Our first book, More Art in the Public Eye, will be available January 2020 through Duke University Press!

Posted on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

More Art in the Public Eye (Duke University Press)

Micaela Martegani, Jeff Kasper, and Emma Drew, editors

It throws down the gauntlet to artists, writers, thinkers, and activists, encouraging and inspiring us all to be fearless as we address the truly urgent conversations of the twenty-first century.

—Carol Becker, Dean of Columbia University School of the Arts and author of Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production

 

Contributors: Rebecca Amato, Michael Birchall, Ofri Cnaani, Michelle Coffey, Jennifer Dalton, Emma Drew, Pablo Helguera, Mary Jane Jacob, Jessica Lynne, Jeff Kasper, Kimsooja, Micaela Martegani, Andrea Mastrovito, Tony Oursler, William Powhida, Ernesto Pujol, Michael Rakowitz, Kirk Savage, Dread Scott, Andres Serrano, Gregory Sholette, Xaviera Simmons, Krzysztof Wodiczko

 

About: More Art in the Public Eye offers critical insight into the ever-growing field of socially engaged public art by demonstrating how the committed collaboration of artists, community members, and cultural producers can meaningfully impact our collective futures. Presented through the lens of More Art’s fifteen-year history, the public art projects featured in this book expose issues of systemic inequality and injustice, stoke debate, and inspire alternatives. Artists and participants reflect on their works in newly conducted interviews, while essays from thinkers and actors in the field help situate the projects and the mission of socially engaged art in terms of greater cultural and political paradigms. More Art in the Public Eye establishes the framework for the conditions under which organizations like More Art operate, highlights the many meta-questions behind socially engaged public art, and seeks to amplify the wide array of voices that make up a project.

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The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation
and More Art present:

More Art in the Public Eye

a book launch, reading, and performances

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

RSVP here.

The 8th Floor Gallery
17 W 17th Street (8th floor)
New York, NY

 

We are thrilled to finally bring this book into the world and proudly invite you to help us celebrate! The evening will begin with remarks from the book’s editors Micaela Martegani, Jeff Kasper, and Emma Drew and also feature performances by artists Ofri Cnaani and Pablo Helguera.

6:00 p.m. – Reading You Remotely

Ofri Cnaani will engage with participants about local concerns and provide recommended readings via interactive, online psychic readings with live chat virtual assistants and remote library reference services. All guests who buy of copy of the book will receive a limited edition bookmark by Cnaani, and are invited to enjoy a personalized live/virtual reading by the artist during the event.

7:00 p.m. – El Club De Protesta

Pablo Helguera will reunite with musicians Sebastian Cruz and Alejandro Florez for a new performance of El Club De Protesta (The Protest Club), which began with More Art in 2011. El Club de Protesta repurposes traditional protest songs from Latin America and the United States, adapting the lyrics to engage current political situations.
More Art in the Public Eye offers critical insight into the ever-growing field of socially engaged public art by demonstrating how the committed collaboration of artists, community members, and cultural producers can meaningfully impact our collective futures. Presented through the lens of More Art’s fifteen-year history, the public art projects featured in this book expose issues of systemic inequality and injustice, stoke debate, and inspire alternatives. Artists and participants reflect on their works in newly conducted interviews, while essays from thinkers and actors in the field help situate the projects and the mission of socially engaged art in terms of greater cultural and political paradigms. More Art in the Public Eye establishes the framework for the conditions under which organizations like More Art operate, highlights the many meta-questions behind socially engaged public art, and seeks to amplify the wide array of voices that make up a project.
Micaela Martegani is Executive Director and Chief Curator of More Art and Adjunct Professor of Visual and Critical Studies at the School of Visual Arts. Jeff Kasper is Assistant Professor of Design at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Emma Drew is an independent arts writer and editor.