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Taryn Simon Birds of the West Indies

By Taryn Simon

Taryn Simon Birds of the West Indies Travel

Taryn Simon Birds of the West Indies

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In 1936, an ornithologist called James Bond released the definitive taxonomy of birds found in the Caribbean, titled Birds of the West Indies. Ian Fleming, an active bird watcher living in Jamaica, subsequently appropriated the name for his novel’s lead character. He found it to be perfectly “ordinary”, “brief”, “Anglo-Saxon” and “masculine”. This co-opting of names was the first replacement in a series of substitutions that would become central to the construction of the Bond narrative. In a meticulous and comprehensive dissection of the Bond films, artist Taryn Simon (*1975 in New York) inventoried women, weapons and vehicles in Bond. The contents of these categories function as essential accessories to the narrative’s myth of the seductive, powerful, and invincible western male. In Birds of the West Indies, Simon presents a visual database of interchangeable variables used in the production of fantasy, through which she examines the economic and emotional value generated by their repetition.


Exhibition schedule: 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh October 5, 2013–March 16, 2014
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
440
Release Date:
2013-10-02
Publication Date:
2013-09-30
Publisher:
Hatje Cantz Verlag
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3775736638
ISBN13:
9783775736633
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
2500 g
Height:
210 cm
Width:
300 cm
Thickness:
50 cm

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