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33 Artists in 3 Acts

Auteur(s): Sarah Thornton
Narrateur(s): Tavia Gilbert
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33 Artists in 3 Acts offers unprecedented access to a dazzling range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. Sarah Thornton's beautifully paced, fly-on-the-wall narratives include visits with Ai Weiwei before and after his imprisonment and Jeff Koons as he woos new customers in London, Frankfurt, and Abu Dhabi. She meets Yayoi Kusama in her studio around the corner from the Tokyo asylum that she calls home. She snoops in Cindy Sherman's closet, hears about Andrea Fraser's psychotherapist, and spends quality time with Laurie Simmons, Carroll Dunham, and their daughters Lena and Grace.

Through these intimate scenes, 33 Artists in 3 Acts explores what it means to be a real artist in the real world. Divided into three cinematic "acts" - politics, kinship, and craft - it investigates artists' psyches, personas, politics, and social networks. Witnessing their crises and triumphs, Thornton turns a wry, analytical eye on their different answers - and non-answers - to the question, "What is an artist?"

©2014 Sarah Thornton (P)2014 Tantor Art Histoire et critique de l'art

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"With effortless sophistication, Thornton takes readers on a journey across the globe and into the homes and minds of contemporary artists." ( Publishers Weekly)
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This was quite a good book, providing insights as to both the art world, and 33 artists. Many of the artists were new to me.

This audiobook is seriously missing a PDF accompaniment with, as a minimum, the table of contents, so that one can easily google the names to see examples of their work. Alternatively, if the chapters were named, rather than just an ambiguous “Chapter 7”, one could actually follow along.

Here is what I was able to put together for myself, and I am sharing it for the benefit of all listeners.


33 Artists in 3 Acts
by Sarah Thornton

Audiobook Chapters — put together by me

Act I: Politics
Jeff Koons – creator of the Guggenheim Bilbao puppy (interesting story)
Ai Weiwei – dissident artist, not afraid of a fight
Gabriel Orozco – loves bicycles and ping-pong tables * (reappears in Act III: Craft)
Eugenio Dittborn – mailed his art around the world
Lu Qing – massive scrolls
Zeng Fanzhi – big mask faces
Wangechi Mutu – collage meets sci-fi
Kutluğ Ataman – films about identity and outsiders
Tammy Rae Carland – feminist photos, zines, indie vibe
Martha Rosler – video and photomontage pioneer

Act II: Kinship
Elmgreen & Dragset – prankster duo, pools and pavilions
Maurizio Cattelan – yes, the duct-taped banana guy
Laurie Simmons – dolls, domestic scenes, Lena’s mom (below) ^
Carroll Dunham – wild, cartoonish paintings
Francis Alÿs – poetic city stunts, pushing ice blocks
Cindy Sherman – the master of disguise
Jennifer Dalton – charts and lists about the art world
William Powhida – sharp satire, draws the art market as villains
Francesco Bonami – curator with attitude
Grace Dunham – writer/performer, part of the family mix ^
Lena Dunham – filmmaker, HBO fame, art-world roots ^
Rashid Johnson – plants, shea butter, Afrofuturism touches
Massimiliano Gioni – Venice Biennale guy

Act III: Craft
Damien Hirst – the story behind the £50K shark (weird!)
Andrea Fraser – museum performances, biting critique
Jack Bankowsky – critic, art-world insider
Christian Marclay – famous for The Clock
Marina Abramović – sat for hours, people cried
Grayson Perry – pots, frocks, Turner Prize
Yayoi Kusama – famous for her “polka dot” installations (love her work!)
Cady Noland – few works but huge buzz
Gabriel Orozco – second appearance, more experiments *
Beatriz Milhazes – colorful Brazilian patterns
Isaac Julien – lush films on race and desire


Here are the full details of the audiobook I listened to (from my Audible library):

33 Artists in 3 Acts
WRITTEN BY Sarah Thornton
NARRATED BY Tavia Gilbert
RELEASE DATE 2014-11-18
FORMAT Unabridged Audiobook
LENGTH 11 hrs and 16 mins
PUBLISHER Tantor Audio

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