Exhibition

2008 Biennale of Sydney Catalogue

Exhibition | 2008 Catalogue

More an Artists’ Book than a catalogue, the publication features 160 black and white drawings by more than 130 artists. Existing drawings by historic artists, including Marcel Duchamp and Jean Tinguely, are juxtaposed with new drawings by artists such as Vernon Ah Kee, Paul Chan, Simryn Gill and Michael Rakowitz.

The book also includes essays by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Iwona Blazwick, Jonathan Crary and Charles Harrison, and additional contributions by curatorial ‘comrades’: Iara Boubnova, Natasha Conland, Massimiliano Gioni, Raimundas Malašauskas, Jessica Morgan, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Hetti Perkins, Kathryn Smith, Russell Storer and Jane Taylor, as well as an anthology of historic and contemporary authors.

The catalogue is published by the Biennale of Sydney in association with Thames & Hudson.

Available to purchase at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Alternatively, order a copy by downloading the interactive Order Form and returning it to:

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Biennale of Sydney
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2008 Sydney Biennale Catalogue

$59.95 inc GST (plus shipping)
ISBN 978050097684 5
275 x 220 mm
Laminated Hardcover
304 pp

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More than 70 living artists have created new works especially for this publication, amongst them: Christoph Büchel; Gerard Byrne; Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller; Jeremy Deller; Mark Dion; Willie Doherty; Sam Durant; Liam Gillick; Shaun Gladwell; Pierre Huyghe; Joan Jonas; Brian Jungen; Jannis Kounellis; Tracey Moffatt; Reinhard Mucha; Giuseppe Penone; Dan Perjovschi; Nedko Solakov; and Lawrence Weiner. Existing drawings from collections around the world have been researched and selected for 35 historic artists including: Hans Bellmer; Thomas Bock; Alexander Calder; Leonardo da Vinci; Marcel Duchamp; Len Lye; Kasimir Malevich; Man Ray; Gordon Matta-Clark; Hélio Oiticica; Alexander Rodchenko; and Vladimir Tatlin.

Each drawing in the book has been thoughtfully positioned by Artistic Director, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, who has paired and sequenced each page. In some instances images are paired with texts from the Revolutionary Reader, an anthology of 45 quotes and excerpts on revolution by historic and contemporary authors, including: Giorgio Agamben; Dante Alighieri; Walter Benjamin; John Cage; Guy Debord; Deleuze and Guattari; Eric Hobsbawm; Abbie Hoffman; Julia Kristeva; Jacques Lacan; Chantal Mouffe; Charles Perkins; Maximilien Robespierre; and Jacques Rancière. A number of texts have been translated into English for the first time in this publication.