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Troy Brauntuch

Troy Brauntuch

by Douglas EklundJohanna Burton and Lionel Bovier
Hardback
Publication Date: 21/01/2010

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A member of the so-called "Pictures Generation," Troy Brauntuch (born 1954) makes appropriated works that, by removing or adding context, can, on one hand, empty out culturally charged icons, and on the other hand, supply seemingly innocuous material with massive charge. Brauntuch's work 1 2 3 provides a useful example of the tactics he likes to employ; it consists of screenprints of a set of fairly unremarkable sketches--a tank, a vestibule, a stage set--which turn out to have been drawn by one Adolf Hitler. This semiotic standoff between innocuous artwork and not-so-innocuous author compels the viewer to ponder the constructions of significance one so often unthinkingly performs when looking at art--constructions that Brauntuch has consistently sabotaged throughout his 30-year career. This first survey of Brauntuch's work includes essays by Johanna Burton and Douglas Eklund, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's critically acclaimed 2009 Pictures Generation exhibition.
ISBN:
9783905770810
9783905770810
Category:
Individual artists
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
21-01-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
JRP Ringier
Country of origin:
Switzerland
Pages:
144
Dimensions (mm):
265x275x21mm
Weight:
1.07kg
Johanna Burton

Johanna Burton is Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.

Formerly Director of the Graduate Program at the center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College and Associate Director of the Whitney Independent Study Program, Burton has curated a number of exhibitions as well as contributing catalogue essays for artists such as Cindy Sherman, Marilyn Minter and Anish Kapoor.

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