{"product_id":"the-puppet-show","title":"The Puppet Show","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt first glance  The Puppet Show seems a flip title. Organized by Philadelphia ICA Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner and Carin Kuoni  this exhibition catalogue focuses--with both humor and gravity--on the surprisingly prodigious amount of puppet imagery in contemporary art. It takes as its historic point of departure one of the first episodes of avant-garde art history: Alfred Jarrys 1896 puppet play Ubu Roi  which the South African artist William Kentridge  in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company  has adapted into an allegory of apartheid. Other puppets are featured in works from more than 30 well-established  international artists  including Anne Chu  Terence Gower  Pierre Huyghe  Christian Jankowski  Laurie Simmons  Kiki Smith and Kara Walker. This volume also looks at puppets in Modern art and popular culture--from Sophie Tauber Arps Dada marionettes to the Internet phenomenon of the sockpuppet--a well-known persons fake online persona  created in order to boost public opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986809942069,"sku":"ByrdShop_0884541134","price":38.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780884541134.jpg?v=1770918120","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-puppet-show","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}