Spirit House
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Author: Roberts, Veronica
Inspired by spirit houses, small devotional structures found in Thailand that provide shelter to the supernatural, this book considers how art collapses the distance between past and present. Contemporary artists reckon with the spiritual and spectral in our visual culture, question the many forms that ghosts can take & challenge data-driven methods of understanding the world. Featuring previously unpublished works & an essay by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul.Also includes four ghost stories by artists included in the exhibition.Artists include: Kelly Akashi, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Binh Danh, Dominique Fung, Pao Houa Her, Heesoo Kwon, An-My Lê, Tidawhitney Lek, Jarod Lew, Tammy Nguyen, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Catalina Ouyang, Maia Cruz Palileo, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Do Ho Suh, Lien Troung, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
ISBN 9781941366738. Gregory R. Miller & Co./Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. hb. 192 pages. 30.5 x 22.9 cm.
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Inspired by spirit houses, small devotional structures found in Thailand that provide shelter to the supernatural, this book considers how art collapses the distance between past and present. Contemporary artists reckon with the spiritual and spectral in our visual culture, question the many forms that ghosts can take & challenge data-driven methods of understanding the world. Featuring previously unpublished works & an essay by Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul.Also includes four ghost stories by artists included in the exhibition.Artists include: Kelly Akashi, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Binh Danh, Dominique Fung, Pao Houa Her, Heesoo Kwon, An-My Lê, Tidawhitney Lek, Jarod Lew, Tammy Nguyen, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Catalina Ouyang, Maia Cruz Palileo, Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, Do Ho Suh, Lien Troung, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
ISBN 9781941366738. Gregory R. Miller & Co./Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. hb. 192 pages. 30.5 x 22.9 cm.
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