Two-Way Mirror Power: Selected Writings by Dan Graham on His Art [Paperback]

Dan Graham (Author), Alexander Alberro (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0262571307 | ISBN-13: 978-0262571302 | Publication Date: November 19, 1999

introduction by Jeff Wall The internationally renowned artist Dan Graham is widely acknowledged as one of the leading members of the 1960s conceptual art movement. However, his subsequent work in photography, performance, film, video, and the fusion of art and architecture, though well known in Europe and Japan, is less well known in English-speaking countries.In Rock My Religion (MIT Press, 1993), Graham explored mainly the work of other artists. In this collection, he articulates the rationale behind his own art. The broadly accessible essays, which include his most canonical texts, are organized both thematically and chronologically. They chart his career from conceptual art for magazine pages of the 1960s, to work integrating video, television, architecture, film, and performance of the 1970s, to his pavilion sculptures of the 1980s and 1990s. The book also features an essay by Jeff Wall and interviews with Graham that address the art historical references and theoretical principles underlying his work.Published in association with the Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Like his artwork, Graham's writings have become site-specificmonuments, and their publication here provides a textual mini-mall inwhich we are invited to peruse the predicament of our culture." Mary Kelly , Professor and Chair of Art, University of California, Los Angeles"Dan Graham's critical stance is refreshing, rigorous, original, and essential." David Ross , Director, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

About the Author

Alexander Alberro is Virginia Bloedel Wright '51 Associate Professor of Art History at Barnard College. He is the author of Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity (2000), and coeditor (with Blake Stimson) of Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology (2000), both published by the MIT Press.

Product Details

• Paperback: 218 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press (November 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262571307
• ISBN-13: 978-0262571302
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,500,390 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Affordable "Rock My Religion", June 14, 2010

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deartheo "dear_theo" (NY,NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two-Way Mirror Power: Selected Writings by Dan Graham on His Art (Paperback)

Nota bene: this review and rating are meant to counterbalance the only other review that exists at the moment for/of this collection; I was spurred to action by the other reviewer wrongly stating that the texts collected in "Two Way Mirror Power" are authored by Dan Flavin, thus a review erroneous from the get-go, and secondly, Dan Graham is one of the great artist-writers of the 20th century, and this collection cannot be left with a rating of three stars.

Moving on, if you are looking for a comprehensive, affordable, and well considered collection of writings by artist/writer/producer Dan Graham this is most likely the best publication for you (as, sadly, "Rock My Religion" is O.O.P.). In addition to Graham's texts, which span a sizeable portion of his career, insightful essays by Alexander Alberro and Jeff Wall are also included.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Its Ok, Nothing Special, August 31, 2000

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Jon (Sac Town) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Two-Way Mirror Power: Selected Writings by Dan Graham on His Art (Paperback)

this book is ok, its nothing special. its alot of interviews with dan flavin and him talking about this theorys and about his work. i wasnt too impressed and didnt bother to read the whole thing.