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An icon of performance art and the indie-music world, this is the first book on the artist’s full career to date, as curated by the artist herself. Laurie Anderson is one of the most revered artists working today, and she is as prolific as she is inventive. She is a musician, performance artist, composer, fiction writer, and filmmaker (her most recent foray, Heart of a Dog, was lauded as an “experimental marvel” by the Los Angeles Times). Anderson moves seamlessly between the music world and the fine-art world while maintaining her stronghold in both. A true polymath, her interest in new media made her an early pioneer of harnessing technology for artistic purposes long before the technology boom of the last ten years. Regardless of the medium, however, it is exploration of language (and how it seeps into the image) and storytelling that is her métier.
A few years ago, Anderson began poring through her extensive archive of nearly for

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"This extensive volume traverses four decades of Anderson's work; including drawing, multimedia installations, performance, and new projects using augmented reality."
—Publishers Weekly

Laurie Anderson

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      Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
      Published 6 February 2018
      ISBN-13 9780847860555
      978-0847860555
      ISBN-10 0847860558
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      History of art

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An icon of performance art and the indie-music world, this is the first book on the artist’s full career to date, as curated by the artist herself. Laurie Anderson is one of the most revered artists working today, and she is as prolific as she is inventive. She is a musician, performance artist, composer, fiction writer, and filmmaker (her most recent foray, Heart of a Dog, was lauded as an “experimental marvel” by the Los Angeles Times). Anderson moves seamlessly between the music world and the fine-art world while maintaining her stronghold in both. A true polymath, her interest in new media made her an early pioneer of harnessing technology for artistic purposes long before the technology boom of the last ten years. Regardless of the medium, however, it is exploration of language (and how it seeps into the image) and storytelling that is her métier.
      A few years ago, Anderson began poring through her extensive archive of nearly for

      Trade Review
      "This extensive volume traverses four decades of Anderson's work; including drawing, multimedia installations, performance, and new projects using augmented reality."
      —Publishers Weekly

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