Ocean State Libraries

"An introduction to the three-dimensional work of art known as the installation." --

"This comprehensive monograph celebrates the acclaimed Philadelphia-based installation artist Alex Da Corte (born 1980), famed for his show-stopping 2021 Roof Garden Commission for the Met, As Long as the Sun Lasts. Da Corte's Day-Glo works are distinctly rooted in traditional American arts and culture--tellingly, as a teenager he planned to become an animator for Disney--and the artist himself often appears in his films, impersonating iconic figures...

"The Presence of Absence does not intend to resurrect the 1960s viewpoint that execution is less important than conception; it does, however, provoke questions about conceptual arts relevance both by implicit comparison to the so-called neo-conceptual school, and by serving as a catalyst for new works that adapt and revise many of conceptual arts strategies. Execution is neither perfunctory nor unnecessary here, even though the exhibition excludes...

When seventeen-year-old Veronica's photograph of her introverted girlfriend goes viral, they are sent into a spiral of fame and lethal danger as they navigate the turbulent waters of their relationship, secrets, acclaim, and the underground San Diego art scene. Summer is winding down in San Diego. Veronica is bored, caustically charismatic, and uninspired in her photography. Nico is insatiable, subversive, and obsessed with chaotic performance art....

Celebrates the career and work of Barbara Kruger, focusing on her exploitation of social-psychological messages embedded in popular culture through the integration of photography and text in installation pieces around the world.

Showcases over three hundred pieces made out of fabric that aims to express the emotion that the artist attempted to recreate during its creation.