{"product_id":"scott-burton-shape-shift-9780300284133","title":"Scott Burton: Shape Shift","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unprecedented glimpse into the working methods and the complicated legacy of an important twentieth-century artist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the course of his more than three-decade career, Scott Burton (1939-1989) made groundbreaking contributions to sculpture, performance, public art, queer art, and criticism. Responding to what he identified as a gap between art and its potential audiences, Burton became a tireless advocate for accessible and popular artworks that everyday people could use and enjoy. In keeping with this principle, he also designed performances and \"sculpture furniture\" to explore and orchestrate social dynamics; he was particularly interested in intimacy, distance, collectivity, and isolation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Burton: Shape Shift\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive overview of the artist's biography and career with texts focusing on his public artworks, performance, and innovative use of materials. Featuring more than forty full-page images of Burton's sculpture, which is rarely published, the book also includes numerous never-before-seen images of notes, photographs, and drawings from the artist's extensive personal archive, housed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Scores and photographic documentation of newly commissioned performances on the occasion of the accompanying exhibition are also included. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Distributed for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (September 6, 2024-February 2, 2025) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWrightwood 659, Chicago\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (October 3, 2025-January 31, 2026)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJess Wilcox\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent curator. \u003cb\u003eHeather Alexis Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Curator at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pulitzer Arts Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648969802002,"sku":"9780300284133","price":43.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec5b2a0e-f0bf-48df-9c91-b8ed66ddf62d.jpg?v=1759840610","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/scott-burton-shape-shift-9780300284133","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}