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Monica Bonvicini / Janet Kraynak, Juliane Rebentisch and Alexander Alberro. - 158 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm - Contemporary artists . - Contemporary artists .

Includes bibliographical references.

Interview: Alexander Alberro in conversation with Monica Bonvicini -- Survey. The architecture of history: On the art of Monica Bonvicini / Janet Karynak -- Focus. Convolutions: On the logic of ornamentation in the work of Monica Bonvicini / Juliane Rebentisch -- Artist's choice -- Artist's writings -- Chronology.

Confronting the overlap between patriarchy and architecture head on, Monica Bonvicini has attracted international attention with her video Wallfucking in which a naked woman rubs her genitals against a wall protuberance and with her site-specific installations using chains, steel and leather. Architecture is the ultimate erotic act, carry it to excess, asserts an installation in this monograph.--

ISBN: 9780714867052 (paperback) 0714867055 (paperback)

LCCN: 2015458106

Subjects--Personal Names:
Bonvicini, Monica, 1965- --Criticism and interpretation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Installations (Art)--21st century.
Art, Modern--21st century

Dewey Class. No.: 709.2 BON