Daniel Joseph Martinez: A Life of Disobedience [Hardcover]

Hakim Bey (Author), Michael Brenson (Author), David Levi Strauss (Author), Daniel Martinez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2009

For more than 30 years, Los Angeles-born artist Daniel Joseph Martinez has been honing his politically-inflected practice, which critic Jeffrey Kastner has characterized as "unapologetically prob[ing] uncomfortable issues of personal and collective identity, seeking out threadbare spots in the fabric of conventional wisdom." A wry provocateur, Martinez incorporates an impressive array of media including text, painting, photography, sculpture, video, performance--even animatronics. Known for the controversial pin he created as an interactive piece for the 1993 Whitney Biennial that read, "I can't imagine ever wanting to be white," this volume, with essays by Michael Brenson, David Levi Strauss, Hakim Bey and Gilbert Vicario, provides an in-depth look at selected works from 1978 through Martinez's 2008 Whitney Biennial entry, "Divine Violence," including his contributions to the San Juan Triennial in 2004, the Cairo Biennial in 2006 and the Moscow Biennial in 2007.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz (November 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3775723056
• ISBN-13: 978-3775723053
• Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 9.8 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,039,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Daniel Joseph Martinez: A Life of Disobedience, October 15, 2009

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This book is a long overdue look at the overture of Daniel Joseph Martinez. It is full of insightful essays on Martinez's works and chalk full of color images that haven't been gathered together in a single voume thus far. To miss "A Life of Disobedience" is to miss out on the breadth of investigations carried out by one of the most politcally contraversial artists working today. Do not pass this book by, when its out of print, you'll regret it!!