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The Art of Jessica Voorsanger: The Impostor Series

The Art of Jessica Voorsanger: The Impostor Series
Library Shelf Location 18.VOOR
Publication Date 2014
Description

The Art of Jessica Voorsanger is a comprehensive monograph of multimedia artist Voorsanger’s work, dealing with the subjects of popular culture and celebrity, identity, obsession, escapism, and the changing relationship between the fan and the idol.

The book explores a range of her work, from karaoke performances, kitsch installations, paintings and sculpture, with a particular focus on new work emerging from her ongoing project, The Impostor Series. By using humour and parody in The Impostor Series, her work is also able to tackle tough topics including her personal cancer treatment, gender politics, and the discomfort that we can feel as an audience through humour.

As a book The Art of Jessica Voorsanger operates on the same plain as the world she is critiquing, the design itself drawing on celebrity annuals, memories of falling in love with David Cassidy, and a childhood spent celebrity-spotting in New York’s Upper East Side. The publication takes on board all of the playfulness, seriousness and vibrance of Voorsanger’s work, contributing to the wide-reaching current discussion in society around celebrity in an engaging way.

ISBN 9781908966858
Quantity 1
Pages 160
Authors Kathy Kubicki, Louisa Buck, Emily Druiff, Deborah Robinson, Ralph Rugoff
Format Hardback
Publisher Black Dog Publishing, London
Related Artist Jessica Voorsanger
Category Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team)
Keywords Celebrity, Identity, Popular culture
Language English

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