
For Reasons of State
Yale University Press
Published on 3. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
48 pages
978-0-300-14694-3 (ISBN)
Description
For Reasons of State examines how our ability to function as a democracy is compromised by governmental secrecy. Looking at contemporary art, the book explores notions of institutional concealment through the work of such artists as the Bureau of Inverse Technology, Jenny Holzer, Lin + Lam, Mark Lombardi, Trevor Paglen, and Susan Schluppi-all of whom provide the public with a new way of looking at information that is otherwise censored or misrepresented due to government or corporate influence.
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
Distributed for the Whitney Museum of American Art
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
35 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-14694-3 (9780300146943)
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Persons
Angelique Campens is an independent curator and critic based in New York. Erica Cooke is an independent curator and writer based in New York. Steven Lam is an artist and independent curator and teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York.