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PUBLISHER
The Blanton Museum of Art

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 8.5 x 10.5 in. / 140 pgs/ illustrated throughout.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Out of print

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2008 p. 145   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9780977145393 TRADE
List Price: $30.00 CDN $35.00

AVAILABILITY
Not available

TERRITORY
*not available

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Philadelphia
Institute of Contemporary Art, 04/24/08-08/03/08

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Mike's World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (And Other Collaborators)

Edited by Annette DiMeo Carlozzi. Introduction by Annette DiMeo Carlozzi. Text by Michael Smith, Mike Kelley, Jay Sanders, Ingrid Schaffner, Regine Basha.

Mike's World takes a tightly focused view of a single Michael Smith performance persona, "Mike," as it has developed over the course of many years and through innumerable presentation formats. The character Mike functions metaphorically as a kind of ever-hopeful Candide, adrift in a world of rapid technological advances that he seems incapable of fully comprehending, and stymied by the depersonalization and isolation that have accompanied late twentieth-century life. Ironic in its sharp personification of failure, but also hilarious and poignant, Smith's work mirrors our most human concerns about competency and comfort. Underscoring the hybrid nature of Smith's art, the works reproduced in this colorful paperback book also highlight his last decade of video and installation collaborations with artist-director Joshua White. With contributions by Michael Smith, Jay Sanders, Mike Kelley, Ingrid Schaffner and Regine Basha.
Mike's World: Michael Smith & Joshua White (And Other Collaborators)

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