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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 ..."






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 ..."






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 ..."






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 ..."






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

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