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Richard Kraft: It Is What It Is : All the Cards Issued to Donald Trump, January 2017 January 2021 by Richard Kraft (2021, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSiglio Press

ISBN-101938221281

ISBN-139781938221286

eBay Product ID (ePID)10050402920

Product Key Features

Book TitleRichard Kraft: It Is What It Is : All the Cards Issued to Donald Trump, January 2017 January 2021

Number of Pages1622 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicIndividual Artists / Artists' Books, Art & Politics

IllustratorYes

GenreArt

AuthorRichard Kraft

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height5.2 in

Item Weight121.9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsThe stubborn systematism of Kraft's project [is] [a] touchingly futile attempt to collate ephemeral news and prevent forgetting., The books are beautiful--vibrantly so, insistently so--and this visual splendor exerts an elevating counterforce to the despair elicited by the very same information delivered verbally. Moral depravity is made to co-exist with sensual pleasure. Through the project's own inherent contradictions, Kraft fine-tunes the incredulity that suffused the Trump years into a persuasive case for simultaneity., The books are beautiful vibrantly so, insistently so and this visual splendor exerts an elevating counterforce to the despair elicited by the very same information delivered verbally. Moral depravity is made to co-exist with sensual pleasure. Through the project's own inherent contradictions, Kraft fine-tunes the incredulity that suffused the Trump years into a persuasive case for simultaneity., The stubborn systematism of Kraft s project [is] [a] touchingly futile attempt to collate ephemeral news and prevent forgetting., Not just a feat of bearing witness but also a commentary on how concerned citizens struggled to process Trump s calamitous, norm-violating presidency in an age of information overload., Not just a feat of bearing witness but also a commentary on how concerned citizens struggled to process Trump's calamitous, norm-violating presidency in an age of information overload.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal709.05018

SynopsisA daily reckoning, a refusal of normalcy and a bulwark against forgetting: Richard Kraft s epic visual and notational account of Trump s four years in office When Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, New York based artist Richard Kraft felt the necessity, like many others, of keeping a close watch on his presidency. Every day, Kraft scoured the news and Trump s Twitter feed, assigning, like a referee in a soccer match, colored cards associated with transgressing rules and codes of conduct. Published in an edition of 650 copies, this five-volume set presents over 10,000 cards for Trump s words and actions. In soccer, yellow signifies a warning. Red is for those offenses for which a player should be dismissed. Soon after the inauguration, Kraft began adding more colors for other infractions. When asked about COVID-19 s death toll by journalist Jonathan Swan, Trump replied, It is what it is. This project takes its title from that callous dismissal. A brute confrontation with the facts of Trump's presidency, it is also a durational work of art, marrying futility with vigilance, transforming toxicity into beauty., A daily reckoning, a refusal of normalcy and a bulwark against forgetting: Richard Kraft's epic visual and notational account of Trump's four years in office When Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, New York-based artist Richard Kraft felt the necessity, like many others, of keeping a close watch on his presidency. Every day, Kraft scoured the news and Trump's Twitter feed, assigning, like a referee in a soccer match, colored cards associated with transgressing rules and codes of conduct. Published in an edition of 650 copies, this five-volume set presents over 10,000 cards for Trump's words and actions. In soccer, yellow signifies a warning. Red is for those offenses for which a player should be dismissed. Soon after the inauguration, Kraft began adding more colors for other infractions. When asked about COVID-19's death toll by journalist Jonathan Swan, Trump replied, "It is what it is." This project takes its title from that callous dismissal. A brute confrontation with the facts of Trump's presidency, it is also a durational work of art, marrying futility with vigilance, transforming toxicity into beauty.

LC Classification NumberN7433.4.K72I8 2021