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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Distributed Art Pub Inc
Publication date June 30, 2009
Pages 160
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9789689056256
ISBN-10 9689056255
Availability§ Publication Cancelled
Original list price $39.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "The Name of the Band Is The Limit, from Mexico to Sheffield" was Laureana Toledo's addition to Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T during Britain's Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum in 2005. The context of the event was "Spectator T," a fictitious artgoer without exposure to contemporary aesthetics, and the idea was to present artworks that would challenge this person's preconceived ideas about art. Thus, Toledo created a cover band that sang songs by local Sheffield groups, and named it after the cult Sheffield nightclub, The Limit, which closed in 1992. The band was created in Mexico, where it played one local concert, then brought to Sheffield, where it played two shows before disbanding.
Like most of Toledo's work, "The Limit" appropriates and reinterprets a pre-existing entity. With this volume, Toledo continues to play with the idea of authorship by pirating an already iconic magazine layout--The Face--and turning it into a labyrinth of information that leaves the reader unsure if he or she is reading about music, a band's story, an artist, Mexico or even just pop culture. Contributors to this volume include Eduardo Abaroa, Rulo, Frances Richard, Monica de la Torre, Gavin Wade, David Byrne, Catherine Lampert, Cuauhtemoc Medina, Pablo Vargas Lugo and Dr. Lakra, among others.

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Book cover for 9781904563969 Book cover for 9789689056256
 
from Innovative Logistics Llc (September 30, 2009)
9781904563969 | details & prices | 136 pages | 9.25 × 11.75 × 0.50 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $39.99
About: The first limited edition artist's book by Mexican artist Laureana Toledo, The Limit follows a fictional Sheffield band from Mexico, in the style of legendary magazine The Face.
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from Distributed Art Pub Inc (June 30, 2009)
9789689056256 | details & prices | 160 pages | List price $39.00
About: "The Name of the Band Is The Limit, from Mexico to Sheffield" was Laureana Toledo's addition to Art Sheffield 05: Spectator T during Britain's Sheffield Contemporary Art Forum in 2005.

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