IMAGES: Breaking and Entering, edited by Bridget Elliott
The Contemporary House Cut, Spliced, and Haunted.
As climate change, economic recession, war, and mass migration destabilize the world and create a less certain future, notions of home and shelter loom large. Breaking and Entering considers how artists and filmmakers address issues around housing and the house by prying open both physical and metaphorical domestic structures.
Drawing on a variety of perspectives from art history, architecture, and film studies, the essays in this book explore how we can salvage from historical experiences of dwelling and help us find shelter in the future.
Breaking and Entering is chock-full of works by contemporary artists who deal with issues around house and home.
Check out this (tiny) sample of artworks discussed in the book.
Mona Hatoum, Mobile Home, 2005. Photo: Jason Mandella. Copyright Mona Hatoum, courtesy of Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York.
Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy, Self Storage, 2006. Materials: entire belongings, glasshouse. Photo: Jenny Carter. Adventures in Form & Space, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Courtesy of the artists.
Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy, Deceased Estate, 2004. Materials: entire found detritus from artist’s warehouse. Photo: Christian Schnur. Weil am Rhein, Germany. Courtesy of the artists.
David Hoffos, Scenes from the House Dream: Circle Street, 2003. Photo: David Miller. Courtesy of the artist.
Heather Benning, Death of The Dollhouse: Fire #2, 2013. Image: Heather Benning. Courtesy and copyright the artist.
Rachel Whiteread, Place (Village), 2006–08. Installation view, Psycho Buildings: Artists Take on Architecture at the Hayward Gallery. Photo Mike Bruce. Image courtesy of Gagosian Gallery, copyright Rachel Whiteread.
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