The Touch of the Oracle MICHAEL PETRY
Works 2003/12 This book is published to coincide with the exhibition MICHAEL PETRY: The Touch of the Oracle March 17 – July 29, 2012 organized by the Palm Springs Art Museum Special thanks to the authors, the makers, the curators, Adriano Berengo, Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, The James Irvine Foundation, Palm Springs Art Museum’s Contemporary Art Council, and Hiram Butler, Sundaram Tagore, Chris Westbrook and Vanessa Arelle, Ned Bennett, Geoff & Sylvie Bobker, Devin Borden, Dr. Jeremy Booth, Nick Breeze, Andrew Brown, Guy Burch & Richard Ayre, Kate Burvill, Mara Castilho, Peter & Purnille Colby, Daniell Cornel, Mark Davy, Alison de Lima Greene, Mark Di Prima, Riccardo Fiori, Nigel Frank, Germaine Franco, Gavin Greenaway, Shelly Handman, William Hartman, Eric Hormell, Ursula IlseNeuman, Giedymin Jablonski, Koan Jeff Baysa, Juliane Jung, Constance Kaine, Allyson Kaye, Stephen Mahoney, Niki Medlik, Terry New, Peter Otto, John Powell, Charles Renfro, Rita Robbins, Iain Robertson, Beverly & Howard Robinson, David Robinson, Nadja Romain, Silvano Rubino, Nigel Stowe, Andrew Tullis, Georges Tourtellotte, Eva Watne, Randy Wile, Sandy Zane and especially Travis Barker.
Published: March 2012 Copyright: Palm Springs Art Museum, MOCA London, and the contributors Images courtesy: Michael Petry Book production: Roberto Ekholm Produced by IMS Limited ISBN: 978-0-9569116-1-2 The book is distributed outside North America by Thames & Hudson Images: Cover: detail view of Joshua D’s Wall, Michael Petry, 2012 Inside front cover: Michael Petry, photo by Fin Serck-Hanssen Palm Springs Art Museum 101 North Museum Drive Palm Springs, CA 92262 www.psmuseum.org Museum of Contemporary Art, London MOCA London 113 Bellenden Rd London SE15 4QY www.mocalondon.co.uk
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