Main entry:

Markonish, Denise, author.

Title & Author:

Explode every day : an inquiry into the phenomena of wonder / Denise Markonish and Sean Foley.

Publication:

Munich : MASS MoCA and DelMonico Books/Prestel, [2016]

Description:

336 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Minimal Level Cataloging Plus.
DLC
Foreword / Joseph C. Thompson -- Introduction : Like two black holes colliding / Denise Markonish -- Unknown unknowns : an inquiry into wonder, the rainbow, and the aesthetics of every day experiences / Denise Markonish -- Negotiating wonder / Sean Foley -- Wonder, wondrous, wondering... / Jill Tarter -- Still I wonder / Stefan Sagmeister -- Faith and the cultured despisers of the possible / Steven Holmes -- On wonder / Robin Ince -- Dark wonder : belowness, or the ineffable underground / Barbara Maria Stafford -- On the Guinness Book of Records / Sam Green -- The thing itself / Maria Popova -- Exuberance : the passion for life / Kay Redfield Jamison -- After a rain ; Argot ; Glory ; The day ; Fireworks ; Peridot ; Timberland ; Perpetually attempting to soar / Mary Ruefle -- In conversation with Lawrence Weschler.

Summary:

"Harnessing the idea of wonder as a thematic metaphor, the exhibition features both existing and new works by twenty-three international artists, each touching on certain facets of wonder, including: the perceptual/visionary, the technological/scientific, the philosophical/meditative, time/cosmos, and illusion/fear."--MoCA website.

ISBN:

9783791355658 (hardback)
3791355651

Subject:

Art, American 21st century Exhibitions.
Art américain 21e siècle Expositions.
Art, American.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293639
Call No.: BIB 238751
Status: Available