{"title":"Isabel Friedli","description":"\u003cp\u003eIsabel Friedli's works delve into the dynamic intersections of contemporary art and cultural expression. With a keen analytical eye, she explores the nuances of artistic practices and the ways they engage with societal themes, inviting readers to reconsider familiar narratives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHer approach combines scholarly insight with accessible prose, making complex ideas approachable without sacrificing depth. Readers interested in the vivid dialogues between artists, audiences, and cultural contexts will find Friedli's books both illuminating and thought-provoking.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"bruce-nauman-disappearing-acts-by-isabel-friedli-9783906315102","title":"Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt 76 years old, Bruce Nauman is widely acknowledged as a central figure in contemporary art whose stringent questioning of values such as good and bad remains urgent today. Throughout his 50-year career, he has explored how mutable experiences of time, space, sound, movement and language provide an insecure foundation for our understanding of our place in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis richly illustrated catalogue offers a comprehensive view of Nauman's work in all mediums, spanning drawings across the decades; early fibreglass sculptures; sound environments; architecturally scaled, participatory constructions; rhythmically blinking neons; and the most recent 3D video that harkens back to one of his earliest performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA wide range of authors—curators, artists and historians of art, architecture and film—focus on topics that have been largely neglected, such as the architectural models that posit real or imaginary sites as models for ethical inquiry and mechanisms of control. An introductory essay explores Nauman's many acts of disappearance, withdrawal and deflection as central formal and intellectual concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 18 other contributions discuss individual objects or themes that persist throughout the artist's career, including the first extensive essay on Nauman as a photographer and the first detailed treatment on the role of colour in his work. A narrative exhibition history traces his reception, and features a number of rare or previously unpublished images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47536359375084,"sku":"9783906315102","price":145.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783906315102-bruce-nauman-disappearing-acts.jpg?v=1776380978"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/isabel-friedli.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}