Nina Felshin (Editor) Embedded Metaphor. Independent Curators Incorporated, 1996. First edition. 0916365484 77 pages. Large-format softcover volume, measuring approximately 9" x 10.25", is like new. "Since the 1980s, with the advent of multiple public crises such as AIDS, homelessness, the politics of sexual identity and abortion rights, the bed has taken on a greater symbolic weight, becoming a pivotal metaphor for the intersection of private and public boundaries." Catalogue of a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by Independent Curators Incorporated; held at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, and other galleries or museums. Contributors include  Perry Bard Janet Biggs James Casebere Mel Chin Lynne Cohen Caryl Davis Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose Renʹee Green Oliver Herring Dale Kistemaker Lauren Lesko Donald Lipski Antonio Martorell Ann Messner Curtis Mitchell Lorie Novak Rona Pondick David Reed Elaine Reichek Catherine Saalfield and Zoe Leonard Jana Sterbak Rirkrit Tiravanija Carrie Mae Weems Tom Zwerver