Everything is connected : art and conspiracy / Douglas Eklund and Ian Alteveer ; with contributions by Meredith A. Brown, John Miller, Kathryn Olmsted, and Beth Saunders ; preface by Jonathan Lethem

Author:: Eklund, Douglas
Published:: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2018]
Copyright Date:: ©2018
Physical Description:: 195 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Additional Creators:: Alteveer, Ian, Brown, Meredith A., Miller, John, Olmsted, Kathryn, Saunders, Beth, Lethem, Jonathan, and Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

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Contents:

Knitting the monster's socks / Jonahthan Lethem -- Wake up! Art and citizen journalism / Douglas Eklund -- "A wilderness of mirrors": Conspiracy and identity / Douglas Eklund -- The artist as researcher / Douglas Eklund -- Modern history in and out of context: Sarah Charlesworth's April 21, 1978 / Beth Saunders -- Extraterrestrials underground and other artistic sublevels in California / Ian Alteveer -- Disconsolate tongues: The visual language of trauma and survival / Meredith A. Brown -- History and conspiracy / Kathryn Olmsted -- Politics of hate in the U.S.A.: Anti-semitism and conspiracy theory / John Miller -- Beyond the grassy knoll / Douglas Eklund.

Summary:

"For the last fifty years, artists have explored the hidden operations of power and the symbiotic suspicion between the government and its citizens that haunts Western democracies. Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy will be the first major exhibition to tackle this perennially provocative topic. It will trace the simultaneous development of two kinds of art about conspiracy. The first half of the exhibition will comprise works by artists who hew strictly to the public record, uncovering hidden webs of deceit--from the shell corporations used by New York's largest private landlord, interconnected networks encompassing politicians, businessmen, and arms dealers. In the second part, other artists will dive headlong into the fever dreams of the disaffected, creating fantastical works that nevertheless uncover uncomfortable truths in an age of information overload and weakened trust in institutions. Featuring seventy works by thirty artists in media ranging from painting and sculpture to photography, video, and installation art, from 1969 to 2016, Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy will present an alternate history of postwar and contemporary art that is also an archaeology of our troubled times." -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website

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ISBN:

1588396592 (hardcover)
9781588396594 (hardcover)

Note:

Catalog of an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from September 18, 2018-January 6, 2019.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-190) and index.

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