CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 11/8/2011

Mika Rottenberg and Marilyn Minter at the NYPL

On Wednesday, November 9, from 6-8pm, as part of New York Public Library's Artist Dialogues Series, video and installation artist Mika Rottenberg is joined by friend, fellow artist, and former teacher Marilyn Minter in an intimate conversation about their highly original art and practices.

"Leona," is reproduced from Mika Rottenberg.

This event coincides with the publication of Mika Rottenberg, the artist's first monograph, which covers her complete body of work to date.

"Bullet" (2004), is reproduced from Marilyn Minter.

Published on the occasion of Rottenberg's retrospective exhibition at de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, this first publication on the acclaimed young artist presents a comprehensive overview of her work to date. It includes extensive sections on all of Rottenberg's major video installations, culminating with her latest, "Squeeze" (2010). Video stills, diagrams, drawings and previously unpublished source material are interwoven with essays investigating the work from political, philosophical and historical perspectives. Interviews conducted by the artist with some of the performers whose extreme physiques she showcases in her videos provide unique insight into Rottenberg's process of blending fact and fiction to create her highly original work.