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Participation

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ISBN-10: 0262524643

ISBN-13: 9780262524643

Edition: 2006

Authors: Claire Bishop

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The desire to move viewers out of the role of passive observers and into the role of producers is one of the hallmarks of twentieth-century art. This tendency can be found in practices and projects ranging from El Lissitzky's exhibition designs to Allan Kaprow's happenings, from minimalist objects to installation art. More recently, this kind of participatory art has gone so far as to encourage and produce new social relationships. Guy Debord's celebrated argument that capitalism fragments the social bond has become the premise for much relational art seeking to challenge and provide alternatives to the discontents of contemporary life. This publication collects texts that place this…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 12/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.27" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Claire Bishop is the author of Installation Art: A Critical History and a contributor to many art journals, including ArtForum, Flash Art, and October. She is a Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Warwick.

Theoretical frameworks
Artists' writings
Critical and curatorial positions