{"title":"Karsten Lund","description":"\u003cp\u003eKarsten Lund's works delve into the intricate intersections of art, culture, and environment, inviting readers to explore contemporary creative practices through a thoughtful lens. His titles offer insightful perspectives on how artistic expression interacts with space, memory, and community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlending academic rigour with accessible prose, Lund's books are essential for anyone interested in the evolving dialogue between art and everyday life, making complex ideas richly engaging and relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"matthew-metzger-heirloom-by-matthew-metzger-9780941548854","title":"Matthew Metzger – Heirloom","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue for an exhibition of Matthew Metzger’s paintings at the Renaissance Society.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished on the occasion of Matthew Metzger’s exhibition \u003cem\u003eHeirloom\u003c\/em\u003e at the Renaissance Society, this is the first book dedicated to the artist’s paintings, which echo and explore various kinds of abstraction. Anchored by the new paintings Metzger made for this exhibition—a set of works conceived as an installation for the Renaissance Society’s space that also serve as the subject of an essay by curator Karsten Lund—the book also features four other series of paintings by the artist, each of which further charts his evolving aesthetic and conceptual strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor this publication, Metzger has also invited six writers—including Kris Cohen, Fumi Okiji, Hamza Walker, Jan Verwoert, and Anna Zett—to reflect on how abstraction functions more broadly, whether as a psychological tendency, a social phenomenon, or a technological side effect, among many other possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431564034284,"sku":"9780941548854","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780941548854.jpg?v=1774557562"},{"product_id":"unthought-environments-by-karsten-lund-9780941548755","title":"Unthought Environments","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnthought Environments\u003c\/em\u003e brings together art influenced by the forces that are integral to our daily lives, yet are easily forgotten or overlooked, such as the ancient elements of air, fire, water, and earth; weather systems; geopolitics; and the hidden physical components of our virtual world. Informed by media studies, ecology, and philosophy, these multi-media artworks explore the elemental sphere as it intersects with the human-made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis exhibition catalogue brings together images from the exhibition alongside texts that engage directly with the works as well as the larger issues that drive them. Essays by Karsten Lund, John Durham Peters, Keller Easterling, Ina Blom, Marissa Lee Benedict, Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen, and Peter Fend are included, as well as a conversation with Lund, Nicholas Mangan, Robin Watkins, and Nina Canell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461758730476,"sku":"9780941548755","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780941548755-unthought-environments.jpg?v=1774976387"},{"product_id":"jill-magid-tender-by-jill-magid-9780941548847","title":"Jill Magid – Tender","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsiders two parts of a project by artist Jill Magid that centres around flows of currency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eConceived as a story in multiple chapters, this book focuses on two parts of a larger project by artist Jill Magid in which she explores the circulation of pennies against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through \u003cem\u003eTender\u003c\/em\u003e, a public artwork in New York City produced by Creative Time, and \u003cem\u003eTender: Balance\u003c\/em\u003e, an exhibition at the Renaissance Society in Chicago, Magid both observes intimate financial and social transactions and delves into economic systems that are harder to see, intervening in the flows of currency in subtle, poetic ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with visuals from these two parts of the project, the book offers insights into Magid’s extensive research process and three new essays that provide greater social and art historical context for her work. In their contribution, Claire Bishop and Nikki Columbus consider how Magid’s process makes wide-ranging connections to create a constellation of ideas. Jamilah King addresses the ongoing shift towards a cashless economy and who is left behind, and Aden Kumler explores histories of modifying currency. The book culminates in a conversation between the artist and curators Justine Ludwig and Karsten Lund, in which they reflect on the project’s conceptual touchstones and on events contemporary to the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471034269932,"sku":"9780941548847","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780941548847-jill-magid-tender.jpg?v=1775230906"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/karsten-lund.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}