Kraynak, Janet,

Monica Bonvicini / Monica Bonvicini /Janet Kraynak, Juliane Rebentisch, Alexander Alberro. - London : Phaidon, 2014. - 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm. - Contemporary artists . - Contemporary artists. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Interview: Alexander Alberro in conversation with Monica Bonvicini -- Survey. The architecture of history: On the art of Monica Bonvicini / Janet Karynak -- Focus. Convolutions: On the logic of ornamentation in the work of Monica Bonvicini / Juliane Rebentisch -- Artist\'s choice -- Artist\'s writings -- Chronology.

Confronting the overlap between patriarchy and architecture head on, Monica Bonvicini has attracted international attention with her video Wallfucking in which a naked woman rubs her genitals against a wall protuberance and with her site-specific installations using chains, steel and leather. Architecture is the ultimate erotic act, carry it to excess, asserts an installation in this monograph.

9780714867052 0714867055


Bonvicini, Monica, 1965-


Installations (Art)--21st century.
Art, Modern--21st century.
Architecture in art.
Artists--Italy--21st century.

709.2 BON