{"product_id":"roni-horn-wits-end-hardcover","title":"Roni Horn: Wits' End - Hardcover","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\u003eRoni Horn\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eMichelle White\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHorn's silkscreens of crowdsourced clichés and colloquialisms celebrate the instabilities of the vernacular\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the two series of drawings that comprise \u003ci\u003eWits' End\u003c\/i\u003e, Roni Horn (born 1955) takes handwritten idioms, clichés and colloquialisms as her source material. Horn asked approximately 300 people to write down five of these vernacular phrases, which were then made into individual silkscreens. In \u003ci\u003eWits' End Sampler\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), shown at the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, Texas, in 2018-19, the idioms are screened in a unique configuration directly on the wall; \u003ci\u003eWits End Mash\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) consists of compositions of 75 to 350 idioms silkscreened on paper. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese drawings engage the \"moments when language fails and connotation migrates,\" with meaning that \"delights in instability and movement,\" as Michelle White writes in her essay included in this volume. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWits' End\u003c\/i\u003e is the seventh in a series of books by Horn gathering series of works, two of which--\u003ci\u003ebird\u003c\/i\u003e (2008) and \u003ci\u003eaka\u003c\/i\u003e (2010)--were published by Hauser \u0026amp; Wirth Publishers.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 12.2 x 11.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175192412409,"sku":"9783906915654","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/TnJZYlhRanBpQ3FYNnExS2FJeFZtUT09.webp?v=1767662155","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/roni-horn-wits-end-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}