Public works
Subtitle: artists' interventions 1970s-now
By: edited by Christian L. Frock and Tanya Zimbardo ; with contributions by María del Carmen Carrión, Courtney Fink, Leila Grothe, Stephanie Hanor, PhD, Valerie Imus, Meredith Johnson
Contributors: Mills College. Art Museum
Publisher: Mills College Art Museum
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780985460020
Subjects: Social movements in art; Public art; Women artists; Modern Art; Exhibitions
Description: "Public Works examines strategies of public practice by women artists from the 1970s to the present. The exhibition presents photography, prints, audio, video, and installations from a number of important historical and contemporary projects that explore the inherent politics and social conditions of creating art in public space."--
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Mills College Art Museum, September 16-December 13, 2015.

Featuring works by Amy Balkin, Tania Bruguera, Candy Chang, Minerva Cuevas, Agnes Denes, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Karen Finley, Coco Fusco, Guerrilla Girls, Sharon Hayes, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Jenny Holzer, Emily Jacir, Suzanne Lacy, Marie Lorenz, Susan O'Malley, Adrian Piper, Laurie Jo Reynolds / Tamms Year Ten, Favianna Rodriguez, Bonnie Ora Sherk, Stephanie Syjuco, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Southern exposure off-site commissions: Constance Hockaday, Jenifer K. Wofford.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Whose public space where? Notes on the politics of public works, private interests, and the spaces in between / Christian L. Frock; title: Public address : Bay Area performances, temporary installations, and nomadic projects / Tanya Zimbardo; title: Talking points / Leila Grothe and Courtney Fink; title: Talking points / María del Carmen Carrión and Meredith Johnson; title: Works in the exhibition; title: Public works : southern exposure off-site / Valerie Imus.