Branded and On Display

by Daniel Thomas Cook

Overview

Ours is a culture defined by marketing and acquiring. Virtually every activity in our lives is experienced through purchases, from layettes to caskets. The landscape is studded with logos, brand names, and billboards. Branded and On Display examines the work of artists who explore specific strategies of branding and presentation in their response to this pervasively commoditized environment. Representing a range of media - sculpture, video, installation, sound, painting, and photography - the work is compelling and provocative, nudging us to "re-view" our culture with an appraising eye.

There is an exhilarating range of concerns and media represented by artists Ai Weiwei, Conrad Bakker, Amy Barkow, Ashley Bickerton, Michael Blum, Louis Cameron, Diller + Scofidio, Terence Gower, Laurie Hogin, Pierre Huyghe, Clay Ketter, Ryan McGinness, Donna Nield, Haim Steinbach, Tempi & Wolf, Yuken Teruya, Hank Willis Thomas, Brian Ulrich, Siebren Versteeg, and Zhao Bandi.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781883015381
Publisher:	Krannert Art Museum
Publication date:	01/19/2007
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Daniel Thomas Cook is a sociologist of advertising and communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Nine stories by Dung Kai-cheung, an author and teacher of creative writing in Hong Kong, were translated by Winnie Won Yin Wong. Other contributors include Ginger Gregg Duggan, Judith Hoos Fox, Cele C. Otnes, and Linda M. Scott.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Branded and On Display / Judith Hoos Fox

The Branded Lifestyle / Ginger Gregg Dugan

Children of the Brand / Daniel Thomas Cook

O Brand, Where Art Thou? The Rituals of Branded Shopping / Cele C. Otnes

Under the Sign of the Brand: Images, Language, and Material Culture / Linda M. Scott

Works in the Exhibition

Contributors

Notes on Stories

Photography Credits

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