Title & Author:

Ghosts in the machine / [editors : Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari].

Publication:

New York, NY : Skira Rizzoli : in association with New Museum, 2012, ©2012.

Description:

360 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
" ... published on the occasion of the New Museum exhibition "Ghosts in the Machine," curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions, and Gary Carrion-Murayari, Curator. New Museum exhibition dates: July 18-October 7, 2012"--Colophon.
Includes work by: Marc Adrian, Getulio Alviani, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Marina Apollonio, J.G. Ballard, Thomas Bayrle, Emery Blagdon, Davide Boriani, Robert Breer, Pol Bury, Harley Cokeliss, Gianni Colombo, Computer Center Boris Kidrič Institute, Vinča, Tony Costa, Larry Cuba, Harold Edgerton, Jean Ferry, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Alan Mark France, David R. Garrison, Gego, Karl Gerstner, Robert Gie, Rube Goldberg, Jack Goldstein, João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva, Hans Haacke, Richard Hamilton, Pierre Hébert, Channa Horwitz, Joey the Mechanical Boy, Fritz Kahn, Konrad Klapheck, Jikken Kobo/Experimental Workshop, Jeff Koons, Emma Kunz, Mark Leckey, Julio Le Parc, Ulf Linde, Pontus Hultén and Per Olof Ultvedt, Heinz Mack, Manfredo Massironi, James Tilly Matthews, Herbert Marshall McLuhan, Petar Milojević, Jakob Mohr, François Morellet, George Nees, Claes Oldenburg, Henrik Olesen, Eduardo Paolozzi, Philippe Parreno, Otto Piene, Seth Price, Bridget Riley, Peter Roehr, Sylvia Roubaud, Herb Schneider, Lillian F. Schwartz, Paul Sharits, Robert Smithson, Jesús Rafaël Soto, Julian Stanczak, John Stehura, Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel, Jean Tinguely, Günther Uecker, Stan Vanderbeek, Grazia Varisco, Victor Vasarely, WGBH-TV in collaboration with Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Otto Pienne and Aldo Tambellini, Ulla Wiggen, Christopher Williams, Johanna (Jeanne) Natalie Wintsch, and Yvaral (Jean-Pierre Vasarely).
Includes bibliographical references.
Director's foreword / Lisa Phillips -- Curators' acknowledgments / Massimiliano Gioni and Gary Carrion-Murayari -- Of ghosts and machines / Massimiliano Gioni -- The body is a machine / Gary Carrion-Murayari -- On bachelor machines / Megan Heuer -- Plates -- Anthology / introductory texts by William S. Smith.

Summary:

This title explores the relationship between art and machines, presenting a trans-historical reassessment of optical, kinetic, and technological art. It brings together a wide range of work from - amongst others - Bridget Riley, Hans Haacke, Gianni Colombo, Channa Horowitz, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, and Victor Vasarely.

ISBN:

9780847839483 (paperback)
0847839486 (paperback)

Subject:

Art and technology Exhibitions.
Art and science Exhibitions.
Art et technologie Expositions.
Art et sciences Expositions.
Art and Design.
Art and science
Art and technology
Maskiner i konsten.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Gioni, Massimiliano.
Carrion-Murayari, Gary.
New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 280388
Call No.: BIB 217089
Status: Available