Alex Da Corte Livres

Eminem as emblem of America throughout Alex Da Corte’s oeuvre This book exhaustively documents Philadelphia-based installation artist Alex Da Corte’s (born 1980) preoccupation with the musician Eminem across four exhibitions. From Detroit to Cologne, from an artist-run space to a major international museum, Da Corte’s work parallels Eminem’s career through his thirties, reappearing, evolving alongside America, explaining more of himself each time. Eminem’s place in culture and his role in Da Corte’s practice, as well as the larger story of American identity, is explored through recent and commissioned essays by Hilton Als, Charlie Fox, William Pym, Martine Syms and Moritz Wesseler, as well as manipulated found texts and an extensive Q&A with Danish filmmaker Jørgen Leth, whose 1982 work Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger strongly informs the discussion. True Life is both an uncompromising reference book and a work of fantasy.

Alex Da Cortes Künstlerbuch umfasst zwei Bände mit einem Gespräch zwischen dem Künstler und dem in Los Angeles lebenden Autor und Kritiker Bruce Hainley und Sorcery, einem Fotocomic des in New York lebenden Kurators und Autors Bob Nickas, der dafür vom Künstler zur Verfügung gestelltes Material verwendet hat.