Anna Dezeuze

Almost nothing (eBook, ePUB)

Observations on precarious practices in contemporary art

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What does an assemblage made out of crumpled newspaper have in common with an empty room in which the lights go on and off every five seconds? This book argues that they are both examples of a 'precarious' art that flourished from the late 1950s to the first decade of the twenty-first century, in light of a growing awareness of the individual's fragile existence in capitalist society. Focusing on comparative case studies drawn from European, North and South American practices, this study maps out a network of similar concerns and practices, while outlining its evolution from the 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century. This book will provide students and amateurs of contemporary art and culture with new insights into contemporary art practices and the critical issues that they raise concerning the material status of the art object, the role of the artist in society, and the relation between art and everyday life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Random House South Africa
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526112910
• Artikelnr.: 48024977

Autorenporträt

Anna Dezeuze is Lecturer in Art History at the Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design Marseille-Méditerranée in Marseilles

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Almost nothing Part I: 'Dharma bums', 1958
71 1. Junk aesthetics in a throwaway age 2. 'At the point of imperceptibility' 3. The 'good
for
nothing' Part II: The 'light years', 1991
2009 4. Joins in the age of 'liquid modernity' 5. Futility and precarity Postscript: On the humanism of precarious works Index