After Victor Papanek
Subtitle: the future is not what it used to be
By: Jeff Cain
Contributors: Armory Center for the Arts
Edition: First edition, edition of 300.
Publisher: Armory Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9781893900196
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Modern Art; Exhibitions; Sculpture; Installations (Art)
Description: This group exhibition focuses on Victor Papanek’s pioneering influence on sustainable, socially responsible, human-centered design and the relevance of his oeuvre to current discourses in contemporary art, particularly in providing a critical framework for an object-oriented social practice. The project asserts Papanek’s legacy as a galvanizing force in contemporary visual art and social practice. ... After Victor Papanek: The Future Is Not What It Used To Be pairs reproductions of Papanek’s original unpatented plans and drawings with realized projects by artists and art teams that offer interpretations of those original plans, using Papanek’s works as “prompts” or “scores” for the creation of new work by contemporary artists. (from the exhibition website:
Notes: "This publication accompanies the exhibition 'After Victor Papanek: the Future is not what is used to be', organized by artist and curator Jeff Cain for the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA from May 10 through September 6, 2015."
Table of contents: title: [Curator's Statement]  -- Jeff Cain; title: Liz Nurenberg --; title: Robby Herbst --; title: Michael Parker --; title: Dave Hullfish Bailey --; title: Camlab --; title: Olga Koumoundouros --; title: Rafa Esparza --; title: Ken Enrlich and Mathias Heyden --; title: Artist Biographies --; title: After Victor Papanek: the future is not what it used to be, public programs.