{"product_id":"9781954939004","title":"Nicole Miller: Michael in Black","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuthor: Miller, Nicole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first monograph on Los Angeles–based artist and filmmaker Nicole Miller, this volume comprises a chorus of cultural criticism by contemporary thinkers in response to the titular work, a bronze cast of Michael Jackson’s kneeling figure. Poured from a mould made directly from his body around 1986, this talismanic object comprises myriad aspects of celebrity and image: the objecthood of the performer, the potency and perversity of objects, death, grief and editing.The artist’s first foray into sculpture, Michael in Black serves as a point of departure for exploring concerns throughout Miller’s practice in moving image: her recurring interest in the self-performance of her film subjects; the dehumanising effects of the mass gaze; the celebrity as a host object for contemporary projections; the tactility of film and the sculptural qualities of editing; and the potential for self-storytelling to reconstitute an individual’s wholeness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN 9781954939004. CARA\/Public Fiction. pb. 256 pages. 46 colour, 17 b\/w ills. 24 x 17 cm.\u003cbr\u003ePublication date: June 2022.\u003cbr\u003eout of stock, available to order\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"CARA\/Public Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41933829046429,"sku":"9781954939004","price":49.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0584\/1439\/9645\/files\/9781954939004.jpg?v=1776500299","url":"https:\/\/wholesale.manic.com.au\/products\/9781954939004","provider":"Books at Manic Wholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}