The intelligent irony that resonates through the video and projection
installations of American artist Tony Oursler results from a subtle
combination of sound, language and pop culture images. These elements
are thoroughly explored in this monograph, the most extensive
publication on Oursler and his work. His videos often employ a projected
human face to create bizarre contemporary icons and fragmented
narratives that speak to the dislocation caused by contemporary issues
of sex, violence and power. Tony Oursler includes 180 illustrations
from his video, sculpture and mixed-media works on paper, as well as an
extensive selection of the artist's own writings. There are also two
long conversations between Oursler and the artists Mike Kelley and Dan
Graham, which testify to the long-lasting mutual appreciation and
collaboration between them. This is a major new publication on the
career of one of the most important American artists of the last two
decades.