Empire State: New York Art Now - Softcover

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-08-13 Pages: 192 Language: English Publisher: Skira Rizzoli An ambitious intergenerational survey of twenty-five contemporary New York artists Contemporary art. like the city of New York. has seen massive growth over the past. five decades. The twenty-five artists profiled in Empire State. from Dan Graham and Jeff Koons to the net-based Tabor Robak. question existing conventions and explore the new possibilities manifested by their communitys new. near-industrial scale. Empire State is an exhibition that asks how artists might reimagine urban life and how the city of New York might continue to be a site of contestation. Making new connections among the artists via commissioned pieces. the book includes essays by the shows curators. Alex Gartenfeld and Sir Norman Rosenthal . and by Tom McDonough. John Miller. Eileen Myles. and Matt Keegan. Each artis...