
Haunted: Contemporary Photography, Video, Performance
Publisher's Description
Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by
ghostly apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive media, as well as in
live performance and the virtual world. By using dated, passé or quasi-extinct
stylistic devices, subject matter and technologies, these arts can embody a
melancholic longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past. Haunted:
Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance examines the myriad ways by
which photographic imagery is incorporated into recent art practices, and in
the process underscores the unique power of reproductive media—while documenting
a widespread contemporary obsession with accessing and retrieving
the past. The works included in Haunted range from individual photographs
and photographic series, to sculptures and paintings that incorporate photographic
elements, to videos, film, performance and site-specific installations.
Drawn primarily from the Guggenheim collection and its recent acquisitions,
Haunted features major artists such as Marina Abramovi´c, Bernd and Hilla
Becher, Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle, Gregory Crewdson, Tacita Dean, Stan
Douglas, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Anthony Hernandez, Roni Horn, Pierre Huyghe,
Joan Jonas, Zoe Leonard, Sally Mann, Ana Mendieta, Annette Messager, Richard
Prince, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sara
VanDerBeek, JeffWall and AndyWarhol. A significant part of the survey is dedicated
to work created since 2001 by younger artists such asWalead Beshty,
Spencer Finch, Ori Gersht and Idris Khan.
ISBN: 0892073985
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
Hardcover : 208 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 8.9 x 11 x 0.8 inches
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Publisher: Guggenheim Museum
Hardcover : 208 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 8.9 x 11 x 0.8 inches