{"product_id":"kota-ezawa-the-crime-of-art","title":"Kota Ezawa: The Crime of Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eRadius Books, 2018. Pictorial hardcover. New. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Crime of Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elooks at San Francisco–based artist Kota Ezawa’s (born 1969) oeuvre using crime as a lens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book presents photographs and reproductions from Ezawa’s recent exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York and Amherst featuring remakes of paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. In addition, the book draws connections from his current project to other work from the early 2000s to the present that contemplates crime. Among them are his animated films \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Simpson Verdict\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2002) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Unbearable Lightness of Being\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2005), as well as his ongoing drawing series \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe History of Photography Remix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which includes hand-drawn re-creations of historic crime-scene photography. While focusing on a single subject, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Crime of Art\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings attention to some of Ezawa’s key projects from the last 15 years, and coincides with a solo exhibition at SITE Santa Fe in 2017.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56397299712166,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/crimeofart.jpg?v=1776651436","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/kota-ezawa-the-crime-of-art","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}