{"product_id":"9780941548892","title":"Max Guy : But tell me, is it a civilized country? by Irena Haiduk","description":"A catalog of an exhibition by contemporary artist Max Guy that uses The Wizard of Oz as a way to ask questions about society and culture.    This book accompanies Max Guy's exhibition \"But tell Me, is it a civilized country?,\" an installation of new works centered on The Wizard of Oz. The title is drawn from a conversation between the Witch of the North and Dorothy in which the Witch defines \"civilized\" as not including magic.    Anchored in Chicago-where L. Frank Baum's novel was written and first published, and home to enduring monuments to Oz fandom-the exhibition and book bridge the parallel universes of the Emerald City and its birthplace, drawing out the traces each carries of the other. A number of latent currents course underneath the work: critical perspectives on modernist urbanism, the peculiar products of fan culture, and the transformative power of storytelling and other acts of world-making.    This catalog features essays by artist and writer Brit Barton and the exhibition's curator, Michael Harrison, as well as a transcription of a conversation between Guy and artist and writer Irena Haiduk. The book will also include a new artist project made specifically for the book in the form of an annotated bibliography created by Guy of writings and images that relate to and inspire his practice.    ?\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56419619668341,"sku":"9780941548892","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780941548892.jpg?v=1764599361","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780941548892","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}