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Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss Paperback - 2017

by Taryn Simon (Photographer); Taryn Simon (); Contribution by Aliza Watters


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Taryn Simon on the public handling of death and loss--its rituals, politics and contradictions

In her monograph, An Occupation of Loss, artist Taryn Simon creates a detailed record of her years researching professional mourning, culminating in a seminal performance at the Park Avenue Armory, co-produced by Artangel, in 2016. During the installation, professional mourners simultaneously broadcast their lamentations within a monumental sculptural setting, enacting rituals of grief. The installation combined performance, sound, and architecture to consider the anatomy of grief and the intricate systems we use to manage fate and uncertainty. The book leads the reader through the complicated visa application process for the mourners invited to enter the United States, revealing the underlying structures governing global exchange, the movement of bodies, and the hierarchies of art and culture. An Occupation of Loss, presented by Artangel, will premiere in London in 2018.

Edited by Aliza Watters.

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  • Title Taryn Simon: An Occupation of Loss
  • Author Taryn Simon (Photographer); Taryn Simon (); Contribution by Aliza Watters
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 220
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Hatje Cantz
  • Date 2017
  • ISBN 9783775743198 / 3775743197
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.6 x 5.8 x 0.8 in (26.92 x 14.73 x 2.03 cm)

About the author

Taryn Simon (born 1975) has been the subject of monographic exhibitions at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); The Museum of Modern Art, New York (2012); Tate Modern, London (2011); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2011); and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2007). Her work is in the permanent collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, the Whitney Museum of American Art, Centre Georges Pompidou and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and was included in the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011 and the Carnegie International in 2013. She is a graduate of Brown University and a Guggenheim Fellow. Simon lives and works in New York.

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Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2017. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2017. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 240 pages. Retrospective collection of portraits and immigration documents, presented as an Artist Book. One of Taryn Simon's finest achievements. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a softcover original only. An austerely elegant production by Taryn Simon: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Taryn Simon. Printed on thick coated and uncoated stock papers in Germany to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Taryn Simon's "An Occupation of Loss". The quietly provocative Conceptual… Read More
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