{"product_id":"17412-taryn-simon","title":"Taryn Simon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Adobe Garamond Pro'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003eIn 1936, an ornithologist called James Bond released the definitive taxonomy of birds found in the \u003c!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/--\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eCaribbean\u003c\/st1:place\u003e, titled\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eBirds of the West Indies\u003c\/i\u003e. Ian Fleming, an active bird watcher living in \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eJamaica\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e, subsequently appropriated the name for his novel\u0026rsquo;s lead character. He found it to be perfectly \u0026ldquo;ordinary\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;brief\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;Anglo-Saxon\u0026rdquo; and \u0026ldquo;masculine\u0026rdquo;. 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\u0026nbsp;(*1975 in \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:state w:st=\"on\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/st1:state\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e)\u0026nbsp;inventoried women, weapons and vehicles in Bond. The contents of these categories function as essential accessories to the narrative\u0026rsquo;s myth of the seductive, powerful, and invincible western male.\u0026nbsp;In\u0026nbsp;\u003ci\u003eBirds of the West Indies\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Adobe Garamond Pro'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003eExhibition schedule: 2013 Carnegie International, Pittsburgh October 5, 2013\u0026ndash;March 16, 2014\u003c!--?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/--\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Book (signed) (978-3-7757-4140-8)","offer_id":45123060498696,"sku":"9783775741408","price":360.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Book (978-3-7757-3663-3)","offer_id":41645950763185,"sku":"9783775736633","price":34.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775736633_0f7697e5-3869-4895-a1c5-f4078e46c0ea.jpg?v=1744139565","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17412-taryn-simon","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}