Title & Author:

Plop : recent projects of the Public Art Fund / Susan K. Freedman [and others].

Publication:

London ; New York : Merrell Publishers in association with Public Art Fund, New York, 2004.

Description:

256 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Foreword / Susan K. Freedman -- Plop / Tom Eccles -- City of wonders / Dan Cameron -- Puppy love / Katy Siegel -- Map of artist projects -- Vito Acconci: Addition to MetroTech Gardens -- Francis Alÿs: the Modern Procession -- Vanessa Beecroft: VB42/Intrepid: the Silent Service -- Christian Boltanski: Lost: New York projects -- Louise Bourgeois: Spiders -- Alexander Brodsky: Canal Street Subway Project -- Martin Creed: Everything is going to be alright -- Wim Delvoye: Gothic -- Mark Dion: Urban Wildlife Observation Unit -- Chris Doyle: Commutable -- Keith Edmier: Emil Dobbelstein and Henry J. Drope, 1944 -- Teresita Fernández: Bamboo Cinema -- Maria Elena Gonzalez: Magic Carpet/Home -- Dan Graham: Bisected Triangle/Interior Curve -- Gregory Green: Gregnik Proto II -- Grennan and Sperandio: the Invisible City -- Christine Hill: Tourguide? -- Ilya Kabakov: Monument to the Lost Glove -- Kim Sooja: Deductive Object -- Jeff Koons: Puppy -- Barbara Kruger: Bus -- Richard Long: New York Projects -- Paul McCarthy: the Box -- Josiah McElheny: the Metal Party -- Anissa Mack: Pies for a Passerby -- Tony Matelli: Stray Dog and Distant Party -- Mariko Mori: Wave UFO -- Kirsten Mosher: Ballpark Traffic -- Vik Muniz: CandyBAM -- Juan Muñoz: Conversation Piece -- Takashi Murakami: Reversed Double Helix -- Tony Oursler: the Influence Machine -- Nam June Paik: Transmission -- Roxy Paine: Bluff -- Paul Pfeiffer: Orpheus Descending -- Navin Rawanchaikul: I [love] Taxi -- Tobias Rehberger: Tsutsumu N.Y. -- Pipilotti Rist: Open My Glade -- Kiki Smith: Sirens and Harpies -- Do-Ho Suh: Public Figures -- Brian Tolle: Witch Catcher and Waylay -- Lawrence Weiner: NYC Manhole Covers -- Olav Westphalen: E.S.U.S. (Extremely Site Unspecific Sculpture) -- Rachel Whiteread: Water Tower -- Clara Williams: the Price (Giving in Gets You Nowhere) -- Andrea Zittel: A-Z Deserted Islands and Point of Interest -- Project credits -- About the authors and Public Art Fund.

Summary:

"Plop: Recent projects of the Public Art Fund features projects by forty-six internationally acclaimed artists whose temporary installations were made possible by the Public Art Fund, one of the most innovative presenters of contemporary art in America. Through an in-depth account of each of these memorable projects, it examines the ways in which artists as diverse as Rachel Whiteread and Takashi Murakami, Christian Boltanski and Pipilotti Rist, and Andrea Zittel and Vik Muniz have created a dynamic experience of contemporary art. From Paul Pfeiffer's Orpheus Descending, a video work documenting the brief life-cycle of a flock of chickens, shown in the World Trade Center and World Financial Center, to Josiah McElheny's The Metal Party, an elaborate reconstruction of an event held at the Bauhaus in 1929, these projects address a multitude of issues related to urban living, site-specificity, and the impact of public art on both casual passersby and local communities." "For artists, creating work outside the museum or gallery's white box is both a challenging and a rewarding experience, an opportunity to use the public realm for an evolution of their studio practice. This book sheds new light on a key aspect of contemporary art, while also creating a lasting pictorial record of installations on view for perhaps only a few weeks or months. Plop documents the vitality of a changing city and the evolution of what it means for art to be "public," providing a key reference work for everyone interested in public art and the international contemporary art scene."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1858942489
9781858942483
1858942470 (pbk.)
9781858942476 (pbk.)

Subject:

Boltanski, Christian, 1944-
Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-
Creed, Martin, 1968-
Dion, Mark, 1961-
Koons, Jeff, 1955-
Long, Richard, 1945-
McCarthy, Paul, 1945-
Muñoz, Juan, 1953-2001.
Murakami, Takashi, 1962-
Whiteread, Rachel, 1963-
Public art New York (State) New York Exhibitions.
Art, American New York (State) New York 20th century Exhibitions.
Art, American New York (State) New York 21st century Exhibitions.
Art public New York (État) New York Expositions.
Art américain New York (État) New York 20e siècle Expositions.
Art américain New York (État) New York 21e siècle Expositions.
Art, American.
Public art.
New York (State) New York.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Freedman, Susan K.
Public Art Fund (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 239634
Call No.: N8845.N7 P45 2004
Status: Available