Essays by Richard Flood, Laura Hoptman, Massimiliano Gioni, Trevor Smith

Unmonumental features a study of the object as seen by thirty contemporary sculptors at the vanguard of their craft, all selected by one of contemporary art's top curatorial teams. Forerunners in a major new artisitic development, the sculptures in Unmonumental are powerful but patently un-heroic; assembled from bits of the world at large, they are sardonic metaphors for our time. The artists range from the just emerged (Tobias Buche, Claire Fontaine, Gedi Sibony) to the internationally renowned (John Bock, Isa Genzken, Rachel Harrison). Generously illustrated in large full-colour photos, most of the artworks in Unmonumental have never before been published.

Published in conjunction with our inaugural exhibition in our landmark new building (designed by Seijima + Nishazawa / SANAA) on the Bowery in New York.

New Museum/Phaidon Press Inc.; 2007; Hardcover; 12" x 10" x 1"; 240 pp; ISBN: 978-0714848297

Original Price: $69.95