Glamour Is Theft: A User's Guide to General Idea
1969-1978
$135.04
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
18 July 2013
Summary
From its origins in the mail art movement through to its “destruction” of The 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion in 1977, the Canadian collective General Idea constructed a comprehensive body of work as a performative fiction. Glamour Is Theft examines this “pageantry of camp parody” through the logic of its mythic system. The book reconstructs this system from statements that were dispersed and disguised within General Idea’s work and writing as a whole, including the publication FILE Magazine…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780921972662 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0921972660 |
| Author: | General Idea, Philip Monk |
| Publisher: | Art Gallery of York University,Canada |
| Imprint: | Art Gallery of York University,Canada |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 18 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 998g |
| Dimensions: | 262mm x 213mm |
You Can Find This Book In
About The Author
General Idea
Philip Monk is curator at the Power Plant-Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront Centre. Maia-Mari Sutnik is head of Collections, Art Gallery of Ontario
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.