Distemper: Dissonant Themes in the Art of the 1990s

Washington D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Smithsonian Institution Press,, 1996. x, 134 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., June 20 to September 15, 1996. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Includes: Miroslaw Balka, Marlene Dumas, Robert Gober, Mona Hatoum, Mike Kelley, Guillermo Kuitca, Charles Ray, Doris Salcedo, Thomas Schutte, and Rachel Whiteread. CONTENTS: Distemper: dissonant themes in the art of the 1990s, by Neal Benezra and Olga M. Viso; A privacy which can be public: Miroslaw Balka; On beauty: Marlene Dumas; Plumbing Robert Gober: Robert Gober; Direct physical experience: Mona Hatoum; Failure and sublimation: Mike Kelley; Connection and contradiction: Guillermo Kuitca; Abstract sculpture and lived reality: Charles Ray; The dynamic of violence: Doris Salcedo; A path toward that goal: Thomas Schutte; A sense of silence: Rachel Whiteread; Biographies of the artists, by Leslie R. Rabinovitz and Olga M. Viso.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.