Published in association with the traveling exhibition “Hélio Oiticica: Quasi-Cinemas,” co-organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne. Investigates Oiticica’s unique relationship to cinema and his keen interest in the cinematic experience, breaking new ground in the understanding of one of the most significant artists of the second half of the twentieth century. Foreword by Sherri Geldin, Udo Kittelmann, and Lisa Phillips, with essays by Carlos Basualdo, Dan Cameron, and Ivana Bentes. Includes extracts from the artist’s own writings: “Nitro Benzol & Black Linoleum,” “Mangue Bangue,” “Neyrotika,” “Block-Experiments in Cosmococa -Program in Progress,” “Cosmococa Instructions,” and selections from notebooks.

Hélio Oiticica: Quasi-Cinemas
Exhibition Catalogue
2001
159 pages; softcover; 31 black and white, 48 color illustrations
New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art; Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University; Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein; Ostfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz
ISBN: 3775710957