection of works offers the reader a deep understanding of the artist's strategies for intervening in power. Richly illustrated and including rarely seen documentation of Bruguera's actions, this volume features texts by Jose Luis Falconi, Grant Kester, Suzanne Lacy, Cuauhtemoc Medina and Peggy Phelan. Exhibition: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, USA (16.06.-29.10.2017).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.