Is It My Body? - Selected Texts

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Is It My Body? - Selected Texts
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kim Gordon
By (author) Branden W. Joseph
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:182
Dimensions(mm): Height 191,Width 121
Category/GenreTheory of art
Art History
Theory of architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9783956790386
ClassificationsDewey:700.9045
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Sternberg Press
Imprint Sternberg Press
Publication Date 4 April 2014
Publication Country United States

Description

Throughout the 1980s and early '90s, Kim Gordon-widely known as a founding member of the influential band Sonic Youth-produced a series of writings on art and music. Ranging from neo-Conceptual artworks to broader forms of cultural criticism, these rare texts are brought together in this volume for the first time, placing Gordon's writing within the context of the artist-critics of her generation, including Mike Kelley, John Miller, and Dan Graham. In addressing key stakes within contemporary art, architecture, music, and the performance of male and female gender roles, Gordon provides a prescient analysis of such figures as Kelley, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Tony Oursler, and Raymond Pettibon, in addition to reflecting on her own position as a woman on stage. The result-Is It My Body?-is a collection that feels as timely now as when it was written. This volume additionally features a conversation between Gordon and Jutta Koether, in which they discuss their collaborations in art, music, and performance.Institut f r Kunstkritik Series

Author Biography

Branden W. Joseph is Frank Gallipoli Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University and an editor of the journal Grey Room (MIT Press).