Culbutes : Oeuvre d’impertinence

1999
Publication / Catalogue
Editor : Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
Location : Montréal, Canada
Year : 1999
Language : French / English
Author : Paulette Gagnon, Sandra Grant Marchand, Suzanne Foisy, Alain Depocas

Artist and author

Kim Adams
Alain Benoit
Serge Comte
Sylvain P. Cousineau
Santolo De Luca
Duo Travagliando
Jean-Pierre Gauthier
Mirko Sabatini
Félix Gonzalez-Torres
Rodney Graham
Pierre Joseph
Philippe Parreno
Ilya Kabakov
Emilia Kabakov
Martin Kippenberger
Manon Labrecque
Sylvie Laliberté
Peter Land
Tony Oursler
Charles Ray
Nina Saunders
Roman Signer
Robert Therrien
Andrea Zittel
This catalogue presents works by 23 international artists whose practices draw on the spirit of the times (the end of the millenium), while offering an ironic point of view on aesthetic experience in Western culture through their marked non-conformism. From a philosophical perspective, the authors relate the works’ formal qualities to cultural trends and discuss the notions of “impertinence” and “history” before describing each piece. Biographical notes. Circa 180 bibl. ref.
Available in paper format only.
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