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Rear views, a star-forming nebula, and the office of foreign propaganda : the works of Taryn Simon.

By: Publisher: London : Tate Publishing, 2015Description: 394 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781849762359
  • 184976235X
Other title:
  • Rear views, a star-forming nebula, and the department of foreign propaganda [Spine title]
  • Works of Taryn Simon
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TR 647 SIM
Contents:
A refusal to float free of origin or destruction / Simon Baker -- The innocents (2002), foreword / Taryn Simon -- An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar (2007), foreword and introduction / Salman Rushdie, Elisabeth Sussman & Tina Kukielski -- Sepia officinalis (2008) -- Contraband (2010): Ever airport / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Zahra/Farah (2008/2009/2011): Blow-up / Brian De Palma & Taryn Simon in conversation -- Black square (2006): The dilemma of instrumentalization (or: From which position is one talking?) / Liam Gillick & Taryn Simon with Markus Miessen -- Season 3, Episode 12, "Clear" (2015) -- A living man declared dead and other chapters I - XVIII (2011): Beyond photography - Revenant - Taryn Simon in China / Homi Bhabha, Geoffrey Batchen, Philip Tinari -- Cutaways (2012) -- Image atlas (2012) / Aaron Swartz & Taryn Simon in conversation -- The picture collection (2013): an unlikely futurity / Tim Griffin -- Birds of the West Indies (2013-2014): That black hole / Daniel Baumann -- A polite fiction (2014).
Summary: "Born in New York in 1975, Taryn Simon is at the forefront of contemporary photography practice. Her artistic medium is based around three equal elements: photography, text, and graphic design, which combined investigate the limitations of absolute understanding, examining the gaps between each element and how this can lead to disorientation and ambiguity."--Tate Publishing.
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A refusal to float free of origin or destruction / Simon Baker -- The innocents (2002), foreword / Taryn Simon -- An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar (2007), foreword and introduction / Salman Rushdie, Elisabeth Sussman & Tina Kukielski -- Sepia officinalis (2008) -- Contraband (2010): Ever airport / Hans Ulrich Obrist -- Zahra/Farah (2008/2009/2011): Blow-up / Brian De Palma & Taryn Simon in conversation -- Black square (2006): The dilemma of instrumentalization (or: From which position is one talking?) / Liam Gillick & Taryn Simon with Markus Miessen -- Season 3, Episode 12, "Clear" (2015) -- A living man declared dead and other chapters I - XVIII (2011): Beyond photography - Revenant - Taryn Simon in China / Homi Bhabha, Geoffrey Batchen, Philip Tinari -- Cutaways (2012) -- Image atlas (2012) / Aaron Swartz & Taryn Simon in conversation -- The picture collection (2013): an unlikely futurity / Tim Griffin -- Birds of the West Indies (2013-2014): That black hole / Daniel Baumann -- A polite fiction (2014).

"Born in New York in 1975, Taryn Simon is at the forefront of contemporary photography practice. Her artistic medium is based around three equal elements: photography, text, and graphic design, which combined investigate the limitations of absolute understanding, examining the gaps between each element and how this can lead to disorientation and ambiguity."--Tate Publishing.

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