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Between the Frames, Chapter 6: The Critics

Antonio Muntadas

1991 00:53:50 United StatesEnglishColorMono4:3Video

Description

Between the Frames is a series that offers a glimpse into contemporary history that is already past, a portrait of personalities and opinions shaping what and how art reaches a public forum.

The Critics: Between the Frames, Chapter 6

In this chapter of Between the Frames, Muntadas interviews an array of theorists, historians, and writers who have been influential in their studies of contemporary art, including Benjamin Buchloh, Bernard Marcade, Pierre Restany, Filiberto Menna, Achille Bonito-Oliva, Nina Dimitrijevic, Guy Brett, Thomas Wulffen, Yves Michaud, Tommaso Trini, Lorenzo Mango, Lucy Lippard, Peter Frank, Catherine Strasser, Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Catherine Millet, Maria Luisa Borras, Daniel Giralt-Miracle, Victoria Combalía, Christopher Knight, Donald Kuspit, Craig Owens, Dore Ashton, and Jeanne Randolph.

Offering a variety of viewpoints on their positions in relation to art, the critics' comments are unified by their serious passion for art and images of ocean tides.

This title is also available in the complete collection Between the Frames

Antoni Muntadas was born in Barcelona in 1942, and has lived in New York since 1971. His work addresses social, political and communications issues, and the relationship between public and private space within social frameworks, as well as channels of information and the ways they may be used to censor central information or promulgate ideas. He works on projects in different media such as photography, video, publications, Internet and multi-media installations. Since 1995, Muntadas has grouped together a set of works and projects titled On Translation emphasizing issues of interpretation, transcription and cultural translation. Their content, dimensions and materials are variable, and focus on the author’s personal experience and artistic activity in numerous countries over forty years.

Also see:
Antoni Muntadas: Video Portrait