George Lucas: JR, Gebunden
JR
- Can Art Change the World?
- Publisher:
- Phaidon Verlag GmbH, 10/2024
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781838668570
- Item number:
- 11870534
- Volume:
- 384 Pages
- Weight:
- 1674 g
- Format:
- 251 x 216 mm
- Thickness:
- 31 mm
- Release date:
- 15.10.2024
- Series:
- Phaidon Press
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
An inspiration for those trying to create socially engaged art and make a difference in marginalized communities. - Smithsonian Magazine The most comprehensive monograph on the enigmatic French artist - updated to include brand-new work Filled with stunning photography, this extraordinary monograph charts a range of JR's collaborative projects executed across the globe. Created in close collaboration with the artist, it features chapters on each of JR's major bodies of work - from Expo2Rue, using the street as his canvas to launch his career as an artist, to The Chronicles of Miami, which opened in November 2023. It also includes his collaborations with other artists and institutions such as the New York City Ballet, film director Agnès Varda, and Time magazine. A foreword by Hollywood legend George Lucas, a specially commissioned graphic novel by comic artist Joseph Remnant, an updated survey essay by Nato Thompson, and a short piece by Italian film director Alice Rohrwacher all come together to tell JR's fascinating story.
Biography (Nato Thompson)
Nato Thompson is Chief Curator at the New Yorkbased public arts institution Creative Time. He edited The Interventionists: Users Manual for the Creative Disruption of Everyday Life and Becoming Animal (both published by the MIT Press) and curated the MASS MoCA exhibitions they accompanied.
