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Pedro Lasch

Pedro Lasch

Research Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
pedro.lasch@duke.edu
Box 90766, Smith Warehouse, Durham, NC 27708-0766
A220 Bay 12 Smith Warehouse, 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham, NC 27708-0766

Scholarly Works - Books

Pedro Lasch: 20 22: Art Biennials and Other Global Disasters

Book · March 3, 2026 Does the art system of certain territories only gain value after tragedy, and what role do fairs play in this financial cycle? ... Cite

Dreaming in the Woods

Book · December 31, 2019 This book is the culmination of a three-year-long collaboration between artist Pedro Lasch and the Usdan community. ... Cite

The Weekly Monster Prospect New Orleans

Book · December 10, 2017 The original image-text pieces created by Lasch also serve as the starting point for others to produce their own monsters through public workshops, open calls, and direct invitation. ... Cite

What Are We Before We Are Naturalized? Portraiture, Citizenship and Abstraction

Book · October 20, 2015 The text by Provisions directors Don Russell and Stephanie Sherman explores the overlapping histories and processes of Provisions Library and the multi-year mirror mask series by Lasch. ... Cite

Géoesthétique

Book · December 2013 Cite

HETEROPOLIS

Book · December 2013 Cite

What We Made: Conversations on Art and Social Cooperation

Book · January 2013 In What We Made, Tom Finkelpearl examines the activist, participatory, coauthored aesthetic experiences being created in contemporary art. He suggests social cooperation as a meaningful way to think about this work and provides a framework for understandin ... Cite

Transnational Community-Based Production, Cooperative Art, and Informal Trade Networks

Book · January 2013 In What We Made, Tom Finkelpearl examines the activist, participatory, coauthored aesthetic experiences being created in contemporary art. He suggests social cooperation as a meaningful way to think about this work and provides a framework for understandin ... Cite

Grand Gestures & (Im)Modest Proposals: A Project for Documenta 13 AND AND AND

Book · September 2012 This book brings together the social and artistic contributions of Pedro Lasch to the AND AND AND series of Documenta 13. In addition to organizing ’Five Decolonial Days in Kassel’ (July 11-15, 2012), Lasch created three works related to his ’Phantom Limbs ... Cite

Black Mirror

Book · 2010 The provocative three-part project Black Mirror/Espejo Negro by the artist Pedro Lasch encompasses a museum installation, photographs of the installation, and this bilingual book, including many of the photos, the artist's statement, and ... ... Cite