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Books by Anna Dezeuze






Almost Nothing(1st Edition)
Observations on precarious practices in contemporary art (Rethinking Arts Histories MUP)
by Anna Dezeuze, Marsha Meskimmon, Amelia Jones
Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 2017 by Manchester University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-1290-3, ISBN: 1-5261-1290-6

"What does an assemblage made out of crumpled newspaper have in common with an empty room in which the lights go on and off every five seconds? This book argues that they are both examples of a 'precarious' art that flourished from the late 1950s to the first decade of the twenty-first century, in light of a growing awareness of the individual's fragile existence in capitalist society. Focusing on comparative case studies drawn from Eur ..."






Thomas Hirschhorn(Illustrated)
Deleuze Monument (Afterall Books / One Work)
by Anna Dezeuze, Mark Lewis
Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2014 by Afterall Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-84638-143-0, ISBN: 1-84638-143-6

"Part-text, part-sculpture, part-architecture, part-junk heap, Thomas Hirschhorn's often monumental but precarious works offer a commentary on the spectacle of late-capitalist consumerism and the global proliferation of commodities. Made from ephemeral materials -- cardboard, foil, plastic bags, and packing tape -- that the artist describes as "universal, economic, inclusive ..."






Found Sculpture and Photography from Surrealism to Contemporary Art(1st Edition)
(Studies in Surrealism)
by Julia Kelly, Anna Dezeuze
Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2018 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-54808-4, ISBN: 1-138-54808-1

"Taking its departure point from the 1933 surrealist photographs of ’involuntary sculptures’ by Brassaï and Dalí, Found Sculpture and Photography from Surrealism to Contemporary Art offers fresh perspectives on the sculptural object by relating it to both surrealist concerns with chance and the crucial role of photography in framing the everyday. This collection of essays questions the nature of sculptural practice, looking to forms of p ..."






The do-it-yourself artwork(1st Edition)
Participation from Fluxus to new media (Rethinking Arts Histories MUP)
by Anna Dezeuze, Amelia Jones, Marsha Meskimmon
Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2012 by Manchester University Press
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-8747-9, ISBN: 0-7190-8747-3

"Viewers of contemporary art are often invited to involve themselves actively in artworks, by entering installations, touching objects, performing instructions or clicking on interactive websites. Why have artists sought to engage spectators in these new forms of participation? In what ways does active participation affect the viewer's experience and the status of the artwork? Spanning a range of practices including kinetic art, happenin ..."






Thomas Hirschhorn
Deleuze Monument (AFTERALL)
by Anna Dezeuze
Hardcover, 100 Pages, Published 2014 by Afterall Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-84638-144-7, ISBN: 1-84638-144-4

"Part-text, part-sculpture, part-architecture, part-junk heap, Thomas Hirschhorn's often monumental but precarious works offer a commentary on the spectacle of late-capitalist consumerism and the global proliferation of commodities. Made from ephemeral materials -- cardboard, foil, plastic bags, and packing tape -- that the artist describes as "universal, economic, inclusive ..."






Almost Nothing(1st Edition)
Observations on precarious practices in contemporary art (Rethinking Arts Histories MUP)
by Anna Dezeuze, Marsha Meskimmon, Amelia Jones
Hardcover, 330 Pages, Published 2017 by Manchester University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-8857-5, ISBN: 0-7190-8857-7

"What does an assemblage made out of crumpled newspaper have in common with an empty room in which the lights go on and off every five seconds? This book argues that they are both examples of a 'precarious' art that flourished from the late 1950s to the first decade of the twenty-first century, in light of a growing awareness of the individual's fragile existence in capitalist society. Focusing on comparative case studies drawn from Eur ..."






Found Sculpture and Photography from Surrealism to Contemporary Art(1st Edition)
(Ashgate Studies in Surrealism)
by Anna Dezeuze, Julia Kelly, Dr. Gavin Parkinson
Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-4094-0000-4, ISBN: 1-4094-0000-X

"Taking its departure point from the 1933 surrealist photographs of ’involuntary sculptures’ by Brassaï and Dalí, Found Sculpture and Photography from Surrealism to Contemporary Art offers fresh perspectives on the sculptural object by relating it to both surrealist concerns with chance and the crucial role of photography in framing the everyday. This collection of essays questions the nature of sculptural practice, looking to forms of p ..."






Bruce Nauman(1st Edition)
Make Me Think Me
by Laurence Sillars, Anna Dezeuze, Johanna Drucker, Lynne Cook, Bruce Nauman, Christoph Grunenberg, Tate Gallery Liverpool
Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2006 by Tate
ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-708-1, ISBN: 1-85437-708-6

" Bruce Nauman: Make Me Think Me features a collection of critical appraisals of the artist by leading writers. It focuses on one aspect of his work: his preoccupation with the human condition. More than 60 works from 1966 to 2005 are illustrated and discussed, including sculpture, neons, video, performance, installation, and drawing. Nauman’s fascination with and manipulation of language are examined, as well as his use of the body, be ..."






The do-it-yourself artwork(1st Edition)
Participation from Fluxus to New Media (Rethinking Arts Histories MUP)
by Anna Dezeuze, Manchester University Press
Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2010 by Manchester University Press
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-8144-6, ISBN: 0-7190-8144-0

"Viewers of contemporary art are often invited to involve themselves actively in artworks, by entering installations, touching objects, performing instructions or clicking on interactive websites. Why have artists sought to engage spectators in these new forms of participation? In what ways does active participation affect the viewer's experience and the status of the artwork? Spanning a range of practices including kinetic art, happenin ..."






Rethinking Art's Histories Ser.
Almost Nothing : Observations on Precarious Practices in Contemporary Art
by Anna Dezeuze
352 Pages, Published 2016 by Manchester University Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-1291-0, ISBN: 1-5261-1291-4

"Introduction: almost. nothing. Precarious/ephemeral In 1999, the Mexico City based Belgian artist Francis Alÿs asked a street cleaner on the capital's main square (the Zócalo) to sweep debris into a line, which consisted mainly of dust and cigarette butts (figure 1). As the work's title, To R.L., indicates, Alÿs dedicated this work to the British pioneer of Land Art, Richard Long. From 1967, Long had traced lines in the landscape, ..."






Afterall Books / One Work Ser.
Thomas Hirschhorn : Deleuze Monument
by Anna Dezeuze
100 Pages, Published 2014 by Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-84638-146-1, ISBN: 1-84638-146-0

"In his 2000 interview with Hirschhorn, Okwui Enwezor notes that the new ' sculptural language' being developed by contemporary artists such as Georges Adéagbo, Bjarne Melgaard, Jason Rhoades and Pascale Marthine Tayou appears to share with Hirschhorn's work similar concerns with 'spa- tial arrangement, ... accumulation or fragmentation', embodied in sprawl- ing, decentred displays.81 Similarly, Nicolas Bourriaud describes, in his 20 ..."






Afterall Books / One Work Ser.
Thomas Hirschhorn : Deleuze Monument
by Anna Dezeuze
Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-84638-147-8, ISBN: 1-84638-147-9






Subversive Spaces
Surrealism and Contemporary Art
by Anna Dezeuze, David Dezeuze Lomas, Samantha Lackey, Whitworth Art Gallery
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2009 by Whitworth Art Gallery
ISBN-13: 978-0-903261-63-0, ISBN: 0-903261-63-4






Bureau of the Centre for the Study of Surrealism And Its Legacy(1st Edition)
(Opus Projects S.)
by Mark Dion, David Lomas, Anna Dezeuze
Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2006 by Book Works
ISBN-13: 978-1-870699-80-8, ISBN: 1-870699-80-7






Practicable(1st Edition)
From Participation to Interaction in Contemporary Art (Leonardo Book Series)
by Samuel Bianchini, Erik Verhagen, Nathalie Delbard, Larisa Dryansky, Margit Rosen, Luke Skrebowski, Simon Penny, Vanessa Theodoropoulou, Emanuele Quinz, Glória Ferreira, Marion Hohlfeldt, Christophe Charles, Eric Kluitenberg, Arnd Schneider, Anna Dezeuze, Pierre Huyghe, Véronique Goudinoux, Judith Ickowicz, Katrin Gattinger, Giovanna Zapperi, Diedrich Diederichsen, Peter Lunenfeld, Sarah Cook, Christophe Leclerq, Renate Wiehager, Catherine Wood, Jean-Pierre Cometti, Jean-Paul Fourmenetraux, Jean-Louis Boissier, Jean-Christophe Bailly, Janet Kraynak, Françoise Parfait, Gilles Froger, Jean Gagnon, Christophe Domino, Daniel Pinkas, Andrea Urlberger, Madeline Schwartzman, Dominique Moulon, Julie Martin, Franz Erhard Walther, Jochen Gerz, Piero Gilardi, Peter Weibel, Masaki Fujihata, Dominique Cunin, Mayumi Okura, Thomas Hirschhorn, Eddie Panier, Jordan Crandall, Anne Zeitz, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Chantal Pontbriand, Seiko Mikami, Hiroko Myokam, Ernesto Neto, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Alberto Sánchez Balmisa, Matt Adams, Frédérik Lesage, Usman Haque, Valérie Châtelet, Helen Evans, Heiko Hansen, Lawrence Malstaf, Jeppe Hein, Ferderik Schikowski, Bruno Latour, Nicolas Bourriaud, Claire Bishop, David Zerbib, Sean Cubitt
Hardcover, 952 Pages, Published 2016 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-03475-3, ISBN: 0-262-03475-1

"Critical analyses, case studies, and artist interviews examine works of art that are realized with the physical involvement of the viewer. How are we to understand works of art that are realized with the physical involvement of the viewer? A relationship between a work of art and its audience that is rooted in an experience that is both aesthetic and physical? Today, these works often use digital technologies, but artists have created p ..."






Beauty(9th Edition)
(Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art)
by Dave Beech, Dave Hickey, Wendy Steiner, Elaine Scarry, Kathleen Marie Higgins, Saul Ostrow, Alexander Alberro, Diurmuid Costello, Anna Dezeuze, Martin Donougho, James Elkins, David Raskin, Dominic Willsdon, Richard Woodfield, Griselda Pollock, Fredric Jameson, Jacques Derrida, Jason Gaiger, Jay Bernstein, Mark Cousins, Mark Hutchinson, Simon O'sullivan, Robert, Suzanne P. Hudson, Arthur C. Danto, Thierry De Duve, Theodor W. Adorno, T. J. Clark, Caroline A. Jones, John H. Roberts, Rosalind E. Krauss, Andy Warhol, Rasheed Araeen, Gerhard Richter, Paul Wood, Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, Agnes Martin, Alex Katz, John Currin, Rudolf Sagmeister, Christoph Grunenberg, Vito Acconci, Leo Fitzmaurice, Iwona Blazwick
Paperback, 239 Pages, Published 2009 by The Mit Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51238-1, ISBN: 0-262-51238-6

"Beauty has emerged as one of the most hotly contested subjects in current discussions on art and culture. After more than half a century of suspicion and interrogation, beauty's resurgence in visual practice and discourse since the late 1980s has engaged some of the most influential artists and writers on art. From the avant-garde to the conceptual era, anti-aesthetic strat ..."






Live or Die(1st Edition)
Philippe Vandenberg and Bruce Nauman
by Wouter Davidts
Hardcover, 80 Pages, Published 2017 by Cannibal Publishing
Illustrated
ISBN-13: 978-94-92677-00-6, ISBN: 94-92677-00-8






Fluxus Scores and Instructions(1st Edition)
The Transformative Years, "Make a Salad." Selections from the Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection, Detroit
by Jon Hendricks, Marianne Bech, Media Farzin, Eric Andersen, Anna Dezeuze, La Monte Young, Yoko Ono, Letty Lou Eisenhauer, Suzanne Rennert, Museet For Samtidskunst
Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2009 by Museum Of Contemporary Art, Denmark
ISBN-13: 978-87-90690-21-2, ISBN: 87-90690-21-4

"In 1962, George Maciunas declared Fluxus "anti art, concept art, automatism, Bruitism, brutalism, Dadaism, concretism, Lettrism, nihilism, indeterminacy--theatre, happenings, prose, poetry, philosophy, plastic arts, music, cinema, dance." This thorough, well-designed volume culled from the renowned Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection, Detroit, and published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark, ..."






Księga zmian
by Iga Gańczarczyk, Janusz Kaczorowski, Sol Lewitt, Palle Nielsen, Sven Lütticken, Anna Dezeuze, Alexander Koch, Umělecká Skupina Rafani
Published 2018
ISBN-13: 978-83-62224-63-0, ISBN: 83-62224-63-0






Philippe Vandenberg
by Wouter Davidts, Philippe Vandenberg, David Anfam, John Welchman, Merel Van Tilburg, Raphaël Pirenne, Anna Dezeuze, Maarten Liefooghe, Jo Applin, Ronny Delrue
Paperback, 236 Pages, Published 2017 by Hauser & Wirth Publishers
ISBN-13: 978-3-906915-04-3, ISBN: 3-906915-04-2

"Considered one of the foremost Belgian artists, Philippe Vandenberg (1952–2009) was a prolific painter whose oeuvre features a series of radical stylistic and thematic shifts, reflecting an existential philosophy both in his restless personal trajectory and his responses to varying sociocultural changes.Using image, word and symbol, Vandenberg challenged the ethical context of the work of art, wrestling with universal themes such as war ..."



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