Raymond Pettibon: A Pen of All Work

by Gioni, Massimiliano; Carrion-Murayari, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780714873695
• ISBN10: 0714873691
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-03-20
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

The most comprehensive monograph in print on this provocative artist, who has helped to redefine contemporary art

This thorough, multifaceted assessment of Raymond Pettibon's entire career to date includes nearly 700 images, contributions from important figures in the art-historical and cultural fields, and a recent interview with the artist. Beginning with childhood drawings, the book moves through to his mature work, which embraces both high and low culture.

Author Biography

Massimiliano Gioni is Edlis Neeson Artistic Director at the New Museum, New York, and Director at Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan. He was curator of the 55th Venice Biennale (2013), the 8th Gwangju Biennial (2010) and, together with Ali Subotnick and Maurizio Cattelan, the 4th Berlin Biennale (2006). His publications include contributions to Phaidon's Maurizio Cattelan (2003), Ice Cream (2007), Unmonumental (2007), Defining Contemporary Art (2012), Paul McCarthy, Revised and Expanded Edition (2016), Anri Sala: Answer Me (2016) and Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest (2016).

Gary Carrion-Murayari is a curator at the New Museum, where he has curated solo exhibitions for Phyllida Barlow, Ellen Gallagher, Haroon Mirza, Camille Henrot, and Jim Shaw, among others, and has co-curated exhibitions including "Ghosts in the Machine," "NYC 1993," "Here and Elsewhere," and "Chris Ofili: Night and Day." Murayari previously worked at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he organized solo presentations of work by Elad Lassry and Karthik Pandian, and co-curated a number of group exhibitions. Carrion-Murayari was the co-curator, with Francesco Bonami, of the 2010 Whitney Biennial.