Найповніша та найновіша книга про яскраву програму публічного мистецтва Нью-Йорка, Хай Лайн

Хай-Лайн, знаменита залізнична лінія Нью-Йорка, що перетворена на зелену доріжку, щороку приймає мільйони відвідувачів, створюючи унікальний простір для зустрічі з мистецтвом і перформансом.Elevated оглядає багаті, багатогранні пропозиції своєї публічної мистецької програми High Line Art, представляючи роботи та проекти за останнє десятиліття ключових художників з усього світу.

Книга містить низку проектів світового рівня таких художників, як Сімона Лі, Паола Піві, Сем Дюрант, Джордан Кастел, Сесілія Вікунья, Шейла Хікс, Ель Анацуї, Філіда Барлоу, Фейт Рінгголд, Барбара Крюгер, Зої Леонард та багато інших. Він документує творчу еволюцію та яскраве культурне програмування High Line Art, яке пропонує полотно міського масштабу для митців і виконавців, з яким можна взаємодіяти, видно на численних фотографіях, які описують проекти протягом сезонів у парку.

Завдяки об’ємним фотографіям і унікальним бесідам з художниками-учасниками, а також есе ключових критиків, таких як Джулія Брайан-Вілсон і Аруна Д’Соуза, у цій книзі розглядаються десятки інсталяцій під відкритим небом, рекламних щитів, настінних малюнків, відеопроектів і спільних заходів, які демонструють унікальний і яскравий вплив High Line Art як на Нью-Йорк, так і на світ мистецтва.

Про автора:

Сесілія Алемані – директор Дональда Р. Маллена-молодшого та головний куратор High Line Art, програми публічного мистецтва, представленої High Line у ​​Нью-Йорку, і провідний експерт із замовлення та створення амбітних творів мистецтва для громадських і незвичайних місць. З 2020 по 2022 рік вона працювала художнім керівником 59-ї Венеціанської бієнале, де була куратором відомої виставки The Milk of Dreams і буде куратором видання SITE SANTA FE International у 2025 році.

Published in conjunction with the landmark exhibition, Tetsuya Ishida: My Anxious Self, at Gagosian New York, this fully illustrated catalog documents more than eighty paintings by the late Tetsuya Ishida and includes new essays by Cecilia Alemani and Diethard Leopold.

Tetsuya Ishida: My Anxious Self accompanies the 2023 survey exhibition, curated by Cecilia Alemani, of more than eighty paintings by the late Japanese artist on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his birth. With works from the Ishida Estate, notable private collections, and the Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka City, Japan, Tetsuya Ishida: My Anxious Self represents the most comprehensive presentation of the artist’s work to have been staged outside Japan, and his first ever in New York.  

Over the course of just ten years, Ishida produced a striking body of work centered on the theme of human alienation. He emerged as an artist during Japan’s “lost decade,” a recession that lasted through the 1990s, and his paintings capture the feelings of hopelessness, claustrophobia, and disconnection that characterized Japanese society during this time of rapid technological advancement. Before his untimely death in 2005, Ishida conjured allegories of the challenges to national life in paintings and graphic works charged with a Kafkaesque absurdity.

The catalog contains lavish plate photography, including details, of the exhibited paintings. An extensive essay by Alemani provides essential historical and interpretive context for the work, while an essay by Diethard Leopold examines Ishida’s frequent use of his own face in his paintings. The catalog also features a foreword by Larry Gagosian; an introduction by Michiaki Ishida, the artist’s brother; and a reprint of the short story “The Red Cocoon” (1950) by Kōbō Abe.

Ishida was born in the city of Yaizu, in Shizuoka Prefecture, in 1973, and died in Tokyo in 2005. Gagosian presented the first exhibition of Ishida’s work outside Japan, in Hong Kong in 2013.

About the Authors:

Kōbō Abe (1924–1993), considered one of Japan’s most influential postwar novelists, is also known for his short stories, plays, and film scenarios. Cecilia Alemani, an Italian curator based in New York, is the Donald R. Mullen Jr. Director and Chief Curator of High Line Art, the public art program presented by the High Line in New York. Michiaki Ishida is the older brother of Tetsuya Ishida. Diethard Leopold, born in Vienna in 1956 to a family of art collectors, continues to live in the Austrian capital where he works as a curator at the Leopold Museum and writes opera librettos in the style of Japanese Noh plays.

Spiritual-Surreal Imagery

Jakub Julian Ziółkowski's vibrant works are bizarre and alluring. In his wild, surreal cosmos of mutant humans, organic forms and circulatory systems, the Polish painter mixes cultural symbols, the decorative and the fantastical. Juxtaposing the spiritual and the microscopic, he creates a universe bristling with detail and a kaleidoscope of references—from Hiernoymos Bosch visions of heaven and hell and James Ensor’s grotesque allegories to Philip Guston.Yet, his paintings show a highly personal world that is populated by a recurring cast of characters. This publication is the first comprehensive overview of his work from 2005 to the present, giving insights into his artistic practice in different media: from painting to sculpture, ceramics as well as drawing. The book includes essays by Olga Tokarczuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and Cecilia Alemani, curator of the 59. Venice Biennale, an in-depth interview with the artist, as well as texts by philosopher Kajetan Młynarski and psychologist Bartłomiej Dobroczyński.

About the Artist:

Jakub Julian Ziółkowski (*1980, Zamość, Poland) is one of the most eminent Polish contemporary painters. He trained at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where he lives and works today. Since 2003, his work has been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions, including Hauser & Wirth, London (2017), Neues Museum Nürnberg (2017), and the 55. Biennale di Venezia (2013).

The definitive book on High Line art, the public art program on the High Line, one of the most popular destinations in New York City. High Art surveys the first five years of art on the High Line, the unique elevated park in New York City created through the repurposing of an abandoned railway line. Since 2009, when the High Line was opened to the public, nineteen million visitors have been witness to more than 100 public art projects animating the grounds of this unique "park in the sky." The works include sculpture, installation, billboards, video, performance, and sound works by a range of artists, from established figures such as John Baldessari, El Anatsui, Maurizio Cattelan, Gilbert & George, and Ed Ruscha, to critically acclaimed mid-career artists such as Carol Bove, Sarah Sze, and Mark Grotjahn. The High Line is steadily broadening the audience for contemporary art while pushing the boundaries of traditional public art programs. This beautifully illustrated volume features the High Line’s diverse projects thematically, including full-color images and short texts on the various projects, along with an introduction by curator Cecilia Alemani; an essay on the High Line’s effect on Chelsea, the neighborhood cultural hub where it is located; and a roundtable discussion about public art today.

About the Author:

Cecilia Alemani is the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator and director of High Line art in New York

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