Launch of New Publication Michael Stevenson: An Introduction

Michael Lett and Portikus Cordially Invite You to Join Us For the New Zealand Launch of the New Publication

Michael Stevenson: An Introduction

Saturday 11 May, 4-6pm
Michael Lett, 285/2 Great North Road, Auckland

This book, edited by Laura Preston and designed by Nuno da Luz, is an introduction to New Zealand-born artist Michael Stevenson. It is the first extensive publication on his practice, spanning close to thirty years of art production, and was developed on the occasion of the artist's concurrent exhibitions at Portikus, Frankfurt, and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City.

It is through the lens of different authors, all of whom share a long-standing affinity with the work of Michael Stevenson, that this volume of images, new writing and re-printed texts from the artist’s archive has been brought together. Michael Taussig presents a geopolitical view on the relationship between history and place. Jan Verwoert gives insight into the artist’s methodology and offers an account of the practice related to economic systems. Mark von Schlegell has contributed a parallel text in the science-fiction genre entitled 'Pan-Atlantis', and Marilyn Strathern’s lecture from 2005 further contributes to the artist’s fascination with the connectedness of things. A writing project between Stevenson and Giovanni Intra, re-discovered in the artist's archive, is also included along with reprinted texts by Roberto Bolaño Ávalos and José de Jesús Martínez. Together with a comprehensive image selection as well as a visual essay especially compiled by the artist, this book gives rare insight into Michael Stevenson’s complex oeuvre.

Michael Stevenson: An Introduction
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln
Soft-cover with dust jacket, 264 pages
Language: English, Spanish
ISBN: 978-3-86335-236-3
Price: NZD 65.00 / Launch price: NZD 50.00

This publication has been generously supported by Creative New Zealand.

Michael Stevenson's film Introducción a la teoría de la probabilidad, 2008, is currently presented on Vdrome, the online platform for the presentation of film by artists, conceived and produced by Mousse Magazine, Milan, Italy. The film runs until 9 May alongside an interview with Michael Stevenson conducted by Magali Arriloa.

We are delighted to announce that Michael Stevenson will present an exhibition of new work at Michael Lett, Auckland in August 2013.

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