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An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar

Title
An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar / Taryn Simon ; [foreword by Salman Rushdie ; introduction by Elizabeth Sussman and Tina Kukielski ; commentary by Ronald Dworkin].
Author
Simon, Taryn, 1975-
Publication
Göttingen : Steidl, 2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Rushdie, Salman.
  • Sussman, Elisabeth, 1939-
  • Kukielski, Tina.
  • Dworkin, Ronald.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art.
  • Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Description
150 pages : color illustrations; 34 cm
Summary
In combining image and text - documenting places that are off-limits or under-the radar and presenting substantive accompanying annotations that explain each site's significance - the project challenges the divide between the specialised knowledge of experts and that of the large public.
Subject
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition, pictorial works.
  • Photography, Artistic.
Note
  • On the occasion of an exhibition at The Whitney Museum of American Art, March - June, 2007 and the Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main, September, 2007 - February, 2008.
Contents
Foreword / by Salman Rushdie -- Introduction / by Elisabeth Sussman and Tina Kukielski -- [Plates] -- Commentary / by Ronald Dworkin -- Biographies.
ISBN
  • 9783865213808
  • 3865213804
OCLC
  • ocm76365661
  • 76365661
  • SCSB-1451075
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library