Description:
New York-based artist Paul Ramírez Jonas (born 1965) investigates how publics are constituted and convened through the exploration of public forms like the equestrian statue, the bronze plaque and the key to the city.
Published to accompany the artist's first survey exhibition in the Americas, Atlas, Plural, Monumental is the most comprehensive publication on the artist's work to date, including sculptures, photographs, videos, drawings, public actions and participatory works made from 1991 to 2016. It includes an introductory essay by CAMH Director Bill Arning, an essay by curator Dean Daderko, and commissioned essays by Claire Barliant and Shannon Jackson, as well as a checklist of works included in the exhibition and biographic and bibliographic information.