{"product_id":"the-human-condition-media-art-from-the-kramlich-collection-i","title":"Human Condition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first in a series of four thematic volumes devoted to the world-class Kramlich Collection, the largest and most significant private collection of modern and contemporary media art.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  How does art respond to contemporary social questions? How, especially, does moving-image art address the themes that move us most?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Drawn on works from the Kramlich Collection of time-based media art, \u003ci\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e comments on a range of complex political issues such as civil war, psychological isolation, human rights, gender relations, nuclear catastrophe and planetary degradation. Along the way, the featured artists innovate in their hybrid use of sound, image, performance, sculpture and screen technology.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Since their first acquisition in 1987, pioneering collectors Pamela and Richard Kramlich have established one of the foremost international collections of media, video, film, slide, photography and performance art. In the first of four volumes devoted to the collection, \u003ci\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e presents signature works by internationally recognized artists such as Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Dara Birnbaum, James Coleman, Pierre Huyghe, William Kentridge, Christian Marclay, Steve McQueen, Richard Mosse, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat and Nam June Paik. \u003ci\u003eThe Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e also features newly commissioned essays from leading curators and scholars specializing in time-based media art, including Erika Balsom, Bill Brown, Adrienne Edwards, Chrissie Iles, Isaac Julien, Barbara London, Mark Nash, Catherine Wood and others.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  This book engages both newcomers and experts in the field with captivating imagery and rigorous reflection on some of the most influential contemporary art practices of the 20th and 21st centuries.","brand":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40065935474771,"sku":"","price":72.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780500025635_5ece3471-ace8-4a92-9377-0d32561c8cd6.jpg?v=1764839737","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-human-condition-media-art-from-the-kramlich-collection-i","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}