Martha Rosler: The Bowery in Two Inadequate Descriptive Systems

by Steve Edwards

Book Overview

The first sustained critical examination of a work by Martha Rosler that bridged the concerns of conceptual art with those of political documentary.

In The Bowery in two inadequate descriptive systems (1974-1975) Martha Rosler bridged the concerns of conceptual art with those of political documentary. The work, a series of twenty-one black-and-white photographs, twenty-four text panels and three blank panels, embraces the codes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846380847
• ISBN13: 9781846380846
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Afterall Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher