The Un/Necessary Image

This book organizes and compiles the work of 21 artists. Itself an artistic endeavor, the book explores the content and meaning of the "public image" generated by mass media, and the appropriation of art and images in popular culture, by the government and by big businesses. Edited by Antonio Muntadas and Peter D'Agostino, including work by Sanja Ivekovic, Reese Williams, John Brumfield, David Craven, Les Levine, Dan Graham, Chip Lord, Richard Kriesche, General Idea, Robert Morgan, Joan Rabascall, Victor Burgin, Hans Haacke, Kristine Stiles, Erica Rothenberg, Hal Fischer, Catallina Parra, Judy Malloy, Judith Barry and the editors.