Jetzer, Gianni; Bob Nickas, Leah Pires
Reference : 116985
(2018)
ISBN : 9780847862412
Jetzer, Gianni; Bob Nickas, Leah Pires: Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s. Exhibition: Washington, Hirshhorn Museum, 2018. 192 pages; illustrated. Hardback. 28.4x23.6cms. This exhibition presents a focused history of the decade, bringing rarely displayed works from U.S. and European collections together for the first time since the '80s. Among the artists featured, there are some of today's most influential figures: Ashley Bickerton, Jessica Diamond, Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Joel Otterson, Richard Prince, Erika Rothenberg, Sarah Charlesworth, Haim Steinbach, Meyer Vaisman and Julia Wachtel, as well as artist collectives and projects such as ACT UP Gran Fury, The Offices, General Idea, Fashion Moda and Guerrilla Girls. Three major installations have been recreated for the first time in thirty years, including seminal works by Gretchen Bender, Barbara Bloom and Krzysztof Wodiczko.
This exhibition presents a focused history of the decade, bringing rarely displayed works from U.S. and European collections together for the first time since the â80s. Among the artists featured, there are some of todayâs most influential figures: Ashley Bickerton, Jessica Diamond, Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Joel Otterson, Richard Prince, Erika Rothenberg, Sarah Charlesworth, Haim Steinbach, Meyer Vaisman and Julia Wachtel, as well as artist collectives and projects such as ACT UP Gran Fury, The Offices, General Idea, Fashion Moda and Guerrilla Girls. Three major installations have been recreated for the first time in thirty years, including seminal works by Gretchen Bender, Barbara Bloom and Krzysztof Wodiczko.