Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in association with the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and held at the Art Institute of Chicago, January 25-May 18, 2014; Museum of Modern Art, New York, August 2-November 2, 2014; and Whitechapel Gallery, London, April-June 2015. Yellow edition. Pages 167-186 are Supplement.l Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160).
Summary:
"Chronologically examining the nature of his art within the context of mass media and photojournalism, this handsome volume charts the thirty-year career of the artist and photographer Christopher Williams (b. 1956). Featuring 100 color illustrations, the book also includes a trio of essays by authors Mark Godfrey, Roxana Marcoci, and Matthew S. Witkovsky that demonstrate how Williams, with high craft and a critical eye, deliberately engages yet reinterprets the conventions of photojournalism, picture archives, and commercial imagery through uncanny mimicry. Committed to the history of photography as a medium of art and intellectual inquiry, Williams's current series tackles the interplay of photography and cinema, upending viewer expectations and the role of spectacle"-- Provided by publisher.
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