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Joan Jonas

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Joan Jonas presents an insightful exploration of the renowned artist's groundbreaking career. Focusing on her recent exhibitions and performances at Tate Modern and Haus der Kunst, the book delves into Jonas's innovative use of projections, video, soundscapes, and masks. Through several interviews, it offers a rare glimpse into her interdisciplinary methods, influences such as Noh Theatre, and collaborative projects, highlighting her lasting impact on contemporary performance art since the 1960s.
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Joan Jonas (b. 1936, New York) is one of the most highly regarded and influential artists working today. This book focuses on her new exhibition, film screenings, and performances at Tate Modern and Haus der Kunst, and includes several interviews with the artist, giving valuable insights into her interdisciplinary approach and artistic processes.

A pioneer of performance art in the 1960s, Joan Jonas's experimental installations include projections, videos, drawings, soundscapes, props, and masks. Featuring her new exhibition at Tate Modern and Haus der Kunst, this publication focuses on new and past interviews with the artist.

Jonas reveals her artistic processes, her influences, and inspirations, from literature and Noh Theatre to rituals, and speaks of collaborations with Babette Mangolte or Jason Moran. Joan Jonas (b. 1936, New York) has exhibited and performed her work extensively at an international level, including Documenta and the U.S. Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennial.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777429793

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 May 2018

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 50 illustrations

Contributors:

  • Edited by Haus der Kunst

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 288

About the Author

Haus der Kunst is a nonprofit public museum and a key global center for contemporary art located in Munich, Germany.

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