Unexpected art : serendipitous installations, site-specific works, and surprising interventions / edited by Jenny Moussa Spring ; Preface by Florentijn Hofman ; Introduction by Christian L. Frock.

Contributor(s):

Spring, Jenny Moussa [editor.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2015]Description: 174 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmISBN:

9781452135489
1452135487

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

709.04074 SPR

Summary: Graffiti made from cake icing, man-made clouds floating indoors, a luminous moon resting on water. Collected here are dozens of jaw-dropping artworks, site-specific installations, extraordinary sculptures and groundbreaking interventions in public spaces that reveal the exciting things that happen when contemporary artists play with the idea of place. Unexpected Art showcases the wonderfully experimental work of more than 50 innovative artists from around the world in galleries of their most astonishing artworks. An unusual package with three different-coloured page edges complements the art inside and makes this tour of the world\'s most mind-blowing artwork a beautiful and thought-provoking gift for anyone interested in the next cool thing.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.04074 SPR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100561704
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	709.04074 SPR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002100581108

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Graffiti made from cake icing, man-made clouds floating indoors, a luminous moon resting on water. Collected here are dozens of jaw-dropping artworks--site-specific installations, extraordinary sculptures, and groundbreaking interventions in public spaces--that reveal the exciting things that happen when contemporary artists play with the idea of place. Unexpected Art showcases the wonderfully experimental work of more than 50 innovative artists from around the world in galleries of their most astonishing artworks. An unusual package with three different-colored page edges complements the art inside and makes this tour of the world's most mind-blowing artwork a beautiful and thoughtprovoking gift for anyone interested in the next cool thing.

Graffiti made from cake icing, man-made clouds floating indoors, a luminous moon resting on water. Collected here are dozens of jaw-dropping artworks, site-specific installations, extraordinary sculptures and groundbreaking interventions in public spaces that reveal the exciting things that happen when contemporary artists play with the idea of place. Unexpected Art showcases the wonderfully experimental work of more than 50 innovative artists from around the world in galleries of their most astonishing artworks. An unusual package with three different-coloured page edges complements the art inside and makes this tour of the world\'s most mind-blowing artwork a beautiful and thought-provoking gift for anyone interested in the next cool thing.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Preface (p. 6)
Introduction (p. 8)
Adel Abdessemed (p. 12)
Tanya Aguiñiga (p. 14)
Ball-Nogues Studio (p. 16)
Robert Barta (p. 20)
Amanda Browder (p. 22)
Nick Cave (p. 24)
Jenny Chapman and Mark Reigelman (p. 28)
Miguel Chevalier (p. 30)
Michel de Broin (p. 32)
Patrick Dougherty (p. 34)
Suzan Drummen (p. 36)
Alejandro Durán (p. 38)
Janet Echelman (p. 42)
Leandro Erlich (p. 44)
Christine Finley (p. 46)
FriendsWithYou (p. 50)
Joost Goudriaan (p. 52)
Ann Hamilton (p. 54)
Lynne Harlow (p. 58)
HENSE (p. 60)
Florentijh Hofman (p. 62)
HOTTEA (p. 68)
Gyun Hur (p. 72)
Institute for Figuring (p. 74)
Kaarina Kaikkonen (p. 78)
Erik Kessels (p. 80)
Tetsuo Kondo Architects (p. 82)
Tomoko Konoike (p. 84)
Cornelia Konrads (p. 86)
Joris Kulpers (p. 88)
Hitoshi Kuriyama (p. 90)
William Lamson (p. 92)
Christopher M. Lavery (p. 94)
Myoung Ho Lee (p. 96)
LILIENTHALlZAMORA (p. 100)
Rafeal Lozano-Hemmer (p. 102)
Toshihiko Horiuchi MacAdam (p. 104)
Russell Maltz (p. 106)
Marshmallow Laser Feast (p. 108)
Rowena Martinich (p. 110)
Mademoiselle Maurice (p. 112)
Shelley Miller (p. 114)
Mihoko Ogaki (p. 118)
Kimihiko Okada (p. 122)
Soo Sunny Park (p. 124)
Paola Pivi (p. 126)
Malene Hartmann Rasmussen (p. 128)
Marc Andre Robinson (p. 130)
Rub Kandy (p. 132)
Álvaro Sánchez-Monrañés (p. 134)
Mary Sibande (p. 138)
Berndnaut Smilde (p. 140)
Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger (p. 144)
Swoon (p. 148)
Leonid Tishkov (p. 152)
Michal Trpák (p. 156)
Serena Garcia Dalla Venzia (p. 158)
Phoebe Washburn (p. 160)
Artist Bios (p. 164)
Photo Credits (p. 172)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Florentijn Hofman is a Netherlands-based artist internationally renowned for his giant sculptures based on everyday objects.

Christian L. Frock is an independent curator and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Jenny Moussa Spring is a freelance image editor and writer living in San Francisco.