During his long and illustrious career as a curator and former director of Kunsthalle Wien, Gerald A. Matt has conducted many insightful interviews with the leading contemporary artists of our time. This latest volume of interviews includes his conversations with Marina Abramovic, Peter Blake, Candi[...]

The title may say "please," but the 19 artists featured here are anything but polite in their rejection of traditional notions of fashion, gender and beauty. The media strategies employed are manifold, from staged photographic images, projections and performances to body sculptures, video and film. [...]