- Additional Authors
- Description
- 190 pages; 27 cm
- Summary
- "Chronologically examining the nature of his art within the context of mass media and photojournalism, this handsome volume charts the thirty-year career of the artist and photographer Christopher Williams (b. 1956). Featuring 100 color illustrations, the book also includes a trio of essays by authors Mark Godfrey, Roxana Marcoci, and Matthew S. Witkovsky that demonstrate how Williams, with high craft and a critical eye, deliberately engages yet reinterprets the conventions of photojournalism, picture archives, and commercial imagery through uncanny mimicry. Committed to the history of photography as a medium of art and intellectual inquiry, Williams's current series tackles the interplay of photography and cinema, upending viewer expectations and the role of spectacle"--
- Alternative Title
- Christoper Williams : the production line of happiness
- Subjects
- Note
- "Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in association with the Museum of Modern Art, New York."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9780300203905 (pbk.)
- 030020390X (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2013042967
- OCLC
- YBP 2013042967
- Author
Williams, Christopher, 1956- artist.
- Title
The production line of happiness / Christopher Williams.
- Publisher
[Chicago] : Art Institute of Chicago, [2014]
- Edition
First edition.
- Type of Content
text
still image
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.