Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Turley, Keisha
2. McCabe, Jennifer (Curator)
3. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, host museum

Description

1. 141 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

1. "This exhibition presents artworks that use various forms of language to critically examine the complexities of social reality during times of rampant miscommunication ... Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) presents Language in Times of Miscommunication featuring artwork that incorporates various forms of language (poetry, speculative fiction, and slang), modes of communication (propaganda, protest, social media, and advertising), and research materials (archives, political documents, and the news) that together form a timely exchange about the slippery relationship between opinion, fact, and fiction, within the construct of our collective reality"--Museum's description of exhibition.

Subject

1. Miscommunication in art -- Exhibitions. - [Browse in index]
2. Art, American -- 21st century -- Exhibitions. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. exhibition catalogs.
2. Exhibition catalogs.
3. Catalogues d'exposition.

Contents

1. Foreword / Jennifer McCabe -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Language in times of miscommunication: art critical of social reality -- Modality of miscommunication -- Propaganda and poetry -- One source, multiple interpretations -- The American experiment -- Cultural synthesis -- Praxis of reflection and action -- Infinite futurities -- Image captions -- Artists biographies -- Works in the exhibition -- Photo credits.
2. Artists biographies (featuring the work of): Kristin Bauer -- April Bey -- Andrea Bowers -- York Chang -- Jeremy Dean -- Jeffrey Gibson -- Jenny Holzer -- Christopher Jagmin -- Glenn Ligon -- Patrick Martinez -- Elizabeth Moran -- Ann Morton -- Polymode -- William Powhida -- Kameelah Janan Rasheed -- Horacio Rodriguez -- Safwat Saleem -- Anna Tsouhlarakis.

Call number

1. N6512.7

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Language

1. English

Note

1. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Language in Times of Miscommunication' presented at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), March 4-August 27, 2023. Organized by Lauren R. O'Connell, curator of contemporary art, with Keisha Turley, curatorial assistant"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121).

Indexed in (note)

1. Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (June 6, 2023)