Text by Hakim Bey, Michael Brenson, David Levi Strauss, Gilbert Vicario.
For more than 30 years, Los Angeles-born artist Daniel Joseph Martinez has been honing his politically-inflected practice, which critic Jeffrey Kastner has characterized as "unapologetically prob[ing] uncomfortable issues of personal and collective identity, seeking out threadbare spots in the fabric of conventional wisdom." A wry provocateur, Martinez incorporates an impressive array of media including text, painting, photography, sculpture, video, performance--even animatronics.
Known for the controversial pin he created as an interactive piece for the 1993 Whitney Biennial that read, I can't imagine ever wanting to be white, this volume, with essays by Michael Brenson, David Levi Strauss, Hakim Bey and Gilbert Vicario, provides an in-depth look at selected works from 1978 through Martinez's 2008 Whitney Biennial entry, Divine Violence, including his contributions to the San Juan Triennial in 2004, the Cairo Biennial in 2006 and the Moscow Biennial in 2007.
'A long overdue survey of the career of Daniel Joseph Martinez came in the form of a book called A Life of Disobedience, the best way to catch the full impact of an artist for whom art, life and politics are inseparable.' The New York Times
Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany, 2009
Format: Hardcover, 9.9 x 12.75 inches / 248 pages / 377 color images
English
Distributed by D.A.P.
ISBN: 9783775723053