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Chryssa & New York

Title

Chryssa & New York / edited by Megan Holly Witko, Sophia Larigakis, and Michelle White.

Publication

New York, NY : Dia Art Foundation ; Houston, TX : The Menil Collection, [2023]
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press
©2023

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Description

183 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 29 cm

Summary

"Chryssa & New York offers a timely reassessment of Greek-born artist Chryssa (Chryssa Vardea-Mavromichali, 1933-2013). Chryssa was a leading figure in the postwar New York art world and in the use of signage, text, and neon, yet her work, which bridges Pop, Conceptual, and Minimalist approaches to art making, remains under-recognized. Focusing on the artist's early career, in particular her time in New York from the 1950s to the 1970s, this book charts the emergence of her singular aesthetic, especially her formal innovations with neon, and culminates in the development of her monumental and rarely seen installation The Gates to Times Square (1964-66). Essays situate Chryssa's art alongside that of other New York-based practitioners in the 1950s and 1960s, consider her work through the lenses of queer theory and the Greek diaspora, and uncover her crucial influence on light art today. Rounding out the volume, a conversation on the technical aspects of her practice and a comprehensive chronology make this the definitive publication on Chryssa for years to come."--Distributor's website.

Alternative Title

Chryssa and New York

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

Published in conjunction with Chryssa & New York at Dia Chelsea, New York, March 2-July 23, 2023 and the Menil Collection, Houston, September 29, 2023-March 10, 2024, and Wrightwood 659, Chicago, May 1-August 15, 2024.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.

Contents

Directors' foreword / Jessica Morgan and Rebecca Rabinow -- Curators' acknowledgments / Megan Holly Witko and Michelle White -- Chryssa's New York work / Michelle White -- To glorify my anonymity / Lisa Cohen -- A lecture by Chryssa given on January 10, 1968, at New York University -- "Plug-in promethean" : Chryssa's neons and the invention of light art in the 1960s / Tina Rivers Ryan -- Neon care in Chryssa's work / Joy Bloser and matt dilling -- Plates -- World unmaking : Chryssa's queer fragmentation of language / Jonathan D. Katz -- Sans titre / Tiona Nekkia McClodden -- Chryssa from here and there / Kalliopi Minioudaki -- Chronology / Megan Holly Witko

Call Number

JQF 24-286

ISBN

9780300271980
0300271980

LCCN

2022949252

OCLC

1346944866

Title

Chryssa & New York / edited by Megan Holly Witko, Sophia Larigakis, and Michelle White.

Publisher

New York, NY : Dia Art Foundation ; Houston, TX : The Menil Collection, [2023]

Distributor

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Chryssa, 1933-2013. Works. Selections (Zoumboulakis Galleries)

Witko, Megan Holly, editor.

Larigakis, Sophia, editor.

White, Michelle, 1979- author, editor.

Dia Art Foundation, host institution.

Menil Collection (Houston, Tex.), host institution.

Wrightwood 659 (Gallery), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 24-286

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