Tag: Art
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Book Launch
Book Launch Party
Black Box: Decoding the Art Work of Martin Gantman
The Abbey
692 N. Robertson Boulevard
West Hollywood, California 90069
Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 6 to 8PM
Martin Gantman is very pleased to announce the launch of his new book, Black Box: Decoding the Art Work of Martin Gantman, published in association with the Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICI) and ICI Press.
In 10 individual books, each focusing on a theoretical or practical interest that has compelled him, the artist describes the background, influences, history, and development of his almost 40 years of artistic output.
The deluxe version shown above is a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 books. Each book has a slipcase containing 10 separate volumes.
The book is also available in Print-on-Demand and Ebook versions, which are available through book stores and online booksellers. Copies of the Print-on-Demand paperback version, as well as the limited edition, will be available for sale at the book launch on April 17.
Martin Gantman is a Los Angeles based artist and writer who has exhibited internationally. His published work includes, “See you when we get home.” a project for Art Journal magazine, as well as “DuSable Park: An archeology,” “Notes on the Oddness of Things,” and “Mapping the Lost Idea.” He also co-edited “Benjamin’s Blind Spot: Walter Benjamin and the Premature Death of Aura” for the Institute of Cultural Inquiry, distributed by DAP Publications in 2001.
For more information, contact Martin@Gantman.com or the Institute of Cultural Inquiry at info@culturalinquiry.org.
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Every (ongoing) Day
ARENA 1 Gallery
3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, California 90405
www.SantaMonicaArtStudios.com
310.397.7449Exhibition: March 17 to April 14, 2018
Reception: Saturday, March 17, 2018
5:00 to 7:00 PM
Every (ongoing) Day is an exhibition about daily practices.It showcases durational projects – those undertaken by artists on a daily basis as a ritual, to track changes, or to mark the day. The exhibition presents a fragment of these ongoing artworks as a way to glean an understanding into an artist’s process and methods of working.
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Black Box: Decoding the Art Work of Martin Gantman
Martin Gantman is very pleased to announce the release of his new book, Black Box: Decoding the Art Work of Martin Gantman, published in association with the Institute of Cultural Inquiry (ICI) and ICI Press.In 10 individual volumes, each focusing on a theoretical or practical interest that has compelled him, he describes the background, influences, history, and development of his almost 40 years of artistic output. The book includes a foreword by Dr Lise Patt, Executive Director of the Institute of Cultural Inquiry.
Numbered and Signed Slipcase Edition
The deluxe version shown above is a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 books. Each book has a slipcase containing the 10 separate volumes.
The book is also available in Print-on-Demand and Ebook versions, which are available through bookstores and online booksellers.Information on future book signings to be announced.For more information, contact Martin@Gantman.com or the Institute of Cultural Inquiry at info@culturalinquiry.org.
