BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 7 x 9 in. / 207 pgs / 200 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 7/1/2007
Out of print

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: FALL 2007 p. 147

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9789689056072 TRADE
List Price: $40.00 CAD $54.00

AVAILABILITY
Not available

TERRITORY
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Melanie Smith: Spiral City & Other Vicarious Pleasures

Text by Dawn Ades, Cuauhtémoc Medina, Eduardo Abaroa. Contribution by David Batchelor

The English-born artist Melanie Smith has been involved in the Mexican art scene since the late 1980s, and Spiral City & Other Vicarious Pleasures is her first significant monograph--published in conjunction with the artist's 2006 retrospective exhibition at Mexico City's University Museum of Sciences and Arts, commonly known as MUCA. This volume also serves as an introduction to the various media that Smith has been exploring since her arrival in Mexico two decades ago. It includes video, photography, installation and painting. Spiral City is a supersaturated project that provides the reader with visual and written information without ever falling into the predictable patterns of a traditional retrospective catalogue. With texts by Dawn Ades, Cuauhtémoc Medina and Eduardo Abaroa, and a written conversation between David Batchelor and the artist.