Description: NWT Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston June 18, 2019 By Jill Medvedow (Foreword by)Jenelle Porter (Text by Art/Photo Books)Elissa Auther (Text by Art/Photo Books)Paperpack, 224 pagesPublished by The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston; distributed by D.A.P.ISBN: 9780997253849Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art & Design is a multigenerational survey of strategies of pattern and decoration in art and design. Borrowing its ethos from Robert Venturi’s infamous retort to Mies van der Rohe’s modernist edict “less is more,” it includes works that privilege decoration and maximalism over modernism’s “ornament as crime” philosophy. The catalog begins in the 1970s with artists who sought to rattle the dominance of modernism and minimalism, such as those affiliated with Pattern & Decoration. Less Is a Bore includes experiments in patterning by Sanford Biggers, Jasper Johns and Miriam Schapiro; the transgressive sculpture and furniture of Lucas Samaras and Ettore Sottsass; and the installations of Polly Apfelbaum, Nathalie du Pasquier and Virgil Marti. Also included are works by Roger Brown, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Jeffrey Gibson, Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Robert Kushner, Ellen Lesperance, Sol LeWitt, Howardena Pindell, Lari Pittman, Pae White and Betty Woodman, among others.Please carefully examine photos.************All items sold are vintage finds sourced from estate sales and thrift stores in the Hollywood area of Southern California.I do my best to catalog any flaws I find in the description of the item.I do not accept order cancellations for any reason other than I have not shipped the item in the time I promisedYour purchase helps me continue to fund my artistic work as a photographer in Hollywood California. It also helps me to feed my increasingly finicky cat who now only wants the most expensive cat food
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Brand: The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
ISBN: 9780997253849
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
Color: Black
Subject: Art & Photography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 2019
Book Title: Less Is a Bore: Maximalist Art and Design
Number of Pages: 224 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
Topic: Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Group Shows, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Decorative Arts
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2019
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Design, Art
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Author: Jill Medvedow
Item Length: 9.4 in
Item Width: 6.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
