{"product_id":"nora-turato-hardcover","title":"Nora Turato: Govern Me Harder - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNora Turato\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEbony L. Haynes\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eAnna Kats\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third title in the \u003ci\u003eClarion\u003c\/i\u003e series features the Amsterdam-based artist Nora Turato and her vibrant enamel panels that magnify the omnipresence of text, design, and speech in our contemporary culture.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Meticulous as Helen and tricky as Odysseus, the artist invites us first to misread the slick surfaces and humor of her works as effortless, then forces us to attend to the laborious practices they belie, the histories and possibilities of that effort.\" --\u003ci\u003eArt in America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally trained as a graphic designer, Nora Turato adapts text to subvert and create messages. Although many of Turato's performances and works appear to be drafted by free association, she meticulously and thoughtfully edits them to evoke a sense of alluring confusion. In three signature murals with a bespoke typeface, Turato addresses the inundation of language, typography, and graphic design in our contemporary culture, whether in the news, on social media, or in advertisements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished on the occasion of Turato's widely popular exhibition \u003ci\u003egovern me harder\u003c\/i\u003e at 52 Walker, this publication features texts by Ebony L. Haynes and Anna Kats. Serving as an extension of the exhibition, performance scripts by the artist are also included in this publication. As described in \u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \"In the slick sea of graphic smoothness and language lost from meaning, something has still been irrefutably made.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNora Turato\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1991 in Zagreb, Croatia, and presently lives and works in Amsterdam. The artist received her BFA from Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, in 2013, and her MFA from Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem, the Netherlands, in 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEbony L. Haynes is a writer and curator from Toronto. She is based in New York, where she is a director at David Zwirner. Haynes is a visiting curator and critic at the Yale School of Art in the painting and printmaking class of 2021. She also runs an online \"school\" that offers free professional practice classes to Black students worldwide. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Kats\u003c\/b\u003e is a PhD candidate in the History of Architecture at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, where her research considers the global proliferation of socialist art and architectural production after World War II.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156721897607,"sku":"9781644230862","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c8681ea5d4245560912001b3dffa703c.webp?v=1733245813","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/nora-turato-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}