{"product_id":"9783960981121","title":"Seth Price: Social Synthetic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSocial Synthetic\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive publication on the varied oeuvre of Seth Price (born 1973).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can art explore the self under technological pressure? In Price’s work, this is often expressed in terms of the “skins” of surface, packaging and wrapping: he has made photographic studies of a person’s skin obtained through the technologies Google employs for mapping, vacuum-formed plastic reliefs presenting a body part stranded in plastic and large wall sculptures depicting the negative space between two people engaged in intimate action, greatly enlarged from a tiny internet jpeg. Price’s work offers a fascinating engagement with our technologically mediated lives; these issues are tackled in this volume by a veritable who’s-who of artists and writers working on similar themes, including Cory Arcangel, Ed Halter, Branden Joseph, John Kelsey, Michelle Kuo, Rachel Kushner, Laura Owens and Ariana Reines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koenig Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052106891504,"sku":"9783960981121","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783960981121_p0.jpg?v=1769889004","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783960981121","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}