Text by Anthony Lane, Andrea Phillips, Colin Chinnery.
Sarah Morris' Beijing continues her series of films and paintings dealing with cities as sites of spectacle, bureaucracy and conspiracy. Morris spent several years visiting and observing Beijing in the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games exploring the authoritarian turbo-capitalist state. This book provides an array of images captured from her film as well as her investigation of the city that inspired her paintings.
FORMAT: Hbk, 9 x 12 in. / 288 pgs / 184 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $61.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $82.5 ISBN: 9783865606464 PUBLISHER: Walther König, Köln AVAILABLE: 2/28/2010 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA ASIA AU/NZ AFR
Published by Walther König, Köln. Text by Anthony Lane, Andrea Phillips, Colin Chinnery.
Sarah Morris' Beijing continues her series of films and paintings dealing with cities as sites of spectacle, bureaucracy and conspiracy. Morris spent several years visiting and observing Beijing in the lead up to the 2008 Olympic Games exploring the authoritarian turbo-capitalist state. This book provides an array of images captured from her film as well as her investigation of the city that inspired her paintings.
