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Sao Paolo: Capacete Entretenimentos, 2010
24 x 17cm, 190pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Artist’s book which documents the racist attitudes and actions of the scientist Louis Agassiz who while identifying the important of glacial movement in rock and other geographical formations was on the other hand a disgusting supporter of eugenics and slavery. Huber has exposed this hidden history in a series of photographic and performance art events usually near to locations named after the geologist. The book was produced for the Sao Paolo Biennale in 2010 and the texts are in both pPortuguese and English, photographs by Agassis and Huber throughout.
]This example of the book is dedicated to Paul Robertson (who curated a show with the artist in Edinburgh, Scotland) in ink on the first blank end paper. VG+.
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