An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar : Taryn Simon / foreword by Salman Rushdie ; introduction by Elisabeth Sussman and Tina Kukielski ; commentary by Ronald Dworkin.

Main entry:

Simon, Taryn, 1975- photographer.

Title & Author:

An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar : Taryn Simon / foreword by Salman Rushdie ; introduction by Elisabeth Sussman and Tina Kukielski ; commentary by Ronald Dworkin.

Edition:

Third edition.

Publication:

Ostfildern : Hatje Cantz, [2012]
©2012

Description:

150 pages : color illustrations ; 35 cm

Notes:
"On the occasion of an exhibition at The Whitney Museum of American Art, March-June, 2007".
Foreword / Salman Rushdie -- Introduction / Elizabeth Sussman abnd Tina Kukielski -- Plates -- Acknowledgements and Index -- Commentary / Ronald Dworkin -- Biographies.

Summary:

First published in 2008, Taryn Simon's An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar reveals objects, sites and spaces that are integral to America's foundation, mythology or daily functioning, but which remain inaccessible or unknown to a public audience. To make the more than 60 large-format photographs often required protracted negotiations before Simon was granted access to the sites. When circumstances permitted, she photographed with a large-format camera and careful lighting, emphatically not following the tradition of the journalistic snapshot. The photographs include radioactive containers in a storage facility for nuclear waste; the recreational facility of a high-security prison; the headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan with its Wizards, Night Hawks and Kleagles; a Scientology seminar room; MOUT, a facade city in Kentucky built as a training ground for urban warfare; the sealed-off halls of the CIA headquarters; a high-security research institute studying animal epidemics; and an operating room in which a Palestinian woman had her hymen (and thus her virginity) restored. Each image is accompanied by a brief text written by the artist, that precisely explains what is seen and why it is hidden or off-limits. Although An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar forces us to confront the darker side of democratic society, it also conveys the fascination that attends the exploration of forbidden territories.

ISBN:

9783775735063
3775735062

Subject:

Simon, Taryn, 1975- Exhibitions.
Simon, Taryn, 1975-
Photography.
Manners and customs
United States Social life and customs Pictorial works.
United States
United States Social life and customs Pictorial works Exhibitions.

Form/genre:

photobooks.
Photobooks
Exhibition catalogs
Pictorial works
Livres de photographies.
Exhibition publications.

Added entries:

Rushdie, Salman, author of introduction, etc.
Sussman, Elisabeth, 1939- author of introduction, etc.
Kukielski, Tina, author of introduction, etc.
Dworkin, Ronald, writer of added commentary.
Rushdie, Salman
Sussman, Elisabeth, 1939-
Kukielski, Tina
Dworkin, Ronald
Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution.
Hatje Cantz Verlag, publisher.
Whitney Museum of American Art host institution.

Colophon: Taryn Simon : an American index of the hidden and unfamiliar

Holdings:

Location: Library main 283859
Call No.: BIB 222315
Status: Available

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