Description
OntheoccasionofMartineSyms'exhibition,thiscatalogentitledTotalretracestheartisticpracticeofMartineSymssince2005,immersingreadersinatotalworkofartthatlooksatthe"theateroftheeveryday",therolesweplayinit,andthesurveillancemechanismsthatcontrolthem. Theartist'sworkbridgesthegapbetweenthepublicandtheprivate,theseenandtheunseen,theinsideandtheoutside. Betweenintimatereferences,historicalarchives,culturalrepresentationsofBlackness,feministhistoryandinvocationsofspirituality,Totalpresentsitselfasaworkinwhichthemechanismsofidentityconstructionareplayedoutandreflected. AuthorClaudiaRankinewritesanacademicessayanalyzingMartineSyms'bodyofwork. ArtistandpoetHannahBlackcomposesanexperimentaltextbasedonastrologicalreferencestoSyms'personality. Finally,exhibitioncuratoranddirectoroftheLafayetteFoundationRebeccaLamarcheisinconversationwiththeguestartist.
Binding: Hardback
Binding: Hardback