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Elevator to the gallows : Banks Violette & Gerald Matt present: Banks Violette, Miles Davis, Dashiell Hammett, John Huston, Weegee ; [Kunsthalle Wien, 19 March - 3 May 2009 ; DA2. Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, January - April 2010] / [editor: Kunsthalle Wien, Gerald Matt ; texts: Gaby Hartel ...].

Title
Elevator to the gallows : Banks Violette & Gerald Matt present: Banks Violette, Miles Davis, Dashiell Hammett, John Huston, Weegee ; [Kunsthalle Wien, 19 March - 3 May 2009 ; DA2. Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca, January - April 2010] / [editor: Kunsthalle Wien, Gerald Matt ; texts: Gaby Hartel ...].
Publication
Wien : Kunsthalle Wien ; Nürnberg : Verlag für moderne Kunst, 2009.

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  • Matt, Gerald
  • Hartel, Gaby, 1961-
  • Kunsthalle Wien
  • Domus Artium 2002
Description
171 p. : many ill. (some col.), music; 24 cm.
Summary
"Designed to mimic the look of dimestore crime novels, Elevator to the Gallows juxtaposes works by Banks Violette, Miles Davis, John Huston and Weegee with an essay by Luc Sante"--Artbook.
Subject
  • Violette, Banks, 1973- > Exhibitions
  • Davis, Miles > Exhibitions
  • Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961 > Exhibitions
  • Huston, John, 1906-1987 > Exhibitions
  • Weegee, 1899-1968 > Exhibitions
  • Davis, Miles
  • Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961
  • Huston, John, 1906-1987
  • Violette, Banks, 1973-
  • Weegee, 1899-1968
  • Arts, Noir > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Exhibition catalog.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword / Gerald Matt and Javier Panera Cueva -- Complex Noir / Gerald Matt -- Murderous Excitements: The Folklore and Art of True Crime / Harold Schechter -- Images Banks Violette -- Transitions. Noir as Medium and Practice / Gaby Hartel -- "film cells in the worlds slowest movie" / NORBERT M. SCHMlTZ -- City of Eyes / Luc Sante -- Images Weegee -- Back to Black / Thomas Miessgang -- Banks Violette in Conversation with Gerald Matt -- Installation views -- Works in the exhibition/list of illustrations.
ISBN
9783941185357 (English book trade edition : pbk.)
LCCN
9783941185357
OCLC
  • 326585865
  • SCSB-9992295
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library