Cecilia Alemani – författare

The most comprehensive and up-to-date book about the vibrant public art program of New York’s global destination, the High LineThe High Line, New York City’s famed elevated rail line-turned-greenway, hosts millions of visitors annually, providing a unique space for encountering art and performance. Elevated surveys the rich, multifaceted offerings of its public art program, High Line Art, presenting works and projects from the last decade by key artists from around the world.The book features a world-class array of projects by artists including Simone Leigh, Paola Pivi, Sam Durant, Jordan Casteel, Cecilia Vicuña, Sheila Hicks, El Anatsui, Phyllida Barlow, Faith Ringgold, Barbara Kruger, Zoe Leonard, and many others. It documents the creative evolution and vibrant cultural programming of High Line Art, which offers a city-scale canvas for artists and performers to interact with, seen in abundant photographs that chronicle the projects across the passage of seasons in the park.Through voluminous photographs and unique conversations with the participating artists, as well as essays by key critics such as Julia Bryan-Wilson and Aruna D’Souza, this book surveys the dozens of open-air installations, billboards, murals, video projects, and participatory events that demonstrate the unique and vibrant impact High Line Art has had on both New York City and the art world.

A work of a multigenerational group of artists who engage in a complex analysis of American popular culture, entertaining a love-and-hate relationship with the founding myths of the American dream.   At the core is a group of artists who have chronicled dramatic changes in the cultural and artistic history of America from the 1980s to the present day.   Good Dreams, Bad Dreams includes important works by John Baldessari and Allen Ruppersberg, Richard Prince and Raymond Pettibon, Lutz Bacher, Rachel Harrison, Klara Lidén, Joyce Pensato and Amanda Ross-Ho, George Condo, David Salle, and Julian Schnabel.

Guided by 20 "figures of interest," 70 contemporary artists chart the history and mythology of New Mexico and the American Southwest The 12th SITE Santa Fe International is grounded in the biographies of over 20 "figures of interest" with strong ties to New Mexico and the surrounding region. These figures—real or fictional, historical or contemporary, everyday or well known—serve as the guiding framework for the over 70 artists in the exhibition.