Martin Patrick explores the ways in which contemporary artists across media continue to reinvent art that straddles both public and private spheres. Examining the impact of various art movements on notions of performance, authorship, and identity, Across the Art/Life Divide argues that the most defining feature of contemporary art is the ongoing interest of artists in the problematic relationship between art and life. Looking at under-examined forms, such as stand-up comedy and sketch shows, alongside more traditional artistic media, he situates the work of a wide range of contemporary artists to ask: To what extent are artists presenting themselves? And does the portrayal of the “self” in art necessarily constitute authenticity? By dissecting the meta-conditions and contexts surrounding the production of art, Across the Art/Life Divide examines how ordinary, everyday life is transformed into art.
Inhoudsopgave
Chapter 1 – Art and How to Live It: Artists Performing Themselves (and Others)
Chapter 2 – Unfinished Filliou: On the Fluxus Ethos, Origins of Rational Aesthetics, and the Potential for a Non-Movement in Art
Chapter 3 – Autobiographical Voices and Entangled Identities: On Monologues and Memoirs; Comedians, Celebrity, and Camouflage
Chapter 4 – Reenactments, Remixing, and Restaging the Contemporary
Chapter 5 – Social Practices and the Shifting Discourse: On Collaborative Strategies and ‘Curating the Social’
Chapter 6 – Emergent Notions of Subjectivity and Authorship: How Might We Occupy the Present?
Over de auteur
Martin Patrick, an art critic and historian, is Senior Lecturer of Critical Studies at Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand. His writings have appeared in publications including Afterimage, Art Journal, Art Monthly, and Third Text. He has taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago. Two of his essays were included in One Day Sculpture (Cross and Doherty(eds) 2009), and he is currently working on a book that examines artists who engage with the art/life divide.Meer e-boeken van dezelfde auteur (s) / Editor
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