The one and the many : contemporary collaborative art in a global context /
"Collaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In The One and the Many, Grant H. Kester provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative art, ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstrea...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Durham [North Carolina] : Duke University Press, 2011. |
| Series: | e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at Project MUSE |
| Summary: | "Collaborative and collective art practices have proliferated around the world over the past fifteen years. In The One and the Many, Grant H. Kester provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative art, ranging from the work of artists and groups widely celebrated in the mainstream art world, such as Thomas Hirschhorn, Superflex, Francis Alÿs, and Santiago Sierra, to the less-publicized projects of groups, such as Park Fiction in Hamburg, Networking and Initiatives for Culture and the Arts in Myanmar, Ala Plastica in Argentina, Huit Facettes in Senegal, and Dialogue in central India. The work of these groups often overlaps with the activities of NGOs, activists, and urban planners. Kester argues that these parallels are symptomatic of an important transition in contemporary art practice, as conventional notions of aesthetic autonomy are being redefined and renegotiated. He describes a shift from a concept of art as something envisioned beforehand by the artist and placed before the viewer, to the concept of art as a process of reciprocal creative labor. The One and the Many presents a critical framework that addresses the new forms of agency and identity mobilized by the process of collaborative production."--Publisher description Examines questions of agency, artisanship, and identity in relation to collaborative art practice. |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 309 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822394037 0822394030 9780822349877 0822349876 1283273292 9781283273299 9786613273291 6613273295 |
| Author Notes: | Grant H. Kester is Professor of Art History and Chair of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Conversation Pieces: Community and Communication in Modern Art and the editor of Art, Activism, and Oppositionality: Essays from Afterimage, also published by Duke University Press. |