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The sorcerer's burden : contemporary art & the anthropological turn.

Title
The sorcerer's burden : contemporary art & the anthropological turn.
Publication
  • Santa Fe, New Mexico : Radius Books ; Austin, Texas : The Contemporary Austin, [2019]
  • New York, New York : D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers.
  • ©2019

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  • Grachos, Louis
  • Pesanti, Heather
  • Storr, Robert
  • Odo, David
  • Hendrickson, Julia V.
  • Contemporary Austin (Museum), issuing body, host institution.
Description
271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 33 cm
Summary
'The Sorcerer's Burden: Contemporary Art & the Anthropological Turn' explores the complicated relationship between art and anthropology as it has been probed in the work of contemporary artists. Focusing on artists who appropriate, manipulate and transform elements found in anthropological methodologies and practices to create contemporary works that are alternately subversive, humorous, satirical, dark, playful and enchanting, 'The Sorcerer's Burden' considers the complex results that emerge when contemporary artists, curators and exhibitions turn to anthropology. These artists--working in painting, sculpture, photography, film, video and performance--explore the intersection between fact and fiction, and the questionable proposal that any field, media or genre might propose to convey the 'truth.' Artists featured in this volume include Ed Atkins, Nuotama Frances Bodomo, Theo Eshetu, Cameron Jamie, Kapwani Kiwanga, Marie Lorenz, Nathan Mabry, Ruben Ochoa, Dario Robleto, Shimabuku and Julia Wachtel. Exhibition: The Contemporary Austin, USA (14.09.2019-19.01.2020).
Subject
  • Art and anthropology
  • Art, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • Anthropology
Note
  • "This catalogue accompanies the exhibition: The Sorcerer's Burden: Contemporary Art & the Anthropological Turn on view at The Contemporary Austin, Jones Center on Congress Avenue, Betty and Edward Marcus Sculpture Park at Laguna Gloria, September 14, 2019 - January 19, 2020, organized by Heather Pesanti..."--Page 9.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Foreword & acknowledgements / Louis Grachos -- Being there / Heather Pesanti -- Between an aesthetic hunch and a hard science / Robert Storr -- On the ethics of art and anthropology: a conversation / David Odo & Heather Pesanti -- L'hôtel n'est pas l'expéditeur / Julia V. Hendrickson -- Farther afield -- Exhibition checklist -- Artists + contributors -- Credits.
ISBN
  • 9781942185604
  • 194218560X
OCLC
  • on1105596620
  • SCSB-9516869
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library