"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 ..."
"Theodor W. Adorno described artworks as “windowless monads”: closed, autonomous worlds that both contain society and turn away from it. This essential contradiction is at the core of any discussion of art that aspires to shake off the exhibition space and extend itself into the social sphere. In 2011, in conjunction with the unveiling of a new documentary artwork by Mischa Kuball, a conference was held in Germany on socially engaged art ..."
"This volume stems from The Courtauld Research Forum’s 2013 flagship research initiative, led by Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Meredith A. Brown, which brought together a group of early career scholars based in London and New York ..."
"Rediscovering Aesthetics brings together prominent international voices from art history, philosophy, and artistic practice to discuss the current role of aesthetics within and across their disciplines. Following a period in which theories and histories of art, art criticism, and artistic practice seemed to focus exclusively on political, social, or empirical interpretations of art, aesthetics is being rediscovered both as a vital aren ..."
"Rediscovering Aesthetics brings together prominent international voices from art history, philosophy, and artistic practice to discuss the current role of aesthetics within and across their disciplines. Following a period in which theories and histories of art, art criticism, and artistic practice seemed to focus exclusively on political, social, or empirical interpretations of art, aesthetics is being rediscovered both as a vital aren ..."
Artificial Hells Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship (Paperback) by ClaireBishop Paperback, 401 Pages, Published 2023 by Verso Books, London ISBN-13: 978-1-83976-775-3, ISBN: 1-83976-775-8
"Artificial Hells is the first historical and theoretical overview of socially engaged participatory art, known in the US as “social practice.” Claire Bishop follows the trajectory of twentieth-century art and examines key moments in the ..."
"Celebrating ten years since the founding of the historic Performa biennial in 2005, Performa 15 once again explored the most exciting innovations in contemporary visual arts, dance, film, radio, sound and architecture.This edition brought together a total of more than 30 artists from 12 countries around the world―premiering new works by artists Robin Rhode (South Africa), Pauline Curnier Jardin (France/The Netherlands), Edgar Arceneaux ..."
""On Value" is a collaboration between Triple Canopy and choreographer/artist Ralph Lemon. The book is a multifarious conversation about the value of artworks and the labor and bodies that make them, especially as defined by institutions with whom artists have often had fraught relationships. In essays, poems, interviews and artworks, 19 contributors consider artworks that resist institutional parameters; how and why performers, choreogr ..."
""Performa" 11 is the fourth volume in an acclaimed series that draws content and inspiration from the world-renowned Performa biennials. Written by legendary performance art historian RoseLee Goldberg, "Performa" 11 is the definitive document of the Performa 11 biennial, and features documentation by the 150 artists who took part, including Robert Ashley, Tarek Atoui, Gerard Byrne, Simon Fujiwara, Guy Maddin, Ming Wong, Shirin Neshat an ..."
Artificial Hells(1st Edition) Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship by ClaireBishop Paperback, 390 Pages, Published 2012 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-690-3, ISBN: 1-84467-690-0
"A searing critique of participatory art by an iconoclastic historian.Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political art: that by encouraging an audience to take part an artist can promote new emancipatory social relations. Around the world, the champions of this form of expression are numerous, ranging from art historians such as Grant Kester, curators such as Nico ..."
"Over the past twenty years, an abundance of art forms have emerged that use aesthetics to affect social dynamics. These works are often produced by collectives or come out of a community context; they emphasize participation, dialogue, and action, and appear in situations ranging from theater to activism to urban planning to visual art to health care. Engaged with the t ..."
Artificial Hells Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship by ClaireBishop 304 Pages, Published 2012 by Verso Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-796-2, ISBN: 1-84467-796-6
"... in 'Kontext Kunst' (1993), Peter Weibel did not hesitate to argue for the social,
although he understood this to operate on the level oftheme and process rather
than as a diversification of art's audience; the artists in his show, he writes, are
part of a longer tradition of artists 'who intend to create reality through art and not
only its representation', placing 'the psychic and social constitution of society and
its institu ..."
"Written and edited by legendary performance art historian RoseLee Goldberg, "Performa 09: Back to Futurism" is the definitive document of the unforgettable Performa 2009 biennial. It is the third volume to draw content and inspiration from the world-renowned Performa biennials, and features creative documentation by the 150 artists who made Performa 09 so extraordinary--among them Guy Ben-Ner, Candice Breitz, Omer Fast, Dominique Gonzal ..."
"Empty Zones is a sensitive exploration of Andrei Monastyrski's contemplative and complex work, starting from his foundation and involvement in the Collective Actions in the 1970s all the way to his more recent work. This volume includes original visual and textual documentations of Trips out of Town and selected video-stills from Podjachev's YouTube Channel as well as the artist's photographic Earth Works.Monastyrski's groundbreaking en ..."
Artificial Hells Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship by ClaireBishop 380 Pages, Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-78168-397-2, ISBN: 1-78168-397-2
Empty Zones Andrei Monastyrski and 'collective Actions' by Boris Groys, ClaireBishop, Andrei Monastyrski Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2011 by Black Dog Publishing London Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-907317-36-1, ISBN: 1-907317-36-8
Installation Art(1st Edition) by ClaireBishop Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2010 by Tate Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-85437-518-6, ISBN: 1-85437-518-0
"Installation Art provides both a history and a full critical examination of this challenging area of contemporary art, from 1950 to the present day. Using case studies of significant artists and individual works. Claire Bishop argues that, as installation art requires its audience to physically enter the artwork in order to experience it, installation pieces can be categorised by the type of experience they provide for the viewing subje ..."
Installation Art(1st Edition) by ClaireBishop Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2005 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-97412-7, ISBN: 0-415-97412-7
"Installation is one of the most popular and widespread forms of contemporary art. Installation Art provides the first clear account of the rise of installation as a form while revisiting and, in some cases, reassessing many well-known names of post-1960 art. This lavishly produced volume also introduces the reader to a wider spectrum of younger artists yet to receive serious critical attention. Artists featured include Vito Acconci, Jos ..."