Artists Space

Seth Price Book Launch

Book Launch
May 16, 2010, 7pm

The first substantial monograph on the artist, Price, Seth features an essay by Michael Newman alongside Price's own critical writings.

Book cover design featuring a white mask in the shape of a human face installed on a white backdrop. Ribbons of white material extend from the mask
Price, Seth by Seth Price, edited by Beatrix Ruf, text by Michael Newman, published by JRP Ringier, 2010. [Book cover design featuring a white mask in the shape of a human face installed on a white backdrop. Ribbons of white material extend from the mask's lower right side, curling on the backdrop. Black text reading "PRICE, SETH" is superimposed on the image's upper left corner.]

Price, Seth
Published by Kölnischer Kunstverein & Kunsthalle Zurich, in association with JRP, 2010.

Seth Price examines the production, dissemination, and valuation of contemporary art, across different media. He has recently exhibited at Capitain Petzel, Berlin (2010) Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (2009), Kunsthalle Zurich (2008), Koelnischer Kunstverein (2008), Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2008) and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York (2008).

Michael Newman is an associate professor in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His books include Richard Prince: Untitled (couple) (Afterall Books / MIT Press, 2006), Jeff Wall: Works and Collected Writings (Poligrafa, 2007), and Rewriting Conceptual Art (edited with J. Bird, Reaktion Books, 1999). He has contributed frequently to Artforum, Art in America, Parachute, and Kunst and Museum Journal.

Bosko Blagojevic is an artist and a writer living in New York City.