JONAS, Joan; CLAUSEN, Barbara (ed.); POOR, Kristin (ed.); KIVLAND, Kelly (ed.)
Joan Jonas: Next Move in a Mirror World

This book breaks new ground by contextualizing and expanding understandings of Joan Jonas’ body of work through three thematic approaches: the critical notions of gender, being and otherness; the politics of landscape and ecology; and new conceptions of medium specificity and un-specificity. These themes serve as a framework through which to address the rich vocabulary of Jonas’ performances, sculptures, drawings and installations from the early 1970s until today. Inspired by the format of a reader, the monograph presents new writing and scholarship, excerpts from Douglas Crimp's final interview, as well as a selection of drawings and sketches from Jonas’ notebooks, including never-before-published drawings created during the coronavirus lockdown. [publishers’ note]

Preface by Jessica Morgan. Introduction and text by Barbara Clausen. Text by Adrienne Edwards, André Lepecki, Kristin Poor, Jeannine Tang. Interview with Douglas Crimp. Conversation with Heather Davis, Joan Jonas, Zoe Todd. Coda by Kelly Kivland.

Published by DIA Art Foundation, 2023
Monographs