PUBLICATIONS
I Should Be In Charge
Bob and Roberta Smith
Hardback / ISBN: 978 1 907317 26 2
RRP: £29.95 / $49.95
28 x 23 cm / 9 x 10 in
Published by Black Dog Publishing, I Should Be In Charge, is the first monograph showing the full breadth of the colourful and explosive contribution of artists Bob and Roberta Smith to the contemporary art scene.
In keeping with the irreverent attitude that informs the Smiths’ own identities, their artworks masquerade behind a façade of gay simplicity in order to lure the viewer through playful comedic efforts, making their subsequent confrontation with the deeper underlying issues at stake unavoidable. From the comedic to the political, I Should Be In Charge reflects the multifaceted guise of the ‘singularly’ outspoken Bob and Roberta Smith.
A special limited edition of I Should Be In Charge has been produced for the exhibition You Should Be In Charge.
Edition: 50
£29.95 / $49.95
Art U Need: My Part in The Public Art Revolution
Bob and Roberta Smith
Paperback / ISBN: 978 1 906155 72 8
RRP: £19.95 / $29.95
24 x 18 cm / 7 x 9.5 in
Artist Bob and Roberta Smith was appointed by Commissions East to oversee a project in which five artists were commissioned to create site-specific projects to transform open spaces in South Essex. Art U Need: My Part in the Public Art Revolution is an intimate account of this project, written in diary form. With sensitivity, candour and a great deal of humour, Bob Smith, and his alter ego, Roberta, ponder the nature and place of public art in today’s world.
Krzysztof Wodiczko
Hardback / ISBN 978 1 907317 13 2
RRP: £39.95 / $59.95
25 x 20 cm / 8 x 10 in
Krzysztof Wodiczko covers 40 years of the artist’s extensive, and often controversial, body of work. Comprising a collection of writing by some of the most critically acclaimed art historians, cultural theorists and commentators working today, along with both previously published and unpublished texts by Wodiczko himself, this book is the definitive study of the artist’s work. Richly illustrated, the book includes a diverse selection of images, ranging from digital montages and preliminary visualisations to sketches and photographs.
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See Yourself Sensing: Redefining Human Perception
Madeline Schwartzman
Paperback / ISBN 978 1 907317 29 3
RRP: £39.95 / $59.95
25 x 20 cm / 8 x 10 in
See Yourself Sensing: Refining Human Perception by Madeline Schwartzman, is the first book to survey the fascinating relationship between design, the body, science and the senses. Over the last 50 years, artists, architects and designers have been experimenting with the boundaries of our senses, altering the way we experience the world. See Yourself Sensing examines the work of key practitioners in this field, from Rebecca Horn’s object based installations and Stelarc’s robotic body extensions, to Carsten Hollers’ physically interactive sculptures. The works and artists illustrated throw into consideration how we see and sense the world around us through artistic interpretation. Analysing the importance and influence of body-scaled experiments, Schwartzman reveals the fascinating relationship between senses, body, art and perception.
Publication date: June 2011.
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