Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen
'Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen' focuses on Bell's continuing influence on contemporary art, exploring all aspects of his painting, video, installation, text and performance presented at documenta15, especially the ongoing installation project 'Embassy' (2013-), documenting this work’s influence as a site for discussions of race and identity in national and global contexts. Co-edited by Angela Goddard and Megan Tamati-Quennell, this publication was co-published by documenta 15 and includes new writing by renowned artists, art historians and academics Professor Sylvia McAdam, Alan Michelson, Professor Andrew McNamara, Professor Larissa Behrendt, and Professor Chelsea Watego, and an interview between Richard Bell and art collective ruangrupa.
'Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen' won the 2023 Museums Australasia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards (MAPDA) Best Book (Level A) and Best in Show for publications.
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420mm x 578mm, folded down to 420mm x 289mm 20pp; folded
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Richard Bell Reader: Tate Modern
'Richard Bell Reader: Tate Modern' marks Brisbane-based artist Richard Bell’s staging of his seminal work ‘Embassy’ (2013- ongoing) at Tate Modern, London in May-June 2023.
Taking the form of a broadsheet newspaper, this second iteration of the ‘Richard Bell Reader’ focuses on Bell's continuing influence on contemporary art, exploring all aspects of his practice. The new edition reflects Bell’s inclusion in documenta fifteen in Kassel, Germany (2022), and includes Bell’s two influential essays ‘BELL’S THEOREM: ABORIGINAL ART – It's a white thing!’ (2002) and ‘Bell’s Theorem (Reductio ad Infinitum): Contemporary Art – It’s a White Thing!’ (2022).
These essays, and a new introductory text by Bell, add to a collection of writing by renowned artists, historians and academics Professor Sylvia McAdam, Alan Michelson, Professor Andrew McNamara, Professor Larissa Behrendt, and Professor Chelsea Watego, and an interview between Richard Bell and art collective ruangrupa.
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420mm x 578mm, folded down to 420mm x 289mm 20pp; folded
RRP $8, postage $5 (if applicable)