Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Appearance Stripped Bare: Desire and the Object in the Work of Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons, Even" at Museo, Jumex, Mexico City, May 17-September 29, 2019. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Innocence and corruption Duchamp after Koons / Thomas Girst. Secular spirits: production, consumption, and transcendence / Dorothea von Hantelmann -- Beautiful and naked: banality and the infrathin / Daniel birnbaum -- The sex appeal of the inorganic Objects of desire / Jeff Koons interviewed by Massimiliano Gioni -- Vice sans fin or anatomies of desire The libidinal life of things: on Jeff Koons's Made in Heaven and Marcel Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even / Laurent de Sutter -- Jeff koons and Étant donnés: A lesson in circular reasoning / Francis Naumann -- The self-readymade-Identity as a medium The monk and the Messiah / Calvin Tomkins interviewed by Massimiliano Gioni -- The great pretenders / Chris Wiley -- Duchamp in Mexico-with a surprise ending / Maria Minera -- Innocence and corruption The second coming / Arturo Schwarz interviewed by Adina Kamien-Kazhdan -- Duchamp after Koons / Thomas Girst.
Summary:
The first book to explore two of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art side by side, Marcel Duchamp and Jeff Koons In the first half of the 20th century, Marcel Duchamp redefined what we consider art and what it means to be an artist. Many of his ideas return, transformed, in the work of Jeff Koons, born when Duchamp was 68 years old and whose own career lit up the art world of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This is the first book to explore the affinities between these two highly influential artists, whose creative universes similarly question the function of objects and the allure of commodities. International art historians, writers, and curators contribute their expertise on topics such as each artist's persona, as well as reflecting on the influence of technology and sexuality on their work. Exhibition: Museo Jumex, Mexico City, Mexico (19.05.-29.09.2019).
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