Life as Activity: David Lamelas

Name: Life as Activity: David Lamelas
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9783777437361
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Life as Activity: David Lamelas explores the pioneering conceptual art of David Lamelas, whose multifaceted practice spans sculpture, film, video, and photography. The book examines how his works blur fact and fiction, inviting audiences to engage with narratives that traverse space and time. Developed from an advanced curatorial studies seminar, it highlights twelve key projects created between 1966 and 2020 across Argentina, Europe, and the United States, revealing Lamelas's innovative approach to narrative construction and identity.
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This book is well suited for readers interested in contemporary and Latin American art, conceptual art practitioners, curators, and students of art history and cultural studies seeking an insightful examination of narrative and identity in visual art.

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Plotting narratives that blur the line between fact and fiction, David Lamelas is a pioneering figure of conceptual art. Life as Activity: David Lamelas draws vivid connections within the artist's multifaceted practice and explores how his sculpture, film, video, and photography invite us to participate in fictional narratives while moving through space and time.

Life as Activity: David Lamelas developed from a graduate seminar in Hunter College's Advanced Certificate in Curatorial Studies and is supported by the Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA), which advances scholarship and public engagement with art from Latin America. ISLAA proudly sponsors Hunter College as its inaugural university partner in the ISLAA Artist Seminar Initiative, an education and curatorial program that fosters intimate exchanges between students and living Latin American and Latinx artists.

David Lamelas's works experiment with conventional formats in ways that make us acutely aware of the constructed nature of narrative and identity. Featuring his investigations of different media—including sculpture, photography, and film—the book charts new ground through a body of work that spans from 1966 to 2020.

Made in Argentina, Europe and the United States, the twelve projects that make up the focus of the book demonstrate the inventive ways Lamelas produces works in which he directs his critical eye toward diverse contexts to reveal the proximity of fantasy and truth.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777437361

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 January 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour throughout

Contributors:

Edited by David Lamelas
Edited by Harper Montgomery
Contributions by T. Baldwin
Contributions by E. Blechman
Contributions by A. Chapman
Contributions by H. Canonge
Contributions by R. Christian
Contributions by N. del Valle
Contributions by K. Geraghty

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 740g

Pages: 120

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

David Lamelas is an Argentine-born artist whose practice comprises film and video, performance, photography, sculpture, and drawing. He lives between Los Angeles, Buenos Aires and Paris, is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and has been collected by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Tate, Malba, and numerous other institutions worldwide.