Book published in conjunction with the watershed exhibition Post Human held at the FAE Musee d’Art Contemporaine Pully/Lausanne from 14 June to 13 September 1992 and subsequently at other venues. Curated and with an introductory essay by art advisor/dealer Jeffrey Deitch. In Deitch’s words, “This book explores the implications of genetic engineering, plastic surgery, mind expansion, and other forms of body alteration, to ask whether our society is developing a new model of the human being. It poses the question of whether our society is creating a new kind of post-human person that replaces previous constructions of the self. images from the new technological and consumer culture and the new, conceptually oriented figurative art of thirty-six young artists will endeavor to give us a glimpse of the coming post-human world.” Participating artists include Dennis Adams, Janine Antoni, John M Armleder, Stephan Balkenhol, Matthew Barney, Ashley Bickerton, Taro Chiezo, Clegg & Guttmann, Wim Delvoye, Suzan Etkin, Fischli / Weiss, Slyvie Fleury, Robert Gober, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Damien Hirst, Martin Honert, Mike Kelley, Karen Kilimnik, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, George Lappas, Annette Lemieux, Christian Marclay, Paul McCarthy, Yasumasa Morimura, Kodai Nakahara, Cady Noland, Daniel Oates, Pruitt & Early, Charles Ray, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherma, Kiki Smith, Pia Stadtbäumer, Meyer Vaisman, and Jeff Wall. 4to (8.75” x 11” ), fold-over pictorial wrappers, 144 pages, color illustrations throughout. Book design by Dan Friedman. Laid in is a signed letter on Deitch’s letterhead gifting this copy to Massimo and Lella Vignelli. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with minimal de-lamination to front wrapper.
Book published in conjunction with the watershed exhibition Post Human held at the FAE Musee d’Art Contemporaine Pully/Lausanne from 14 June to 13 September 1992 and subsequently at other venues. Curated and with an introductory essay by art advisor/dealer Jeffrey Deitch. In Deitch’s words, “This book explores the implications of genetic engineering, plastic surgery, mind expansion, and other forms of body alteration, to ask whether our society is developing a new model of the human being. It poses the question of whether our society is creating a new kind of post-human person that replaces previous constructions of the self. images from the new technological and consumer culture and the new, conceptually oriented figurative art of thirty-six young artists will endeavor to give us a glimpse of the coming post-human world.” Participating artists include Dennis Adams, Janine Antoni, John M Armleder, Stephan Balkenhol, Matthew Barney, Ashley Bickerton, Taro Chiezo, Clegg & Guttmann, Wim Delvoye, Suzan Etkin, Fischli / Weiss, Slyvie Fleury, Robert Gober, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Damien Hirst, Martin Honert, Mike Kelley, Karen Kilimnik, Martin Kippenberger, Jeff Koons, George Lappas, Annette Lemieux, Christian Marclay, Paul McCarthy, Yasumasa Morimura, Kodai Nakahara, Cady Noland, Daniel Oates, Pruitt & Early, Charles Ray, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherma, Kiki Smith, Pia Stadtbäumer, Meyer Vaisman, and Jeff Wall. 4to (8.75” x 11” ), fold-over pictorial wrappers, 144 pages, color illustrations throughout. Book design by Dan Friedman. Laid in is a signed letter on Deitch’s letterhead gifting this copy to Massimo and Lella Vignelli. Light bumping and rubbing to extremities, with minimal de-lamination to front wrapper.
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