Jason Rhoades: Black Pussy Cocktail Coffee Table Book

by Alex Israel and Jason Rhoades

Once described by critic Jerry Saltz as "orgies of narrative--Nevada's celebrated Chicken Ranch brothel crossed with Wal-Mart and Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau," the libidinously sprawling installations of Jason Rhoades (1965-2006) met cultural overproduction head-on, with a savage fervor comparable only to that of Rhoades' onetime teacher at UCLA, Paul McCarthy. His work encompassed excess and contradiction: "To juggle the impossible was always an issue...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3865216315
• ISBN13: 9783865216311
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Gerhard Steidl Gmbh
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 5.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.5" x 13.0"