Alfredo Jaar
Subtitle: the fire this time : public interventions 1979-2005
By: [texts by Mary Jane Jacob, Nancy Princethal].
Contributors: Jacob, Mary Jane.; Princethal, Nancy.
Publisher: Charta
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Milano
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Subjects: Jaar, Alfredo -- Criticism and interpretation.; Public art.
Other titles: Fire this time : public interventions 1979-2005
Description: "An architect interested in ephemeral structures, a photographer who has grown increasingly suspicious of pictures, Alfredo Jaar's most telling gesture is to relinquish the camera by placing it, figuratively and sometimes literally, in the public's hands. In other words, Jaar is a master of indirection. And no wonder. His work was shaped at the outset by the need to speak clearly and forcefully against murderous injustice, using language of the most lucid obliquity. Jaar's work declares that daring to connect and participate is our last, best hope."--BOOK JACKET.