Let's Entertain

by Vergne, Philippe; Walker Art Center

• ISBN13: 9780935640663
• ISBN10: 0935640665
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

"Let's Entertain: Life's Guilty Pleasures examines th[e] 'spectacularization' of everyday experience through the twin lenses of contemporary art practice and cultural criticism.... [and] challenge[s] us not to simply renounce entertainment per se, but to understand how its strategies can be used to tell a different kind of story. The story that unfolds is sweet, amusing, and, like a fairy tale, often cruel."--From the book

Table of Contents

Jack Pierson
Andreas Gursky
Piotr Uklanski
Gillian Wearing
Peter Land
Philippe Parreno
Philippe Vergne/Olukemi Ilesanmi	18	(15)
Conversation Part I
Cindy Sherman
Richard Shusterman	33	(15)
Come Back to Pleasure
Maurizio Cattelan
Andreas Slominski
Uri Tzaig
Roderick Buchanan
Gabriel Orozco
Dike Blair	48	(51)
Thoroughly Entertained
Emma Duncan	99	(20)
The Business of Fun
Kyupi Kyupi
Carlos Amorales
Jessica Bronson
Takashi Murakami
Stan Douglas
Leigh Bowery
Philippe Vergne/Olukemi Ilesanmi	119	(14)
Conversation Part II
Susan G. Davis	133	(34)
R&D for Social Life: Entertainment Retail and the City
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Minako Nishiyama
Dike Blair
General Idea
Douglas Gordon
Charles Ray
Mariko Mori
Ugo Rondinone
Paul McCarthy
Philippe Parreno
Akiko Busch	167	(17)
Branding, Bar Codes, and Other Assorted End Credits
Rineke Dijkstra
Alexandre Perigot
Leigh Bowery
Bernadette Corporation
Duane Hanson
Greil Marcus	184	(14)
Back Roads
Philippe Vergne/Olukemi Ilesanmi	198	(9)
Conversation Part III
Cindy Sherman
Neil Postman	207	(21)
Reach Out and Elect Someone
Rodney Graham
Doug Aitken
Mike Kelley
Paul McCarthy
Pierre Huyghe
Dan Graham
Peter Friedl
Mike Kelley	228	(17)
A Stopgap Measure
Joshua Gamson	245	(28)
Celebrity, Democracy, Power, and Play
Andy Warhol
Jeff Koons
Dara Birnbaum
Dan Graham
Richard Prince
museum in progress
Lily van der Stokker
Damien Hirst
Elizabeth
Iftikhar Dadi
Martin Kippenberger
Pierre Levy	273	(13)
The Art of Cyberculture
Choi Jeong-hwa
Mathieu Briand
Olaf Breuning
Lee Bul
Philippe Vergne/Olukemi Ilesanmi	286	(2)
Conversation Part IV
Steve Dietz	288	(5)
Art Entertainment Network
Cindy Sherman
Afterword	293	(1)
Kathy Halbreich
Acknowledgments	294	(2)
Philippe Vergne
Checklist	296	(4)
Artists' Biographies	300	(16)
Index	316	(2)
Reproduction Credits	318
Cindy Sherman