A conceptually innovative take on Jonas- performances and installations
Published in conjunction with the first major US museum show of Joan Jonas- art in nearly 15 years, this volume breaks new ground by contextualizing and expanding understandings of Jonas- body of work through three thematic approaches: the critical notions of gender, being and otherness; the politics of landscape and ecology; and new conceptions of medium specificity and un-specificity. These themes serve as a framework through which to address the rich vocabulary of Jonas- performances, sculptures, drawings and installations from the early 1970s until today.
Inspired by the format of a reader, the monograph presents new writing and scholarship, excerpts from Douglas Crimp''s final interview, as well as a selection of drawings and sketches from Jonas- notebooks, including never-before-published drawings created during the coronavirus lockdown.
Born and based in New York, Joan Jona
