Main entry:

Vriesendorp, Madelon.

Title & Author:

The world of Madelon Vriesendorp : paintings, postcards, objects, games / edited by Shumon Basar and Stephan Trüby.

Publication:

London : AA Publications, 2008.

Description:

277 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Accompanies exhibition held at Architectural Association, London from 11 Jan.-8 Feb., 2008--Colophon.
Home ; A secret world, a grand tour / Charlie Koolhaas -- The misappropriations of Madelon Vriesendorp : a foreword to her world / Brett Steele -- The productivity of distraction / Fenna Haakma Wagenaar -- Madelon seeing through objects / Charles Jencks -- The scientist of the non-serious : a biography : Beatriz Colomina interviews Madelon Vriesendorp, part I -- Disaster follows ectasy like form follows function : Beatriz Colomina interviews Madelon Vriesendorp, part II -- Are bad paintings ever the best? / Shumon Basar -- Nano questions and nano answers / Zaha Hadid, Zoe Zenghelis, Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Disasters, babies, glass bricks : postcard archaeology / Shumon Basar and Charlie Koolhaas -- Works 1967-2007 -- Critical pursuit, Mind game, Home analysis kit / Madelon Vriesendorp -- Life with very selected objects : Beatriz Colomina interviews Madelon Vriesendorp, part III -- The Hapstead connection / Hubert Damisch -- Souvenir decorum : Madelon Vriesendorp's inverted architectural rankings / Stephan Trüby -- Oh my God, you're me! : Douglas Coupland and Madelon Vriesendorp in conversation -- Worrying kindness and ultimate wisdom : on the art of generosity : Rem Koolhaas in conversation with Shumon Basar and Stephan Trüby.

Summary:

"Skyscrapers have sex and are caught in flagrante delicto. Between a pink torso and a buffed-up American GI, a nun spits fire. Synchronised swimmers, prize-winning vegetables and the mythic 'making' of Manhattan are all celebrated on countless postcards. A home-analysis kit combines the veneer of Freudian insight with the depth of Trivial Pursuit. Welcome to the world of artist Madelon Vriesendorp." "This publication reveals for the first time a significant - and near secret - corpus of work notable for its wild diversity. Though Vriesendorp is best known for her seminal cycle of anthropomorphic architectural paintings, her extensive 'art of generosity' embraces bad taste, pop, 'playground surrealism' and the touching beauty of culture's failed objects. Here, enlightenment emerges from distraction, whilst seriousness must surrender to the non-serious."--Jacket

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9781902902630 (hardcover)
1902902637 (hardcover)

Subject:

Vriesendorp, Madelon Exhibitions.
Vriesendorp, Madelon Expositions.
Vriesendorp, Madelon 1945-
Vriesendorp, Madelon.
Art, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Art 20e siècle Expositions.
Art, Modern

Form/genre:

Bildband.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Basar, Shumon.
Trüby, Stephan.
Architectural Association (Great Britain)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 256389
Call No.: BIB 186751
Status: Available