Call Civilization by David Moos (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 128 Pages Illus.

Hardcover without dustjacket as issued, 128 pages, as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition .. Square octovo in glassy covers, unworn covers, pages crisp and glossy, tight binding, unworn and FINE. Illustrated throughout in color. Wide-area instillations are shown along with criticism. Scarce; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. The alluring and intricate collages of Kenyan-born, New York-based artist Wangechi Mutu (born 1972) draw the viewer into narratives of beauty, consumerism, colonialism, race, identity and gender politics. Oriented around imagery of the human body, Mutu's work aims at a visual deconstruction of traditional figuration, reconciling the experience of her Kenyan upbringing with present-day American realities. Published to accompany Mutu's first major survey at the Art Gallery of Ontario, This You Call Civilization? demonstrates the breadth of the artist's oeuvre to date, encompassing numerous works on paper produced since 2001, plus two large-scale installations and two video works. It also includes excerpts from favorite key source books selected by Mutu from her personal library, each of them formative in her quest to raise public awareness about racial and political issues through her art.…

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Square octavo. Catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario (Feb. 24 - May 23, 2010), edited by curator David Moos, who also supplies a short essay. Thoroughly-illustrated, mostly color. Some marginal toning to pages, else near fine in illustrated boards.…