Bibliograph

Flora redux, Teresa Hubbard, Alexander Birchler

Type

Label

Flora redux, Teresa Hubbard, Alexander Birchler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Flora redux

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1105597563

Responsibility statement

Teresa Hubbard, Alexander Birchler

Summary

In the Swiss Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, the Swiss American artist duo Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler (born 1965 and 1962 respectively) presented 'Flora' and 'Bust', exploring the life of the unknown American artist Flora Mayo, with whom Alberto Giacometti had a love affair in Paris in the 1920s. While Giacometti is one of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, Mayo's oeuvre has been destroyed, her biography relegated to a footnote in Giacometti scholarship. In this work, which had its American premiere at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in 2019, Hubbard / Birchler reframe Mayo's history through a feminist perspective that interweaves reconstruction, reenactment, and documentary into a hybrid form of storytelling. Flora, a double-sided film installation, is conceived as a conversation between Mayo and her son, David, whom the artists discovered living near Los Angeles. The work generates a multifaceted dialogue between a mother and son, Mayo and Giacometti, Paris and Los Angeles, and past and present. This illustrated book depicts the journey of Hubbard / Birchler's process and is accompanied by a transcript of the film installation, a visual chronology of Flora Mayo's life, and conversations with the artists

Table Of Contents

Exhibition venues -- Foreword / Philipp Kaiser -- Flora in Los Angeles, Redux / Stephanie Barron -- At the edge of the frame / a conversation between Philipp Kaiser, Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler -- Flora : film sequences and dialogue -- The matter of recognition / Maeve Connolly -- Giving voice, forming body : conversation between Christina Végh, Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler -- Flora Lewis Mayo, chronology / Teresa Hubbard, Alexander Birchler -- Production -- Production and research credits -- Contributor biographies -- German translations -- Acknowledgments

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