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The Irresponsible Magician: Essays and Fictions
Rebekah Rutkoff
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Description for The Irresponsible Magician: Essays and Fictions
Paperback. Series: Semiotext(E). Num Pages: 104 pages, 42 color photos. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 188.
Sharp, acerbic, and humorous writings that approach psychoanalysis and celebrity on a first-name basis, with subjects that range from Oprah Winfrey to William Eggleston. As any good magician or psychoanalyst knows, it's the deliberate chalking of a particular square that allows for the discovery of personal order and private mythology. -from The Irresponsible Magician Sharp, acerbic, and often humorous, Rebekah Rutkoff's writings about contemporary culture reflect the present in ways reminiscent of Renata Adler's and Joan Didion's writings about urban life in the late twentieth century. Moving freely between fact and fiction, utilizing ... Read more
Sharp, acerbic, and humorous writings that approach psychoanalysis and celebrity on a first-name basis, with subjects that range from Oprah Winfrey to William Eggleston. As any good magician or psychoanalyst knows, it's the deliberate chalking of a particular square that allows for the discovery of personal order and private mythology. -from The Irresponsible Magician Sharp, acerbic, and often humorous, Rebekah Rutkoff's writings about contemporary culture reflect the present in ways reminiscent of Renata Adler's and Joan Didion's writings about urban life in the late twentieth century. Moving freely between fact and fiction, utilizing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Semiotext(E)
Condition
New
Weight
187g
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781584351733
SKU
V9781584351733
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About Rebekah Rutkoff
Rebekah Rutkoff is a New York-based writer, artist, and teacher. She is currently completing books on the American filmmakers Robert Beavers and Gregory Markopoulos and is the editor of a forthcoming volume of writings by and about Beavers. Her work has appeared in publications including Artforum, Bookforum, Fence, Animal Shelter, and World Picture. She is the recipient of a Creative ... Read more
Reviews for The Irresponsible Magician: Essays and Fictions
The rhythmic structure of Rutkoff's book separates mediums, encounters, first and second impressions, colors and symbols in sequences that relate without overlap in a clever and comic meditation on language, thought and abstraction. -Canadian Art Rebekah Rutkoff's collection... is exploratory and pushes beyond what we have often come to expect from our books... -Vagabond ... Read more