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THE ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Connie Samaras: Tales of Tomorrow
Edited and with introduction by Irene Tsatsos. Text by Charlotte Cotton, Lisa Bloom, Juli Carson, Ken Gonzalez-Day, Alice Echols, Kate Flint, Julie Lazar, Catherine Opie, Kavita Philip, Claire Phillips, Anna Joy Springer, Tyler Stallings, Roberto Tejada, Matias Viegener.
Over the past two decades, Los Angeles-based artist Connie Samaras (born 1950) has used photography and video--as well as writing, teaching and political activism--to explore the aspirations and anxieties of the imagined future through depictions of built environments that she calls “speculative landscapes.” Dealing with the paradoxes of these surreal environments--vast, impersonal constructions such as the cities of Las Vegas and Dubai and the remote, scientific colonies of the South Pole or a commercial space launch facility in New Mexico--Samaras’ ongoing interest is in mapping political geographies and the psychological dislocation in the everyday. Despite critical acclaim and impressive solo exhibitions, Samaras’ work has not yet received the wider recognition it deserves. This volume, and the exhibition it accompanies at The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, address this oversight, providing the first thorough overview of her ouevre to date.
Featured image is reproduced from Connie Samaras: Tales of Tomorrow.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
Los Angeles Times
Sharon Mizota
Always clear-eyed and rigorously composed, her images document spaces where collective imaginings become reality. As such, they attest to the human will (or hubris) to remake the world in the image of our fantasies, whether they are daydreams or nightmares... Samara’s images are heady cocktails of wonder and critique.
STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely.
FROM THE BOOK
"Always clear-eyed and rigorously composed, her images document spaces where collective imaginings become reality. As such, they attest to the human will (or hubris) to remake the world in the image of our fantasies, whether they are daydreams or nightmares." - Sharon Mizota, The Los Angeles Times
Join us Thursday, April 26 through Sunday the 27th at the inaugural Paris Photo Los Angeles. On view at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood, Paris Photo draws collectors and exhibitors from around the world. Housed inside the Café storefront on Paramount's New York City backlot, our booth (C4) features hundreds of titles from the world's top photobook publishers—including Hatje Cantz, MoMA, Radius Books, Daylight, Editions Xavier Barral, RM, The Iceplant, Damiani, Yale University Press, Twin Palms, Morel, Patrick Frey and Nazraeli Press, among others. We have brought in a large selection of limited editions, rare, signed, and out-of-print titles, and we will host book signings daily. Featured image, "Griffith Park Fire, Los Angeles" (2007) from Connie Samaras' Surface Events series, is reproduced from the photographer's new monograph, Tales of Tomorrow, which she will sign at 3:30 PM at our booth on Friday. For a complete list of signings, please see ARTBOOK + Paris Photo page on our site. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 10 x 11.5 in. / 108 pgs / 75 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $45.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $60 GBP £40.00 ISBN: 9781893900035 PUBLISHER: The Armory Center for the Arts AVAILABLE: 3/31/2013 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by The Armory Center for the Arts. Edited and with introduction by Irene Tsatsos. Text by Charlotte Cotton, Lisa Bloom, Juli Carson, Ken Gonzalez-Day, Alice Echols, Kate Flint, Julie Lazar, Catherine Opie, Kavita Philip, Claire Phillips, Anna Joy Springer, Tyler Stallings, Roberto Tejada, Matias Viegener.
Over the past two decades, Los Angeles-based artist Connie Samaras (born 1950) has used photography and video--as well as writing, teaching and political activism--to explore the aspirations and anxieties of the imagined future through depictions of built environments that she calls “speculative landscapes.” Dealing with the paradoxes of these surreal environments--vast, impersonal constructions such as the cities of Las Vegas and Dubai and the remote, scientific colonies of the South Pole or a commercial space launch facility in New Mexico--Samaras’ ongoing interest is in mapping political geographies and the psychological dislocation in the everyday. Despite critical acclaim and impressive solo exhibitions, Samaras’ work has not yet received the wider recognition it deserves. This volume, and the exhibition it accompanies at The Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, address this oversight, providing the first thorough overview of her ouevre to date.
