Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 708 EAN: 9780916365721 ISBN: 0916365727 Label: Independent Curators International, New York Manufacturer: Independent Curators International, New York Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 72 Publication Date: October 15, 2005 Publisher: Independent Curators International, New York Release Date: October 15, 2005 Sales Rank: 1068332 Studio: Independent Curators International, New York
Product DescriptionAdmit it: You've sometimes wanted to laugh at contemporary art. During the past decade, humor has turned up with increasing frequency in galleries and museums, perhaps as an acknowledgment of the urgent need among artists and audiences alike to laugh at the absurdity of daily existence--and the art world itself. Situation Comedy presents more than 60 works--a selection of video and sound installations, paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs--by younger as well as more established artists, including Tom Friedman, Rodney Graham, Christian Jankowski, Laura Nova, William Pope.L, Richard Prince, Kay Rosen, Erika Rothenberg, John Waters, and Erwin Wurm. Employing parody, satire, slapstick and practical jokes, they use the leveling power of comedy to break down barriers of taste and to question authority at every turn.
