Thomas Demand : l'ésprit d'escalier
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Thomas Demand : l'ésprit d'escalier
Walter König, c2007
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Ésprit d'escalier
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Exhibition catalogue
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Feb. 28-June 3, 2007
Biography: p. 148-149
Bibliography: p. 150-153
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内容説明
Stairs, ladders and lifts are the motifs of Thomas Demand's latest monograph, <i>L'Esprit d'Escalier</i>, which is published on the occasion of his show at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. The title actually refers to so-called "staircase wit," that concise French expression for the chagrin of missed retorts--those hapless comebacks one only ever thinks up belatedly (i.e. when already descending the stairs): "I should've said (fill in blank)!" etc. One of Demand's ironic allusions to his title is a new work titled "Landing," which shows the shards of broken Qing vases on a staircase--a mishap caused by a visitor to The Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge in January 2006, who stumbled on his shoelaces and crashed into the three eighteenth-century vases, smashing them to pieces. As ever, Demand combines conceptual rigor and exacting craft in his painstakingly re-created sets, with their eerie edge of artifice. <i>L'Esprit d'Escalier</i> presents an overview of his current work in 23 large photographs, plus a film project and an architectural installation specially prepared for his Irish Museum exhibition. Alongside an excerpt from David Foster Wallace's <i>Girl with Curious Hair</i>, it also includes commissioned writings by Dave Eggers, Paul Oliver, Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith, Rachael Thomas and Enrique Juncosa.
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