Lucy Orta

by Maia Damianovic, Nicolas Bourriaud, Roberto Pinto, et al.

The work of Paris-based British artist Lucy Orta (b.1966) examines the social bonds within communities and the relationships between individuals and their environments, bridging the boundaries of the visual arts by merging fashion, social engagement, poetry and performance. In the early 1990s Orta began a series of works called Refuge Wear that combined architecture, fashion and social activism. This series took the form of tent-like mobile structures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714843008
• ISBN13: 9780714843001
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.0" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary