Haunted: Contemporary Photography - Video - Performance - Hardcover

Jennifer Blessing; Nat Trotman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0892073985 ISBN 13: 9780892073986

Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2010

Synopsis

Much of contemporary photography and video seems haunted by the past, by ghostly apparitions that are reanimated in reproductive media, as well as in live performance and the virtual world. By using dated, passé, or quasiextinct stylistic devices, subject matter and technologies, this art embodies a melancholic longing for an otherwise unrecuperable past. Haunted examines the myriad ways photographic imagery is incorporated into recent practice and in the process underscores the unique power of reproductive media while documenting a widespread contemporary obsession with documenting the past. The works included in the exhibition range from individual photographs and photographic series, to sculptures and paintings that incorporate photographic elements, to videos, film, performance and site-specific installations. Drawn primarily from the Guggenheim’s collection, Haunted features recent acquisitions, many of which will be exhibited by the museum for the first time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Publications
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892073985
• ISBN 13: 9780892073986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208