Michael Stevenson
Subtitle: an introduction = Una introducción
By: [co-editors, Nikolaus Hirsch ... et al. ; texts, Roberto Bolaño ... et al. ; translations, Elena Carvajal ... et al.].
Contributors: Hirsch, Nikolaus; Bolaño, Roberto; Carvajal, Elena; Portikus (Gallery); Museo Rufino Tamayo
Publisher: Portikus; König
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Frankfurt am Main; Köln
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9783863352363
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Introduction; Introducción; Teoria del Vuelo.
Description: "Over almost three decades, Michael Stevenson's projects have lead one to the other, revealing that the singular story can only ever be told within the dynamics of a much broader context, and that the object functions as a pointer within this wider schema. Thereby, it is the encounter with the object in physical space that is the most critical aspect to the work, from which a confluence of narrated events unfolds. Employing strategies of replication, re-contruction, and the process of facsimile, Stevenson's objects become testament to the material qualities of history."--Foreword.
Notes: On the occasion of the exhibitions "A Life of Crudity, Vulgarity, and Blindness", held at Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, September 29-December 2, 2012; "Nueva Matemática", Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Ciudad de México, August 23-November 18, 2012.

Accompanied by supplement, "Teoria del Vuelo."

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English and Spanish.