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Title: Rita Mcbride. (Reviews: Vaduz Liechtenstein).
Author: Hans Rudolf Reust
Publication: Artforum International (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Artforum International Magazine, Inc.
Volume: 41 Issue: 5 Page: 149(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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KUNSTMUSEUM LIECHTENSTEIN
Translated from German by Sara Ogger. A sexy artist named Gina Ashcraft is the protagonist of thirteen scenarios set in airports and train stations. Her goal is to seduce and be seduced in the midst of her art. This dime-store novel, serving as the catalogue for Rita McBride's exhibition, is the work of thirteen colleagues, among them artists John Baldessari and Juliao Sarmento and curator Dirk Snauwaert. Its combination of soft-core pornography, nomadic mobility, and art easily grasped by the public touches on the chief stereotypes of the art market of the '90s: "Back on the plane again and ready to depart. I had been in Lisbon for just five hours. But in those five hours...