Juan Muñoz

by Wagstaff, Sheena

• ISBN13: 9781854377326
• ISBN10: 1854377329
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Tate

Summary

Widely regarded as one of the leading sculptors of the last twenty years, the works of Juan Muñoz (1953–2001), though strongly figurative, are not the usual stuff of classical sculpture. The enigmatic figures he portrays—dwarves, midgets, ballerinas—are captured at moments that imply a stories that must be imagined by their audience, their faces frozen in expressions ranging from laughter to aggression. Accompanying the first full-scale retrospective of Muñoz’s work, this book concentrates on sculpture and installation, and also examines his drawings, performance, and sound works, and a selection of his writings.

Author Biography

Sheena Wagstaff is chief curator at Tate Modern.

Table of Contents

Plates	p. 3
A Mirror of Consciousness	p. 95
To Double Business Bound	p. 105
Munoz's Sculptural Theatre: 'the gap in-between is the territory of meaning'	p. 111
Juan Munoz: Insights and Interpretations	p. 121
Lecture given at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 1995	p. 127
Will it be a Likeness?	p. 131
Juan Munoz	p. 139
A Conversation, May 2001	p. 141
On A Registered Patent	p. 149
A Man in a Room, Gambling	p. 150
Chronology	p. 156
Notes	p. 157
Select Bibliography	p. 159
Exhibition History 1984-2008	p. 165
Artist's Writings	p. 170
Interviews with the Artist	p. 171
Exhibited Works	p. 172
Lenders and Credits	p. 174
Index	p. 175
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