| Mark Manders: Isolated Rooms Contributor(s): Rondeau, James (Author), Roelstraet, Dieter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300116896 ISBN-13: 9780300116892 Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2006 Annotation: This artist-designed publication documents "Isolated Rooms, " a 2003 exhibition by Mark Manders at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. These installations marked the American museum debut for the 35-year-old Dutch artist, who has been exhibiting in Europe since the early 1990s. For "Isolated Rooms" Manders created fifteen new major pieces in a variety of media, including handmade and found objects, drawings, and sculptures. Manders used both traditional gallery settings and non-traditional spaces, such as a stairwell, an exterior wall of the museum, and a non-functioning bathroom. The book comprises two parts: Isolated Rooms Reference Book surveys the artist's oeuvre to date and features essays by James Rondeau and Dieter Roelstraet; the second fully documents the Chicago exhibitions and includes a checklist with discussions of each exhibited piece. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | Techniques - Drawing |
| Dewey: 740.92 |
| Series: Roma Publication |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 7.52" W x 10.28" (2.51 lbs) 239 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This artist-designed publication documents "Isolated Rooms," a 2003 exhibition by Mark Manders at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. These installations marked the American museum debut for the 35-year-old Dutch artist, who has been exhibiting in Europe since the early 1990s. For "Isolated Rooms" Manders created fifteen new major pieces in a variety of media, including handmade and found objects, drawings, and sculptures. Manders used both traditional gallery settings and non-traditional spaces, such as a stairwell, an exterior wall of the museum, and a non-functioning bathroom. The book comprises two parts: Isolated Rooms Reference Book surveys the artist's oeuvre to date and features essays by James Rondeau and Dieter Roelstraet; the second fully documents the Chicago exhibitions and includes a checklist with discussions of each exhibited piece. |