Adrián Villar Rojas: The Roof Garden Commission: The Theater of Disappearance

by Beatrice Galilee

Book Overview

Known for his ephemeral, interconnected installations and monumental sculpture, Argentinian artist Adri?n Villar Rojas (b. 1980) transformed The Met Roof into an immersive banquet scene for the 2017 Roof Garden Commission. This book retraces the artist's process by illustrating his conversations and discoveries at The Met, which informed an installation that negotiates the museum as both a social space and a space for the display of art. Villar Rojas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588396215
• ISBN13: 9781588396211
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 4.4" x 7.2"