"A fascinating account of the avant-garde photo-based arts from the early Soviet Union, featuring many previously unpublished images Finalist for a 2015 National Jewish Book Award in the Visual Arts category Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, photography, film, and posters played an essential role in the campaign to disseminate modernity and Communist ideology. From early experimental works by Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky t ..."
Perform(1st Edition) (Art Works) द्वारा JensHoffmann, Joan Jonas Paperback, 208 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2005 द्वारा Thames & Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-93006-9, ISBN: 0-500-93006-6
"A unique exhibition in a book, presenting challenging art that addresses the place and function of performance in the contemporary world.Art Works: An exciting new series celebrating the vitality and diversity of art in the twenty-first century. If all the world is a stage, then each of us is a performer. Every day, we act out individual roles and take part in private and collective rituals handed down by society. In our relationships w ..."
Unorthodox(Illustrated) द्वारा JensHoffmann Paperback, 184 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2016 द्वारा Jewish Museum ISBN-13: 978-0-300-21934-0, ISBN: 0-300-21934-2
"This wide-ranging and thought-provoking compilation explores the idea of nonconformity in art, religion, and philosophy. The book features 55 contemporary artists who work outside the norms of current practice, alongside both newly commissioned and previously published texts which, taken together, provide an astute sampling of recent perspectives on art and ideas. Among the artists whose work is featured are Margit Anna, Clayton Bailey ..."
"This monumental new book explores the recent history of exhibition-making, looking at the radical shifts that have taken place in the practice of curating contemporary art over the last 20 years. Tracing a history of curating through its most innovative shows, renowned curator Jens Hoffmann selects the 50 key exhibitions that have most significantly shaped the practice of both artists and curators. Chosen from the plethora of exhibition ..."
JensHoffmann (Curating) From Z to A (Hapax) द्वारा JensHoffmann Paperback, 80 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2018 द्वारा Jrp | Ringier ISBN-13: 978-3-03764-509-3, ISBN: 3-03764-509-1
"The sequel to the 2014 bestseller (Curating) From A to Z, this book extends the investigation of curatorial practice that the writer, exhibition maker and educator Jens Hoffmann (born 1974) began in the first volume.(Curating) From Z to A offers a summary of the development of curatorial practice over the last two decades as seen through the eyes of one of its leading practitioners. Organized in reverse alphabetical order, each letter o ..."
"Public figures require attention, whether from a constituency who votes them in or out of office, shareholders who decide their economic benefit to the corporation, or fans who judge their performances. However, on the periphery of this normal attention resides a very real risk; that of a much smaller group of individuals who lack the ability to discriminate between their own private fantasies and the figure's public behavior. They ma ..."
Menschen entschlüsseln द्वारा JensHoffmann Paperback, 208 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2015 द्वारा Mvg Verlag ISBN-13: 978-3-86882-564-0, ISBN: 3-86882-564-9
Tim Lee Capp Street Project: Steve Martin Let's Get Small 1977- Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps 1979 द्वारा Claire Fitzsimmons, JensHoffmann, Tim Lee Paperback, 88 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2008 द्वारा Cca Wattis Institute For Contemporary Arts ISBN-13: 978-0-9802055-0-3, ISBN: 0-9802055-0-6
"San Francisco's Capp Street Project was founded in 1983 as the first visual arts residency in the United States dedicated to the creation and presentation of new art installations. For his 2007 residency, Vancouver-based artist Tim Lee created an exhibition influenced by Steve Martin's first comedy album, "Let's Get Small" (1977), and Neil Young's seminal electric/acoustic album, "Rust Never Sleeps" (1979). Answering Martin's now-famous ..."
AniMystikAKtivist Between Traditional and the Contemporary in African Art द्वारा Kendell Geers, JensHoffmann, Zoë Strother Hardcover, 128 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2018 द्वारा Mercatorfonds ISBN-13: 978-0-300-23323-0, ISBN: 0-300-23323-X
"South African–born Belgian artist Kendell Geers changed his date of birth to MAY 1968 as a performance, effectively giving birth to himself as a work of art. His artistic practice weaves together African animism, European mysticism, and socio-political activism with humor, irony, and contradiction. He uses his identity as a White African like a key to unlock and critique our understanding and reading of history, art, and language. This ..."
"Seminar paper from the year 2019 in the subject Economics - Monetary theory and policy, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: According to conventional wisdom, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin exhibits several ..."
Show Time(2nd Edition) The 50 Most Influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art द्वारा JensHoffmann Paperback, 272 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2017 द्वारा Thames Hudson ISBN-13: 978-0-500-29262-4, ISBN: 0-500-29262-0
"Available for the first time in paperback, this is a revised and updated edition of Jens Hoffmann’s survey of groundbreaking exhibitions since 1989 and explores the radical shifts that have taken place in the practice of curating contemporary art over the last 25 years. Nine thematic sections focus on a huge variety of exhibitions – 53 in total – including those that have explored public space; reflected on globalization; engaged audien ..."
Show Time(1st Edition) 50 Most Influential Exhibitions in Contemporary Art: 50 Most Influential Exhibitions of Contemporary Art द्वारा JensHoffmann Hardcover, 256 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2012 द्वारा Thames & Hudson Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-500-23911-7, ISBN: 0-500-23911-8
"Show Time is the first book to explore the radical shifts that have taken place in the practice of curating contemporary art over the last twenty years. Tracing a history of the field through its most innovative shows, renowned curator Jens Hoffmann selects the fifty exhibitions that have most significantly shaped the practice of both artists and exhibition curators. The book's nine thematic sections focus on a huge variety of exhibitio ..."
99¢ or Less द्वारा JensHoffmann Paperback, 288 पन्ने, प्रकाशित 2018 द्वारा Karma, New York/Museum Of Contemporary Art Detroit ISBN-13: 978-1-942607-83-0, ISBN: 1-942607-83-0
"The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit’s show 99¢ or Less gathers 99 American artists addressing Detroit’s ongoing economic crisis, its 2013 bankruptcy and its role as an industrial powerhouse. The participating artists, among them John Baldessari, Brian Belott, Sarah Crowner, Michelle Grabner, Rob Pruitt and Amy Sillman, use materials from 99 cent stores."
"The Arcades Project (1927–40), the monumental unfinished work of cultural criticism by Walter Benjamin, is the German philosopher’s effort to comprehend urban modernity through the 19th-century Parisian shopping arcade. The Arcades: Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin combines artworks with archival materials and poetic interventions to form an original, multifaceted response to this collagelike cultural text. Jens Hoffmann astutely pa ..."
"Marking the 125th anniversary of the publication of Twain’s classic novel, Huckleberry Finn is the final volume in CCA Wattis’ trilogy of exhibitions that take canonical American novels as departure points for examinations by artists of key themes in American culture. Huckleberry Finn is easily among the most important and best-loved works of American literature, but it still tops the banned book list in America, revealing that its tack ..."
"The landmark Jewish Museum exhibition "Primary Structures" offered the first presentation of Minimalist sculptures in the United States, in 1966. The accompanying catalogue by Kynaston McShine became a key resource on artists such as Donald Judd, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, and Sol LeWitt, who were virtually unknown at the time. "Other Primary Structures "is a long-overdue reintroduction of this classic, out-of-print text. This two-volume s ..."
"People's Biennial is a celebration of the unknown, the peculiar and the disregarded. It was conceived through the curators' desire to explore the overlooked and the marginalized, and to present artistic positions usually dismissed by the mainstream art world. For the exhibition, five American art institutions present works by artists in each of the institutions' local communities, selected by the exhibition co-curators, Harrell Fletcher ..."