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Art Does (Not!) Exist by Rosalyn Drexler (1996, Hardcover)
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- 9780932511980
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Fiction Collective Two, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0932511988
ISBN-13
9780932511980
eBay Product ID (ePID)
758002
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Art Does (Not!) Exist
Number of Pages
187 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1996
Topic
General
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Synopsis
Art Does (Not ) Exist is lively, inventive, and artfully wicked. In the world according to video artist Julia Maraini, life is in need of tracking control. Personas warp and twist in a perverse parody of modern life that is, nonetheless, exactly the thing itself. As the protagonist prepares a video for an important grant application, she discovers that the video has been tampered with, and a snuff film of her controversial star (a wealthy Brazilian) added. Does she turn it in? Does she receive an NEA grant? How much hipper can hip be than Art Does (Not ) Exist? Art Does (Not ) Exist is about Julia Maraini, an artist in her early twenties involved in video and other new genres, who is down on her luck: her mad scientist husband is gone but threatens to return; and her apartment on the lower east side close to Soho, burns down under suspicious circumstances. Through it all she works at completing her art projects hoping to receive an NEA grant for one of them, or at least an invitation to be included in the prestigious Whitney Biennial. One of her projects is an interview with two skeletons purported to be Nag and Nell, the parents of Hamm, a character in Samuel Beckett's Endgame . Her competitors are: a Brazilian steel magnate who writes her sexy letters and appears by two mysterious characters; a famous British feminist who is in the States to promote her first novel; and a pair of near-sighted detectives disguised in Hawiian shirts. At one point her estranged husband, his mother and step-father appear on the Geraldo Show where all hell breaks loose. This is a book about the way an artist thinks, it examines what's at stake in today's art world - and dares to ask the question, what is art anyway? A question that has been pondered ever since someone handed a loaded paintbrush to a chimp and aimed her at a canvas. Written with tongue in one cheek and tofu in the other, Art Does (Not ) Exist is both funny and nourishing., Lively, inventive, and artfully wicked Art Does (Not!) Exist is about Julia Maraini, an artist in her early twenties involved in video and other new genres, who is down on her luck: her mad scientist husband is gone but threatens to return; and her apartment on the lower east side close to Soho, burns down under suspicious circumstances. Through it all she works at completing her art projects hoping to receive an NEA grant for one of them, or at least an invitation to be included in the prestigious Whitney Biennial. One of her projects is an interview with two skeletons purported to be Nag and Nell, the parents of Hamm, a character in Samuel Beckett's Endgame . Her competitors are a Brazilian steel magnate who writes her sexy letters and appears by two mysterious characters, a famous British feminist who is in the States to promote her first novel, and a pair of near-sighted detectives disguised in Hawaiian shirts. At one point her estranged husband, his mother and stepfather appear on the Geraldo Show where all hell breaks loose. This is a book about the way an artist thinks, it examines what's at stake in today's art world - and dares to ask the question, what is art anyway? A question that has been pondered ever since someone handed a loaded paintbrush to a chimp and aimed her at a canvas. Written with tongue in one cheek and tofu in the other, Art Does (Not!) Exist is both funny and nourishing.
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- h***a (4)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI love the book and it came in great condition. Even better than what I expected from the listing. It was the best price for the book that I had seen. The cover was prestien and beautiful. 100% what I wanted and 110% what I ordered. The seller also used very nice packaging that completely protected the book from any mishaps during shipping.
- 8***_ (250)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseCool seller. Item as described. Shipped fast. Packaged well. Seller gifted me Metal Forces issue#6 at no extra charge. Thank you for that. A+++.
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