Exhibition at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, from October 14, 2018 to March 11, 2019, and at the MOCA Pacific Design Center, from November 17, 2018 to February 24, 2019. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Painter of pictures / Robert Polito. Midday light conversation / Helen Molesworth and Jean-Pierre Gorin -- Blame the audience / Jason Simon -- Around 1962 / Gregg Bordowitz & Glenn Ligon -- Writings by and about Manny Farber -- White elephant art vs. termite art / Manny Farber -- Kitchen without kitsch / Manny Farber and Patricia Patterson -- aran kitchens, aran sweaters / Patricia Patterson -- A bug's life / Jonathan Crary -- Manny Farber and landscape / Kevin Parker -- Painter of pictures / Robert Polito.
Summary:
"'Termite Art,' in Farber's definition, is art born of observing and acknowledging the transitory nature of daily life. It is also a key antidote to the widespread problem of 'White Elephant' art--big, swaggering 'masterpiece art' self-consciously striving for greatness. In this book, artists, historians, and critics dive deep into art that forgoes such ambition in order to attend to the pleasures and problems of the everyday. The book is anchored by an essay by editor Helen Molesworth and features four contemporary commissioned artists' projects that exemplify 'Termite Art,' an interview with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin, and a carefully selected collection of historical essays by and about Farber that functions as a reader on the subject"-- Provided by publisher.
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