{"title":"Klaus Biesenbach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKlaus Biesenbach\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into contemporary art and culture, delving into influential figures and movements that shape our creative landscape. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eHistory of PS1\u003c\/em\u003e and studies on icons like Yoko Ono, present a nuanced understanding of artistic expression and innovation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect rich, thoughtfully curated narratives that bridge art history with modern cultural dialogues. Biesenbach's books illuminate the intersections of creativity, society, and history, engaging anyone interested in the evolving world of arts and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"yoko-ono-by-christophe-cherix-9780870709661","title":"Yoko Ono","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971\u003c\/em\u003e examines the beginnings of Ono's extensive career, demonstrating her pioneering role in visual art, performance, and music during the 1960s and early 1970s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition begins in New York in December 1960, where Ono initiated a performance series with La Monte Young in her Chambers Street loft. Over the course of the decade, Ono earned international recognition, staging \u003cem\u003eCut Piece\u003c\/em\u003e in Tokyo and Kyoto in 1964, exhibiting at the Indica Gallery in London in 1966, and launching her global \u003cem\u003eWar is Over!\u003c\/em\u003e campaign in 1969. Ono returned to New York in the early 1970s and organised an unsanctioned \"one woman show\" at The Museum of Modern Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver forty years after Ono's unofficial MoMA debut, the Museum will present its first exhibition dedicated exclusively to the artist's work. The publication evaluates the broader cultural context of Ono's early work and features five sections reflecting her geographic locations during this period and the corresponding evolution of her artistic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes an introduction written by a guest scholar, artwork descriptions, new interviews with key figures from the time, and a selection of primary documents culled from newspapers, magazines, and journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428470243564,"sku":"9780870709661","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780870709661.jpg?v=1774496510"},{"product_id":"history-of-ps1-by-bettina-funke-9781633450691","title":"History of PS1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first publication to capture the vibrancy, scrappy idiosyncrasy, and stubborn contemporaneity of PS1's rich history since its founding in 1971.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSince its inception in the early 1970s, MoMA PS1 has been a crucible for radical experimentation. Committed to the city as well as to maintaining an international scope, PS1 has always put the artist at the centre, engaging practitioners old and young, well established or completely unknown, and at work in every discipline from performance, music, dance, poetry, and new media to painting, sculpture, photography, and architecture. This groundbreaking publication captures the vibrancy, scrappy idiosyncrasy, and stubborn contemporaneity of a long and venerable tradition that began with the legendary series of performances organised by founder Alanna Heiss under the Brooklyn Bridge in 1971.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrganised into three main sections that delve into PS1's rich history during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and beyond, the book features in-depth conversations between Heiss and Klaus Biesenbach, the current director of MoMA PS1, and over 40 recollections and statements, both new and historical, by artists, curators, and critics closely associated with the institution, including Rebecca Quaytman, James Turrell, Andrea Zittel and many others. Extensive illustrations include photographic documentation of exhibitions and performances from the archives, facsimile catalogue pages, letters, applications to the studio programme, exhibition posters, and event invitations. Complete with an illustrated chronology and comprehensive exhibition history, this book offers a vivid chronicle of the extraordinary history of MoMA PS1.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460925309164,"sku":"9781633450691","price":125.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781633450691-history-of-ps1.jpg?v=1774956082"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/klaus-biesenbach.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}