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Steve McQueen offers a vital and comprehensive survey of the multifaceted work of Steve McQueen, a leading artist, film-maker, and screenwriter. Over 25 years, McQueen has profoundly influenced the use of film in contemporary art, creating seminal gallery-based moving image works alongside acclaimed cinematic films such as Hunger (2008), Shame (2010), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Widows (2018). This publication gathers his immersive video and film installations from 2000 onwards, including large-scale works like Caribs' Leap/Western Deep and Ashes. Featuring an in-depth interview and insightful essays, it explores McQueen's innovative filmmaking and his poignant portrayals of time and place.
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A landmark and vital survey of the work of Steve McQueen, one of the most important artists, film-makers and screenwriters working today.

A landmark and vital survey of the work of Steve McQueen, one of the most important artists, film-makers and screenwriters working today.

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Tate Modern, London: 13 February - 11 May 2020

Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan: 29 October 2020 - 28 February 2021

A landmark and vital survey of the work of Steve McQueen, one of the most important artists, film-makers and screenwriters working today.

Over the last 25 years, Steve McQueen has been hugely influential in expanding the way in which artists work with film. He has also authored some of the most seminal works of moving image designed for gallery-based presentation, as well as four films for cinematic release: Hunger (2008), Shame (2010), 12 Years a Slave (2013), and Widows (2018).

This publication brings together the immersive video and film installations he has made since 2000, including large-scale video installations Caribs' Leap/Western Deep (2002), as well as more recent films such as Ashes (2002-15).

Featuring an in-depth interview between Steve McQueen and renowned curator Hamza Walker, and essays that provide new insights into his work, this book reveals how McQueen's pioneering approaches to filmmaking have expanded the ways in which artists work with the medium, creating unforgettable and poignant portraits of time and place.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781849766784

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tate Publishing

Illustration: 120 Illustrations, color

Contributors:

  • Edited by Fiontรกn Moran
  • Contributions by Paul Gilroy
  • Contributions by Hamza Walker
  • Edited by Clara Kim
  • Contributions by Clarrie Wallis
  • Contributions by Solveig Nelson

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 297.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

About the Author

Clara Kim is Daskalopoulos Senior Curator, International Art at Tate. Okwui Enwezor is a Nigerian-born curator, art critic, writer, poet and educator. He has served as director of Documenta and the Venice Biennale, and from 2011-18 he was director of Munich Haus der Kunst. Paul Gilroy is a British historian, writer and academic specialising 'myriad manifestations of black British culture'. He is author of numerous titles including, There Ain't no Black in the Union Jack (1987) and The Black Atlantic (1993). He is Professor of American and English Literature at King's College, London, and has held teaching positions at Goldsmiths, University of London and Yale University. Solveig Nelson is an art critic and lecturer in Art History at the University of Chicago. She is also working on a two year Time-Based Media Initiative at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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