Rudolf Stingel

New York-based, Italian-born artist Rudolf Stingel radically questions contemporary painting through his use of unusual materials like carpet, aluminum insulation paneling and Styrofoam. For example, for his 1991 New York debut at Daniel Newburg Gallery, Stingel exhibited a bright orange rug in the otherwise empty space. Conceived by Stingel and photographed and designed under his direction, this volume presents images from Stingel's 2007 solo exhibitions at the MoCA in Chicago and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, with work spanning the last 20 years of his career. Includes Stingel's photorealist self-portraits & smaller Styrofoam pieces, among others. Illus., 68 color.