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Mechtild Widrich - Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art (Rethinking Art's Histories) - 9780719095917 - V9780719095917
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Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art (Rethinking Art's Histories)

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This book answers one of the most puzzling questions in contemporary art: how did performance artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s, famous for their opposition both to lasting art and the political establishment, become the foremost monument builders of the ‘80s, ‘90s and today? Not by selling out, nor by making self-undermining monuments. This book argues that the centrality of performance to monuments and indeed public art in general rests not on its ephemerality or anti-authoritarian rhetoric, but on its power to build interpersonal bonds both personal and social. Specifically, the survival of body art in photographs that cross time ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Rethinking Art's Histories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719095917
SKU
V9780719095917
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About Mechtild Widrich
Mechtild Widrich is Professor in Art History, Theory and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago -- .

Reviews for Performative Monuments: The Rematerialisation of Public Art (Rethinking Art's Histories)
'Mechtild Widrich’s astonishing and original book connects performance histories, feminist theory and speech act theory to elucidate the “event character” of public art by contemporary artists. Widrich advances a powerful argument about the stakes of spectatorship, temporality and collective memory.' Julia Bryan-Wilson, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art, University of California, Berkeley 'Rigorously researched and argued, this important book will ... Read more

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