Matrix: Berkeley: A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art
Description
MATRIX is published on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of this groundbreaking contemporary art exhibition series at the UC Berkeley Art Museum. Originally conceived in 1978 as a rotating program of single-artist exhibitions, it continues as a space of active engagement with contemporary art and ideas. MATRIX has presented the work of more than 240 international artists, including Doug Aitken, Michael Asher, Louise Bourgeois, James Lee Byars, Sophie Calle, Bruce Conner, Brian Eno, Eva Hesse, Robert Irwin, Zoe Leonard, Chris Marker, Julie Mehretu, Shirin Neshat, Adrian Piper, Cindy Sherman and Richard Tuttle. At more than 500 pages, this volume--designed collaboratively with New York's Project Projects--presents the history of UC Berkeley Art Museum's innovative program and includes newly commissioned conversations between some of the most important voices in contemporary art, including Michael Auping, Lawrence Rinder, Jens Hofmann and Jordan Kantor.Product Details
Price
$35.00
$32.55
Publisher
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Publish Date
December 31, 2009
Pages
560
Dimensions
6.5 X 9.4 X 1.4 inches | 2.4 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780971939783
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About the Author
Bill Arning is the Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston who has organized numerous exhibitions. Stan VanDerBeek: The Culture Intercom (2011), which Arning co-curated with Joa£o Ribas, Curator, MIT List Visual Arts Center, received the prestigious award of "Best Show Involving Digital Media, Video, Film, or Performance" from the United States section of the International Art Critics Association (AICA/USA).
Elizabeth Thomas is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. She has a Certificate in Workplace Based Medical Education and has run exam practice courses in the North West region for eight years alongside holding the regional role of FRCA tutor.
Jens Hoffmann is a writer and exhibition maker based in New York, Milan, and San José, Costa Rica. He has curated more than one hundred exhibitions worldwide and written more than three hundred essays, articles, and reviews on art and exhibition making since the late 1990s. Hoffmann is currently Senior Curator at Despacio Center for Contemporary Art in San José .
MICHAEL AUPING is the chief curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
