{"product_id":"black-box-martin-gantman-9780975985731","title":"Black Box: Decoding the Art Work of Martin Gantman","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her foreword to the book, Black Box: Decoding the Art Work of Martin Gantman, the noted art historian and artist, Dr. Lise Patt, writes the following: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMartin Gantman grew his artistic bones during the last throes of modernism, when art's autonomy had already been undermined and all that \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eremained of this enduring style were the simple, clean lines of formalism. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe cut his intellectual teeth on conceptualism, a short-lived art movement with long-ranging impact on art's raison d'être; and developed his \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003evisual muscle in the warren of 'posts-' that were coined during the 1980s \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eto lessen history's stranglehold on art's discourses, institutions, and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003epractices. Yet, by the time Gantman hit his stride as a visual artist he had \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ealready severed many of the ties that tethered him to these varied movements. If, in 1913, Duchamp drew a line in modernism's sandbox, then by \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe 1990s Martin Gantman had crossed that line to become a contemporary artist, a practitioner who disavows history and any long-standing art \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ehistorical style with work that analyses the status of art and the state of the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eworld as they both exist in the here and now.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book describes the theoretical bases, process, and development of the artist, Martin Gantman, through an almost 40-year span of art production. It details the evolution of his practice through 10 individual books, each based on a theoretical or practical interest that compelled him during his years of production.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Gantman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0975985736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780975985731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Gantman Studio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.88d","brand":"Martin Gantman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453438439679,"sku":"9780975985731","price":79.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3f7ca77-2e26-47da-9c18-6ebee4ad985e.jpg?v=1777300223","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-box-martin-gantman-9780975985731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}