{"product_id":"against-reason-volume-2-tony-smith-architecture-and-other-modernisms-paperback-1","title":"Against Reason, Volume 2: Tony Smith, Architecture, and Other Modernisms - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Voorhies\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOriginal essays and visual arts projects that explore the understudied breadth and richness of American artist Tony Smith's work in architecture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Reason: Volume 2\u003c\/i\u003e is the companion publication to \u003ci\u003eTony Smith Catalogue Raisonné Architecture, \u003c\/i\u003ethe second in a two-volume, four-book printed publication series dedicated to Tony Smith's sculpture and architecture. Edited by curator and historian James Voorhies, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Reason \u003c\/i\u003egathers newly commissioned essays together with visual arts projects by practitioners and critics, including Mario Gooden, Christopher Ketcham, Marta Kuzma, Peter L'Official, R.H. Quaytman, and Jasmine Rault. Their contributions from a wide range of disciplines-- from American studies, architecture, and art history to theory, design, and visual art--place Smith's architectural design work in dialogue with contemporary culture, expanding perspectives on the artist's canonical work and offering fresh twenty-first-century insights. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eAgainst Reason\u003c\/i\u003e books complicate and pluralize the very idea of the catalogue raisonné to challenge the monolithic place these forms have in writing art history by providing a more nuanced and historically rich lens through which the Tony Smith archive and his work can be read. In this case, the dual-publication project is an innovative approach to scholarship that situates Smith within contemporary culture, thus making evident his ongoing relevance in the fields of art and design.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Voorhies is an American curator and historian of modern and contemporary art. He has authored several books including \u003ci\u003ePostsensual Aesthetics: On the Logic of the Curatorial\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 2023) and \u003ci\u003eBeyond Objecthood: The Exhibition as a Critical Form since 1968\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT Press, 2017); he is coeditor of a two-volume catalogue raisonné of the work of American artist Tony Smith, and editor of two companion volumes of essays and projects related to Smith (all MIT Press, 2024-2025).Voorhies is based New York, has taught at Bennington College and Harvard University, and holds a PhD in modern and contemporary art history from the Ohio State University, USA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 7.87 x 5.39 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173090246905,"sku":"9780262551380","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RExl7mI3s59780262551380_b333fc84-f51b-40ac-9ab6-6ffca534ce89.webp?v=1767625369","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/against-reason-volume-2-tony-smith-architecture-and-other-modernisms-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}