Research Catalog

Title

The Propeller Group / Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, Naomi Beckwith.

Publication

• Chicago, IL : Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, [2016].
• ©2016.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Beckwith, Naomi
• Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), organizer, host institution
• Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, organizer, host institution
• Phoenix Art Museum, organizer, host institution

Description

103 pages, 17 unnumbered pages : illustrations; 26 cm +

Summary

"The Propeller Group—an artist team made up of Phunam, Matt Lucero, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam—blurs the boundaries between fine art and media production, in much the same way that this publication blurs the boundaries between a traditional exhibition catalogue and an artist book. The catalogue features expository essays by curators Naomi Beckwith and Cesar Garcia, as well as contributions by each of the members of The Propeller Group: Tuan pens an obituary for the group that pays homage to Vietnamese funereal celebrations, Phunam shares an astrological reading that similarly honors the cultural legacy of Vietnam, and Lucero creates a travelogue that records the group's recent exploration of the natural beauty of Papua New Guinea. This is the first scholarly treatment on The Propeller Group, published on the occasion of the group's exhibition at the MCA. The exhibition presents a number of multipart projects, comprised of videos and related objects, from the past five years for the first time since the group was formed in 2006."--Publisher's description.

Series Statement

MCA Monographs

Uniform Title

MCA monographs.

Subject

Propeller Group (Art collective) > Exhibitions

Note

• "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition The Propeller Group, organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, and the Phoenix Art Museum"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106).

Contents

The mythology of dying / Tuan Andrew Nguyen -- If all goes as planned / Naomi Beckwith -- Project: The guerrillas of Cu Chi -- Project: AK-47 vs. M16 -- Project: The dream -- Project: Fade in: ext. storage - Cu Chi - Day -- The year of our rebirth / Phunam -- Project: Television commercial for communism -- Project: AK-47 vs. M16, the film -- Project: The living need light, the dead need music -- I can't imagine ever wanting to be / Cesar Garcia -- Biographies and exhibition history -- The three Californias / Matt Lucero.

Call Number

JQF 17-378

ISBN

• 9780996211628 (pbk.)
• 0996211624 (pbk.)

LCCN

• 2016017666
• 40026268455

OCLC

946726017

Title

The Propeller Group / Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, Naomi Beckwith.

Publisher

Chicago, IL : Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, [2016].

Copyright Date

©2016.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

MCA Monographs

MCA monographs.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-106).

Local Note

EXHIB. CAT. CO-PUB. W/ MCA CHICAGO, PHOENIX ART MUSEUM & BLAFFER ART MUSEUM. W/ LOOSE PAMPHLET.

Added Author

Beckwith, Naomi. If all goes as planned.

Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.), organizer, host institution.

Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston, organizer, host institution.

Phoenix Art Museum, organizer, host institution.

Other Standard Identifier

40026268455

Research Call Number

JQF 17-378