Performative monuments: The rematerialisation of public art

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Performative monuments: The rematerialisation of public art (Rethinking Art's Histories)

This book answers one of the most puzzling questions in contemporary art: how did performance artists of the â€˜60s and â€˜70s, famous for their opposition both to lasting art and the political establishment, become the foremost monument builders of the â€˜80s, â€˜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 and space to meet new audiences makes it literally into a monument.

The argument of the book spans art in Austria, the former Yugoslavia, and Germany: Valie Export, Peter Weibel and the Viennese Actionists (working in Austria and abroad), Marina Abramovic, Sanja Ivecovic and Braco Dimitrijevic (working in Yugoslavia and abroad), and Joseph Beuys and Jochen Gerz (working in Germany and abroad). These artists began by critiquing monumentality in authoritarian public space, and expanded the models developed on the streets of Vienna, Munich, Rome, Belgrade and Zagreb to participatory monuments that delegate political authority to the audience.

Readers interested in contemporary art, politics, photography and performance will find in this book new facts and arguments for their interconnection.
Country USA
Brand Manchester University Press
Manufacturer Manchester University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations, black & white
ReleaseDate 2014-05-31
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780719095917

Country	USA
Brand	Manchester University Press
Manufacturer	Manchester University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations, black & white
ReleaseDate	2014-05-31
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780719095917

Performative monuments: The rematerialisation of public art (Rethinking Art's Histories)

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