Jitish Kallat - Public Notice 3

Klappentext The Swami Vivekananda's speech to the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 is the centerpiece of Indian artist Jitish Kallat's new work! "Public Notice 3." The installation went on view at the Art Institute of Chicago on September 11! 2010! exactly 108 years after Vivekananda delivered his groundbreaking address calling for an end to "bigotry and fanaticism." The text of the speech appears on the risers of the Art Institute of Chicago's Grand Staircase where it is illuminated in the five colors--red! orange! yellow! blue! and green--designated by the United States Homeland Security Advisory System to signify threat levels. This companion book! which documents the installation! is the first full-scale exploration of Kallat's work published by a North American institution. Along with an interview with the artist! essays contextualize "Public Notice 3" within the space of the installation and evaluate Kallat's oeuvre within an international context. Zusammenfassung The Swami Vivekananda's speech to the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893 is the centrepiece of Indian artist. The installation went on view at the Art Institute of Chicago exactly 108 years after Vivekananda delivered his address calling for an end to 'bigotry and fanaticism'. This title documents the installation.

Product details

• Authors: Madhuvanti Ghose, Madhuvanti (EDT)/ Bhabha Ghose, Ghose Madhuvanti, Jeremy Strick, Strick Jeremy
• Assisted by: Madhuvanti Ghose (Editor), Ghose Madhuvanti (Editor)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2011
• EAN: 9780300171587
• ISBN: 978-0-300-17158-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Art Institute of Chicago; Elgar EU Energy Law series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; ART / Sculpture & Installation, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, History of Art, Installation art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual artists, art monographs