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Thaddeus Strode : absolutes and nothings / Sabine Eckmann, Meredith Malone ; with a contribution by Benjamin Weissman ; [editor, Jane E. Neidhardt].
- Title
- Thaddeus Strode : absolutes and nothings / Sabine Eckmann, Meredith Malone ; with a contribution by Benjamin Weissman ; [editor, Jane E. Neidhardt].
- Author
- Eckmann, Sabine.
- Publication
- St. Louis, Mo. : Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis ; Chicago, IL : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, c2008.
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- Description
- 80 p. : col. ill.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Thaddeus Strode's vibrant large-scale paintings are universes unto themselves: wild mash-ups of California surf and skateboard culture, Zen philosophy, rock music, literature, film, and comic books. "Absolutes and Nothings" marks the artist's first major museum show, presented as part of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum's "Contemporary Projects" series.Strode's images draw on a wealth of motifs inspired by a broad range of sources in popular culture, freely combined with the artist's own creations. The strength and visual pleasure of Strode's aesthetic come from his self-reflexive combination of painterly styles and incongruous elements, in which enigmatic texts, phantoms, monsters, and castaways play off one another to produce cryptic - and captivating - fantasies. Including over two dozen full-color images of works from 2001 to the present, as well as essays by Sabine Eckmann, Meredith Malone, and Benjamin Weissman, "Absolutes and Nothings" is a fascinating premier monograph from one of our most vital and exciting contemporary visual artists.
- Series Statement
- Contemporary projects
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary projects (Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum)
- Subject
- Strode, Thaddeus, 1964- > Exhibitions
- Note
- "This volume is published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Thaddeus Strode: Absolutes and Nothings.' part of the Contemporary Projects series organized by the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis. The exhibition was on view from February 8 through April 21, 2008 "--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Thaddeus Strode and the limits of interpretation / Sabine Eckmann -- Castaways, doppelgangers, and monsters : Thaddeus Strode's grotesque amalgamations / Meredith Malone -- His divine spark / Benjamin Weissman -- Lenders to the exhibition.
- ISBN
- 9780936316246
- 0936316241
- LCCN
- ^^2007932672
- OCLC
- 226318145
- SCSB-9937994
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library